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![South Tarawa](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/South_Tarawa_from_the_air.jpg)

# South Tarawa

South Tarawa is the capital and hub of the Republic of Kiribati and home to more than half of Kiribati's population.

[Plan a trip to South Tarawa](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=South%20Tarawa) [From Majuro Atoll](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Majuro+Atoll&to=South+Tarawa)

## Every way there

- Majuro Atoll → South Tarawa 665 km · quickest by air, 5h 38m · $160–260 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/majuro-atoll-to-south-tarawa) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Majuro+Atoll&to=South+Tarawa)
- Okat → South Tarawa Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/okat-to-south-tarawa) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Okat&to=South+Tarawa)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around South Tarawa, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on South Tarawa](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/south-tarawa)

What South Tarawa has

- Y Scheduled flights South Tarawa (TRW), 11 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- Y Ferries Ferry to North Tarawa, 9 km; sailings estimated
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known.

1.358°, 173.050°

The South Tarawa population centre consists of all the small islets from Betio in the west to Bonriki and Tanaea in the north-east, connected by the South Tarawa main road, with an approximate population of 73,073 as of 2026.

Get in

## Getting to South Tarawa

1. Bonriki International Airport Fiji Airways operates flights from Suva on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

How locals move

## Getting around South Tarawa the local way

- Get in Captains usually accept hitchhikers for a small fee.

From [Wikivoyage: Tarawa](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tarawa), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-04.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Tarawa) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tarawa), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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