"As a passionate eco-friendly traveller I’ve been fortunate to have experienced many fine adventure destinations, and excursions in the Pacific Rim.

​From extensive hiking and caving in Tasmania, canyoning in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, circling around and through the Australian outback, mountaineering in New Zealand and the Canadian Rockies to experiencing the Sub Antarctic on Macquarie Island, northern Canadian tundra I’ve hiked countless mountain trails, kayaked rivers, and explored the back-roads to paradise while experiencing the world the way mother nature intended. That’s why I’m excited to introduce travellers to Samoa by creating affordable and ethical adventure packages that are purposely off grid and off the beaten path.

Whether travelling for the first time or returning to our island paradise, we have put together some of the most amazing and unique tours of things to see and do in Samoa"

​Tim Walkden-Brown, Founder Samoan Highland Adventures

Meat the Team

Tim Walkden-Brown
Founder, Guide and part Mountain Goat.

Tim was born part-man part-mountain goat and raised in the Australian back-country Tim’s spent the past five decades honing his guiding and goat-like parkouring skills.

Specialised in leading travel expeditions through Samoa, he’s passionate about sharing his knowledge and deep respect of the land with island visitors. An authentic Bushwalker, he prides himself in preserving the cultural integrity of the island refusing to conform to commercial tours and canned excursions.

Here's what some of our Adventurers have to say about Tim:

• “Tim the owner and guide planned carefully anticipating what we would like most. He hit all of the buttons. What was especially great was the fact it was obvious that Tim was having a ball as well and his passion and enthusiasm was so infectious”
• “Tim was a great guide and very interesting person to talk to which brought the entire trip to a next level”
• “Our tour guide Tim was incredibly sociable and knowledgeable about Samoa which added great fun to our tour”.

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Lua Tafua
High Chief, Guide & expert Tusitala (storyteller)

Lua spent over 35 years living and working in NZ, recently returning to Samoa to build an Indigenous resort. He graduated from University of Waikato with a Masters of Business Administration majoring in Indigenous Tourism.

"Returning to my motherland and setting up a tourism venture has given me the greatest opportunity to give back to the communities, families and the country by ways of showcasing our culture and its people and not to mention our beautiful islands of SAMOA. I do this by taking guests out on tours or hosting them at our resort. I carry around with me many hats; a paramount chief from the village of Lotofaga Safata, a resort owner operator for Fituafe’s Indigenous Vaivillas Resort and a Tour Guide for Samoan Highland Adventures.
I love the outdoors and one of the reasons why I joined Samoa Highland Adventure Tours."

• “Lua was absolutely the best tour guide and our driver for the day was great”
• “Our guide Lua was friendly and knowledgeable, providing us with interesting information about Samoa and the places we visited”.

Atua (Arthur) Schuhardt​
Flora & Fauna Specialist, Adventure Guide and #1 Waterfall Jumper

Atua came to Samoa at the age of one with his family. Atua speaks common and high Samoan fluently along with English and his ancestral German. His knowledge of the culture, flora, fauna and geography of Samoa is unmatched.

Atua joined Samoan Highland Adventures in February 2019, bearing the torch and wonderfully adding his particular flair to the company. Anyone listening to his extensive knowledge will say something similar to this:

• “Atua was a great guide very knowledgeable and interesting”
  
• “Our Tour Guide Atua was great! Very knowledgeable as a German born Samoan raised guy - we couldn’t thank him enough for showing us the beauty this country has to offer”
  
• “Highly recommended tour, very knowledgeable guide, Arthur allowed us to move at our own pace so we could see and enjoy every swimming spot, stop at great viewing points waterfalls and caves and got to see the beautiful mountain towns in all their floral glory”.

Geoff Cullen
Part time Guide & Full time Tourism & Hospitality (beer) devotee 

A resident of Samoa since 2009, Geoff, without doubt would be considered by many as one of Samoa’s leading tourism specialists. In Australia Geoff worked with Tangalooma Island Resort, the QLD Tourism Industry Council (QTIC), Outback QLD Tourism Association (OQTA), and the Australian College of Outback Tourism.

​In Samoa Geoff has worked with the Australia Pacific Technical College (APTC), Samoa Hotels Association (SHA), and Savaii Samoa Tourism Association (SSTA); and been a volunteer in many of the countries ‘firsts’; as Event Manager of the inaugural Alo PaoPao Festival, Logistics and Stage Manager for the Samoana Jazz Festival, Event Manager of the Stan Walker ‘Dream Big’ concert, and co-organiser of the inaugural Faletalimalo Siva Afi Challenge; a competition held over 18 weeks to determine which accommodation provider has the best Fire Knife Performers in Samoa.

A past Vice President of the Animal Protection Society (APS) of Samoa, current board member of the Martin Hautus Institute of Learning Samoa, adviser to the inaugural Savaii Samoa Tourism Association (SSTA) Board, and foundation member of the Volunteer Emergency Response Team Samoa (VERTS); Geoff is well known in Samoa’s Hospitality and Tourism sector and a respected member of the community.
From the inception of the Company Geoff has been the backbone, business leader, executive manager and reason it’s success through his marketing skills, extensive platform knowledge and tourism business acumen.

Samoan Highland Adventures
Togafuafua, Apia
​(+685) 758 5820