The Le Pupu Pue National Park is the only park in one of the two islands in Samoa. The two islands in Samoa are Upolu and Savaii, and Le Pupu Pue National Park is situated in Upolu. This park was established in 1978 and extends up to 29-sq km. The park was established with the purpose of protecting Mount Fito and also Lepu-e summit till the south coast. Le Pupu Pue National Park provides surplus opportunity to the visitors to get acquainted with the interesting wildlife of the place. The entrance to the parks is free. The park also has 42 different varieties of birds. The park shelters sundry species of territorial and aerial wild life. The park is also known to support eco-tourism. There are many interesting walking tracks in the park. These paths start from the coast and culminate at the mountainous spine at the centre of the island. The park treasures some of the par-excellence tropical forests left in the Upolu. The park spreads across 2,850 hectares of land. The park has many volcanic summits. Mt Fito among all is known to be the highest point on Upolu at almost 3,609 ft. Many visitors from across the world come to the park specially to see the endangered animal flying fox also called Tongan fruit bat and Pteropus tonganus. The Le Pupu Pue National Park is situated adjacent to the Togitogiga Scenic Reserve. So, the visitors who come to visit either of these can also take a easy trip to the other impressive and worth exploring place of the island.
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The Palolo Deep Marine Reserve lies in between the Vaiala Beach and the harbour. It has many shallow reefs that look splendid during the high tides. The amazing place slumps just five minutes away from the Apia centre. The place is ideal if one is looking spend some good hours swimming, snorkelling, and diving. The entrance to the Palolo Deep Marine Reserve is covered by the ‘pilu trees’.There are all needed facilities such as changing rooms, showers, washrooms. The visitors can also get snorkel gears from here. This marine park has a blue hole almost 100 m away from the shore. In fact the reserve is characterised by this hole that is embellished with coral and excellent marine life. Its name Deep has been derived from the worms that rise from the corals two times in the year. These worms are called palolo reef worms. The worm leaves a ‘tail’ that comprises of the sperm and the egg. People in Samoa gather holding their lanterns at early morning hours to trap ‘the caviar of the Pacific’ in their nets. These can be eaten raw and can be fried and then relished. These worms usually rise in the months of late October and late November and their rising time is also determined by the position of the moon. These worms are also found in Fiji.
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Tafua Peninsula Rainforest Preserve
With the inclination to protect the rain forests in the Savai'i in Samoa, the Tafua Peninsula Rainforest Preserve was founded in 1990. The park came into being with the aid of assistance received from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Seacology, and model Christie Brinkley. The preserve has many passages running in the rainforest including a walking track to reach the Tafua volcanic crater. At this volcanic crater, you can find many unique Samoa Flying-fox bats. The other endangered bird type that has made this place its adobe is tooth-billed pigeon also known as Manumea and Didunculus strigirostris. It is also the national bird of Samoa. The two fishing boats were introduced by Seacology in the reserve to facilitate the sources of income in the place for the villagers. The Tafua village is located just 6 km away from the main road. It is situated at the sea side on the Savai'i island, on a peninsula, in Palauli district. The yen to create the reserve would have been difficult to accomplish if the chiefs (matai) in the village would not have agreed to it. The population of the village is 408 according to 2006 Census.
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