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National Park of American SamoaOfu Beach at the Ofu unit of the park.
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National Park of American Samoa
Directions

directions includes:

Maps
Transportation to Outer Islands
 
 
Park entrance sign
NPS photo by Bryan Harry
Park entrance sign.
 

Getting there

Since the park is in a remote part of the South Pacific and has limited access opportunities, unless you live in Samoa more than casual planning is required to visit the park. The nearest airport is Pago Pago International Airport on Tutuila. Currently two flights a week round trip serve here from Honolulu. The International Airport at Upolo in nearby (Western) Samoa is served by several flights weekly from Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. Connecting flights serve Tutuila from Upolo by twin-otter aircraft nearly daily.

 

Local and interisland air service

Irregularly scheduled flights (small planes) serve park areas of Ofu and Ta’u.  Flexibility is important when venturing to the Manu'a Islands.

 
 
Airline schedules between Honolulu and Pago Pago
Airline schedules
Honolulu - Pago Pago
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 Twin Otter airplane
Local airlines serve the outer islands
Twin Otter airplane
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 Lanai at an American Samoa lodge.
Lodging
American Samoa has a variety of lodging.
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Pacific golden plover in breeding plumage—soon to be flying 5,500 miles to the Alaskan Arctic  

Did You Know?
During northern summers, three shorebirds--plover, turnstone, and tattler--nest in Alaska and northern Canada. After nesting, they fly non-stop over 3,000 miles of open ocean to Hawaii. After briefly resting there, they fly more thousands of miles to Samoa. The round-trip is 11,000 miles.

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Last Updated: November 20, 2009 at 20:24 EST