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TRANSPORT © Lonelyplanet © Lonely Planet 194 Transport TRANSPORT Entering American Samoa A passport valid for at least six months CONTENTS beyond your arrival date and an onward ticket will allow nationals of 29 countries to Entry Requirements 194 obtain a visa on arrival. Nationals of other Air 194 countries will need to apply for a visa in Sea 197 advance. For full details, see p110 . The yellow fever regulations that apply to Samoa also apply to American Samoa. The physical isolation of the Samoan islands and Tonga means you need to give care- Entering Tonga ful consideration to the best way of getting Citizens of most countries are granted a 31- out there. Flying direct to/from each island day visitors visa on arrival in Tonga upon grouping, for instance, probably won’t rep- presentation of a passport with at least six resent the greatest value for money. It might months’ validity and an onward ticket. An make more sense to engage in some care- international yellow fever vaccination cer- ful route planning that may enable further tificate will be necessary if you’ve been to a exploration of the South Pacific or even high-risk area in the past six days. Australasia. For information on travelling within AIR either Samoa or American Samoa, see p111 . While the Samoan islands and Tonga aren’t For information on travelling within Tonga, exactly as remote or obscure a destination see p191 . as Tuvalu or Kiribati, they are not as popu- Flights and tours can be booked online at lar as Fiji or Tahiti either (not yet anyway), www.lonelyplanet.com/travel_services. and airfares often reflect this. Access to either island group is fairly straightforward from ENTRY REQUIREMENTS New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Hawai’i or Los Entering Samoa An geles. From anywhere else, however, trav- To be issued a visa on arrival in Samoa, elling there will almost always entail reaching you must have an onward ticket, a passport one of these connecting points first. Auckland valid for at least another six months, and a and Nadi/Suva are the most convenient and contact address within the country (have best-served runs, and there are often some the name of a hotel handy). An interna- good discount fares on these routes. Tonga tional yellow fever vaccination certificate and the Samoas are also popular as a stop- will also be required if you’ve visited a high- over or cheap ‘optional extra’ on some tickets risk country in the six days prior to your and round-the-world fares between Europe arrival in Samoa (see p199 ). or North America and New Zealand. Visitors to Samoa will arrive near Apia on ’Upolu, those visiting American Samoa THINGS CHANGE … will arrive near Pago Pago on Tutuila, and The information in this chapter is particu- the majority of those visiting Tonga will larly vulnerable to change. Check directly arrive at Nuku’alofa. with the airline or a travel agent to make sure you understand how a fare (and ticket Airlines you may buy) works and to be aware of Airlines that service the region include the the security requirements for international following (note all phone numbers men- travel. Shop carefully. The details given in tioned here are for dialling from within this chapter should be regarded as point- Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga): ers and are not a substitute for your own Air New Zealand (airline code NZ; %Apia 20825, careful, up-to-date research. Nuku’alofa 23192; www.airnz.com; hub Auckland Interna- tional Airport) lonelyplanet.com TRANSPORT •• Air 195 TRANSPORT Air Pacific (airline code FJ; %Apia 22172, Nuku’alofa An alternative type of RTW ticket is one 23422; www.airpacific.com; hub Nadi International put together by a travel agent. These are usu- Airport) ally more expensive than airline RTW fares Hawaiian Airlines (airline code HA; %Tafuna 699 but allow you to devise your own itinerary. 1875; www.hawaiianair.com; hub Honolulu International Airport, Hawai’i) CIRCLE PACIFIC TICKETS Inter Island Airways (%Faleolo 42580, Tafuna 699 A Circle Pacific ticket is similar to a RTW 7100; www.interislandair.com; hub Tafuna International ticket but covers a more limited region, Airport, Tutuila) using a combination of airlines to connect Pacific Blue (airline code DJ; %Nuku’alofa 24566; Australia, New Zealand, North America www.flypacificblue.com; hub Brisbane International and Asia, with stopover options in the Pa- Airport) cific islands. As with RTW tickets, there Polynesian Airlines (airline code PH; %Apia 21261, are restrictions and limits as to how many Pago Pago 699 9126; www.polynesianairlines.com; hub stopovers you can take. Faleolo Airport, ’Upolu) Polynesian Blue (airline code DJ; www.polynesianblue ONLINE TICKET SITES .com; hub Brisbane International Airport) For online ticket bookings, including RTW South Pacific Express (airline code SPEX; %Tafuna fares, start with the following websites: 699 9900; [email protected]; hub Tafuna Air Brokers (www.airbrokers.com) This US company International Airport, Tutuila) specialises in cheap tickets. Cheap Flights (www.cheapflight.com) Informative site Tickets with specials, airline information and flight searches from Automated online ticket sales work well if the USA, the UK and other regions. you’re doing a simple one-way or return Flight Centre International (www.flightcentre.com) trip on specified dates, but are no substitute Respected operator handling direct flights. for a travel agent with the low-down on Flights.com (www.tiss.com) International site for flight special deals, strategies for avoiding stop- tickets; offers cheap fares and an easy-to-search database. overs, and other useful advice. Roundtheworld.com (www.roundtheworldflights.com) Paying by credit card offers some protec- This excellent site allows you to build your own trips from tion if you unwittingly end up dealing with the UK with up to six stops. a rogue fly-by-night agency, as most card STA (www.statravel.com) Prominent in international issuers provide refunds if you can prove you student travel but you don’t have to be a student; site didn’t get what you paid for. Alternatively, linked to worldwide STA sites. buy a ticket from a bonded agent, such as Travelocity (www.travelocity.com) US site that allows one covered by the Air Travel Organiser’s Licence you to search fares (in US$) from/to practically anywhere. (ATOL; www.atol.org.uk) scheme in the UK. If you Travel Online (www.travelonline.co.nz) Good place to have doubts about the service provider, at check worldwide flights from New Zealand. the very least call the airline and confirm that your booking has been made. Asia Air Pacific has direct flights from Tokyo to INTERCONTINENTAL (RTW) TICKETS Nadi, which connect with flights to Apia Round-the-world (RTW) tickets are gener- (Samoa) and Nuku’alofa (Tonga). Air New ally put together by the three biggest airline Zealand has a number of flights from Hong alliances – Star Alliance (www.staralliance.com), Kong, Tokyo and Osaka to Auckland, where Oneworld (www.oneworldalliance.com) and Skyteam there are many onward flights to Samoa (www.skyteam.com). They give you a limited time and Tonga. Most flights from other parts (usually a year) in which to circumnavi gate of Asia are also routed through Auckland the globe. You can go anywhere the partici- and Nadi. pating airlines go, as long as you stay within the prescribed kilometre extents or number Australia of stops and don’t backtrack when flying be- From Australia, flights to Samoa are avail- tween continents. Backtracking is generally able from Sydney and Brisbane with Poly- permitted within a single contin ent, though nesian Blue. Pacific Blue has flights between with certain restrictions; see the relevant Tonga and Sydney, with connections to websites for details. other Australian cities. Air Pacific flights .
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