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Start at 1. National Park visitor center, Pago Pago

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Road to Vatia and Pola Island, National Park of American Samoa

From the park visitor center in Pago Pago over the mountains to the north shore of Tutuila: star mounds and stone adzes, flying foxes, Rainmaker Mountain, the Vai'ava Strait overlook and the seabird cliffs of Pola Island at the end of the road.

11 min of audio · 9 miles · Read the transcript

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    Getting started

    1. Start in the right placeThis tour begins at National Park visitor center, Pago Pago. Start while parked; the first story plays when you arrive.
    2. Let's hear itSelect this phone as the car's Bluetooth audio source and set a comfortable volume. Download the tour while you still have signal.
    3. Stories meet you thereYour phone's location starts each story automatically. Music flows straight into the narration. Keep this page open; it keeps the screen awake for GPS.
    4. You're ready to explorePress Start at the National Park visitor center in Pago Pago (open weekdays, closed weekends and federal holidays; the tour works whether it's open or not). Download the tour first in case you lose signal. The road climbs over Afono Pass, follows the north coast to the park's Lower Sauma Ridge overlook, then ends past the last houses of Vatia, where a rough unpaved section leads to the Pola Island trailhead (park at the end of the pavement if your car can't manage it). Go slowly through the villages. Sunday is a quiet day of church and rest, and around dusk villages pause for evening prayer (Sa); the main road doesn't need to stop, but be respectful. Ask before taking photos or using a beach.

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    Facts from the National Park of American Samoa (NPS): park pages, Visitor Guide, Day Hikes brochure, National Natural Landmarks bulletin and the Natural History Guide to American Samoa (3rd edition, NPS and partners). Stop locations and route © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Music: Mozart, Symphony No. 40, II. Andante, Musopen Symphony (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons). Narration is AI-generated. Not an official National Park Service product.