Neiafu, Vava'u, Tonga Travel Blogs

Whales
Sep 10, 2007 (12 photos)

Whales -

Va Vau,
Sep 7, 2007 (11 photos)

Tonga

Taking it easy Tonga style
Aug 7, 2006 (3 photos)

... a full and busy boat. We left Tongatapu on the 28th with a very nice French girl called Catherine, who was in Tonga for a couple of months on a placement for her uni course - economics in developing countries. The association Catherine was working for ...

Sailing in Tonga
May 6, 2009 (7 photos)

... back and forth alongside the yacht. We're now in town (Neifau) getting more food and water for the boat, we only have a few days left in Tonga (booo). The weather has been wonderful until today, now it's a bit wet but due to clear up again tomorrow.

Fish. Fish. Fish. Fish.
Oct 13, 2008 (4 photos)

... in Nuku'Alofa for a transfer back to the airport and 20 minute flight to Eu'A "The ecotourist island of the Kingdom of Tonga" (anyone spot a contradiction in that?). Photos to come when I get an internet connection that doesn't operate on Tongan IP

Humpback of Neiafu
Oct 10, 2008 (7 photos)

... and countless ikale, Andy being smooth with the locals and an astonishing day of swimming with Whales. Pacific Humpback whales come to Tonga - not for the cheap beer, but for the warm waters in which they give birth to and nurse their calves. We took a ...

Vava-voooom
Oct 8, 2008 (7 photos)

... , Paia, rusty bath and no hot water, pictures of tongan royal family a really wierd place. Took a stroll around Neiafu which lasted 3 minutes, they have 3 bars, 3 ATMs and 1 internet cafe (here I am). Ended up sinking a ...

I SWAM WITH A HUMPBACK WHALE!
Oct 2, 2007 (11 photos)

... that you had to swim underwater to get into, Mariner's Cave, and visited the cave in the picture, Swallow's cave. The town Neiafu was a lovely little harbour town with lots of yachts. There was a cool yacht club where I killed the rainy afternoons with ...

Nov 05, 2009
Aug 16, 2007 (4 photos)

Swimming by Moonlight at Keitahi Beach in Tonga
Oct 26, 2007 (21 photos)

... dip in the ocean soon turns into a night of frolicing in the waves while the moon shines her happy face down upon you. Surreal! After our merrymaking we drove back to Neiafu.  Time for a hot shower and bed up at Hilltop Hotel. Vava'u, Tonga

Mala Beach Resort
Feb 11, 2006

... back from that island to this island (har har har), we went to the market in town.  Located along the wharf in Neiafu, 'Utukalongalu Market is a bustling place full of local seasonal produce and craft items.  It is a merging of tourist and local shopping.  ...

Cyclone Cometh!
Feb 11, 2006

Beachcombing on Keitahi Beach, where the storm swept sand is covered in bits of coral, an abundance of shells and various other flotsam and jetsam. As the cyclone rolls in off the ocean, the clouds trip over each other in their mad frenzy of roiling, ...

Vava'u, Tonga
Oct 19, 2006 (11 photos)

Okay, well, we made it! And this brief entry will have to do for now as I am wiped out!  But I will update it as soon as I can! Good to be back in Tonga! Cheers!

Friday Night Races
Aug 11, 2007 (66 photos)

For now, just a quick word... Every Friday night in Vava'u, anyone who is eager can enter their boat in the weekly race held in the Port of Refuge.  If you are without sail, you can hop aboard a boat that is entered and help crew, or just be the ...

Det regner bare her paa Tonga!
Nov 18, 2007

Det naermer seg slutten paa Tonga,og dermed alle Stillehavsoyene. Men for aa vaere helt aerlig saa er det bra, i alle fall saann som Tonga er. Litt synd at den siste uka, skulle bli sann som den er blitt, men vi er egentlig ikke saa imponert over det ...

First Day at the Hospital!!
Mar 13, 2009

... live in a tepee on an island somewhere in Va'vau but have been rained off this week and are staying in Neiafu for a few days. They seem pretty cool and have a crazy story...basically they moved her a few months back having visited Va' ...

Beautiful Va'vau
Mar 12, 2009

... was actually great. We were greeted by a lovely Tongan man, Peile who transferred us from the airport to Neiafu. He was unexpectedly organized by our accommodation owner's Paul and Brenda which was quite kind of them...and very helpful ...

Nov 05, 2009
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A lazy day at Tongan Beach Resort
Mar 14, 2009 (10 photos)

After last nights shenanigans we all felt pretty hung over this morning and was not up for doing much so we walked into town and asked around to find a beach resort to go to. Lisa at Tropicana set us up with a taxi for Tongan Beach Resort on ...

Stopping To Breathe
Aug 1, 2009

Surrounded by water at every turn, but most of my time here has been on land. Hiking, cracking coconuts, discovering new parts of the island, hiking red-dirt trails to mountaintops that only look over many other little islands covered in foliage have been ...

Gale Force Winds?
Oct 31, 2007

... .  We have had alot of rain with some sunny days thrown in for seasoning. Oh yeah!  I almost forgot!  Happy Halloween!!!! Well, at least here it is, although, I guess in California it's almost Halloween as well. Hmm. : ) Vava'u, Tonga