Namu’a Island
Posted by Igor Popstefanija on August 9, 2010
This weekend was Father’s Day in Samoa. Monday is a public holiday, so for the long weekend I joined the JICA volunteers on an outing to Namu’a Island. Namu’a is a small island off the coast of Lalomanu, on Upolu’s east coast. It isn’t counted amoung Samoa’s inhabited islands, but there is a beach fale resort there. There is no electricity on the island, so I thought that it would have a more primal feeling to it. However the resort was really nice. We were able to walk up to the peak of the island (the hike was super steep) and we had a nice night under latern light. All in all an enjoyable time. Pictures below:
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- Namu’a from Lalomanu
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- Getting into the boat
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- Our driver
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- Me, Summer, Michan and Yasuko on the way
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- The resort on Namu’a island
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- Summer and Inochi going up the trail to Namu’a's peak
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- The view from the top
Marija said
Nice island…nice pics…how far is from Upalu?how long is the boat ride?
igorpop said
It is not far at all, maybe a 10 minute boat ride
NiuZila said
Malo!
Namua Island is one of my favourite places to stay when in Samoa. Great choice!
Soifua
anonymous said
aww .. haha you can actually walk there during low tide :) my grandma used to do it all the time back in the days … thats our extended families island :)