Tutuila Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Boat

The American Samoa Inter-Island Shipping Company (633 4707) operates a boat called the Manu'a Tele, which departs Pago Pago for the Manu'a Islands on Wednesday at 10pm; the trip takes eight hours and costs US$35 one way (plus US$5 per piece of luggage). Buy tickets from 8am on the day of departure.

The MV Sili (633 5532) departs Pago Pago for the Manu'a group every second Friday at 10pm. One-way tickets cost US$20, plus US$1 per piece of luggage, and ticketing/check-in takes place between 8am and 4pm on the day of departure.

Both the Manu'a Tele and the MV Sili depart from the dock near the Fono in Pago Pago. Ask each company about pick-up times from Ofu and Ta'u.

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Air

International flights arrive at Tafuna International Airport, 15km southwest of Pago Pago Harbor.

Inter-Island Airways (in Pago Pago 699 7100, in Ofu 655 7100, in Ta'u 677 7100; www.interislandair.com) services the 30-minute route between Tutuila and the Manu'a Islands. Flights between Tafuna International Airport on Tutuila and the tiny airstrip on Ofu cost from US$140 return; ditto flights between Tafuna and the airstrip on Ta'u.

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