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Vaiula Beach Fales

2.0 star property
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Private beach, white sand, sun-loungers, beach massages
Traditional Beach Fale (2 Guests) | Beach
Private beach, white sand, sun-loungers, beach massages
Ecotours
Front of property

Reviews

7.2 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • On private beach
    On private beach
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Pet-friendly
    Pet-friendly
  • Parking included
    Parking included

Explore the area

Map
Main South Coast Rd, Tafatafa
  • Togitogiga Waterfall
    13 min drive
  • Sopoaga Water Falls
    13 min drive
  • To-Sua Ocean Trench
    16 min drive
  • Apia (FGI-Fagali'i)
    64 min drive

Room options

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Traditional Beach Fale (2 Guests) | Beach

Traditional Beach Fale (2 Guests)

  • 4 sq m
  • Ocean view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

Tafatafa

With a stay at Vaiula Beach Fales in Tafatafa, you'll be 6.1 mi (9.7 km) from Togitogiga Waterfall and 8.7 mi (14.1 km) from To-Sua Ocean Trench. .This beach guesthouse is 14.1 mi (22.7 km) from Papapapaitai Falls and 17.8 mi (28.7 km) from Baha'i House of Worship.
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What's nearby

  • Togitogiga Waterfall - 13 min drive - 9.8 km
  • To-Sua Ocean Trench - 16 min drive - 14.1 km
  • Baha'i House of Worship - 28 min drive - 28.8 km
  • Robert Louis Stevenson Museum - 32 min drive - 33.3 km
  • Apia Park - 36 min drive - 37.6 km

Getting around

  • Apia (FGI-Fagali'i) - 64 min drive

About this property

Vaiula Beach Fales

Beachfront guesthouse with relaxing spa services
Vaiula Beach Fales offers 22 accommodations. Accommodations offer separate dining areas. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads. Housekeeping is provided on request.
Recreational amenities at the guesthouse include a private beach.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 22 guestrooms. Bathrooms feature showers with rainfall showerheads.
Head down to the water and enjoy a day at the private beach, or take advantage of other recreational amenities, which include a nightclub. Additional features at this guesthouse include tour/ticket assistance, a picnic area, and barbecue grills.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the guesthouse's coffee shop/cafe. Relax with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge or the beach bar. A complimentary local cuisine breakfast is served daily from 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM.
Featured amenities include wired internet access (surcharge), express check-in, and a 24-hour front desk. For a surcharge, guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) and a ferry terminal shuttle.
A complimentary local cuisine breakfast is served each morning between 7:00 AM and 9:30 AM.
Vaiula Beach Fales has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Wired Internet (USD 5.00 per hour)

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • 24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Airport shuttle on request
  • Ferry terminal shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Free local cuisine breakfast available daily 7:00 AM–9:30 AM
  • 1 restaurant and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 1 beach bar and 1 bar

Things to do

  • Cave exploring
  • Ecotours
  • Nightclub
  • Snorkelling
  • Surfing/body boarding

Family friendly

  • Separate dining area
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Lockers available

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Housekeeping (on request)
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Beach loungers
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Private beachfront location

Spa

  • Massage - deep-tissue
  • Massage - on the beach
  • Massage - prenatal
  • Massage - sports

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets

Bathroom

  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower

Food and drink

  • Dining room

More

  • Guidebooks/recommendations

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 6:00 AM; Check-in end time: anytime
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 16

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the ferry terminal and airport (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 24 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets stay free
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for wired internet in public areas: USD 5.00 per hour (rates may vary)
  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 75 per person (one-way)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts mobile payments and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
There is no hot water on site

Property is also known as

VAIULA BEACH FALES Guesthouse Tafatafa
VAIULA BEACH FALES Guesthouse
VAIULA BEACH FALES Tafatafa
VAIULA BEACH FALES Tafatafa
VAIULA BEACH FALES Guesthouse
VAIULA BEACH FALES Guesthouse Tafatafa

Vaiula Beach Fales Reviews

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 9 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 31 reviews" "

6.8/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Food
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Michelle

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Melanie

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Puluvaga Vee

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

glyn

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed in a beach Fales and was amazing. Right on the beach the sea underneath us at high tide. Back to basics loved the experience glamping the Samoan way. Star gazing and listening to the waves at night. Beautiful sunrise in the morning and watching the wildlife wake up. Good amenities and food was sort of ok. Would definitely recommend staying here on the beach.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

4/10 Poor

Nicola

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

John

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Sina made us so many filling meals and her laugh was wonderful. The facilities seem typical for beach fales -- a bit like upscale camping with communal restrooms, showers without hot water (or shower heads for that matter), mats with sheets and mosquito nets. However, the fales were on the most beautiful beach we saw in our two weeks of exploring with Vaiula as our home base. We were disappointed that Nug's bar wasn't open except for one night, but enjoyed talking with Nug and David (the owner and Matai) as well as with another neighbor and his kids.
Stayed 15 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Marjorie

Stay in fale on the beach
When I arrived the lady didn’t seem to know I was booked in and wanted me to pay again. Luckily I had a printed copy as no wifi- when she saw on the paper that my booking included dinner as well as breakfast she kept saying I hadn’t paid enough. Eventually she must have checked and then had to bring the mattress, sheets and mosquito net to set up the fale for me which was right on the beach which was what I wanted. It was pretty basic - no lights but I had a torch- showers were just cold but no problem. I liked my fale on the beach but the other ones back from the beach were just a square tiled floor with posts at each end, iron roof and sides wrapped with plastic sheeting with advertising on it- they were not very authentic and glad I wasn’t sleeping in one of them. Overall I enjoyed my stay here - the dinner was just okay and breakfast was better.
At low tide on the beach
My bed set up in the fale
With the net down
It was a very high tide so water came right up under the fale
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kerri

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Our family of 2 adults and 2 teenagers stayed one night in a beach fale. We loved it so much we came back later in our trip and stayed an extra 2 nights. The beach fales are basic with a mattress pillow sheet and mosquito net provided. They are clean and have the sea breeze as air con. The fale closest to the water is older and a bit more rustic however we loved it the most as we literally had the water lapping at the base of our fale posts. We were provided with a lantern for lighting. The breakfast provided is simple, a variation of fruit/ bread/eggs/ tinned spaghetti/ pancakes with tea or coffee. The dinner is cooked fresh each night, with a mix of western/Samoan food served on the plate. There was always enough food on our plate to be filling. The toilets and showers are clean. BYO towels. The beach is beautiful. We loved our stay and would definitely stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ellie

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
3 of us stayed here & we had the absolute best time. Everyone was so kind and the meals were absolutely delicious every night/morning ! One of their sons took us on a guided walk to an underground cave with a pool to swim in at the end which ended up being one of the coolest things we did & would highly recommend! Their dog bouncer is also the cutest. The only thing to note is that there is no cafe or bar anymore like the website says that serves pizza, smoothies etc. Only serves cold beer which was fine, just a little different to what is on the website. Beside that everything was excellent & would love to go back one day 👍
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Malcolm

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I’m not one to usually review but i loved this place so much. It is set up to be an authentic Samoan and exceeds expectations . We were so lucky too with the other travelers who stayed there as we all got along and helped each other . Sina the cook and matriarch was amazing and for the price it is such great value. Put away your needs for luxury for a bit and experience something magical ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Kathryn

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Gillian

Travelled with group
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
A lovely property on a lovely beach but standards have slipped after the storm. Food was VERY limited for a beach fale. And lack of attention to small things - like often no toilet paper, no soap or hand sanitizer at the toilet basin, a grubby dinning fale, no help to put up and down heavy canvas tarps when it rained etc There didn’t seem enough staff to manage the workload but we appreciate that Sina did her very best. Hope the rebuild goes well as you have a lovely location.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Adam

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Fiona

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Sina, our hostess was fantastic. She was accomodating in all aspects, whether it was to cook special meals or move us from one Fale to another. Nothing was too much and we could not have asked nor expected more from this wonderful lady. Unfortunately, we were eaten alive by the mozzies and bugs so had to move on to a place with fly screens.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bryleigh

Liked: Staff & service
Loved my stay here. Long dirt road down to a wonderful beach. Hosts were above great. Amenities are what you’d assume for an off grid place. Underestimated the sound of the waves at night but it was all apart of the experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kelly, Toronto

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Exactly as advertised - lovely beachfront fales, excellent view, lovely soft beach, warm water, and stunning waves. The owner is lovely, and great local food. Now, if you're looking for top end and fancy, this isn't it, keeping in mind where you are. The owner has livestock, which are present, but kept away from the resort part. The fales have lights, and the nearby bar has power. Mosquito net and bed were comfortable. Breakfast was typically papaya, coconut, eggs, bread and tea/coffee. Dinner was a meat, tarot, and some veg curry. Delicious, cooked well. I found it peaceful, with great clean water and good pressure in the showers. Grounds were kept clean, and I always felt safe.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2019

4/10 Poor

Al, Spain

Travelled with pets
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
When we arrived, nobody knew nothing about our arrival, so our fale wasn't set up and we had to have dinner in the bar next to the fales, and dinner was already paid when booking
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Gorgeous location but very poor hosts. No explanation of facilities or when meals would be served. No WC paper, food very poor.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This property was relaxing and off the beaten track. I enjoyed the snorkeling close by and also watching reef sharks at high tide was a treat as well. The food was awesome, fresh fish, pork, traditional food it was nice. Dave is a character and I enjoyed his stories. If your wanting an experience close to nature this place is for you, it's not luxury but the friendly people and relaxed nature of the place males up for that I'm my opinion.
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely staff! Tradition food for dinner was amazing!
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It was great all round really had a fantastic time, nothing too dislike at all..
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful place to stay. Our favourite on Upolu Island! The long driveway was bumpy and had a few puddles in the rain but makes it a beautiful getaway spot. Dave and his family are so friendly and helpful. Dave took the time to chat with us and make us feel welcome, give us advice on other places to see too. Dave also told us where to find the family rainwater tank so we could refill with fresh water. Dave’s wife is an amazing cook with local & traditional meals for breakfast and dinner. We had delicious fish, noodles, breakfast spread, taro .etc. Their teenage daughters help with guests and keep the gardens and 20 fales clean and tidy. Their friendly dogs often sleep under the guest fales to keep watch. If someone happens to wander up the beach they will stand guard. Very reassuring for open fales! Lunch can be found at the corner of the property with Naga, his wife and two young daughters. This is a waterfront bar/restaurant and their puppy dogs will keep you company on the beachfront while you wait for food. Local beers available (yum!) Naga (an Aussie man) will take you out to the break for surfing. The extensive reef stretches out about 200metres with plenty of fish. There is a break wall about 2-6 metres from shore depending on tide so little kids can swim safely. Rooms are comfy enough with a simple mattress, linens provided and a mosquito net over the bed. Toilet facilities include indoor or outdoor shower which were pretty clean but rustic. Loved it!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Anna

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A lovely fale on the beach! Such an experience!!! Dave and Nugg are amazing!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024