The country was never colonized by Europeans, and remained ostanim kingdom Oceania. Head of State is the representative of Tupou Dynasty, the longest sustained in the world.

It is famous for export of vanilla, coconuts, copra, squash and sanadałowca products and fruit.

Philatelic tradition is known, there arises a beautiful stamps.

Economic base is agriculture, which employs 65% of the population is mainly zawodowo.Eksportuje coconuts and bananas.

Rolictwo fishing and protect part of the food, the rest is imported mainly from New Zealand and Australia.

Small craft and a few other industries is only 3% of GDP. The country is dependent on external assistance, cooperates with Japan and Fiji.

Travel in the period from October to April can be difficult due to the increased occurrence of typhoons marine. There is then also there duchota, hurricane winds and rain.

Best to go in the period from May to October. In December and January, many working abroad Tongijczyków returns to the country and may be kłpot of booking tickets.

Tongans are one of the oldest civilizations in the Pacyfiku.Pierwsi settlers arrived there ca. 3000 years ago (some say 6000), as evidenced by numerous archaeological sites. In the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, the war lasted for Tonga domowe.W the same time, there appeared the first Europeans, the Dutch explorers, followed by Captain James Cook and the missionaries from London.

In 1845 Tonga was united into a Polynesian Kingdom, and announced a constitutional monarchy. There has not been established colonies, but full independence was achieved only in 1970

49, 64% Protestant, 32.5% of Mormons, Catholics, and 11.16 in the Baha'i, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jehovah's Witnesses and Seventh-day Adventists.

In addition to the rigors of proper dress and behavior is an interesting custom of burials.

Once the dead were buried outside the house, now used for the cemeteries located in nearly every street. Graves resemble mounds adorned with flowers, banners and caps, to talking with the spirits is not soaked to the skin in case of rain. After the funeral, held a feast.

Strange custom of the island is the presence of so-called. Fakaleiti, men who dress and behave like kobiety.Jest is a continuation of the old Polynesian tradycjikiedy in the family were only boys are brought up the past and dressed as women. Most Fakaleiti is gay, but some also have wives and children.

The women wear a flower in her hair, which is also heilala national symbol.

We may also wonder to children ratio, which if too many are given away (toss) to other families having to maintain them.

Most speak English.

98.9% of the total population over age 15 are reading and walking in Tonga and / or English.

Very severely punished are drug-related crime, is severely punished homosexuality, it is recommended to wear modest clothing that does not offend the religious feelings, too skimpy outfit on the street is a criminal offense.

Polish citizens do not need a visa if the planned stay does not exceed 31 days. For longer stay, or the scheduled commencement of employment visa is needed. The passport must be valid min. 6 months. Please contact for that purpose with the principal immigration officer. More information can be obtained at the visa section of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tonga

visatonga@yahoo.com

Tonga may bring in duty free:

200 pcs cigarettes or cigars, 250 grams of tobacco

1 liter of alcohol (the individual area. 21 years)

Personal effects

Perfume in appropriate quantities and a camera

Animals, plants, fruits and food are subject to quarantine.

Bringing a prohibited weapon, ammunition, drugs and pornography

Poland does not maintain diplomatic relations with Tonga. The nearest Polish consular unit is located in Sydney, Australia.

No obligation meldunkowego.

A charge outbound (25 TOP)

Away With limited export of certain monuments and specimens of fauna and flora.

Valid traffic lewostronny.Drogi are narrow and poorly maintained, so you need special care, especially after zmroku.Mandaty for speeding enforcement are in place.

Health care is very low, even a lack of medicines. Outside the capital, and lack of medical centers Neiafu. Often, severe cases require transported abroad.

It is advisable to take out full insurance cover including repatriation.

911-ambulance

If you are over 1 year of age who arrive in Tonga, which had previously been in areas at risk of cholera and yellow fever must have a certificate that they have been vaccinated against these diseases.

There is a risk of bacterial infections.

Mainly related to climate and location of islands. Hurricanes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

As far as crime is its level is low, but there are thefts and naciągctwo the sale of counterfeit goods. Crime is very rare przeciko people.

Since December 2006, there sytacja unstable political and comes to the riots, especially in urban areas. Avoid assembly, the police are not very effective. Currently, there are tendencies to reduce the role of the king and the democratization of life.

922 - police

933-fire

911 - ambulance

Please bring medications, light clothes, beach clothing, sunglasses, headgear.

Mosquitoes are extremely onerous, so you take insecticides and creams. Tease or bugs, after which the bites are red, itchy spots.

Cheapest and fastest plane.

You can fly there from Fidżii, Samoa, Australia and New Zelandii.Większość cruises mięzynarodowych lands on Fuaamotu International Airport, about. 15 km southeast of the capital. A second international airport on the island of Vavau. The cost of a ticket for the connection to New Zealand is about. $ 500.

Sailing is not much, and sometimes that gets a ticket is bordered on the miraculous if they do not think about it before, you can also turn on an international ticket to Tonga.

lack of railway lines.

inability to get a bus.

inability to travel by car.

Boats and ships. Off points are located in Nukualofie, Neiafu (Vavau Island), Felehau (island Niuatoputapu) Pangai and Lifuka on the island and Futu Haapai the Niuafoou.

The most convenient way to get to the island by boat. When planning a sea route weather information, please consult the meteorological office (tel. 23401).

Flights between the islands are irregular, but overlook the cheapest. In addition, for those susceptible to seasickness are the only way to move.

lack of railway lines.

On larger islands run regular bus lines.

In Nukualofie are two bus stations, buses run to most villages on the island between the hours of 6 to 16.35.

You can rent a car only to possess a license issued to local law held their own on the basis of international / Polish with English translation. Licences are issued by the Min. Of Transport and Police Headquarters to the Capital.

Ships sail between the islands, ferries. Moving in this way is not one of the nicest people susceptible to gastrointestinal problems, a ship called the Orange Pavilion, which may suggest the quality of the journey.

You can also easily order a taxi (with a large blue "T" on the door.). There are also a good option for bikes and horses, which can be rented for every island resident.

It is available and cheap. When it comes to phones is the cheapest calling through Skype.

General Post Office provides services such as standard letters, packages and issue stamps.

Tonga Postal Service

Tonga Philatelic Bureau

PO Box 164

Nuku'alofa

The Kingdom of Tonga  

Tel: 676 238 1922

Fax: 676 147 1924

Nuku'alofa more like a sleepy village glued to the small port than the capital city, life here goes on calmly and slowly. Three quarters of people are not working, but there is no poverty, because most of Tongijczyków are employed abroad and support their families in the country.

1 pa'anga (T $) = 100 senitii

Cash, credit cards are widely accepted. With no exchange of money trouble, the banks are open from Monday. to Friday from 9-16, and in Neiafu the capital and also on Saturday morning. Recently, the Nukualofie also works ATM.

You can also exchange traveler's checks.

• Can Cola - 1.50 P
• Water 1.5 l - 2P
• Piece - 1P
• Bun - 1.50 P
• Cheap food is a cost of U.S. $ 2-6 more expensive is $ 20.
• Accommodation cost: 1-15 dollars, more expensive than $ 50.
• The rest of the prices are given for each category.

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Food and lodging are among the cheapest in the Pacific.

Talamahu Market - open-air market with fresh fruits and vegetables in the city center. There are also souvenir stands.

The best place in town to Friend's Cafe, the prices reasonable and the food really delicious. Lovely atmosphere, a tourist favorite. Be sure to try the raw fish in coconut milk, just place to lick. The stores only available food in cans! In the bakery you can get excellent bread with raisins and dried fruits, and various kinds of cakes and donuts.

At the local bazaars to buy handmade bags, wallets, mats and postcards, virtually all of what you can do tapa. You can also buy cheaper than in NZ goods from bones of cows, bowls and cups of Kava. Ornaments of shells and pearls are very original and cheap.

Duty-free shops are located on the island of Tongatapu and Vava'u.

Tipping and bargaining are not in the habit.
Please note that selecting the Tonga to New Zealand may not be there, bring in products from a tree or animal origin.

Several networks offer standard hotel in the capital and on the coasts. Prices per room from 150 euros per night (with swimming pools, restaurants, clubs and air conditioning). We offer hotels from 1-5 *****.

Nuku'alofa hostels:

Green Lodge

Heilala Holiday Lodge

Prices from $ 20 per bed

Tent will cost $ 15t, and the loan of $ 6T

Cheapest is Toni's Guest House, leading him eccentric Englishman, who osidlił here over 20 years ago. Tales of his life you can listen to the drink-drink ritual kave.Utrudnieniem is the distance from the city and harbor (about. 15 min) and dependence on transport Tony.% Min walk from Toni is Heilala Holiday Lodge-Bed and breakfast.

On the islands, atolls and coastal resorts can be found offering bungalows, hotels and hostels in different style tongiskich-standard houses.

Fafa Islands Resort, located on 18 acres of palm trees to reach from the airport and city center ok. 30 minutes, the area surrounded by coral reefs and dive sites with cultural and tourist center, with good access. Beaches reportedly medium quality. Nicer and less concentrated can be found on neighboring islands.

Price per double room is $ 15 per person T (u Toni).

The hotels 65t $ T $ 130 per night on average.

Better hotels charge extra fees for such day. for air conditioning and have a higher standard, and thus prices.

Reservations can be made through travel agencies or directly via the Internet.

Tongans love to eat, which makes about 90% of the population has a significant overweight.

Previous King weighed 220 kg and was on the list Guinness as the monarch of the world thickest.

Crown dish okzji administered at various events is roast suckling pig.

Moreover, given the fish (including raw, in salads, or coconut milk), seafood and a myriad of fruits and vegetables. The food is generally delicious and

Current obesity, however, has związk abuse of imported canned goods and fried foods in combination with moving people to cities, lack of exercise. Has also greatly affected the mentality of manners, wdług which obesity is a determinant of wealth and social status.

Fabulously cheap are fruits and vegetables such as papaya, tangerines, coconuts, pineapples and bananas.

Delicious desserts prepared with papaya hot.

Worth a try: Lu Pulu (meat with onion marinated in coconut milk), Feke (octopus and squid grilled in coconut sauce), clams and raw fish, Yam.

The most popular drink is a ritual Kave, produced by men and having narcotic properties. Drinks are also excellent served rum drinks alone or in the mandatory cigar.

Given the abundance of fruit juices are popular.

In towns you will find bars, restaurants and eateries, hotels, restaurants serving local dishes and European and Asian cuisines.

There is no custom of giving tips, but it is not a crime to reward someone for a service.

On Sunday, the majority of bars, shops are closed, the capital of dying, so you might want to move to other islands.

Atata Island - Day trip combined with a traditional Polynesian lunch - $ 57 T. On the island you can enjoy snorkling, (equipment rental for free) and diving, the price of about T $ 250. Good idea to spend a Sunday, as the capital of the dying, pubs and shops are closed. Sunday is a holy day on the island. Boat departs daily at 10:00 am with Tuimatamoana Harobur.

Pangaimotu Island - Day trip, the price just T $ 15 per ride. A good place for swimming or diving Snorkelling. Prices for lunch affordable: the traditional fish and chip T $ 14. Walk around the island takes less than 30 mins. Beautiful, golden beaches, surrounded by coconut trees, attract even the natives during the weekend, reflecting the myriad of junk, which in fact are the most beaches around Tongatapu.

Hafa Island - the one-day trip, the price of T $ 57.50, the price included dinner. smallest of the islands accessible to tourists.

Day trip around Tongatapu - organized by Toni's Guest House. Price $ 30 T. During the tour you can see:

• huge trees with dangling bats called here the "flying fox" fruit żywiącymi tears
• blow holes - naturally water gushing geysers
• most of the villages on the island and 320 churches!
• the place where Abel Tasman put the first steps on the island of
• mini Stonehenge, a monument - a window through which Tongans looked to a new day. (So says one theory)
• You can become better acquainted with flora and fauna of the island, watch the how to grow bananas, mangoes, sweet potatoes, Kave.
• It is also strange specimen spots coconut, branched at its peak of V-shaped, apparently the only such a palm tree in the world!
• Royal Tombs
• royal palace and the home minister

Dinner Show - the price of T $ 25 Samaritan Inn in the western part of the island, with a traditional dinner: baked bananas, sweet potatoes, chicken sweet and sour fish, raw potatoes with eggs, small, green, round seaweed (very strange taste and terribly champ) obviously can not do without roast pork and dessert: coconut, watermelon and fruit salad made of cooked papaya and coconut milk. And after dinner performance by local dance group and demonstration of traditional dances and costumes. There could, of course, missed the New Zealand Hooks! Diner show is also organized by Liku'alofa, and tourist center of Tonga T price $ 25. The price includes a traditional dinner and show of national dances. A kind of attraction may be drinking kava, kava decoction of the roots of the family pieprzowatych. Kave drink a big wooden bowl and only men are entitled to make this priceless and mixing liquor. The taste leaves much to be desired: it is numb and uncomfortable and the color reminds mud. Kave has narcotic properties! Toni's Guest House T $ 5

Eua Island - a true natural ecosystem. Ferries depart daily (except Sunday) at. 12:00. Ticket price for a two-T $ 50

Vava'u Islands. Directions; Tonga Air plane T $ 440 return, or ferry, the journey takes 22 hours. T cost about $ 60 one way.

Ha'apai Islands - T $ 220 plane or ferry, 11 hours, the price of T $ 40

Talamahu Market - open-air market with fresh fruits and vegetables in the city center. There are also souvenir stands. Never in my life I did not know the quantity of watermelons at a time!

Ha'amonga Gate built in XII. of huge blocks of rock

Royal Palace

Tombs of the Rulers of Tonga

Archaeological finds evidence of the presence of settlements of a few thousand years.

An important part of culture is to dress in Tonga. You may have noticed men wearing around the waist mats called ta'ovala here. The women wear beautifully decorated for the webbing called kiekie. Popular are the skirts, for men self-assurance, and for women vala.

Tongans are very religious and dumni.Edukacja is placed at a good level, education is compulsory.

From animals living here m.innymi the world's largest known bat Rudawka Great flying fox and many species of birds.

From June to November you can watch dolphins and migrating whales.

It is said that eating is "hanging" on trees because of the abundance of bananas and coconuts.

With interesting to add, and on the islands is a lot of pigs, which are inviolable and go there as "sacred cows".

The climate also favors the development of vegetation including trees sandałowych.

The main crops in Tonga are: coconut palms, bananas, dill, vanilla, yam, kolokazja, cassava, breadfruit tree, vegetables. One of the main products is exportowych squash, shipped mainly to Japan.

Imports in August while the potatoes which are very expensive here.

Birthday of King Tupou IV Taufa'afau coinciding with the festival Heilala on 4 July, and after his death, a birthday present king, who is carrying out its subject on this occasion weekly ball.

It is now the King Tupou V, the death of his long-dominant and controversial predecessor, who died in hospital in Auckland at age 88 in 2006. Generally, the king is recognized and respected even though his main job is to deal with its own interests. Any other country is in second place and the decisions taken in this area tend to be controversial and pay big dose of skepticism subjects.

Nightlife is rather limited to hotels and clubs is to dance events and concerts.

Heilala Festival (the name of the flower), a national symbol of Tonga. Takes place when a number of processions, the city is adorned with garlands, there are concerts and shows taneczne.Zabawa takes a week and ends with a procession to the coast and fireworks.

In September, held a Miss Tonga, which are slightly different than those of European or world because they are accompanied by dance competition hands.

The end of September on the island of anglers come here from all over the world-famous games in poławianiu tuna.

Beginning of October, the great attraction is the Miss Galaxy Pageant, which is the most beautiful choices. It is interesting that the only fighting for the title of men dressed as women or crossdressing.

Held at a local island sailing events, combined with a fun and wholesome treat.

In the cities there are clubs, bars and restaurants and discos, but life there, dying under the laws and customs of the 12-hour night.

Adapter for power, resources and creams insecticides, supply of essential medicines.

Coming to some of the island for a long time should take with food because sometimes there ships seldom call.

People are friendly, help and even invite you to their homes. However, it is mandatory to remove shoes before wejściem.Większość speaks English, but we know a few polite phrases in tongijsku.Są very religious and strict in his morality, which does not bother them at all in a show of hospitality similar to the Polish custom of "the pledge, but give a ".

Generally, Tonga is the place for connoisseurs rather wild and desolate places, has beautiful beaches with white lazurowymi squealing and bays rich in coral and marine fauna.