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Alofau, American Samoa

Alofau is a village on the southeast coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa.

The place

Alofau is a village on the southeast coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located at the eastern end of Faga'itua Bay, six miles east of Pago Pago, between Pagai and Amouli. It is home to Alofau Village Marine Protected Area. It is an agrarian and traditional village. It is lauded as a kava place in the Manu'a Songs. Alofau is located in Sa'ole County.

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Getting to Alofau, American Samoa

Airports
Pago Pago (PPG), 13 km · Faleolo (APW), 160 km
  • Apia → Alofau, American Samoa
    135 km · quickest by ferry, 9h 47m · $54–152
  • Vava'u Island → Alofau, American Samoa
    604 km · quickest by air, 5h 38m · $240–360
  • Wallis Island → Alofau, American Samoa
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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 Alofau, American Samoa. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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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    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

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  2. 02
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  3. 03
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  4. 04
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    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    5,136 km
  5. 05
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

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