Omoka is the main settlement on Penrhyn, a compact village on the western rim of the atoll with a small harbour, a church, a handful of basic guesthouses, and the kind of community life that exists when everyone on an island knows everyone else. The population is a few hundred at most.
The village is the administrative centre of Penrhyn and has the only shop and the only accommodation on the island. The harbour is the arrival point for both planes (which land on the nearby airstrip) and the occasional cargo vessel. Walking around Omoka takes about twenty minutes; the pace of life here is the main thing to experience.