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The Eastern Highlands province range from steep rugged ountain areas to extensive areas of rolling kunai-grass covered hills. The region has been more influenced by European contact than the other parts of the highlands to the extent that traditional dress is seldom worn in daily life.
Morobe Province is a huge arc of land on the beautiful Huon Gulf. Two mountain ranges dominate the province, home of some of the world’s most spectacular terrain and rainforests. The province also includes a number of volcanic islands between the Huon Peninsula and New Britain.
Papua New Guinea ’s principal city and capital is Port Moresby, situated halfway along the southern coastline on a superb natural harbor in Central Province. The people are from two distinct backgrounds: The Motu are coastal seafaring people and have a distinct Polynesian appearance, suggesting they migrated from Pacific island communities. On the other hand, the Koitabu are inland village people, hunters and farmers who traded peacefully with the Motu.
As most other Papua New Guinea towns, Rabaul was the scene of WW11 conflict, and wrecks lay among coral reefs and on land. At Bitapaka cemetery over 1000-Allied war dead are buried. Rabaul has an efficient tourist office, which has information on cultural events ...
Traditional village life and custom highlight a visit to the Trobriand Islands. Located 200 kilometers north of the Papua New Guinean mainland in the Solomon Sea, the Trobriands are low-lying coral islands, in complete contrast to the continental islands further south..
The Sepik River runs 1126 kilometers from its source in the central mountains to the sea. Its volume of annual water flow make if one of the world’s largest waterways, but to the people who inhabit the river’s area, its importance as a cultural link to their past is incalculable. There are numerous different language groups and clans dependent on the river as a trade route, and as a symbolic point for artistic expression.
Mt HAGEN CRUISESHIP TOUR
Located in the wide expanse of the Wahgi Valley, Western Highlands Province is and important tea and coffee growing area. Several forest covered mountain peaks soar above the 4,000-meter mark, while the lower hills and valleys are grass covered.
MADANG CRUISESHIP TOUR
North Coast of Madang Province consists of reef-fringed lowlands backed by some of the most rugged mountains in Papua New Guinea, and offshore volcanic islands. The town of Madang is situated halfway along the northern coastline in spectacular tropical surroundings.