South Pacific cruise travel blog! Here are cruise tips for American Samoa and Tahiti

• Things to do in Pago Pago from a cruise ship (American Samoa)
• Pago Pago cruise port map + where do cruise ships dock
• Walking in Papeete cruise port (Tahiti | French Polynesia)
• What to pack for snorkeling in Tahiti (and American Samoa!)

 

Common types of cruises with port stops in the South Pacific:

• One-way transpacific repositioning cruises between North America and New Zealand/Australia
• One-way cruises between Hawaii and Tahiti
• Round trip cruises to the South Pacific from California or Australia

 

My South Pacific cruise history

• 20-day transpacific cruise from California to New Zealand (September – October)
  • Grand Princess cruise ship
  • South Pacific cruise ports: Papeete (Tahiti / French Polynesia), Pago Pago (American Samoa), Auckland (New Zealand)
  • 16 sea days 🤣
  • Ports: California (San Francisco), Hawaii (Honolulu), Papeete, Pago Pago, Auckland
  • Actually I was on this cruise ship before California… in Alaska and Canada! But this was the “South Pacific” part of it!

 

HAPPY CRUISING TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC!