Things to do in Madang
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Eden Restaurant
Admittedly, this restaurant doesn't make much of a first impression; it's right on the foreshore but cleverly designed to have no views at all. But people don't come for the view, they come for the fantastic lunchtime specials (around K12) and a bowl of fiery seafood laksa (curry noodles) that's guaranteed to knock your socks off. The dinner mains come in three sizes and made to share - bring your friends.
For the views, stroll on through to the Madang Country Club's clubhouse and buy yourself a beer.
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Madang Resort Hotel Melanesian Tourist Services
Runs village tours to the south coast stopping at lookout points, war memorials and Bilbil village to buy pottery. Their harbour cruise uses banana boats to visit the rusting wreckage of Japanese landing craft and take in coral viewing through glass-bottomed boxes at Krangket Island.
Also operating out of Madang Resort is the new MTS Suwannee River, a 98-foot, luxurious live-aboard boat that is available for dive and fishing charters.
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Snorkelling & Diving
Excellent visibility, stunning tropical coral and fish life and countless WWII wrecks make the diving and snorkelling around Madang world famous. Local favourites include Barracuda Point, Magic Passage, Planet Rock and Eel Gardens. There's also good snorkelling just off Lion's Reserve Beach and off the rocks at Madang Lodge and Smugglers Inn Resort, but watch the swell and the tides because the rocks, coral and sea urchins can be hazardous.
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Coastwatchers' Memorial Beacon
The 30m-high Coastwatchers' Memorial beacon, visible 25km out to sea, is a reminder of those who stayed behind enemy lines during WWII to report on Japanese troop and ship movements. It's a rather ugly concrete memorial, but the 3km beach-front road south of the memorial is the most pleasant walk in Madang, fringed by palm trees and poincianas and backed by the golf course with fine views across Astrolabe Bay.
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Aquaventures PNG
Aquaventures at Jais Aben Resort won a PADI environmental award for raising locals' awareness of reef ecology and sustainable fishing practices. If you dive the nearby Mitchell B-25 bomber, ask to read their folder of information about the wreck. The brutally brief 'lost-in-action' telegrams are quite moving. Aquaventures comes highly recommended.
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Niugini Diving Adventures
The equipment here is older than that of Aquaventures. Night diving is available. Niugini runs PADI open-water certification (around K1000), snorkelling cruises and one-day, two-dive packages (around K220 to around K290) of which the combination wreck/reef dive gives you the best of both worlds. You can also hire gear from both shops.
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Madang Museum
The local Madang museum is small but fascinating. Look for the ceremonial headdress from Bosmum village on the Lower Ramu River. These are worn during the 'cleansing of the blood', the time in which blood is drawn from a boy's tongue and penis as part of an initiation rite to manhood (ouch!).
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Market
Bilbil clay pots are a local speciality, Highlanders come down with some bilums (string bags) and hats, and you'll see Bukaware and items from the Sepik. Have a look through the market, which also has fruit and vegetables as well as some clothing, and local shell jewellery.
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Madang Country Club
For golf enthusiasts, the Madang Country Club is the place to stomp some divots. Madang Resort and Coastwatchers Hotel are both corporate members of this beachside, nine-hole course and the clubhouse is a great place for a beer.
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Cemetery
On an overgrown grassy mound in the centre of town is the old Cemetery. Tombstones have fallen over and become illegible with time, but it's an interesting reminder of the German and Australian colonial days.
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Haus Win Restaurant
This restaurant, located in the Madang Resort Hotel and Kalibobo Village Resort, has an excellent international menu, a seafood buffet on Saturdays and a Sunday barbeque sizzle.
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Madang Club
Get here early to secure a table on the small harbourside veranda. The predominately Chinese/Malay lunch-time specials are very popular.
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Cash & Carry
The large Cash & Carry stocks pretty much everything you might need, including bush knives, kerosene lamps, food, and clothing.
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Janek Aben Restaurant
This restaurant serves breakfast and informal lunches. Located in the Madang Resort Hotel and Kalibobo Village Resort.
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Madang Visitors & Cultural Bureau
Madang Visitors & Cultural Bureau offers plenty of suggestions and practical advice for day tours and excursions.
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Swimming Beaches
Some small swimming beaches are on Coronation Dr, but the best ones are on the nearby Krangket and Siar Islands.
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Rukaen
The menu features a range of Japanese dishes and shabu-shabu (hotpot) is served here by request.
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Steamships
Carries pretty much everything you might need, including bush knives, kerosene lamps, food, and clothing.
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