Activities in Oro Province
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trekking
There is a network of tracks in the area ideal for trekking. Many follow the ria around the coast. Other tracks can be quite difficult; you must be fit. Tufi Dive Resort can arrange a guide and village stays, or you could take your chances and ask around yourself. The villages and the resort can arrange boats to pick you up at various locations at the end of your walk.
Orchids, birds and butterflies can also been seen in the surrounding jungles and again, Tufi Dive Resort can arrange guides to view these.
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Diving
Diving is one of Tufi's great attractions; there is consistent 30m-plus visibility and one diver we met said 'there are more fish than water out there'. Maloway, Cyclone Reef and Marion Reef are memorable, and the muck diving under Tufi wharf is exceptional. Nearby are some WWII ships easily accessible in shallow water, while the famous B17 'Black Jack' bomber is down the coast. For a full list of dives, with pictures, see www.tufidive.com/diving.html.
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trekking tours
Mt Lamington has been fairly calm since its last eruption in 1951 and keen bushwalkers can climb it today. The Oro Guesthouse and Birdwing Butterfly Lodge can provide information and arrange guides, and Ecotourism Melanesia has trekking tours around Mt Lamington.
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fishing
Local villages can provide outrigger canoes (the standard form of transport) if you want to go fishing, and the dive resort's dive boat also does fishing trips.
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