Budgets

Preamble

The goal of this page is to provide you with a rough estimate of what to expect price-wise in the various countries of the south pacific. This information is partially from personal experience, and and partially an amalgamation of my research. Obviously all costs are estimated, but the idea is to give an impression of what to expect, not a precise budget to follow. Accommodation estimates are based on the cheapest option possible (within reason), bar camping. Food estimates assume mostly personal cooking, with the occasional purchased meal.

Room, food, and activities, and total are displayed as per day, but are calculated based on a week stay. For example, 7 activities of prices 0, 5, 10, 10, 10, 30, and 30, will be listed as 13.5. If there isn't a weeks worth of paid actives in a region, free ones will fill out the empty days, causing the daily average to drop. Activities prices include estimated transportation costs, excluding hitchhiking, unless hitchhiking is the only option, so keep in mind that this amount can be lessened by relying solely on hitchhiking. Activities do not include diving. Every island in the pacific has diving, and costs are pretty standard.

Transport refers on the cost of transportation from the countries hub to the region, round trip. Average for the country refers to the total cost of visiting every single region, connecting via the cheapest route possible, not the average of visiting each region individually. Sometimes this route is only available by visiting every region, so it will be less than the sum of visiting each individual region.

Country↕Region↕Room↕Food↕Activities↕Total↕Transport↕
VanuatuTanna20204080360
Santo25153272180
Efate20128400
Average22162764540
TongaVava'u 25101550110
Tongatapu18520330
Ha'apai164020100
'Eua15401924
Average196931145
SamoaUpolu401515705
Savai'i3515156515
Apia20100300
Average3213105520
French PolyneisaTuamotus50151580600
Tahiti351510600
Mo'orea3520258025
Maupiti601525100500
Marquesas8015301251000
Huahine25252575400
Average481822871800
FijiYasawa25156010050
Viti Levu2010205010
Vanua Levu2010104055
Taveuni2010255565
Average22122961125
Federated States of MicronesiaYap50201078980
Pohnpei55151585840
Kosrae70208981800
Chuuk901520125630
Average661813961280

Notes

For the Federated States of Micronesia, transportation refers to a round trip flight from Guam → FSM region → Guam. Total for the country refers to an island hopper ticket Yap → Guam → Chuuk → Pohnpei → Kosrae → Majuro. It is fiscally best to combine the FSM with other Micronesian countries.