Sightseeing tours for independent travellers

Hotel-based vacation packages showcasing PNG's main attractions.

EM40 – Taste of PNG
7 nights ex-Australia (2 nights Goroka, 3 nights Madang, 2 nights Rabaul).
For independent travellers and unescorted small groups
This unescorted but locally guided whirlwind itinerary features three of PNG’s easily accessible destinations with contrasting scenery, culture and natural and historical attractions:
Goroka - scenic highlands terrain and exotic tribal culture.
Madang - pretty coastal scenery, peaceful seaside villages and tropical rainforest
Rabaul - WW2 Japanese occupation history and active volcano
Generic itinerary connects with flights to and from Australia.

Variation for arrivals ex-Asia:

EM40A – Taste of PNG
6 nights ex-Asia (1 night Goroka, 3 nights Madang, 2 nights Rabaul).
For independent travellers and unescorted small groups
Generic itinerary connects with flights to and from Asia.

The itinerary avoids the usual tourist towns and brings you face to face with three contrasting rural peoples of Papua New Guinea and the environments in which they live:
- the coastal people of TUFI who live amongst stunning tropical fjords formed by fingers over cooling lava from an erupting volcano thousands of years ago
- the highlands people of TARI, a proud and colourful people with exotic customs living in a pristine sub-tropical rainforest habitat, whose trademark custom is the production of decorative men’s wigs made of human hair.
- the riverine people of KARAWARI, a tributary of the Sepik River, whose lives are dominated by the wide brown ribbon of water they inhabit, and their animistic spiritual beliefs expressed through the exquisite artefacts they produce to adorn their men’s spirit houses (Haus Tambaran).
The tour features award-winning wilderness lodges such as Ambua Lodge (below) providing a high standard of remote-area accommodation.