The Sepik
Ralf's house, on a 400m ridge overlooking the coast at Tower (a radio mast), 15km inland from Wewak, overflows with Sepik carvings, collected over a…
Must-see shopping in Papua New Guinea
The Sepik
Run by local carver and artist Ronnie, this riverfront store in the first (easternmost) village has the best concentration of artefacts on the Sepik, from…
Port Moresby
This is the best market in PNG, with items from all over the country – with more carvings, baskets, stone tools, adornments, shells and weavings than you…
Port Moresby
Sadly, there is only one decent bookshop in Port Moresby: the UPNG Bookshop and even that shop stocks mostly coursework materials and academic texts. Top…
The Highlands
The open-air market is interesting to walk through and you’ll see piles of potatoes and exotic leafy greens as well as more familiar tomatoes, capsicums …
Port Moresby
Boroko’s dusty central square is a good place to buy bilums, a selection of Sepik carvings, stone axes, kina-shell breastplates, shell jewellery and the…
The Sepik
It's well worth supplementing your Sepik artefact hunt at this well-stocked shop next to the lodge. They have a large selection of carved storyboards from…
New Britain
It’s worth stopping at Le Riche Colours if you are after some original souvenirs. Artist Nathalie Le Riche has very colourful hand-painted T-shirts, gift…
Papua New Guinea
Obweria village specialises in intricately carved ebony walking sticks, many decorated with pearl-shell inlays. Ebony is an extremely hard and brittle…
The Sepik
The main market, at the west end of the town centre, is a colourful affair, with local ladies selling fresh produce, sago grubs and pungent smoked and…
Papua New Guinea
Yalaka village sells striking lime pots (gourds decorated with a distinctive black pattern and fitted with a boar's tusk stopper). Price varies, depending…
Port Moresby Grammar School Craft Market
Port Moresby
A monthly event with carvings, tribal adornments, bilums and other paraphernalia from different parts of PNG. Good crowds and a party atmosphere.
Papua New Guinea
Bwetalu village produces particularly fine stools and tables made of kwila, a local hardwood. You may get away with carrying a small stool home.
The Sepik
There are several other markets around Wewak, of which Kreer market, on the airport road just before it turns inland, is the most interesting.
Rabaul
This place is a treasure trove for artefact hunters, with masks, necklaces, shells, carvings and other souvenirs.
The Sepik
There is also Nuigo market which sells buai, pitpit and sometimes woven pandanus satchels.
The Sepik
There is also Dagua market which sells buai, pitpit and sometimes woven pandanus satchels.
Papua New Guinea
The market has fruit and vegetables as well as some clothing, bilums and local shell jewellery.
Papua New Guinea
It’s possible to buy snorkelling gear from the sports shop in Beckzle Plaza.
