Archive for the ‘Tonga’

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    Travel Delights in Eua Island
    Situated around 17.5km from the main island of Tonga, in Tongatapu, the Eua Island is a lovely land filled with ideal travel pleasures and is famous for the unique features that are very special to this place. With the best sights of the low lying beaches on the western part of this majestic cliff, the Eua Island has got some of the best tropical rain forest features and offers ideal tour delights. This is in fact the largest in the Tonga kingdom and offers ideal sights in a paradise land. Visit this highest island of the Tonga group and find the pleasures of a land that is geographically not related to Tonga. It is much much older. Eua is actually the least developed island in the Tonga group. So if you want an island tour with pleasures of a restaurant and a bar, nightclubs and such pleasures then Eua is definitely not the place  [...]
    Posted at April 27th, 2012
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    Travel Tales from Tongatapu group
    While you are in the region of the Tonga, adventure and thrill are the mainstay of travels here. The Tongatapu Group also known as the Tongataboo Group is one such arena of providing the best tour delights in this part of the word. Located on the Tongatapu Island in Tonga, this is a group that is situated in the South Pacific Ocean and is around 1400 miles to he northeastern part of Auckland. This is a lovely group which provides the best tour pleasures and gives the tourist a chance to explore the better areas in this part of the world. Nukualofa is the national capital of this region, and also the headquarters lies on the northern coast of Tongatapu Island.  This is incidentally the largest island in this part of Tonga and gives the best feelings of being in a land of heavenly pleasures. Spanning around 100.6 square miles this  [...]
    Posted at March 30th, 2012
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    Niuatoputapu Travels and Tour Attractions
    In Tonga travels, one gets to see a lot of beautiful destinations and lovely sights which give maximum tour delights and ultimate travel pleasures. There are innumerable locales here in the land of beautiful surprises, and Niuatoputapu is one destination which is a sure hit amongst the tourists coming to this part of the world. A small island in the middle of the majestic Pacific Ocean, this is one land that would never cease to surprise the visitor. This is a little away from the capital of the Tonga region and is in fact much closer to the Samoa. This is a totally noncommercial centre and is and unspoilt locale lying in this part of the world. With no related activities established here there are a lot of ways you can relax and also enjoy reading a book. One also loves to cycle here and go fishing here with a lot of interesting  [...]
    Posted at March 16th, 2012
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    Tonga – a new friendly travel destination
    Tonga, which is officially known as the Kingdom of Tonga is actually an archipelago located in the South Pacific Ocean, in addition it comprises of almost 169 islands, and around 36 out of them are inhabited. Moreover The Kingdom stretches more than a distance of almost 800 kms (almost 500 miles) within a north-south line. The islands constituting the archipelago are located in the southern region of Samoa, almost around one-third of their way from the country of New Zealand up to Hawaiʻi. For the majority of the traveler, the islands of Tonga proffer a diverse experience to Samoa. In addition the snorkeling as well as diving are far-off better-quality for one solitary thing. As well as a number of travelers have plans of the entire of their trip in the region of Tonga for watching the marvelous whale. There you will come across  [...]
    Posted at April 23rd, 2010
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    Diving at Tonga
    Kingdom of Tonga is an archipelagic nation comprising about 169 islands in the South Pacific Ocean. The kingdom stretches for 800 kilometres from north to south and is spread over an area of 748 square kilometres. Tonga is located south of the Samoa Islands and is close to New Zealand to Hawai. It is the only group of Pacific Islands that was never colonized. Capital of Tonga is Nuku’alofa. Tonga is a tourists’ paradise and offer scope for various activities ranging from diving, snorkeling, fishing, kayaking, surfing, kite surfing, beach camping and others. Sea Mounts and vertical walls at Tonga: Nuku’alofa and Ha’apai have three sea mounts that are close to fishing grounds and a large reef system. Vava’u has four sea mountains within a radius of 20 metres and their depth range from 1200 metres to 110 metres below the  [...]
    Posted at March 17th, 2010
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    Humpback whales of Tonga
    Vava’u in Tonga in South Pacific is one of those few places in the world that offer splendid opportunity to swim with the humpback whales. Migrating whales: The humpback whales migratke from their feeding grounds in the Antarctic to the warm islands of Tonga each winter for mating and producing calves. About 450 whales migrate each year. They stay in and around the archipelagos of Tonga from July till about late October and return all the way to the Antarctic (8,000 odd km) during the summer. It is during their arrival and stay at Tonga (particularly the Vava’u islands) that thousand of tourists throng here to spot the gentle giants. Swimming with the whales: Even though the mission is same, to swim with the whales, but tourists would agree that each day is different. Some day, one gets to swim with a pregnant female while with  [...]
    Posted at March 16th, 2010
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    Vava’u Island
    Vava’u Island is an island chain in Pacific Ocean inTonga comprising one large island and near about 40 smaller ones. It is a spectacular tropical island paradise and is a great place for indulging in several water sport activities. Some of the islands of Vava’u chain are ringed by white sandy beaches while some others are covered by tropical forests and feature sea-level caves and limestone cliffs. The waters surrounding this remote island are crystal clear and have great visibility. Most of the islands are devoid of any human population and hence the ambience is less spoilt. A few of the islands have villages while others have some of the unique resorts. Vava’u features abundant sea life species, including topical fish, manta rays, sea turtles, giant clams, spinner dolphins and also the Humpback Whales are spotted in the  [...]
    Posted at March 12th, 2010