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A Glimpse of the West Coast along Buka Island, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
There are some beautiful sceneries and islands situated along the West Coast of Bougainville Island.
[2023] Papua New Guinea Dive Sites That Will Blow Your Mind: Our Top 10 Scuba Diving Locations
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Explore the best scuba diving locations in Papua New Guinea! This video dives deep into the pristine waters of this island country, which is known for its array of vibrant coral reefs and aquatic life. Discover some of the most remote and spectacular dive sites that offer a chance to see dolphins, manta rays, reef sharks and other marine creatures. Plus get tips on what to expect when you visit each location. Join us as we explore the 10 best scuba diving locations in Papua New Guinea!
0:10 Madang
A popular town with a variety of dive sites, including wrecks and reefs.
Depth Range: 10-40 meters
Marine Life: Groupers, snappers, bream, and barracuda
Highlights: Wrecks, reefs, diverse marine life
0:30 Kimbe Bay
A large bay with a variety of dive sites, including wrecks and caves.
Depth Range: 10-40 meters
Marine Life: Groupers, snappers, bream, and barracuda
Highlights: Wrecks, caves, diverse marine life
0:50 Tufi
A small village with a variety of dive sites, including wrecks and reefs.
Depth Range: 10-40 meters
Marine Life: Groupers, snappers, bream, and barracuda
Highlights: Wrecks, reefs, diverse marine life
1:10 Kavieng
A popular town with a variety of dive sites, including wrecks and caves.
Depth Range: 10-40 meters
Marine Life: Groupers, snappers, bream, and barracuda
Highlights: Wrecks, caves, diverse marine life
1:30 Rabaul
A town with a variety of dive sites, including wrecks and reefs.
Depth Range: 10-40 meters
Marine Life: Groupers, snappers, bream, and barracuda
Highlights: Wrecks, reefs, diverse marine life
1:50 Alotau
A town with a variety of dive sites, including wrecks and caves.
Depth Range: 10-40 meters
Marine Life: Groupers, snappers, bream, and barracuda
Highlights: Wrecks, caves, diverse marine life
2:10 Lorengau
A small village with a variety of dive sites, including wrecks and reefs.
Depth Range: 10-40 meters
Marine Life: Groupers, snappers, bream, and barracuda
Highlights: Wrecks, reefs, diverse marine life
2:30 Wewak
A town with a variety of dive sites, including wrecks and caves.
Depth Range: 10-40 meters
Marine Life: Groupers, snappers, bream, and barracuda
Highlights: Wrecks, caves, diverse marine life
2:50 Kiunga
A small village with a variety of dive sites, including wrecks and reefs.
Depth Range: 10-40 meters
Marine Life: Groupers, snappers, bream, and barracuda
Highlights: Wrecks, reefs, diverse marine life
3:10 Vanimo
A town with a variety of dive sites, including wrecks and caves.
Depth Range: 10-40 meters
Marine Life: Groupers, snappers, bream, and barracuda
Highlights: Wrecks, caves, diverse marine life
Island hopping adventure in the tropics of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
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Island hopping adventure in the tropics of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea - Discover PNG with Bougainville Pride Arts & Craft
We take you to the beautiful Autonomous Region of Bougainville.
Bougainville Pride Arts & Craft is 100% nationally owned company specialized in producing beautiful bespoke woven articles.
They are located in Port Moresby but the weavers are based in Buka & the Solomon Islands. They started their business because the owner, Sharon Kenatsi, has a passion for handicraft and realized that there was a demand for these woven products. She also realized that she could assist youths in her community to earn a living and get them off the streets. Her business has employed over 100 people in her community, over the years.
Bougainville Pride weavers create very special products, based on their customers requirements. From baskets to trays to coasters to light shades, home decor and anything that you want made, they make.
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Papua New Guinea is a country in the southwestern Pacific that includes the eastern part of New Guinea and the islands to its north and east. It's a country rich in history and culture, and its beaches and coral reefs are famous. There are active volcanoes, the granite peak of Mount Wilhelm, a tropical rain forest, and trekking trails like the Kokoda Trail all can be found within the island's interior. There are also several indigenous communities, each with its unique culture and language.
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Two years in Paradise | Looking back on life in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
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Two years in Paradise | Looking back on life in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.
I lived in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea for 2 years up until 2018. In this latest video, I share some of the Bougainville experiences and unseen footage of everyday life, adventures, both big and small from this remote, tropical paradise. including trips to Buka, Arawa, Panguna, Pokpok Island, Loloho, Buin and plenty more.
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The Local Delicacy of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea - Experiencing Tama Tama For The First Time
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Traditionally reserved for special guests and visitors, the Bougainville, Papua New Guinea delicacy of tama tama is a delicious, sweet food and I was shown how its made in the village of Pidia in Bougainville, PNG.
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Rough seas aboard a copra boat near Karkar Island, Papua New Guinea
After a visit to Karkar, a volcanic island in the Bismarck Sea on the north coast of Papua New Guinea, I board a copra boat for the five-hour journey to Madang on the mainland. Rough seas.
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Papa New Guinea - Nusa Island Retreat (New Ireland)
Explore Nusa Island in New Ireland, PNG. Discover the landscape and activities available there !
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We visit AROVO ISLAND, once a popular resort, on tropical island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
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The MR PIP MOVIE was filmed right here on the tropical island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
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Visiting the remote tropical island where Mr Pip was filmed in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
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Visiting a remote village in the hills overlooking Arawa in remote Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
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Visiting a remote village in the hills overlooking Arawa in remote Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
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A Day In The Life Of - Living On A Remote Island | Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
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How do you spend a day while living on a tropical island like Bougainville, Papua New Guinea? It's a question I'm often asked since moving from Wellington, New Zealand to the remote tropical island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. So, here's a day in the life of...
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A typical weekend on tropical island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, Loloho & abandoned buildings
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A typical weekend to stunning Loloho Beach & abandoned buildings in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
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Visiting Loloho Beach to snorkel in the tropics of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
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Visiting & snorkeling the pristine, remote Loloho Beach in tropics of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
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Port Moresby also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura) outside of Australia and New Zealand. It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the south-western coast of the Papuan Peninsula of the island of New Guinea. The city emerged as a trade centre in the second half of the 19th century. During World War II, it was a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43 as a staging point and air base to cut off Australia from Southeast Asia and the Americas.
Jayapura is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Papua. It is situated on the northern coast of New Guinea island and covers an area of 940.0 km2 (362.9 sq mi). The city borders the Pacific Ocean and Yos Sudarso Bay to the north, the sovereign state of Papua New Guinea to the east, Keerom Regency to the south, and Jayapura Regency to the west.
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Rabaul, Tourism is a major industry , New britain Island, Papua New guinea
Rabaul, Tourism is a major industry , New britain Island, Papua New guinea
Rabaul is a township in East New Britain province, on the island of New Britain, in the country of Papua New Guinea. New Britain is an island about 60 kilometres to the east of the island of New Guinea. Rabaul was the provincial capital and most important settlement in the province until it was destroyed in 1994 by falling ash of a volcanic eruption.
During the eruption, ash was sent thousands of metres into the air and the subsequent rain of ash caused 80% of the buildings in Rabaul to collapse. After the eruption the capital was moved to Kokopo, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) away. Rabaul is continually threatened by volcanic activity because it is on the edge of Rabaul caldera, a flooded caldera of a large pyroclastic shield.
Rabaul was planned and built around the harbor area known as Simpsonhafen (Simpson Harbour) during the German New Guinea administration which controlled the region between 1884 and formally through 1919. From 1910 Rabaul was the headquarters of German New Guinea until captured by the British Empire during the early days of World War I. It became the capital of the Australian mandated Territory of New Guinea until 1937 when it was first destroyed by a volcano.
During World War II it was captured by the Japanese in 1942, and it became the main base of Japanese military and naval activity in the South Pacific. Settlements and military installations around the edge of the caldera are often collectively called Rabaul, although the old town of Rabaul was reduced to practical insignificance by the volcanic eruption in 1937.
As a tourist destination, Rabaul is popular for its volcanoes, scuba diving and for snorkeling sites, spectacular harbour and other scenery, World War II history, flora and fauna, and the cultural life of the Tolai people. Before the 1994 eruption, Rabaul was a popular commercial and recreational boating destination; fewer private small craft visit now, but 10 to 12 cruise ships visit Rabaul each year, including the Queen Elizabeth carrying up to 2000 passengers. Tourism is a major industry in Rabaul and East New Britain generally.A strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake has struck off the cost of Papua New Guinea's New Britain island, the US Geological Survey (USGS) says.
Hazardous tsunami waves are forecast for some coastlines.
The quake struck at a shallow depth of 10km (six miles), around 162km from the town of Rabaul, on New Britain island.
It hit near the coast at around 07:25 on Friday (21:25 GMT on Thursday). There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
Dellie Minding, a receptionist at the Rabaul Hotel in the east of New Britain, told Reuters news agency the earthquake had been felt, with many guests running outside, but there had been no damage.
At the Rapopo Plantation Resort on the coast, receptionist May Dovon said she had not heard of any casualties or damage, the agency adds.
We felt the earthquake, everything was moving so we went out of the building, the receptionist told Reuters. Nothing was damaged.
The country is still recovering from a magnitude 7.5 quake on 26 February.
At least 100 people died in Enga province, where massive landslides buried whole villages.
It took weeks to establish the full extent of damage in the remote, worst-affected In 1983 and 1984 the town was ready for evacuation when the volcanoes started to heat up. Nothing happened until 19 September 1994, when again Tavurvur and Vulcan erupted, destroying the airport and covering most of the town with heavy ashfall. There were only 19 hours of warning, but thGe