Vatia, American Samoa
Vatia is a village on Tutuila Island in American Samoa.
Vatia is a village on Tutuila Island in American Samoa. It is a north shore village located on Vatia Bay. The road to Vatia, American Samoa Highway 006, is the only road going through National Park of American Samoa. Vatia is a scenic community at the foot of Pola Ridge and surrounded by the national park. It is only reached by Route 6 which traverses the national park before reaching Vatia. There was once a hiking trail over Maugaloa Ridge from Leloaloa, but since the completion of Route 6, this trail is now overgrown. It is home to a beach, and panoramic views of jungle-covered peaks surround the village on all sides. Vatia is the center of the Tutuila-section of National Park of American Samoa. It is located in Vaifanua County.
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Worth seeing in and around Vatia, American Samoa
9 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.
1.2 km · United States national park in American Samoa · Wikipedia - 02Pago Park Soccer Stadium
Pago Park Soccer Stadium is a soccer stadium in Pago Pago, American Samoa. The capacity is 2,000.
3.6 km · soccer stadium in American Samoa · Wikipedia - 03American 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.
3.4 km · upper house of the American Samoa Fono · Wikipedia - 04Rainmaker 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.
3.8 km · mountain in American Samoa · Wikipedia - 05Mount ʻAlava
Mount ʻAlava is the second-highest mountain on Tutuila Island in American Samoa. Its summit has an elevation of 491 meters.
2.1 km · mountain in the National Park of American Samoa · Wikipedia - 06Co-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.
3.5 km · church in American Samoa, United States · Wikipedia - 07Jean 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.
3.3 km · museum in Pago Pago, American Samoa · Wikipedia - 08Pago Pago Park
Pago Pago Park is a 20-acre public recreational and cultural complex located at the head of Pago Pago Harbor in Pago Pago, American Samoa.
3.9 km · park in Eastern District, American Samoa, United States of America · Wikipedia - 09Old 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.
1.1 km · prehistoric village site on the north side of Tutuila in American Samoa · Wikipedia
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Getting to Vatia, American Samoa
- Airports
- Pago Pago (PPG), 10 km · Faleolo (APW), 151 km
- Apia → Vatia, American Samoa127 km · quickest by ferry, 9h 30m · $42–135
- Vava'u Island → Vatia, American Samoa609 km · quickest by air, 5h 43m · $250–380
- Wallis Island → Vatia, American SamoaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Vatia, American Samoa
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 Vatia, American Samoa. 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.
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