Papua New Guinea Expedition

Highlights

• Enjoy diving each day on the tour
• Visit the traditional Sepik Villages
• Explore the Sepik River, which is one of the largest rivers in the world
• Explore Wahgi Valley - a valley with some of the oldest evidence of agriculture in the world.
• A day excursion along the jungle-fringed waterways of the Karawari River
• Guided nature walk through the alpine forest looking for the exotic bird of Paradise
• See bountiful bird life along the rivers and nearby lakes
• Visit to Kundiman village for sago making demonstration

What's this trip about?

Arrival Sept 4th and fly from Port Moresby to Tufi Resort for 7 nights in double occupancy bungalows with 5 days of two tank dives, all meals, tax, transfers and one day is free to book a hike or tour. Sept 11 fly from Tufi to Port Moresby and on to Hoskins for two nights at Walindi Plantation with two days of diving in Kimbe Bay. With the Febrina we do not have enough time diving Kimbe Bay so adding on these two days is a big plus along with the possibility of dolphins.  Included are accommodations in a Bungalow or a Plantation House Room, meals, transfers, tax, environment fee, nitrox. The dive staff will transfer our dive gear from the day boats to the Febrina directly when we return from diving on the 13th. Sept 13 at 6PM we will board the Febrina for a 10 night trip including Kimbe Bay, Fathers Reefs and the Witu Islands. Included is your cabin, 5 dives a day starting on the 14th with only 2 dives on the last day of diving as we will be flying the next morning, meals, laundry service , nitrox , environmental fee, tanks  weights, belts. Soft Drinks, Beer and Wine are additional and can be paid with cash or credit card at the end of your trip. Sept 23 in the morning we will transfer to the Hoskins airport and fly to Mt Hagen to start our land tour of the Highlands

What's excluded

• All vessel port and harbor fees: between USD5 and USD25 per day depending on the destination
• Enriched Air Nitrox: USD10 per diving day
• Dive/snorkel gear: USD3 per item or USD10 per full set per day
• National Park/maritime areas entrances fee
• Dive insurance: compulsory
• Laundry: USD1 per item
• Spa treatments after the first complimentary one: USD10 per 45 minutes treatment
• Travel insurance:highly recommended
• Crew gratuities
• International and domestic air, land, sea transportation, and excess baggage
• Visa, hotels and food ashore before and after the cruise

Accommodation