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Milne Bay
The eastern tip of New Guinea and a sea of islands: Alotau and the history of 1942, the former port town of Samarai and the yam culture of the Trobriand Islands.
Papua New Guinea travel guide
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10 destinations · 13 citiesin Papua New Guinea
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What is a destination
A destination is a region you visit as a single trip: it can bring together several cities or be a large city with everything it offers. Each destination has the tours, the itineraries, the best time to go month by month and how to get there.
The guide currently has 10 destinations, with 13 cities in 9 provinces.
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A destination is more than a city: it's everything you can experience there.
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Madang
Town of bays, islets and shady trees on the north coast, with reef and wreck diving, Bilbil pottery and the springs of Balek.
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Rabaul and Kokopo
The Rabaul caldera and the Tavurvur volcano, the tunnels and bunker of the Japanese World War II base, and the masks of the Tolai and the Baining, on New Britain.
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Tufi and Cape Nelson
Narrow sea inlets between forested hills at Cape Nelson, little-visited reefs, World War II shipwrecks and villages where tapa is made.
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Kimbe Bay
Reefs with more than 900 fish species in the Coral Triangle, seamounts near the coast and warm rivers at the foot of the volcanoes of West New Britain.
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Kavieng and New Ireland
The northern tip of New Ireland: diving in channels and World War II wrecks, reef surf from November to April, and the Boluminski Highway along the east coast.
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Kokoda Track
The World War II walking track that crosses the Owen Stanley Range between Owers' Corner and Kokoda, with memorials, villages and several days of forest.
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Goroka
The town in the Eastern Highlands at about 1,600 meters, with a mild climate, coffee, the bilum market and the Goroka Show, the country’s oldest cultural festival.
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Sepik River
The largest river of New Guinea, with riverside villages, spirit houses (haus tambaran), wood carvings and the Chambri lakes, explored by motorized canoe.
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Port Moresby
The capital of Papua New Guinea, between dry hills and Fairfax Harbour, with the National Museum, Parliament and the gateway to Varirata and the Kokoda Track.
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