Goroka Getting there & around

Getting there & around

Air

Between Airlines PNG pulling out of Goroka in 2007 and the demise of Airlink, poor old Goroka has been left at the whim of Air Niugini (732 1444). Unfortunately Air Niugini’s whim is that all flights are routed via Port Moresby (K507).

MAF (732 1080; Edwards Rd) flies to Lae (K260), Mt Hagen (K240), Tari (K540) and a host of highland airstrips.

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Car & motorcycle

Car & pmv

Goroka is well served by PMVs and the Highland Hwy; it’s an easy trip to Mt Hagen (K20, four hours) in the west or down to the coastal cities of Lae (K30, four hours) and Madang (K30, four to five hours) in the east.

PMVs heading west gather at the market area early in the morning, but more leave as the day wears on.

Hire cars are available from Budget (731 3100; Bird of Paradise Hotel, Elizabeth St) and Avis (732 1084; Goroka airport), but you’ll pay between K175 and K230 per day for the car, K1 per kilometre and K50 per day for insurance.

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