{"id":1310394,"date":"2026-10-23T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T00:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1310394"},"modified":"2026-10-23T09:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T09:40:48","slug":"samoa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/oceania\/samoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Samoa"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302041,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-country","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"Samoa country guide","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"Samoa Travel Guide","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"Beach fales on the sand, waterfalls you can swim under, and a culture that has kept itself intact. The Pacific island where you sleep in an open hut for the price of a hostel bed.","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"1310454","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"medium","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"Pick a place | #cities\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_country_stats":"WS$70 | A beach fale with meals\r\n2 | Main islands\r\n30m | The To Sua ocean trench\r\nSunday | The whole country stops","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"Fa'a Samoa, and a lot of water","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"Samoa is two main islands and a way of life (fa'a Samoa, the Samoan way) that has survived more intact than almost anywhere else in the Pacific. Extended family, village authority and the church shape the day, and Sunday genuinely stops everything.\r\n\r\nUpolu holds the capital, Apia, and most of the population, along with the To Sua ocean trench, a 30-metre swimming hole reached by a ladder, and the beaches of the south coast where beach fales (open-sided thatched huts on the sand) are the standard accommodation.\r\n\r\nSavai'i, the larger island, has fewer people, lava fields from a 1905 eruption, blowholes and a slower pace still.\r\n\r\nA week covers both islands. It is not a party destination, and that is rather the point of it.","hw_hub_country_facts":"Languages | Samoan and English, both official\r\nCurrency | Samoan tala (WST)\r\nEmergency | 994 ambulance, 995 police\r\nTap water | Bottled is safer outside Apia\r\nSunday | Church day. Most businesses close and villages observe quiet\r\nDress | Modest away from beaches. Cover shoulders and knees in villages\r\nHow long to stay | A week for both islands\r\nBest months | May to October, the dry season","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"Where to go","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"Two main islands, linked by a ferry. Buses are colourful, cheap and run on nobody's timetable.","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"1","hw_hub_country_cities":"Apia | The capital on Upolu: a market, a harbour, Robert Louis Stevenson's house above town. |  | 1310455 |  | ","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"What kind of trip is this?","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"Samoa is a swimming, waterfall and village trip, and it moves slowly by design.","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"Beach | sunset | sunglasses | Beach fales on the sand, which is the whole accommodation model. | Sleep in a fale at Lalomanu; Swim at To Sua; Manase on Savai'i | Lalomanu; To Sua; Manase | Lalomanu; Savai'i | beach\nAdventure | green | backpack | Waterfalls, lava tubes and a canopy walkway. | Swim under Togitogiga falls; The Alofaaga blowholes; Walk the Falealupo canopy | Togitogiga; Alofaaga blowholes; Falealupo | Savai'i | adventure\nCulture | purple | culture | Fa'a Samoa, which is lived rather than performed. | A Sunday church service, if invited; Robert Louis Stevenson's house; A fiafia night | Apia; Villages; Mount Vaea | Apia | culture\nBudget | teal | coin | Beach fales include meals, which makes budgeting simple. | Fales at WS$70\u2013150 with dinner and breakfast; Market food in Apia; Local buses | Lalomanu; Apia; Manase | Lalomanu; Apia | budget-travel\nFood | sunset | local-markets | Taro, coconut, fish and an umu earth oven on Sundays. | Palusami, taro leaves in coconut cream; Oka, raw fish; A to'ona'i Sunday feast | Apia market; Fale dinners; Village umu | Apia | food\nCity break | blue | city | Apia over a day or two, and that is enough. | The fish market at dawn; Stevenson's villa and grave; The flea market | Apia centre; Mount Vaea | Apia | city-break","hw_hub_country_do_title":"Things to do in Samoa","hw_hub_country_do_body":"The To Sua ocean trench is the image of Samoa: a deep swimming hole in a garden on Upolu's south coast, connected to the sea by a lava tube, reached by a steep wooden ladder that puts some people off entirely.\r\n\r\nBeach fales are the other essential experience. Open-sided huts on the sand, with mats, mosquito nets and a shared bathroom block, they cost WS$70 to WS$150 a night including dinner and breakfast, and sleeping with the sea a few metres away and no walls is why people come back.\r\n\r\nWaterfalls are everywhere and most are on village land with a small entry fee paid to whoever is at the gate: Togitogiga, Sopoaga and Afu Aau are the known ones.\r\n\r\nOn Savai'i, the Alofaaga blowholes fire seawater metres into the air, and the 1905 lava field swallowed villages whole and left a church buried to its roofline.","hw_hub_country_do_points":"To Sua | A 30m swimming hole reached by a steep ladder. Not for the nervous\r\nBeach fales | WS$70\u2013150 including dinner and breakfast. The classic Samoan stay\r\nWaterfall fees | Most sit on village land. A few tala paid at the gate\r\nSavai'i lava field | An entire village buried in 1905, with a church roof still visible","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_country_do_more":"All things to do in Samoa","hw_hub_country_food_title":"Eating in Samoa","hw_hub_country_food_body":"Most travellers eat where they sleep, because beach fale rates include dinner and breakfast and there is usually nothing else nearby. The food is taro, breadfruit, fish, chicken and coconut in various forms.\r\n\r\nPalusami (taro leaves baked in coconut cream) is the dish to look for, and oka, raw fish cured in coconut and lime, is the Samoan version of a Pacific staple.\r\n\r\nThe umu is an above-ground earth oven, and to'ona'i, the Sunday meal cooked in it after church, is the centre of the week. Being invited to one is a genuine privilege.\r\n\r\nApia's market is the place for cheap eating (a full plate for a few tala) and the fish market early in the morning is worth seeing whether or not you are buying.","hw_hub_country_food_points":"Fale meals | Dinner and breakfast included. Usually no alternative nearby\r\nPalusami | Taro leaves in coconut cream. The dish to try\r\nTo'ona'i | The Sunday umu feast after church, and the centre of the week\r\nApia market | Cheap full plates, and a fish market worth an early start","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_country_food_more":"All food guides for Samoa","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"Going out in Samoa","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"Samoa is not a nightlife destination and does not pretend to be. Apia has a handful of bars and clubs, busiest on Friday nights, and Vailima is the local beer at WS$6 to WS$10.\r\n\r\nOutside the capital, the evening is dinner at your fale, a guitar, and the sea. Fiafia nights (buffet dinners with Samoan dancing and fire knife performance) are held weekly at larger properties and are the main organised entertainment.\r\n\r\nSunday is the thing to plan around. The country genuinely stops: businesses close, villages observe quiet periods around church services, and swimming or noise near a village during those hours is taken as disrespectful. Travelling on a Sunday means very limited transport and food.","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"Apia | A handful of bars, busiest on Friday. That is the scene\r\nFiafia nights | Weekly dance and fire knife performances at larger properties\r\nVailima | The local beer, WS$6\u201310\r\nSunday | The country stops. Plan around it rather than through it","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Samoa","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"Getting around Samoa","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"Local buses are wooden-bodied, painted, loud and cheap, and they run when they are full rather than when a timetable says. They are an experience in themselves and reach most of the coast on both islands.\r\n\r\nThe ferry between Upolu and Savai'i takes about an hour from Mulifanua to Salelologa and runs several times a day.\r\n\r\nHiring a car is the practical option for covering waterfalls and beaches on your own schedule: you need a temporary Samoan licence, bought at the rental desk or a police station for a few tala. Driving is on the left, having switched from the right in 2009.\r\n\r\nTaxis are cheap and unmetered, so agree the fare first.","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"Local buses | Cheap, painted, loud, and they leave when full\r\nFerry | Upolu to Savai'i in about an hour, several times daily\r\nTemporary licence | Needed to hire a car. Bought at the desk for a few tala\r\nDriving | On the left, since the 2009 switch","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"All transport guides for Samoa","hw_hub_country_money_title":"What Samoa costs","hw_hub_country_money_body":"Samoa is good value because the beach fale model bundles bed and meals together. WS$70 to WS$150 a night gets you a hut on the sand, dinner and breakfast, which removes most of the daily decisions.\r\n\r\nBeyond that, waterfall and site entry fees are a few tala each, paid to the village that owns the land, and local buses cost almost nothing.\r\n\r\nA day comes to WS$120 to WS$220 all in. Car hire at WS$120 to WS$180 a day is the main optional cost and is worth splitting. Cash matters outside Apia: card acceptance is limited and ATMs are concentrated in the capital and Salelologa.","hw_hub_country_money_points":"Beach fale | WS$70\u2013150 including dinner and breakfast\r\nA day, all in | WS$120\u2013220\r\nVillage fees | A few tala at waterfalls and beaches, paid at the gate\r\nCash | ATMs are concentrated in Apia and Salelologa","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_country_money_more":"All budget guides for Samoa","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"Staying safe in Samoa","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"Samoa is safe and crime against visitors is rare. The main considerations are cultural and natural rather than criminal.\r\n\r\nRespecting village protocol matters: ask before swimming at a beach that belongs to a village, do not walk through a village during evening prayer, cover up away from the beach, and pay the fees asked at sites: they go to the community that maintains them.\r\n\r\nIn the water, currents around reef passages are strong and there are few lifeguards anywhere. Coral cuts infect quickly, and reef shoes are worth having.\r\n\r\nCyclone season runs November to April. Medical facilities are limited outside Apia, and evacuation is a flight away, so insurance covering it matters. Dogs in villages can be territorial and are best given a wide berth.","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"Emergency | 994 ambulance, 995 police\r\nVillage protocol | Ask before swimming or crossing village land. Pay the fees asked\r\nReef currents | Strong around passages, with almost no lifeguards\r\nCyclone season | November to April. Medical facilities are limited outside Apia","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"All safety guides for Samoa","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"Entry and documents","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"Most nationalities receive a free entry permit on arrival for 60 or 90 days, with proof of onward travel and accommodation sometimes requested.\r\n\r\nPassports need six months' validity.\r\n\r\nThe social rules are the important part. Sunday is observed seriously across the country. Villages have evening prayer periods, usually around dusk, when movement through the village stops: if you hear a bell or a conch and see people sitting, wait where you are for ten minutes. Modest dress away from the beach, particularly for women, is expected rather than optional.","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"Entry permit | Free on arrival, 60 or 90 days for most nationalities\r\nPassport validity | Six months\r\nEvening prayer | Villages pause around dusk. Stop and wait where you are\r\nSunday | Observed seriously. Very limited transport and services","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"travel-tips","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"All travel tips for Samoa","hw_hub_country_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"May to October is drier and cooler. November to April is the wet season with cyclone risk, though rain often comes in short heavy bursts rather than all day.","hw_hub_country_season_note":"Average highs for Apia, which barely change. The variable is rain and cyclone risk, and the south-east coasts of both islands are wetter than the north-west.","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"January | 30 | 2 | Wet season and peak cyclone risk\r\nFebruary | 30 | 2 | The wettest stretch of the year\r\nMarch | 30 | 2 | Still wet and humid\r\nApril | 30 | 3 | Improving. Cyclone season ending\r\nMay | 29 | 4 | Dry season begins. Good\r\nJune | 29 | 5 | Excellent. Dry, cooler and clear\r\nJuly | 28 | 5 | Peak season. The best weather of the year\r\nAugust | 28 | 5 | Excellent, and Teuila festival in early September follows\r\nSeptember | 29 | 5 | Superb, with the Teuila festival in Apia\r\nOctober | 29 | 4 | Still dry and warming\r\nNovember | 30 | 3 | Wet season and cyclone risk return\r\nDecember | 30 | 2 | Hot and wet, though Christmas brings the diaspora home","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel and how long for. Per night, for one person, in Samoan tala.","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"Beach fale rates usually include dinner and breakfast, which is why the food line is low. Car hire at WS$120\u2013180 a day is worth splitting.","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 70 | 20 | 15 | 10\r\nMiddle of the road | 130 | 50 | 60 | 30\r\nComfortable | 250 | 110 | 90 | 70","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"WS$","hw_hub_country_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"Teuila in September is the big one, and Sunday is the weekly one.","hw_hub_country_events_source":"api","hw_hub_country_events_country":"samoa","hw_hub_country_events_count":"8","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"All events in Samoa","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/oceania\/samoa\/","hw_hub_country_events":"Teuila Festival | September | Apia | A week of dance, fire knife competition, choirs and flower shows. The largest festival of the year. |  | \nIndependence Day | June | Apia | Marking independence in 1962, the first Pacific nation to achieve it in the modern era. |  | \nWhite Sunday | October | Nationwide | Children dress in white and lead church services. A major family occasion. |  | \nSunday to'ona'i | Weekly | Nationwide | The umu feast after church, and the centre of Samoan family life. |  | \nDry season | May to October | Nationwide | Cooler, clearer and the best months for swimming and walking. |  | \nCyclone season | November to April | Nationwide | Worth planning around, with insurance to match. |  | ","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Samoa","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"What is bookable here, live from Hostelworld. Beach fales are the classic Samoan stay and most include dinner and breakfast in the rate.","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Samoa","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/oceania\/samoa\/","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"country","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"182","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"WST","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_team_title":"","hw_hub_country_team_intro":"","hw_hub_country_team":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"Samoa travel questions","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_country_faqs":"What is a beach fale? | An open-sided thatched hut on the sand with mats, a mosquito net and a shared bathroom block, costing WS$70 to WS$150 a night including dinner and breakfast. It is the standard accommodation on Samoan beaches and the main reason to come.\r\nHow long do you need in Samoa? | A week covers both islands: Upolu for To Sua, the south coast beaches and Apia, then the ferry to Savai'i for lava fields, blowholes and a slower pace.\r\nWhat happens on Sunday? | Everything stops. Businesses close, families go to church and eat the to'ona'i umu feast afterwards, and villages observe quiet. Transport is very limited, and swimming or making noise near a village during service hours reads as disrespectful.\r\nWhat is To Sua? | A 30-metre-deep swimming hole in a garden on Upolu's south coast, connected to the sea by a lava tube and reached by a steep wooden ladder. It is the image most people have of Samoa, and the ladder puts some visitors off entirely.\r\nIs Samoa expensive? | Reasonable, and simple to budget for because fale rates include meals. A day runs WS$120 to WS$220 all in, with car hire at WS$120 to WS$180 the main optional extra.\r\nWhen should I visit? | May to October, the dry season, with June to September the best of it. November to April is wetter with cyclone risk, though rain often arrives in short heavy bursts rather than all day.\r\nWhat should I know about village etiquette? | Cover shoulders and knees away from the beach, ask before swimming at a village-owned beach, pay the small fees at waterfalls and sites, and stop where you are if you arrive during evening prayer: usually signalled by a bell or conch around dusk.","hw_hub_country_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_country_cta_body":"Compare places to stay across Samoa: live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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