Samoa's first national park; the only place where rainforest runs unbroken from the volcanic summit down to black lava sea cliffs
Area
29 km²
Declared in
1978
Region
Polynesia (Samoa)
Climate
Tropical
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Samoa's first national park; the only place where rainforest runs unbroken from the volcanic summit down to black lava sea cliffs
Declared in 1978, it was Samoa's first national park and protects a continuous belt of rainforest running unbroken from the summit of the extinct Fao volcano down to spectacular black lava cliffs above the Pacific, cut through by lava tubes and coastal caves formed by ancient volcanic flows. Its Togitogiga waterfall, with natural bathing pools, formed over an old lava flow that the river has progressively cut into over centuries.
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1 species documented in O Le Pupu-Pue
At conservation risk:Paloma dentada
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Ecosystems found in Samoa, where O Le Pupu-Pue lies.
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Nearby dive sites
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Samoa (arrecifes de coral)
92 km away
Samoa Americana (Fagatele Bay)
112 km away
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