Coastal path
Around the island.
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Manono is a small, low green island in the Apolima Strait between Savai'i and Upolu. It has no cars or roads, just a footpath running around the coast between villages, palms, fale huts and painted churches. The island lies 3.4 km off Lefatu Cape, the western tip of Upolu, and is Samoa's third-largest island by population and area. Four villages hold about 900 people. Electricity arrived only in 1995. Dogs and horses are banned to protect the environment. In the 19th century it was a centre of the first Methodist mission in Samoa. You cross by small boat in about 20 minutes, then walk the coastal path between villages, past white churches with towers, traditional houses and blue water all around. There are beach fale huts for those who want to stay. Life is very quiet. The island is about 37 km in a straight line west of Apia, with boats leaving from the west end of Upolu. Walking is free and the boat costs extra. It is village land, so dress modestly and respect evening prayer time.
Around the island.
In the villages.
On the beach.
Apolima Strait, west of Upolu
By small boat from west Upolu, about 20 minutes.
Modest clothes in the villages.