Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea, an Australian territory from 1949 until its independence in 1975, is a land of diverse cultures and rugged terrain. Headhunting and cannibalism were still practiced until relatively recent times, and remote tribes have been found in the last 50 years that had never before seen a white man.

Although not regarded as a typical tourist travel destination, PNG's mining interests—particularly on Bouganville Island—ensure a steady stream of Westerners to the area. The waters in the region contain some of the rarest and diverse species on the planet.

Charts

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Weather

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Weather links

Passages

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Islands

• Louisiades Louisiades /wiki/Louisiades |  – island ||  – anchorage ||  – needs data |
  • Misima Island Misima Island /wiki/Misima_Island |  – island ||  – anchorage ||  – needs data |
• New Britain New Britain /wiki/New_Britain |  – island ||  – port of entry ||  – harbour ||  – needs data |
• Bouganville Island Bouganville Island /wiki/Bouganville_Island |  – island ||  – port of entry ||  – harbour ||  – needs data |
• New Ireland New Ireland /wiki/New_Ireland |  – island ||  – port of entry ||  – harbour ||  – needs data |
  • Feni Islands Feni Islands /wiki/Feni_Islands |  – island ||  – needs data |
  • Lihir Island Lihir Island /wiki/Lihir_Island |  – island ||  – port of entry ||  – needs data |

Communication

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Also see World Cruiser's Nets

Entrance

Arrival

Details?

Departure

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Customs and Immigration

Customs

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Immigration

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Fees and Charges

Restrictions

Health and Security

Health

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Security

Certain parts of PNG can be quite dangerous, but larger cities are relatively safe as long as you're sensible. However, be aware that foreign workers often live in guarded compounds for security, and that random violence can and does break out occasionally. If it does, you won't normally get help from local police.

Berthing

• Port Moresby Port Moresby /wiki/Port_Moresby |  – port of entry ||  – harbour ||  – needs data |
  • Daru Daru /wiki/Daru |  – island ||  – port of entry ||  – anchorage ||  – needs data |
• Madang Madang /wiki/Madang |  – port of entry ||  – harbour ||  – marina ||  – anchorage ||  – needs data |
• Rabaul Rabaul /wiki/Rabaul |  – port of entry ||  – harbour ||  – needs data |
• Samarai Samarai /wiki/Samarai |  – port of entry ||  – anchorage ||  – needs data |
• Lae Lae /wiki/Lae |  – port of entry ||  – marina ||  – needs data |
• Kavieng Kavieng /wiki/Kavieng |  – port of entry ||  – harbour ||  – needs data |
• Oro Bay Oro Bay /wiki/Oro_Bay |  – port of entry ||  – anchorage ||  – needs data |
• Wewak Wewak /wiki/Wewak |  – port of entry ||  – anchorage ||  – needs data |
• Vanimo Vanimo /wiki/Vanimo |  – port of entry ||  – anchorage ||  – needs data |
• Lorengau Lorengau /wiki/Lorengau |  – port of entry ||  – harbour ||  – needs data |
• Kimbe Kimbe /wiki/Kimbe |  – port of entry ||  – harbour ||  – needs data |
• Buka Buka /wiki/Buka |  – port of entry ||  – harbour ||  – needs data |
• Kieta Kieta /wiki/Kieta |  – port of entry ||  – harbour ||  – needs data |
• Alotau Alotau /wiki/Alotau |  – port of entry ||  – anchorage ||  – needs data |

Transportation

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Friends

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Forums

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• Papua New Guinea Sailing and Cruising Discussions on Cruisers Forum

Links

• Papua New Guinea at the Wikipedia
• Papua New Guinea at the Wikivoyage

References

Books, Guides, etc. Use the Reference template or not at your discretion. For example:

{{Reference|Rod Heikel|Greek Waters Pilot|Imray|Laurie and Wilson, Cambridgeshire (2010)|9780852889718}}, expands to

Rod Heikell, Greek Waters Pilot, Imray Laurie and Wilson, Cambridgeshire (2010), ISBN 9780852889718

• Author, Title, Publisher, ISBN ISBN number
• Author, Title, Publisher, ISBN ISBN number

You may want to remove the above entries and use instead a link to the Country or Region that lists the relevant references. If so enter, after removing {{MagentaText|xx}}, the following:

See [[Country or Region#References_&_Publications|Coutry or Region]].

If you do not use the above link, please remove it.

Comments

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Photos courtesy of Laura Diaz, PNG

Verified by

Date of member's last visit to Papua New Guinea and this page's details validated:

• Compiled from research (pilot books, internet, etc.) March, 2017 --Istioploos Travels with S/Y Thetis

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Names: Haiqu