Samoan Serenity

2025

9 DAY FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUR

MONDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER TO TUESDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER


Tafola Lava!


Welcome to our inaugural tour to stunning Samoa.


Our holiday will be one of traditional culture, magnificent scenery and pure relaxation. It’s a country that leaves its mark on all who visit, no matter how they choose to spend their time.


There are limited places available on this tour - please book early to avoid disappointment!

 

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS


Tour of Apia, Elei-making demonstration, Bahai Centre, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Home & Museum, South Coast Tour, Falefa Falls, Lalomanu Beach, Fiafia Night Dinner and Show, Samoan Cultural Village, Afa Aau Waterfall and Blowholes, Western Savaii, Saleaula Lava Fields, Canopy Tree Walk, Local Church Service and Plantation Tour.

 
FLIGHTS 
Melbourne to Samoa via Brisbane and return.

CRUISE 
Return ferry from Upolu to Savaii


MULTIPLE NIGHT STAYS
3 nights in Apia

2 nights in Savaii and Apia


PLEASE NOTE

To maximize your experience on this tour, you will need to be fit and able.

Walking frames are not recommended.


TOUR COSTS

Twin Share Room First Tour: $7,895 per person
Twin Share Room Repeat Traveller 2 - 10 Tours: $7,795 per person
Twin Share Room Repeat Traveller 11 - 20 Tours: $7,745 per person
Twin Share Room Repeat Traveller 21+ Tours: $7,695 per person
Single Room Supplement: $1,475 per person
 
Deposit: $1,200 per person
 

As a thank you for travelling with O'Shannessy's Quality Tours, you will automatically receive a saving on the total tour price for your second and subsequent tours.
 
In most cases, O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours will match single travellers who wish to twin share with another single traveller of the same gender. However, if this is not possible, you will need to pay the single room supplement.

 

If you are willing to twin share but are a smoker, have a CPAP machine or snore, you will need to pay the single supplement for a sole use room.

​O'Shanessy's Quality Tours are now providing travel insurance through Nib Insurance.


Travel insurance is not compulsory, however the Australian Government (see www.smarttraveller.gov.au) recommends all travellers no matter where you are going, obtain comprehensive travel insurance from a reputable provider at the time the balance of the tour is to be paid. It may enable you to claim back the cost of your tour if you are unable to travel or must cancel at late notice.

​Always read the PDS provided, to ensure the cover meets your needs.

MAP

ITINERARY

  • DAY 1: MONDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER, 2025

    MELBOURNE TO SAMOA


    Welcome to our holiday to discover the beauty of Samoa. With chauffeured pickup from home, we travel to Melbourne Airport. Here we’ll be greeted by an O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours Director who will assist us with check in and travel with us onto the plane for our flight to Brisbane. Upon our arrival, we make our way to the Brisbane International Terminal where we depart on our overnight Qantas flight to Samoa.


    Refreshments inflight


  • DAY 2: TUESDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER, 2025

    TOWN TOUR AND ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON MUSEUM


    After arriving at the Samoa Airport, we are greeted with a fresh Ula and transferred to our accommodation at Tanoa Tusitala Hotel, our home for the next three nights. Located just a few minutes away from Apia’s central business district, the hotel is an inner-city oasis, sitting within 6 hectares of lush, tropical gardens. Tanoa Tusitala pays homage to its heritage through Samoan carvings, artwork and architecture. Once you have settled in, you may wish to enjoy some breakfast in the restaurant which is open until 10.00am. We have some time to unpack and have a rest before, late morning, we depart on a tour of the town area, the markets and then proceed to lunch and an Elei making demonstration at Pacific Jewel Café. After lunch, we visit the Bahai Centre followed by a visit to Robert Louis Stevensons home and museum. Tonight, we will be dining inhouse and some of us may like to get to bed early.


    OVERNIGHT:  Tanoa Tusitala Resort, Apia, SAMOA


  • DAY 3: WEDNESDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER, 2025

    SOUTH COAST TOUR


    This morning after breakfast, we depart on our full day tour of the South Coast. From town we head out along the coast to Falefa Falls, then through the Le Mafa Pass to Lalomanu Beach and the Taufua Hotel, where we will have lunch and a leisurely swim before moving on to To Sua Ocean Trench, then Sopoaga Falls, Togitogiga Falls. After some amazing sightseeing, we head back on the cross-island road to our hotel. Tonight, we will enjoy a Fiafia night with island dancing and dinner at the hotel.


    OVERNIGHT:  Tanoa Tusitala Resort, Apia, SAMOA


  • DAY 4: THURSDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER, 2025

    SAMOA CULTURAL VILLAGE


    Enjoy a leisurely breakfast before we make our way to the Samoa Tourism Authority Fale on the waterfront, to the Samoa Cultural Village.  Here we will experience a welcome Ava ceremony and see the art of traditional Tattoo. You will also see the way a traditional Umu is prepared and you will be able to sample that for a light lunch. Later, if you choose you can wander back to the hotel via the shops in your own time or we can be transferred back to the hotel by bus.  Enjoy an afternoon of leisure. This evening we dine in-house.


    OVERNIGHT:  Tanoa Tusitala Resort, Apia, SAMOA


  • DAY 5: FRIDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER, 2025

    SAVAII, AFA AAU WATERFALL & BLOWHOLES


    Today we have a leisurely breakfast and check-out before we transfer to the ferry terminal. Our ferry departs at midday for Salelologa, Savaii. On arrival, we pick up our packed lunch enroute to the markets. This afternoon, our touring includes the Afa Aau Waterfall and the Blowholes, before heading out to our home for the next two nights – Amoa Resort. Set amidst exotic tropical gardens and fringed by the most magnificent blue lagoon, our accommodation is scattered over tropical gardens and emblazoned with brightly colored hibiscus blossoms, tropical flowers and swaying palms. We settle into our hotel and enjoy dinner in-house this evening.


    OVERNIGHT:  Amoa Resort, Savaii, SAMOA


  • DAY 6: SATURDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER, 2025

    WESTERN SAVAII


    Today we head to the peninsula at the Western end of the island. Enroute we will visit the Saleaula Lava Fields and see the virgins grave and ruins of the old church, before heading further along the coast to Falealupo. We enjoy lunch at the Vaisala Hotel and then go to the peninsula, where we will visit the ancient Star mound, the canopy tree walk and also see Moso’s footprint and the house of rock. Dinner will be in-house this evening.


    OVERNIGHT: Amoa Resort, Savaii, SAMOA


  • DAY 7: SUNDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER, 2025

    LOCAL CHURCH SERVICE


    Sunday is a day of church and rest, so after breakfast, we will attend a local church service, before we depart for the wharf at 11:30am. A cut lunch will be prepared by the hotel, so we can enjoy this on the ferry ride back to Upolu. Upon our arrival, we transfer to Tanoa Tusitala Hotel for our remaining two nights of our tour. Dinner will be in-house this evening.


    OVERNIGHT:  Tanoa Tusitala Resort, Apia, SAMOA


  • DAY 8: MONDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER, 2025

    IFIELE’ELE PLANTATION


    After a leisurely breakfast at the hotel, we are collected at 10:30am and transferred to Ifiele’ele Plantation for our tour of the plantation. Following the tour, we indulge in a light lunch before heading back to town. The remainder of the day at leisure. You may like to walk to the shops to do some shopping or catch a local bus from the bus depot to the markets for some last-minute souvenir shopping. Tonight, we depart the hotel at 6:00pm, as we enjoy our farewell dinner at Paddle’s Restaurant.


    OVERNIGHT: Tanoa Tusitala Resort, Apia, SAMOA


  • DAY 9: TUESDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER, 2025

    SAMOA TO MELBOURNE


    After a very early start to the morning with a 5am transfer to Faleolo International Airport where we check-in for our Qantas flight back to Brisbane. Upon arrival at Brisbane International Terminal, we collect our luggage and clear customs. We then make our way to the Domestic Terminal to connect with our flight back to Melbourne. As usual, our chauffeurs will be waiting to transport us home with many interesting stories to tell of beautiful Samoa.


    Refreshments inflight


TOUR INCLUSIONS

Complimentary Chauffeur Driven Transfers
Victorian passengers from Greater Melbourne, Bendigo, Torquay, Ballarat, Geelong, the Bellarine and Mornington Peninsulas, Phillip Island and selected areas of Gippsland will be picked up from home in a private chauffeured vehicle by one of our professional drivers.

For Victorian passengers not within this pick up zone, or our interstate passengers a quote can be provided for home pickup in extended areas.

At the end of your tour, you will be safely returned home with memories of a sensational tour.

Return Flights

Economy flights from Melbourne to Samoa via Brisbane and return.


Quality Touring

Sightseeing in Samoa is in a local small bus with local driver guides.


Tour Director

Dedicated O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours tour director on board to ensure your travel experience is memorable.


Best Available Quality Accommodation

Ensuite motel accommodation each night.


Attractions

All tours and interest venues as per itinerary.


Meals

All continental breakfasts, lunches and two course restaurant dinners daily, inflight meals.


No Hidden Extras

O'Shannessy's Quality Tours are fully inclusive.

 

TOUR EXCLUSIONS

  • Items of a personal nature and any optional extras.
  • Travel Insurance
  • A valid passport is required which must have a validity of six months from the return date of travel back into Australia.
  • Please check visa requirements for Non Australian Passport holders with your local consulate; responsibility for obtaining visas rests with the traveller.

 

PAYMENT AND CANCELLATION POLICY


Receipt of payment of funds will be taken as acceptance of O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours conditions of travel for this tour.

Prices include GST and all taxes.


Deposit is fully refundable until 101 days prior to departure date.

Balance due on invoice approximately 100 days prior to departure.


Cancellation within 100 days of tour departure date No Refund

On or after tour date departure No Refund


If a tour is cancelled for any reason by O’Shannessy’s Quality Tours before the departure date, all passengers will be offered the option of transferring to another tour of their choice, hold the funds in trust for a future tour or a full refund. There is no time limit as to when this must be used. If a lockdown is implemented while a tour is in progress, our first priority is the safety and wellbeing of our passengers and ensuring that we get each and every one of them home safely, and therefore we treat every situation individually. The Australian Government (see www.smarttraveller.gov.au) recommends all travellers no matter where you are going, obtain comprehensive travel insurance from a reputable provider. It may enable you to claim back the cost of your tour if you are unable to travel or have to cancel at late notice. Always read the PDS provided, to ensure the cover meets all of your needs. We are able to provide travel insurance through Nib Insurance. If you would like a quote please call our office toll free on 1800 354 352.