EXPLORING THE ANAPE'APE'A SEA CAVES & SEA CLIFFS | AFONO, AMERICAN SAMOA | KAYAK ADVENTURES
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- Exploring American Samoa is one of our favorite things to do as a family. Today, we're showing you what we discovered near the village of AFONO. The legendary ANAPE'APE'A SEA CAVES were a bit of a struggle to get to, but once inside, they were incredible. Just thinking of how much history these caves have seen and what may have taken places in these places conjures pictures of long ago people and traditions in our minds.
Come along with us, as we show you the sea caves that have had historians and adventurers alike talking for years.
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00:00- Introduction
02:16- Driving to Afono
03:49- The Village of Afono
05:07- Kayaking Out
07:49- Exploring Sea Caves & Cliffs
12:50- Thank-you to Our Sponsors, BlueSky Communications
14:16- Beach Life
15:59- We Love It Here
17:46- Tofa Soifua
Nate please becarfull out there with them caves I live their for 25 years and I know them God bless be safe
I totally agree that these are great adventure videos and how you guys find these little hidden gems that I’m sure not many people get to go and see, looks like it actually turned out to be a beautiful day after all, love the video and drone footage as well❤️😊🌞
Thanks!! We ask around a lot 😊 And yes, it turned out to be perfect weather for the perfect beach day ❤️
Hi Nate and Malinda so good to see you doing another great video!! Really appreciate all you do to show us all the amazing places on American Samoa.. Thank you ❤
Thanks! Hopefully you two will be able to come see these places for yourselves someday soon ❤️
Just made my dream come true 🥰🥰never being in Vatia 😇😇heard so much about it.
Love the adventures video was born in vaitogi village so really would love a video of vaitogi as i left at nine years of age my other half is palagi so my kids are half samoan and half mixed white would love show them my birth place.
Love you guys. xxx Love from Sydney
Thanks!! Love you and Sydney too 😁
Fa'afetai for the adventure video! You have to do the videos you like to do from time to time...that's what keeps you Fia Fia! ❤️ TY for sharing, see you next video!
Haha, that’s right 😁❤️
Thank you for showing me my village I left afono when I was 9 years old now I'm 30 years old looking back n missing home 🥺😢❤️🤞🏽🔐
Melinda I wish I can wear a tank top like you right now, it’s cold here tomorrow it will be 32! I just can feel the warmth of sun back home sure miss home! 💜🥶
I LOVE the adventure videos most. The boat videos make me nervous. Growing up we had sailboats, and I always felt unsafe aboard...maybe it's a hold-over feeling from those days, but be that as it may, I watch them all like a good little soldier.
Haha, we each have our favorites ❤️
Awesome guys Thanks for sharing Takecare And GOD BLESS
There's another underwater cave that's around that area. Inside is a water pool and the entrance u came up from. But gotta go when it low tide 💥
Beautiful Samoa
Love this adventure. We are coming in October to American Samoa. We noticed that you asked permission to go swimming on the beach. Is it not like Hawaii or Puerto Rico where you can walk on any beach you wish? We are avid travelers and want to respect the culture of the island. Aloha. Mahalo nui loa.
Awesome guys love the video be safe ❤ GB.
I always enjoy our..your adventure around the island. So beautiful, thank you for sharing! ♥️🤙
I love it! what a beautiful village. I will be coming that way soon ;)
I love watching your videos.
As usual, another awesome adventurous video👌 I’ve probably been to only 20% of the places y’all went to🤙 Thank y’all for sharing🤙 Keep it coming and y’all be safe!❤️
Thanks for sharing guys, always enjoyed the video. God bless 🙌 🙏 and alofa atu ❤️
Awesome videos 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Cool caves and beautiful beaches! Thanks for sharing 😊👍🌷
Thank you for posting my village on here. It’s so good to know it still looking beautiful as ever. Stay bless and keep posting more.
I love your adventure videos. Do Utamea village sometime.,
50 years ago I lived in Samoa and my family went to Utamea beach almost every Saturday.. the diving was great and it was a nice place for small kids to play.
Thank you for all your videos, keep it coming! 🍿😎
Not planning on stopping anytime soon 🤙
Keeping up with yalls videos
..as always they are amazing
Thanks!!
Afono 😍😍
Yes, explorer it. Thank you for sharing
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You guys are so lucky
Nice video! I enjoy the scenery when you take us for a ride! Im glad Nate is cautious with the ocean. The cave was kinda neat to see. Love the drone footage. Heck, i liked it all!.....thank you for the videos.
Thank you 😊❤️❤️❤️
Fantastic footage of the scenery! And the cave! Beautiful and interesting to think of the history of that cave. Thnx
We agree, it’s fun to imagine how it was ❤️
Ayeeeee🤙should let me know when you come back to visit my village
Love the adventurous places you went to. Love that you always go as a family and the kids are having great time..somethng they will always remember when they get older and would probably think about from a different country of residence.
We hope so 🤞😊
Thank you for taking me inside the Anape'ape'a caves. I wonder if this is the same place only in American Samoa where there are no mosquitoes? Underground military bunkers are some of the things everybody in AS know little to nothing about. Enjoy all your videos accept when you're out in the deep blue; I keep picturing a great white coming at any moment. Sorry, grew up when Jaws came out, LOL!!!! Please stay safe and keep those videos coming. Actually exploring my island for the first time!!!
Hey Guys! We love your channel. Are you still living there?
Awesome explore...
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Beautiful!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽 also what’s the name of the song in the beginning of the video ?
Hi Nate and Melinda thanks for sharing all the beauty of American Samoa….never saw a video of you guys in Masefau Bay is there any chance you can visit Masefau Bay some day be safe take care n stay blessed
Yes, we really want to. We have a friend whose family comes from there and we’ve been waiting for our schedules to match up with the tide. 😄 Hopefully soon 🤞 or we might just have to explore it on our on 😊
That's awesome, glad ya are enjoying yourselves. Stay safe out there, just read the news there has been 39 covid cases in Am. Samoa. Hopefully they'll contain it and this won't spread like wild fire.
Great video! You have more guts than I do, Nate. I would feel better in a boat, than a kayak. Just me Looks like all of you had a great time :)
Haha, always up for an adventure 😊
Maybe the caves hide the tunnel access where people were said to walk to and from Savaii?
Another excellent video, thanks!
Hi guys I just seen you guys videos and really love it. So the real story behind the anape'ape'a cave was used to be an escape cave that runs from afono village to the village of Auto. Feel free to go check out the other end of the cave which you will find in the village of Auto. Ask the village people to show you where the anape'ape'a is in the village and they will show you. Don't worry you don't need to hike to it or use the kayak. Thousand of years ago a natural disaster cause the cave to collapse and that's all the it left.
Whoa! Yeah, we’ll definitely go ask around. What would it be like to walk the cave through the island! Thanks for sharing this story ❤️
Hi Nate the cave that you went first that's the big cave but when hurricane ofa and val hit Tutuila on 1989 and 1990 that's why the cave was cover and kind like a lot of rock cover the entry to the cave but that cave i don't know where it end, I grew up over there my whole life and that were I from, thanks for the video brother and God bless you and your family
Thanks for some more history! We love learning the stories behind these places ❤️❤️
You welcome
I always love the view up there! Never knew the aga pe'ape'a is there!
Is that the Samoan name for the sheath-tailed bats? It’s beautiful ❤️
Actually no, ana pe'ape'a is just the samoan name for cave of bats!😊
@@fiaavaesemo6852 sounds prettier in Samoan ❤️
Yoo thats my village lol welcome to the A-town fam🙏
So cool!! Lucky you ❤️
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my dads village 😍😍
It’s beautiful ❤️❤️
Great video yall. I have an important question. Do you suggest bring an inflatable board with me or buy one there? Going there for one year for work.
Definitely bring one with you. I think we’ve seen SUPs for sale one time during our years here. You can find kayaks from time to time, but if you’re wanting a paddle board specifically, I’d say bring it.
October to April is not a good time for the north shores. April to October we are flat as a lake almost every day. It's why when ever the trade winds shift, we who dive to spearfish, occupy the west and south shores.
Yes, I was thinking about that as I edited this and listened to everything Nate was saying. Like, “Of course the waves were big that day”. 🤦🏻♀️ We’ll have to come back later, when we can all have the chance to go check out the caves again.
Are there snakes in American Samoa?
Pago