Upolu Travel Guide

Western-Samoa comprises nine major islands, volcanic Upolu and Savai’i being the two largest ones. Upolu is a fertile island with beautiful scenery and excellent swimming opportunities (check out Lefaga Bay but be aware of the reefs).

The island’s capital (and also of Western Samoa) is Apia, where you can visit the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum. The museum is housed in a plantation home once built by the author of ‘Treasure Island’. Several shops will mark your stay with island handicrafts or maybe even an Samoan tattoo? You can make some excellent daytrips to rubber plantations, banana trees and the tallest mountain of Western Samoa.