Travel

Sights of Savai’i

Apr 01 2023 Updated April 1, 2023

Gisborne Herald

4 min read

NATURAL ATTRACTION: The Alofaaga Blowholes can produce 20m waterspouts, higher at full tide. In the past locals had fun throwing coconuts into the vent before the big blow, at which point the coconuts were blasted out but health and safety concerns have put a stop to that. Picture by Mike Bhana, Samoa Tourism

Travel writer Mike Yardley spent a few days on Savai’i, the largest island in Samoa. Take a ferry ride aboard MV Lady Samoa III across the Apolima Strait, from Upolu to Savai’i, and the passage of time feels turned back 30 years.

Suffused with a deep sense of cultural pride and tradition, Savai’i’s astonishing archaeological sites, ravishing tropical terrain and laid-back tempo all combi...