Samoa, a gem nestled in the South Pacific, is an archipelago made up of two main islands, Upolu and Savai'i, along with several smaller islands. Located roughly halfway between Hawaii and New ...

After taking the ferry ride aboard MV Lady Samoa III across the Apolima Strait, from Upolu to Savai’i, the passage of time felt blissfully turned back 30 years. Suffused with a deep sense of ...

Like most visitors to Samoa, when the country lets me in I’ll likely stick to the two main islands – Upolu and Savai’i. Upolu is home to more than 70 per cent of Samoa’s population ...

Known as “the big island”, Savai’i is often thought of as “the real Samoa” – wild, more authentic, less developed, less peopled. The main town, Salelologa, has a single traffic light ...

Flags, rags, scarves and sarongs. From the western shores of Savai’i to the eastern beaches of Upolu, the towns and villages of the Pacific islands of Samoa are peppered with splashes of red.

The Independent State of Samoa is made up of nine volcanic islands, two of which - Savai'i and Upolu - make up more than 99% of the land. It was governed by New Zealand until its people voted for ...