Northern Mariana Islands Saipan - Saipan is a popular tourist destination, combining beaches, cliffs and Mount Tapotchau with more modern amenities like karaoke and sushi joints, golf courses and tourist resorts on an island 12.5 miles by 5.5 miles. See the American Memorial Park, and take the time to have a picnic lunch afterwards on the grounds, spend some time on the Micro Beach, and hike along the Laderan Tangke Trail, a 2 mile trek on the north side of the island through forest and jungle.