This land – the land of unexplored wilderness of nature, the diversity of creatures living world, rainforests, waterfalls, cold mountainous areas, centuries-old bog, ancient coral reefs, limestone cliffs, grassy plains, and thousands of species of exotic plants and unique animals, insects and birds.
Cities and resorts, tours in Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby – the capital of Papua New Guinea, the main administrative and commercial institutions, are the main “gateway” country in the natural harbor of Fairfax County on the southeast coast of the island in the larger Gulf of Papua, was founded by Captain John Moresby in 1873 as a small colonial settlement, and the following year Christian mission in a nearby village and the island Hanuabada Julia Island. Parliament House combines modern architecture and traditional motifs “house of spirits” (haus tambaran) peoples of the island, a large sports complex for the South Pacific Games 1991, the National Museum, Art Gallery, Catholic Cathedral, rebuilt complex village Hanuabada pile – the symbols of the city.
The Borok District is the most modern office buildings hosting the most fashionable hotels, the largest shopping center of the capital, which includes many restaurants, bars, banks and department stores. Area Gordons – Gordon’s Market is the largest in the country.National Botanical Garden – Corner in map form, and in each part of this unique card collected plants from the area in the country, where natural conditions are contained representatives of flora and over three thousand varieties of orchids – the largest collection of these plants in the southern hemisphere.
Coral reefs of the Gulf of Fairfax creates all conditions for scuba diving, windsurfing, sailing, sea fishing, water skiing, golf, tennis and squash courts. Varirata National Park – the first reserve of the country, hunting for the leaders of the coastal tribes koiari, and now here you can see almost all species of flora and fauna of the region, including birds of paradise, wallabies and deer. River Brown River – swimming, rafting and picnics.
Kokoda Trail, which connects the northern and southern shores of the island. The most beautiful mountain areas of tropical forest, past numerous clear rivers and waterfalls, bunkers, caponiers, artillery defensive lines. Popular Idlers Beach, reef and island Synacia Dauge – white-sand beaches and coral.
City of Tufi – a rapidly developing infrastructure with diving center, organizing tours, bird watching, deep sea fishing, windsurfing and canoeing. Coast of the Northern District around the town Tufi always have warm water and rocks of tectonic origin.
“Wonderland” – until 1935, the chaos of mountain ridges and valleys covered with evergreen forests was virtually one big white spot on all the maps of the world. Here begins the source of the river Kikori, Erave and Strickland, the second highest mountain of the island – Dzhiluve, a huge cave deep, traditional lifestyles in all aspects of local life.Ancient ceremonial rituals are present everywhere, men and women still wear traditional dresses, and huts are still built of stones and twigs of shrubs.
Mendi Valley is known for beautiful landscapes, limestone caves and hunters nation Uli-Whig, who paint their faces red and yellow paint and wear elaborate hairstyles, wigs made of human hair.
Land of gold mines and coffee plantations – the Eastern Highlands most vulnerable to European influence. The local population lives in villages – groups of round huts, surrounded by low walls and meadows of grass.The village of Ben-Ben – mats, blankets and mats are the works of local artists are very popular throughout the country. Also nearby is the village of Asaro, inhabited by members of the same name by ethnic group, widely known for their rituals, as well as the unusual tradition of covering their bodies with gray mud.
Mount Hagen hosts huge number of cultural festivals, ceremonies and a variety of traditional events, which are great opportunity to get acquainted with the rich traditions and structure of the peoples of the highlands.
Cultural Center of Mount Hagen in the traditional village hut, a museum with exhibits of various handicrafts and ethnic items. Traditional center of social life – Saturday market, which brings together representatives of all nationalities – a kaleidoscope of fruits and vegetables, birds, animals and farmers in bright shirts or skirts, as well as hunters in traditional robes of grass and feathers. Men here wear long beards, and women – many brilliant scarves and brightly colored bags, string bags “bilum. Here you can buy virtually the entire range of handicrafts, wherewith this region is famous.
The town of Wau is popular with the Institute of Ecology Wow which has a small museum and a zoo.
New Britain Island
The island of New Britain – the largest island of the archipelago of Bismarck. Divided into two administrative districts – East and West. Island is about 10 million years, it is mountainous, and active – a mountain range with volcanic peaks, fumaroles and green valleys, the peaks of active volcanoes in Langa, Cape Gloucester, Bamus, Ulavun – the highest volcano Bismarck Archipelago.
Rabaul town – the official capital of the island and is one of its most tragic monuments, once the arena of fierce battles of WWII, in September 1994 it was almost completely destroyed by the eruption of the volcano Tavurvur.
The western part of the island of New Britain is virtually untouched by tourism. Valinda – one of the best dive resorts in the Pacific on the territory of a private palm plantation along the shore of the Gulf of Kimbo surrounded by a wall of volcanic peaks, volcanic caves, thickets of corals. “Cathedral” – a vast horseshoe reef with a large cave, the most popular area for sea dives, the inner side is formed of an extended strip of white sand, and external – coral “gardens”.
Cave Moorook in Nakanai – the deepest underground system in the southern hemisphere.
A small town on the coast of the peninsula Talasea Williames with a “necklace” of small islands, the ruins of American bombers during the Second World and active volcanism.Talasea is also a center of manufacture of traditional local “money” from cowrie shells, obsidian, volcanic glass production date back to the third millennium BC. Wabu valley or valley of hot water on the island Pangula – dozens of geysers and fumaroles. The best places to surf on the coast of Vanimo, West Sepik, on the sandy shores of Kavieng.
And finally the main hint for the hotel booking in Papua New Guinea – accommodation facilities and services are not comparable in terms of “price – quality”.
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