Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea (Tok Pisin: Papua Niugini; Hiri Motu: Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (Tok Pisin: Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini) comprises the eastern part of the world's largest and highest tropical island, New Guinea, together with many smaller offshore islands. It has a long and un-policed land border with the Papua region of Indonesia to the west.

Regions of Papua New Guinea

The country can be divided into 9 regions:

Map of PNG with regions colour-coded

Southern Papua New Guinea
This region covers the National Capital District of Port Moresby and the Central and Northern provinces. The starting point for all visits to Papua New Guinea.

Western Papua New Guinea
The Western and Gulf provinces. Fascinating but little visited provinces. Birdwatchers' paradise.

Madang-Morobe
Madang has volcanic islands and good diving, while Morobe is beginning of the Highlands Highway and an original Gold Rush area

Highlands (Papua New Guinea)
Consist of Enga Province, Chimbu Province and the Southern, Western and Eastern Highlands, amazing culture and the rare tribal fight

Sepik
The Sandaun (West Sepik) and East Sepik provinces and the mighty Sepik river.

Milne Bay
The eastern region with many fascinating islands.

New Britain (Papua New Guinea)
New Britain still has many visible ruins from World War II, above and below water.

New Ireland and Manus
Land of the nation's first human settlements. Fishing, diving, sailing and surfing, plus interesting culture.

Bougainville
An autonomous island region, culturally and geographically more akin to the Solomon Islands

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Cities

Port Moresby Town Mschlauch - View over Port Moresby

Port Moresby — the capital city with its interesting Zoological gardens and the Parliament building and the museum, and general Melanesian atmosphere
Alotau — laid-back capital of Milne Bay province and gateway to some fascinating but remote islands
Goroka — an attractive highland town with pleasant climate and the annual Goroka Show, centre of the nation's coffee industry
Lae — the nation's second city, main commercial centre and gateway to the highlands
Madang (town) | Madang — a beautiful city with breathtaking flights of bats in the evening (it is illegal to hurt them), and even more breathtaking diving
Mount Hagen — the 'wild-west' frontier town in the Highlands, which will introduce you to the cool, crisp Highlands weather and Highlands culture
Rabaul — the city at the foot of an active volcano which was evacuated and severely damaged by a major eruption in 1994
Vanimo — the border town if you want to make your way to or from the province of Papua in neighbouring Indonesia; popular surfing destination
Wewak — the gateway to the Sepik river, where you can experience Sepik culture and the river itself, and the elaborate carvings typical of the region

More Destinations

Kokoda Track — an ancient trail across the Owen Stanley Range which became especially famous for its part in World War II
Louisiade Archipelago — beautiful island group well off-the-beaten-path; world-class diving and yachting heaven
Trobriand Islands — referred to by the anthropologist, Malinowski, as the "Islands of Love"
Tufi — the Fjordland of Papua New Guinea with fascinating scenery, great diving, and tapa cloth made from mulberry bark

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