Today we took the National Park of American Samoa Tour. It's a unique park - the only one south of the equator and where the U.S. Government doesn't own the land. Efforts to establish the Park go back to mid 1980 over concern about the decline of fruit bats and wanting to protect the tropical rainforests. On October 31, 1988 Congress established the NP of American Samoa. In 1993, a complex arrangement for a 50 year land lease years with seven villages and the Samoa government was signed.
We got lucky with our tour - we were expecting an open air bus, but because we were a small group, we got a plush air conditioned van!
The Park is stunning! It basically backs up to the town of Pago Pago.
