1. American Samoa
National Park
Imagine yourself sitting in a beach chair, listening to the waves and
your feet in the sand the temperature is perfect, warm and just
relaxing over summer break in Hawaii. All of this reminds you of the
American Samoa, but you don’t remember anything about this
beautiful national park! So read on to learn all about this amazing
location. You will discover that the location is outstanding, the
animals are unique and the people there are interesting.
The American Samoa is located in the United States territory in the
South Pacific Ocean. It’s an independent island country. The park was
made to keep safe of the area's tropical rain forest at the islands of
Tutuila and Tau. The park lies on 3 volcanic islands and mountainous
islands in tropical rain forest, with cliffs, relaxing beaches, and coral
reefs. The capital of the American Samoa is Pago Pago, which is
around a harbor on Tutulia, by a forest-covered mountain called the
rainmaker. The average rainfall for the mountain “rain maker” is
around 200 inches! The weather also plays a large part in this area in
this national park, it’s warm, humid and rainy year-round and they
have long rainy summers going on for the months October - May.
Then they have a cooler and drier 4 months, June - September.
Temperatures are warm year-round with high humidity with frequent
rain!
Wild life is interesting in the American Samoa also. This National
Park has a variety of ecosystems, from rain forests to coral reefs to sea
turtles to flying foxes to humpback whales and to colorful tropical fish
and birds. A really unique animal is the Flying fox, which is actually a

2. very large bat! They are the largest bats; some have a wingspan of 5
feet, with a head and body length of about 16 inches! Another cool
animal is the Sea turtle, they’re almost always in water, their large
lungs have adapted to permit rapid exchange of oxygen and, to avoid
trapping gases during deep dives. The rain forests in American Samoa
are a home to many animals and plants keeping them safe!
The people that live at American Samoa are very particular; the 1st
people on the Samoan came by sea from Southeast Asia around 3,000
years ago. The national park is entirely on lands from the 10 Samoan
villages, which have landowners. The Samoans live as their ancestors
did, Samoan life is around the family. Samoans enjoy singing and
dancing, which is a part of their tradition & history. Samoans also
play their own fun games. About 10% of the people are of mixed
Samoan and European. The people speak Samoan, a Polynesian
language and many Samoans also speak English.
Now to end this paper imagine you self sitting in a beach chair, your
feet in the sand just relaxing watching the sunset, the temperature is
around 70 degrees and you know all about the American Samoa...