A well established and expert led cultural event. The cultural event includes a traditional Kava welcome, discussion on local Samoan protocols, a hands on Umu set up, demonstration on how to husk and scrape a coconut, sit in to see the application of traditional tattooing, visit to see tapas made from bark and finally a wholesome dinner from the Umu. Overall an excellent experience by professional guides. Would highly recommend

This is a must see attraction if you are interested in seeing the historical Samoan way of life. The centre is located in central Apia across the street from the beautiful church and behind the welcome centre. Established about 5 years ago the grounds are still being developed as they suffered some storm damage. Although open all day the two hour guided tour and performances are only given on alternate days and when cruise ships are visiting. Arrive by 10 am for the performance that begins at 10:30. Although advertised as free after seeing the show you will feel compelled to leave a significant donation. When you arrive you will be welcomed by lovely ladies and invited to sit down and enjoy some music. You will then be shown how to weave some leaves to make a simple bowl which you will use later to enjoy some local food. The show is hosted by a tribal chief. He will take you to several stations where he will describe local traditions and you will witness how traditional life is lived. The first station you visit is the cooking shelter where you see the men preparing the dishes. You see various foods prepared including taro, breadfruit and fish and how they are cooked over heated rocks covered with leaves. Next you visit the carving shelter to see craftsmen making all the items needed for daily living. Next comes the tattooing station where we learn the ritual of full body tattooing for men and lower body tattooing for women and the significance of these tattoos. You then return to the main reception are to learn how they make traditional wraps and prints out of finely prepared leaves. By now the meal is cooked and you will sample the traditional foods in the little bowls you had the opportunity to make. Finally there was a full 30 minutes of Samoan dancing. This was a cultural experience we will never forget.

A really nice way to experience the culture of Samoa. Friendly staff, great show. Good for all ages. Semi outdoors.

Great exhibit/show. From basket weaving, to creaming coconut, to textile painting, to traditional samoan cooking and eating traditional food, to wood carving, to the art of tattooing, to fire dancing and samoan traditonal dance. All in all, the program was excellent and the main guide who introduced himself as "Alofa" was marvellous and has great sense of humour!! Worth every 20 tala entrance!! Must visit place!!

It shows many ways of the Samoan culture. It’s very interesting and fun! Definitely recommend. You also get to try the Samoan underground cooking.

Nicely done introduction into traditional Samoan stone oven and food preparation. Unless you know someone or your resort does this and you can watch, this is not readily available. The dancing and music is fine. You can also see traditional tattoos being done. That is rare! The staff are friendly and welcoming. You also get a meal that you saw was prepared. All this for 10 tala

You can experience various local cultures here including umu cooking, tatooing, tapa making, wooden curving, Samoan dance and music, plate making with banana leaves, for free! Definitely recommend especially for tourists.

My first time @ samoa culture village and it's amazing to watch how to make tapa and other stuff. Very interesting..

The Cultural Village is a great first stop after landing in Samoa. In 2 hours you will: * Weave palm leaves into a basket (or at least attempt to) * Experience song and dance * See the half body tattoo being applied live * See a traditional Umu stone oven and have them cook your lunch for free * See wood craft (not too traditional) * See the method of how they make traditional clothing from bark The visitor centre at the front will help you find where to go next afterwards.

(Translated by Google) It starts from about 1030 am of the Tuespa (Kim?). I could see the culture of Samoa. You can act a traditional meal, too. Lastly I have time to donate. (Original) 火水木（金？）の1030amくらいから始まります。サモアの文化を見ることができました。伝統的な食事も振る舞ってもらえます。最後に寄付の時間があります。

Good culture talk and demonstrations of traditional cooking, carving, paper making ratio etc all free behind the tourism centre in centre of Apia.

Awesome place to see a few key parts of the Samoan culture in action, e.g. Siapo making (tapa cloth), siva Samoa (traditional dancing), tatau Samoa (traditional tattooing), woodcarving, and a traditional umu (traditional way of cooking) preparation and tasting. Talks all provided in English. No cover charge but a well-stocked snack fale on site if you need. Donations are appreciated at the conclusion of the tour during the taualuga (siva/dance finale), but not essential

A lovely introduction to Samoa. We (with plenty of help) made headbands and plates ready for our traditional Umo lunch. The staff were lovely and the Cooking demonstration educational and funny. While eating lun h we watched a short show of Samoan dancing and singing

At the time of writing, all cultural activities and tours are cancelled due to measles outbreak. Wish I know this earlier. There is still one person inside the office providing advice and there are maps and pamphlets available for free

Starts about 11am and make sure you leave a number of hours. This event takes the whole morning and some of the afternoon. Cool to learn the history and try the food.

Absolutely a must do. An excellent display and narrative on Samoian customs and village life. A 3 hour tour and show that is free provided by people that are rightfully proud of their heritage.

An unforgettable experience to come and learn the Samoan Culture for FREE. If you want to see people actually tap out a traditional tattoo, break open coconuts, cook and show you step by step of the traditional cooking ( o le umu ) this is a great place to come learn and have a first hand experience of the culture.

Skills of own cultural and shows around. Need attraction information.

WOW!! We didn't know what to expect but the whole family were blown away by the cultural experience (kids 16 & 14). This was a fantastic way to learn and experience Samoan culture. Music, weaving, wood working display, traditional tattoo display and participating and eating food from traditional umu and watching the traditional dances and fire dance. Value for money is exceptional, but the learning experience is unforgettable. I knew very little about Samoa prior to our trip. I have loved every minute of this beautiful country, the most amazing people and culture. Samoa should be on the top of everyone's list to visit.

Free cultural tour, went here on my first day and felt it helped me with a basis of Samoan culture. You also get to have a free lunch and see a cultural dance, tattooing, wood carving, coconut cutting/making coconut cream. Worth a visit.

Our "Chief" of the cultural tour was great! And hilarious...👍🏽😃👌🏽😂

Great place,food to die for,service was great. Show was mean.

Great way to experience a lot of different cultural ways of Samoa. So many performances , activities and involvement of crowd and even a small meal at the end. Goes from about 10.30-1.30. Great value

The cultural presentation was exceptional and extremely affordable. Highly recommend!

Good do with some work.to tidy it up and make it a real attraction for tourists

Fun informative way to learn about the Samoan culture. Recommend this village to see tatooing, traditional method of cooking using Umu, making coconut cream from scratch & creative arts e.g weaving your own plate. The cultural village team are charming. We went on Wednesday morning at 10.30am. A must go for anyone wanting to connect with their roots or understand why things are done a certain way. Had a great time!

The best place to see and know everything about Samoan culture!!!!

Excellent look inside a Samoan village way of life show. Excellent guy presenting. Very interesting and colourful. Free entertainment too!

Must visit and always something happening here. I have seen a traditional dance. It was so fantastic.. place is so close to cruise terminal. At City center . Not difficult to find. Entry fee adults 10. Child 5 usd

Such a great way to learn about Samoa's culture. The performances are impressive and the experience is worth so much more than the $10 Tala they charge. A must see when visiting!

One of the best and most memorable places in Samoa. It's a great demonstration of various traditions and arts of the Samoan people, and you have the chance to buy products there for a very fair price. I can highly recommend visiting. The tour itself is free.

Loved it! The tour is really wonderful and shows you so many cultural aspects of Samoa. There's even the tatau area, where members of the world famous Sulu'ape family of tattoo masters work. It all culminates with eating the food you saw being cooked earlier

It's Samoa at its best,

On my first full day in Samoa (05 Jan) I came to the cultural village and tourist information centre at 10:30am to find everything closed. I walked around the back of the info centre to the cultural village where roughly 5 locals were sitting around, I asked one lady if there was a cultural show and she said she didn't know and to ask someone else. I then saw 3 other tourists and we were all standing around looking lost. I wanted to make this place my first point of call as it is highly recommended on the tourism website - "Fa’a Samoa has a strong focus on welcoming visitors making Samoans friendly and hospitable hosts." No one approached us or made us feel welcome so we all left. I saw another car of tourists pull up as I was leaving. Suddenly out of nowhere a guy approached trying to sell me a necklace, I explained that it was my first day in Samoa and I didn't want to buy anything yet but he was very persistent. I just started walking away and he swore at me. I went past this place again on the 6th and 7th but it wasn't open at all. Very disappointing. Thankfully the hosts who I stayed with were very helpful

Absolutely incredible show. Would recommend to everyone visiting Samoa. Incredible value and great insight to Samoan culture. Very friendly and great performances.

Educational and entertaining!!!

(Translated by Google) A great place to learn about Samoan culture - a guide in traditional dress guides tourists around a small village where you can see how Samoans make tattoos, light a fire, prepare food and create handicrafts. (Original) Świetne miejsce by poznać samoańską kulturę - przewodnik w tradycyjnym stroju oprowadza turystów po małej wiosce gdzie można zobaczyć jak Samoańczycy wykonują tatuaże, rozpalają ogień, przygotowują jedzenie i tworzą rękodzieła.

Great Samoan culture

Awesome

(Translated by Google) Beautiful and clean park. (Original) Красивый и чистый парк.

A must do when you visit Samoa. Was so interesting. Took part in a welcome ceremony, watched traditional tattoo, watched the prep then ate a meal from an umu. Craving and our favourite the Tapa making so clever. Very educational and entertaining. The hosts were very funny also.

Shared food, fun and informative. Wish we had done this earlier in our visit to Samoa as would have helped us understand the culture and food etc.

Thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the tour thru from the ava ceremony, tatau, tapa, carving, omu and festivities. The team are welcoming, hilarious and knowledgeable on all Samoan customs. A must do for anyone travelling to Apia.

great education and entertainment, thank you!!

A must do in Samoa. A great introductions to several aspects of Samoan culture, such as umu cooking, printing cloth, making tapa, and you even get to watch genuine traditional tattooing - by the master tattoo artists of Samoa, on whichever client they are tattooing at the time. Amazingly, the entire experience is free and you get to eat a small meal size of the food that you saw being made in the umu earlier. Don't miss this!

Go get tattooed there

(Translated by Google) Very interesting sample, it was great to see it before the holidays in Samoa, I learned a lot about the culture of the people of the place. (Original) Muy interesante la muestra, fue buenísimo verla antes de mus vacaciones en Samoa, aprendí bastante sobre la cultura de la gente del lugar.

(Translated by Google) I think only as a park (Original) ただの公園くらいにしか思えない

Best way to begin in Samoa. Wonderful colours explanations. Really nice people. You have to go!!!

Nice! You get to see part of the culture and traditions. You even get the chance to try their traditional food!! Very tasty. And you don't have to pay...only donation in the end of the coltural show. You will see there: How they are doing samoan tattoo. How they are making food and waving a basket. Samoan traditional dance. Learning about their culture. How they make crafts.

(Translated by Google) Very interesting (Original) Muy interesante

Nice markets

Great informative cultural experience a must do.