Samoan Islands Cruises

The Samoan Islands are a chain of islands in the South Pacific that are made up of the independent nation of Samoa and nearby American Samoa – an unincorporated territory of the USA.

A popular choice for those enjoying a cruise around the Pacific, the Samoan Islands are well worth visiting for scenic beauty as well as history and culture, with plenty of opportunities to explore during your time ashore.

For those heading to Samoa itself, the island of Upolu is a popular stopping point for the major cruise lines and is home to the capital city Apia on the north coast.

Originally nothing more than a small fishing village, Apia is now the largest city in Samoa and somewhere where you can spend time discovering plenty about the culture of the island with a trip to the local markets or with a trip to a museum that will explain some of Samoa’s age old traditions.

Head outside the city and you could visit lush tropical gardens, take a walk through deep gorges to marvel at stunning waterfalls or even enjoy a refreshing dip in either freshwater cave pools or in the clear blue waters off the coast.

For some unique fun, visit the Papase’ea Sliding Rock around 15 minutes away from the city at Seesee, where you can have plenty of fun sliding down natural rock slides into the pools below.

You might also decide to head for the small village of Vailima where you can visit the former home of the novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, which now serves as a museum dedicated to the later years of his life.

Stevenson died on the island in 1894 and was buried on Mount Vaea, with his grave accessed via a steep path through Vailima’s Botanical Gardens.

Away from Upolu, SavaiʻI is Samoa’s largest island and is a good place to explore some of the scenic sites.

It’s also home to a large number of native species of both flora and fauna, whilst the waters around are rich in marine life that you can see first hand with some snorkelling in the clear waters.

Should you elect to do that, then you might get lucky and see some of the turtles that are commonplace around the coast.

If you find yourself visiting American Samoa, then you can look forward to visiting the dramatic surroundings of Pago Pago, which is home to a natural deep-water port created by the collapse of a volcano.

Sitting in the shadow of Mount Pioa, Pago Pago acts as the gateway to the island of Tutuila and during your time ashore you can visit a traditional Samoan village to see how the locals live, visit museums to examine Samoan history and head into the National Park of American Samoa to see the islands flora and fauna.

The National Park includes coral reefs off the coast that are teeming with marine life, further showing why the Samoan Islands are a tropical paradise that will help create memories that will last a lifetime.

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