Travelling
to Yap is an adventure in itself. Even for a small island in the western
Pacific, we're more than usually off the beaten track. But things have changed quite a bit since the days when a journey here had to be undertaken by boat and would take a couple of weeks at least. There are now regular flights by Continental Airlines in and out of Yap several times a week.
Many visitors from the US make a stop over in Yap
for a couple of days on their way to or from Palau. This is not a bad idea if
you are planning to visit Palau anyway, since stop overs on Yap generally are
free of extra flight charges (depending on the type of ticket you are holding).
A slightly different travel plan might be worth considering, though. Many of our visitors have told us that they would rather have done it the other way around - a couple of days on Palau and a longer stay on Yap - to get a chance to really discover the variety of Yap's undisturbed life above and below the water. Maybe even get a chance to dive unknown reefs never before seen by man.