There were many ways to arrive at the Sopoaga Falls on Upolu Island, and how you get there depends on where you’re coming from.

Since we drove to the well-known To-Sua Ocean Trench to get to the falls, we’ll start with that way first. It’s pretty straightforward to route to the To-Sua Trench given that it’s well-known.

So from the To-Sua Ocean Trench, we drove west on the Main South Coast Road for about 6km.

The signed turnoff for the falls was on the left (just a little over 300m south of the junction between Main South Coast Rd and Le Mafa Pass Rd).

Overall, this drive took us under 10 minutes.

As far as getting to the Sopo’aga Falls from Apia, we could take the Cross-Island Road 22km south before driving another 24km east along the Main South Coast Rd to the signed turnoff on the right.

We also could have gone east of Apia along the Main East Coast Rd nearly 23km before heading south on Richardson Rd/Le Mafa Pass Rd (just past the village of Falepuna) for about 17km.

The turnoff for Sopoaga Falls was on the right for about 350m after Le Mafa Pass Rd junctioned with the Main South Coast Rd.

Regardless of which route we picked from Apia, the drive would take about an hour.

Finally, for a little local context, the town of Apia was about 23km (over 30 minutes drive) north of Maninoa (South Coast), about 50km (over an hour drive) northwest of Matatufu (Southeast Coast), about 62km (under 90 minutes drive) northwest of Lalomanu, and 41km (under an hour drive) east of Mulifanua (Northwest Coast).