Exploring Fongafale and Funafuti’s Conservation Area
In Tuvalu’s capital atoll, the best decision is not to add more motu, but to set aside one day for Fongafale and another—only if conditions allow—for the conservation area.
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Fongafale is a narrow strip of land where villages, services and the everyday life of Tuvalu’s capital are concentrated. Exploring at an unhurried pace offers a sense of Funafuti’s human scale.
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The place
What makes it special
- Walk around the island and observe everyday rhythms.
- Get to know its villages and community spaces.
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Sources and references
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- whc.unesco.org
- tourism.gov.tv
- planipolis.iiep.unesco.org
- whc.unesco.org
- whc.unesco.org
- pwd.gov.tv
- www.timelesstuvalu.com
- faolex.fao.org
- Tuvalu · Wikidata
- Tuvalu · Wikidata
- Tuvalu · Wikidata
- Tuvalu · World Countries — mledoze
- Tuvalu · World Bank Open Data
- Tuvalu · DBpedia
- Funafuti · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Funafuti · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Funafuti, Tuvalu · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Funafuti, Tuvalu · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Fongafale · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Fongafale, Tokotu, Funafuti, Tuvalu · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Funafuti International Airport · OpenFlights · ODbL 1.0 (base de datos) / DbCL 1.0 (contenidos) · Funafuti International Airport · OpenFlights · ODbL 1.0
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Profile updated: 28/09/2026