点评:This place is a little hard to find. I used a guidebook (the extremely helpful “Explore American Samoa” by Melinda Clayville), the directions from John’s 2016 review below, and a map marked by the National Park of American Samoa to navigate. From the main road, you turn at the village of Futiga on a small road marked by a sign that points to the Marine Sanctuary at Fagatele Bay. The sign is easy to miss. Follow the road per John’s review to the parking below. The family who owns the property where you park is very friendly, and we didn’t see any dogs. It’s $5 per person to park, which is completely reasonable for the use of private property.
The trail is relatively wide, flat, and easy until you start your descent through the rainforest to the beach. That part of the walk is steep and was dry the day we did it, but I can see how it would get quite slippery. When you near the water there are ropes to handholds and finally stairs to the bottom, where you immediately walk on to a gorgeous beach straight out of a movie scene.
We were there at low tide and were able to snorkel in the shallows, though you must be careful. There is so much gorgeous live coral and you should try not to touch it at all. I imagine if you cleared the first reef the snorkeling would be even more amazing further out, but there were intense currents while we were there and we were the only people in that area. As first time visitors, we exercised caution and stayed in the more shallow areas. We saw tons of beautiful fish. I will add some poor-quality photos that are just pictures of my camera screen to this post as examples.
This was one of my favorite activities on the island and a must-do despite the challenge of getting there.
翻译:这个地方有点难找。我使用了一本指南(非常有用的《探索美属萨摩亚》,作者:梅琳达·克莱维尔)、约翰 2016 年评论中的指示以及美属萨摩亚国家公园标记的地图来导航。从主干道出发,您会在 Futiga 村拐弯,走上一条小路,路标指向法加特勒湾的海洋保护区。这个标志很容易错过。按照约翰的评论,沿着道路前往下面的停车场。您停车的房产的主人非常友好,我们没有看到任何狗。停车费为每人 5 美元,对于私人财产的使用来说,这是完全合理的。
这条小路相对宽阔、平坦且容易,直到您开始穿过雨林下降到海滩。步行的那部分很陡峭,我们走的那天是干燥的,但我能想象它会变得非常滑。当你靠近水边时,有绳索可以扶手,最后有楼梯可以通往水底,然后你马上就可以走到一片美丽的海滩,就像电影场景中一样。
我们到达那里时正值退潮,可以在浅水区浮潜,不过一定要小心。那里有那么多美丽的活珊瑚,你应该尽量不要碰它们。我想如果你清理了第一个珊瑚礁,那么在更远的地方浮潜会更加精彩,但我们在那里的时候水流很急,我们是那个地区唯一的人。作为第一次来访者,我们小心谨慎,待在较浅的区域。我们看到了许多美丽的鱼。我将在这篇文章中添加一些质量较差的照片,这些照片只是我相机屏幕上的照片,作为例子。
这是我在岛上最喜欢的活动之一,尽管到达那里有挑战性,但这是必须做的。