Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands Travel Guide
Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands Travel Guide
Papua New Guinea is an island nation in Oceania. A country of immense cultural and biological diversity, it’s known for its beaches and coral reefs. Inland are active volcanoes, granite Mt. Wilhelm, dense rain forest and hiking routes like the Kokoda Trail. There are also traditional tribal villages, many with their own languages.
Papua New Guinea is just to the south of the equator and has a tropical climate. In the highlands, though, temperatures are distinctly cool. The (very) wet season runs from about December to March. The best months for trekking are June to September.
Regions & Cities
Southern Papua New Guinea
Southwestern Papua New Guinea
Madang-Morobe
Highlands
Sepik
Milne Bay
New Britain
New Ireland and Manus
Bougainville
Port Moresby is the capital city with its interesting Zoological gardens, the Parliament building, the museum, and general Melanesian atmosphere.
Alotau
Goroka
Lae
Mt. Hagen
Madang
Rabaul
Vanimo
Wewak
Kokoda Track
Louisiade Archipelago
Trobriand Islands
Papua New Guinea's fjords
The Solomon Islands, a nation of hundreds of islands in the South Pacific, has many WWII-era sites. Guadalcanal, a province and one of the archipelago’s largest islands, honors fallen Allied soldiers at its U.S. War Memorial. Guadalcanal is also home to the nation’s capital, Honiara, whose bustling Central Market showcases the islands’ produce and traditional handicrafts.
Islands & Cities
Choiseul
Florida and Russell Islands
Guadalcanal (Honiara)
New Georgia Islands
Malaita
Renell and Bellona
San Cristobal this island is also known as Makira
Santa Cruz Islands
Santa Isabel
Honiara Capital of the Solomon Islands - Guadalcanal Province
Gizo Western Province
Auki Malaita Province
Noro New Georgia Island, Western Province
Munda New Gerogia Island, Western Province
Yandina Russell Islands, Central Province
Tulagi Central Province
Buala Santa Isabel, Isabel Province
Kirakira Makira-Ulawa Province
Lata Temotu Province
Taro Choisel Province
Tigoa Renell and Bellona Province
Honiara, on the island of Guadalcanal, is the capital city of the Solomon Islands. Its buzzing Central Market sells local produce and handicrafts. Traditional frescoes adorn the conical National Parliament building. The National Museum has WWII relics and cultural artifacts. The Botanical Gardens includes an orchid house. Outside the city, the waters of the Mataniko Falls thunder down a rocky cliff into a canyon.
The American War Memorial has descriptions on marble slabs of local battles fought during the Guadalcanal Campaign of WWII. Built by Japanese veterans, the Solomons Peace Memorial Park commemorates those who died. West of the city, Vilu War Museum has memorials and WWII aircraft. Nearby, Bonegi Beach, with 2 sunken wartime vessels, is a popular site for diving and snorkeling. East, Bloody Ridge is a hill defended by U.S. troops against the Japanese in 1942. It has a small, pyramid-shaped U.S. memorial. With views over the area, nearby Mount Austen was a strategic WWII site.
Port Moresby is the sprawling capital of Papua New Guinea, a country north of Australia. The vast anthropological collection at the PNG National Museum and Art Gallery includes masks and carved wooden poles. Nearby, Parliament House is modeled on a traditional house of worship. Its entrance is dominated by a large, colorful mosaic featuring national motifs. There are views over Port Moresby Harbour from Paga Hill.
Nearby traditional villages include Koki, built on stilts in a bay. To the north, Port Moresby Nature Park combines botanical gardens, featuring many orchids, with a zoo housing tree kangaroos, parrots and reptiles. The Bomana War Cemetery holds the graves of many Papua New Guinean, Australian and other soldiers who died during WWII. Hikers are drawn to Varirata National Park in the east, with its resident wallabies and birds of paradise. Nearby, the town of Sogeri is at one end of the long, mountainous Kokoda Track, which passes through dense rainforest. Diving is popular on coral reefs off the coast.
A lot to see in Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands such as :
S.I. Visitors Bureau
Solomon Scouts & Coastwatchers Monument
Honiara Botanic Gardens
Holy Cross Cathedral, Honiara
American War Memorial
Japanese War Memorial
Tenaru Beach
Port Moresby Nature Park
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery
Ela Beach
Paga Hill
Fairfax Harbour
Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery
Idlers Bay
Mosque Hohola
Royal Port Moresby Golf Club
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Solomon Islands. The Experience, Eco Resort Travel Destination, Santa Isabel Island. Kagata Village.
Solomon Islands. The Experience, Eco Resort Travel Destination, Santa Isabel Island. Kagata Village.
Come and enjoy one of the most beautiful places on earth.
Its untouched wilderness is next level amazing.
Stay with the locals as they show you around and take you places that will take your breath away.
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The Community of the Sisters of the Church Introduction
Sr Kathleen, CSC introduces The Community of the Sisters of the Church in the Solomon Islands, their work and headquarters at TNK. Tragically Sr Kathleen died in December 2017.
Solomon Islands Travel, Visiting waterfall in Buala, Isabel Province.
Take a trip up the hills of Buala, in Isabel Province to visit a beautiful waterfall.
Visiting the Shortland Islands and being welcomed by the community in the Solomon Islands
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Arriving on small island in the Shortland Islands and being welcomed by the community
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Solomon Islands Traditional Village Visit
Solomon Islands village visit.
28 Under the Sea in the Solomon Islands with Tulagi Dive
28 Under the Sea in the Solomon Islands with Tulagi Dive
I spent two weeks exploring the Solomon Islands in March 2017. Please enjoy my 31 videos:
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Under Water Living, Kagata Village In The SOLOMON ISLANDS
If you love the ocean, snorkeling, diving, swimming in the most beautiful untouched reefs, this is the place for you.
Santa Isabel ECO surf Camps is located in the Solomon Islands.
You Stay with the locals in there beautiful little village at Kagata.
With breakfast, lunch and dinner provided every day, you are free to relax and take it all in.
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Boat from Solomon Islands School
Traveling with Louise, Amanda and David back from a school in the Solomon Islands to Tavinapupu Resort.
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Solomon Islands Munda Noro 1991
Mission with Michael Garvey from the EC Delegation in Honiara to inspect the recently completed Munda-Noro road, copra being stored at Noro port, and tuna processing at the Japanese owned Solomon Taiyo factory. Brief visit to Munda forestry research.
Includes scenes of the Marovo lagoon taken from the air.
Solomon's Island PRAD parade 10/07
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Solomon Islands Fisheries Tatamba 1991
A trip by boat from Honiara to monitor a small fishery in Tatamba, Isabel Province, under the EC financed Rural Fisheries Project. The catch, mainly red snapper, was kept on ice and sent to Honiara by boat from where it was exported by air to Australia and Hawaii.
after calling the porposes, mandali, rendova island, solomons
Solomon Islands 2011 - Rovering's Greatest Adventure
17 ACT Rover Scouts travelled to the Solomon Islands for 2 weeks to engage with the community. With the help of the Solomon Island Scouts we provided maintenance to the Red Cross Development School, the only special-needs school in the country.
New Ireland - July 2019
Drone footage from a July 2019 visit to New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
Earthquake Fault line: Mammoth Lakes, CA
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A little background on this fault:
This facture is believed to happened about 600 years ago during the Enyo/Mono Craters eruptions and may have little to do with an actual single earthquake. This massive fissure is actually called a facture, there was no movement recorded between the two sides. It cuts through several hundred feet of volcanic rock and reaches up to 60 feet deep.
You can walk through the spilt rock and see the facture up close. To me, it looked like little caves were created by the way the rocks fell together. It's an amazing site to see and shows how beautiful and amazing this earth is. Even though it's been 600 years, it looks as if it just happened.
The fault line is located only a few minutes from downtown Mammoth Lakes, CA and is free to see. This beautiful and rare phenomenon can be easily explored by people of all ages and is a short walk from the parking lot. There are restrooms and picnic tables. There is also a siting area not too far from the fault line.
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