Madang Resort Hotel
Madang Resort and Kalibobo Village are owned by the same people, sit side by side, share facilities but ...
Madang Resort and Kalibobo Village are owned by the same people, sit side by side, share facilities but ...
With something for everyone and a stone's throw from some great snorkelling, this is one of the best pla...
In lovely surrounds and fronting a long black-sand beach, the lodge operated by Trans Niugini Tours was once a plantation house.
The rooms are fairly small and very average. The manager however has contacts in the Siassi Islands and is planning a guesthouse there.
The cheapest place around in a town where you get what you pay for. It's noisy and run down and thankfully no longer takes many foreigners as most of the rooms are full with long-term residents. Try asking for a transit room.
The 'Mello' has three grades of rooms, all the same size but with varying degrees of comfort. Rooms are slightly discounted on weekends.
In Bulolo, Pine Lodge has passable rooms and food. Each room sleeps two and comes with private facilities.
The Anga Development Authority has a guesthouse but food is not always available. Alternatively, ask around and you'll soon find someone to spend the night with.
It's pretty clean, pretty basic and pretty central - on the waterfront near the town centre. You can borrow-a-book (around K1) and there is a Saturday morning coffee shop on site.
Set in sprawling grounds near the shops and PMVs at Eriku. The self-contained, motel-style units have kitchenettes and are clean, if a little aged. The staff are very friendly.
A cheaper option is the Bulolo Vocational Center, but you'll need to bring your own food.
Breakfast is included and additional meals are around K15. If fully occupied, solo travellers are expected to share and each room, although basic, has its own bathroom. The self-contained unit sleeps five.
This is a great option for families and groups with self-contained rooms that have several beds and a clean bathroom and kitchen. Budget rooms are similarly clean and share a communal lounge, kitchen and bathroom.
Huon Motors Store also operates a guesthouse that sleeps four, and its car is for rent. Sells a few basic tinned goods but no vegetables.
As the name implies, this Coral Sea Hotel enjoys ocean views - but not from every room. It's a modern, tasteful complex adjacent to the Coastwatchers' Memorial and the golf course.
Recently opened and mere metres from the waves, this lodge has eight basic rooms and generator-supplied electricity. If you can't face yet another pack of instant noodles the women here will cook meals upon request.
Set around a courtyard and is good value - especially the huge and comfortable four-bedroom suite with its old fashioned and well-worn décor.
Tugutugu Guesthouse is the only accommodation on the island and about 3km from Kulili wharf (45 minutes by foot), and 10km from Kinim wharf.
Calling ahead is vital as they need to send a truck to collect you from the wharf - a 20 minute drive from the Seminary. There are cooking facilities but bring your own food. Locals can guide you to nearby Butaweng falls.
Set in a well-kept garden on the coast, fan rooms and air-con rooms share a bathroom and kitchen; there's one self-contained room.
Everything about Klinkii is pretty basic, but it's cheap and cheery. Rooms have shared bathroom, except two that also have air-con. Local-style meals available.
Set in lush, tropical grounds on the outskirts of town. The homely, colonial-style guesthouse buildings are 200m off the main road and while rooms are shared you can often end up with a room to yourself. It's a great budget option.
Formerly a nightclub; there's still a bar with pokies in the members bar upstairs. There isn't a significant difference between the cheaper standard rooms and the overpriced deluxe rooms; both sleep up to three.
Not the jewel in the Coral Sea Hotels' crown. Rooms in the newer wing are better (and more expensive). The 'wantok's pizza' - the super supreme of Papuan pizza - is the in-house speciality of the restaurant here.
Clean, quiet, professional and centrally located, this is the pick of Lae's midrange options. Standard rooms have satellite TV and kettle, while the backpacker rooms have fan and share a bathroom.
Self described as 'an oasis of luxury' and indeed the International has the lot - spacious rooms, tennis courts, a pool and travel agency, a business centre, tropical gardens, three restaurants, a sports bar and a couple of tree kangaroos thrown .
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