Pago Pago
Pago Pago is the capital of American Samoa.
Pago Pago is the capital of American Samoa. It is in Maoputasi County on Tutuila, the main island of American Samoa.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Pago Pago
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01National Park of American Samoa
The National Park of American Samoa is a national park of the United States located in the territory of American Samoa, distributed across three islands: Tutuila, Ofu, and Taʻū. The park preserves and protects coral reefs, tropical rainforests, fruit bats, and the Samoan culture.
2.9 km · United States national park in American Samoa · Wikipedia - 02Cathedral of the Holy Family in Pago Pago
The Cathedral of the Holy Family is a late 20th-century church that serves as the Cathedral—together with the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker—of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States.
7.6 km · church in American Samoa, United States · Wikipedia - 03Matafao Peak
Matafao Peak is a mountain in American Samoa, on the island of Tutuila. With an elevation of 2,142 feet, it is the highest peak on Tutuila Island.
2.6 km · mountain in United States of America · Wikipedia - 04Pago Park Soccer Stadium
Pago Park Soccer Stadium is a soccer stadium in Pago Pago, American Samoa. The capacity is 2,000.
400 m · soccer stadium in American Samoa · Wikipedia - 05American Samoa Senate
The American Samoa Senate is the upper house of the American Samoa Fono. The Senate, like the lower House of Representatives, is a nonpartisan body.
1.7 km · upper house of the American Samoa Fono · Wikipedia - 06American Samoa's at-large congressional district
American Samoa's at-large congressional district encompasses the entire U.S. territorial region of American Samoa. The territory does not have a voting member of Congress but does elect a delegate who can participate in debates and vote in committees of which they are a member.
2.9 km · at-large U.S. House district for American Samoa · Wikipedia - 07Rainmaker Mountain
Rainmaker Mountain is the name of a mountain located near Pago Pago, American Samoa on Tutuila Island. Rainmaker Mountain traps rain clouds and gives Pago Pago the highest annual rainfall of any harbor.
5.6 km · mountain in American Samoa · Wikipedia - 08Mount ʻAlava
Mount ʻAlava is the second-highest mountain on Tutuila Island in American Samoa. Its summit has an elevation of 491 meters.
2 km · mountain in the National Park of American Samoa · Wikipedia - 09Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker (Fagatogo, American Samoa)
The Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in American Samoa, a Territory of the United States.
1.7 km · church in American Samoa, United States · Wikipedia - 10Jean P. Haydon Museum
The Jean P. Haydon Museum is a museum in Pago Pago dedicated to the culture and history of the United States territory of American Samoa. It contains a collection of canoes, coconut-shell combs, pigs’ tusk armlets and native pharmacopoeia.
1.8 km · museum in Pago Pago, American Samoa · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Jean P
A museum that showcases Samoan history, culture, and nature, it's a great place to learn about the island and become acquainted with the local culture before venturing out to other destinations.
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Things to do
- 01Ili'ili Golf Course
Ili'ili Road,.
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Getting to Pago Pago
- Airports
- Pago Pago (PPG), 6 km · Faleolo (APW), 149 km
- Stations
- Pago Pago International Airport, 6.5 km
- Apia → Pago Pago125 km · quickest by ferry, 9h 28m · $42–134
- Vava'u Island → Pago Pago605 km · quickest by air, 5h 33m · $240–370
- Wallis Island → Pago PagoTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Pago Pago
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Pago Pago. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIf you are joining a package tour, the tour company might be able to arrange this for an extra fee; check with them to be sure.
- Get inThe Faleolo airport in nearby Samoa has wider international connections including Air New Zealand to Auckland in New Zealand, Fiji Airways to Honolulu USA and Nadi in Fiji, Samoa Airways to Maota in Samoa and Pago Pago in American Samoa and Tongatapu in Tonga.
- Get aroundA weekly ferry service from Pago Pago to the Manu’a Islands is provided by government operated excursion boat.
- Get aroundRegular small ferries also offer service to and from the island of Aunuʻu.
From Wikivoyage: American Samoa, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.
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Next door to Pago Pago
- Fagatogovillage in American Samoa1.8 km
- Tafunavillage on Tutuila, American Samoa7.1 km
- Leloaloatown in American Samoa4.1 km
- Afonovillage in United States of America5.9 km
- Aasu, American Samoavillage in United States of America6.4 km
- Eastern Districtdistrict of American Samoa5.9 km