Ecotourism Melanesia’s PAPUA NEW GUINEA

 

GULF PROVINCE

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GETTING THERE

- Daily flights from Port Moresby to Kerema
- Thrice-weekly flights from Port Moresby to Ihu, Baimuru and Kikori via Kerema by road from Port Moresby to Kerema via Malalaua
- Weekly flights to Kakoro (Lakekamu) from Port Moresby or Lae via Wau (Morobe)

 

PLACES TO VISIT
Tauri River - river safaris and jungle trekking
Lakekamu Basin – pristine alluvial rainforest, biodiversity hotspot, rare wildlife, unique birdwatching
Baimuru – water villages, Papuan Gulf art
Kikori – WWF Conservation Project

  ACCOMMODATION – KEREMA

Hotel Kerema
Catholic Guest House

  ACCOMMODATION – OTHER AREAS

Kakoro Lodge, Lakekamu Basin
Hinowattie Guest House, Kakoro Village, Lakekamu Basin
Uyana Guest House, Tekadu Village, Lakekamu Basin
Kikori Guest House
Baimuru Guest House

Makara Village Homestay, Malalaua district

OUR TOURS

Tour EM19 Tauri River Trek 5 days 4 nights ex-Port Moresby

 

VISITOR BRIEFING

Gulf Province is last in line for tourism. Apart from the Lakekamu Basin there are no organised visitor attractions. The province’s annual tourism figures struggle to make double digits. The local guest houses are only kept open by visiting government officials and Coca Cola sales reps. This province is so far off the beaten tourist track that most of the locals have never even seen a tourist before.

And that, of course, is the reason you want to go, right? Step right up...

Papua Gulf art was first documented by Australian photographer and cinematographer Frank Hurley in the 1920s. Digitised copies of his works are available on the website of the National Library of Australia's negative collection at <http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an11546686>.

To view the images from "Pearls and Savages", go to <http://www.nla.gov.au/catalogue/pictures/> and search for the string as title/creator.

Gulf Province best buys: Papuan artifacts (Baimuru, Kikori, Ihu).
Our favourite spot: Makara Village Homestay
 

PHOTO ALBUM

A typical Village house
Visitors with Locals
Local Community showing what they have

 

River crossing
having dinner
site scene

 

 

Slaughtering a Pig
an exited visitor
local traditional shows

 

 

MORE INFORMATION

ARTICLES ON GULF PROVINCE Frank Hurley's Gulf of Papua
*Published in "Paradise", the in-flight magazine of Air Niugini Pearls and Savages (Frank Hurley's photography, 1920s)
   
  Discovering the historic Bulldog trail (Wau to Kakoro)