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Papua New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea is famed for its birds of paradise and other endemic birds and wildlife, its colourful tribespeople, and its inaccessibility. But the last of these is changing. Some excellent lodges have opened up in the remote hill forests, and our tour is based around three of these.Join us on a holiday designed to enable us to sample this exciting country, especially its wildlife and the lifestyle of the people, yet still enjoy comfortable accommodation and relaxed walking.Papua New Guinea, the eastern half of New Guinea, is one of the least explored areas on Earth. There are few roads so we will be flying on scheduled flights and in light aircraft throughout the holiday with mostly short vehicle journeys and longer river boat trips. The light aircraft are likely to be Islanders (eight seats) or Twin Otters (sixteen seats) Much of the time will be spent at the forest edge searching for the exotic birds of the highlands, especially the birds of paradise, parrots, pigeons, bowerbirds and the endemic berrypeckers and tit berrypecker. There will also be opportunities to encounter songbirds and wetland species on our boat trips at Karawari, in the lowlands and at various sites near Port Moresby. During the tour we will make short visits to the villages of local tribespeople, including the fabled Huli Wigmen and Melpe Mudmen. The tour starts in Singapore (or in Port Moresby, PNG) enabling those who are already visiting Australasia or South East Asia to extend their holiday. Flights from the U.K. to Singapore can also be arranged at extra cost. Trip Details Accommodation and food is of good quality throughout. En suite rooms throughout. Transport is mainly by air, the longest internal flight being a little over one hour. Land transport is by small coach, minibus or four wheel drive vehicle. At Karawari in the lowlands transport is by comfortable jetboat with an awning. Walks are generally easy, usually on roads with a vehicle in attendance. There is some walking on tracks some of which are on slopes but the pace is leisurely. Weather: In the highlands the weather is pleasantly warm during the day but cool at night. Duvets and electric blankets are supplied in both the highland lodges. It normally rains in the late afternoon. Karawari is warmer with higher humidity but the lodge, at three hundred feet above the river, attracts a cooling breeze. |
© Chris Milner
Huli Wigman
Price: £ 5,495
The price is per person, and is fully inclusive of accommodation as detailed above, all meals on the tour, return flight Singapore-Port Moresby, internal flights, airport taxes, surface transport as described, incidental tips, admissions and the services of the leaders.
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