Namua
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Namu'a is a small uninhabited island off the east coast of Upolu
island in Samoa
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The island is a 10 minute boat ride from Upolu and has beach fale
accommodation for visitors. There are lookouts and it takes about an hour to walk around the island.
Namua is one of four small islands in the Aleipata Islands
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Upolu
Upolu is an island in Samoa, formed by a massive basaltic shield volcano which rises from the seafloor of the western Pacific Ocean. The island is long, in area, and is the second largest in geographic area as well as the most populated of the Samoan Islands. Upolu is situated to the east of...
island in Samoa
Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
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The island is a 10 minute boat ride from Upolu and has beach fale
Beach fale
Beach fale is a modern term for a simple thatched hut in Samoa. They are also common in other parts of Polynesia. They have become popular in tourism as low budget accommodation situated by the coast, built with a few posts, no walls and a thatched roof with a round or oval shape.The word fale is...
accommodation for visitors. There are lookouts and it takes about an hour to walk around the island.
Namua is one of four small islands in the Aleipata Islands
Aleipata Islands
The Aleipata Islands is a group of four uninhabited islands off the eastern end of Upolu Island, Samoa, with an aggregate area of 1.68 km²):*Nu'utele *Nu'ulua *Namua *Fanuatapu...
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