Āfono
Afono is a village on the northeast coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa.
Afono is a village on the northeast coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. One of the island's more populous villages, it is located on the edge of Afono Bay, at the eastern edge of the National Park of American Samoa. It is connected by Highway 6 to Vatia, which lies along the coast to the northwest, and to Aua, on the edge of Pago Pago Harbor to the south via a winding stretch of highway which crosses the spine of the island.
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Worth seeing in and around Āfono
3 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.
3.6 km · United States national park in American Samoa · Wikipedia - 02Rainmaker 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.
1.4 km · mountain in American Samoa · Wikipedia - 03Old Vatia
Old Vatia is a prehistoric village site on the north side of Tutuila, the largest island of American Samoa. The site is located on the Faiga Ridge, above and southwest of the modern village of Vatia, within the National Park of American Samoa.
3.9 km · prehistoric village site on the north side of Tutuila in American Samoa · Wikipedia
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Getting to Āfono
- Airports
- Pago Pago (PPG), 10 km · Faleolo (APW), 154 km
- Apia → Āfono130 km · quickest by ferry, 9h 33m · $44–138
- Vava'u Island → Āfono602 km · quickest by air, 5h 28m · $230–350
- Wallis Island → ĀfonoTrain, 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 Āfono
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 Āfono. 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 Āfono
- Leloaloatown in American Samoa1.8 km
- Amauavillage in United States of America3.4 km
- Aumivillage in United States of America3.1 km
- Auto, American Samoavillage in United States of America3.3 km
- Alegavillage on the southeast coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa2.8 km
- Vatia, American Samoavillage in American Samoa, United States2.3 km