Saipan — Sights
A turquoise lagoon and an island you can drive in a day.
- Managaha Island — The white-sand islet in the lagoon, open again after the typhoon
- Bird Island — Look down on a limestone islet wrapped in white surf
- The Grotto — A blue cave pool tunnelled to the sea, Saipan's signature dive
- Banzai Cliff — A cliff over deep blue water that still carries 1944
- Suicide Cliff — The high cliff that looks down on Banzai Cliff and the north sea
- Micro Beach — Garapan's walk-to sunset beach, with Managaha offshore
- Garapan — Saipan's one real downtown: food, shops and souvenirs
- Forbidden Island — A lone islet in wild surf, with natural pools at the bottom
- Tinian day trip — The quiet neighbour island, 15 minutes by light aircraft
- Rota day trip — An island you go to for the water: a rock-ringed natural pool
- Obyan Beach — The south-coast beach many call Saipan's best snorkelling
- American Memorial Park — The seaside national park that remembers 1944
- Mount Tapochau — From 474 m, the whole island in one 360-degree turn
- Last Command Post — The last Japanese bunker in the cliff, beside a forced-labour memorial
- Laulau Beach try-dive — Saipan's no-licence first dive, often with sea turtles
- Sugar King Park — Sugar baron statue and toy locomotive in Garapan
- Old Japanese Jail — 1930 Japanese jail with graffiti still on the walls
- NMI Museum of History and Culture — Chamorro culture and war history under one roof
- Old Man by the Sea — Wave-carved rock that looks like an old man's face
- Wing Beach — Remote north-end beach with quiet sunsets
- Kalabera Cave — A limestone cave with a skylight roof
- Mount Carmel Cathedral — The island main Catholic cathedral
- Kilili Beach — A walkable sand beach for a sunset stroll