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Up the but culture-seekers have only recently coast in Oro Province are the Tufi Fjords, cottoned on to this unique part of the world. home to the world’s largest butterfly (the Alotau is the capital of the Milne Bay region, Queen Alexandra Bird Wing; with wingspans and plays host to the annual Kenu and of up to 28cm). Visitor participation in Kundu Festival each November - a lively traditional daily life is welcomed by the local and colourful cultural display of war canoe villagers, who will happily show travellers racing and ‘singsings’ (traditional dances). how to build traditional homes and canoes Year-round you can discover harrowing from sago palms, and how to hunt and skull caves, and can also learn to cook (and gather for food. Alotau or Tufi Alotau International Resort, Driftwood Resort, Tawali Leisure & Dive Resort, Tufi Resort West New Britain’s Thermal Hot River EXPLORING THE NORTH COAST Tufi Fjords This surfing hotspot is also a fishing and diving / snorkelling paradise. Stretching for over 500km, the northern coastline of Papua ISLAND ADVENTURES IN NEW BRITAIN & NEW IRELAND New Guinea’s mainland is as chilled-out as it comes. Here you’ll find sleepy port towns Popular with divers, surfers, history buffs awaits; from hidden Japanese WWII war and seaside villages that offer the perfect and adventure seekers, these two easy- tunnels and Admiral Yamamoto’s famed respite for those who’ve just adventured to to-get-to islands are perfect for first-time bunker, to the ash-covered remains of old the nearby highlands or Sepik River. Spend visitors. In West New Britain (WNB) you Rabaul town (destroyed by the nearby the day paddling across aqua-clear waters can hike to the top of the active Gabuna Mount Tavurvur volcanic eruption of to nearby deserted islands, explore local volcano crater, relax in a natural spa-like 1937). Over on New Ireland (NI) you can Vanimo caves and waterfalls, or tuck into some thermal hot river or visit the local firefly go on a 5-day cycling adventure, travelling fresh locally-caught seafood. trees at night and see the rainforest light down the length of the 260km mostly-flat up. At the other end of the island in East Bulominski Highway, stopping to rest at New Britain (ENB), a world of history traditional village homestays along the way. Madang, Wewak or Vanimo Madang Resort, Tupira Surf Club, Paradise New Wewak, Vanimo Surf Lodge Kimbe (WNB), Rabaul (ENB) Walindi Plantation Resort, or Kavieng (NI) Kokopo Beach Bungalow Resort, Rapopo Plantation Resort, Lissenung Island Resort, Nusa Island Retreat 4 3 Papua New Guinea A million different journeys 4 WHAT TO DO: COASTAL ADVENTURES SURFING Forget Bali with its overcrowded beaches; head next door to Papua New Guinea, where near-empty surf breaks await. Thanks to the country’s world-renowned Surf Snorkelling off Walindi Plantation Resort (@jackson.groves) Management Plan, the number of surfers on any one break is capped, so you’ll never DIVING & SNORKELLING be stuck waiting to catch the perfect wave. Surfing is idolised in Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea is regarded by pro divers as are visiting pro surfers. You’ll be just as as one of the best dive destinations in the likely to see locals surfing on hand-carved world. Home to pristine reefs, countless planks of timber, as you will Taylor Jensen plane and ship wrecks, and hundreds of (who won the 2017 Men’s Kumul PNG World untouched atolls, Papua New Guinea’s Longboard Championships). Or even no islands and coastal regions are a divers and one at all! And when you’re done for the day, Surfing off Vanimo Surf Lodge snorkellers paradise.