The Highlands
Magic Mountain is more than just a bed for the night. Guests are usually booked on other activities for which this is an ideal base. Surrounded by jungle…
Must-see hotels in The Highlands
The Highlands
The showpiece of the Trans Niugini Tours operation, Ambua Lodge offers commanding views across the Tari Basin and Huli homelands. At 2100m, the lodge…
The Highlands
Located 40 minutes from Mt Hagen, just inside Enga Province, Kumul Lodge is geared towards birdwatchers, and you can see birds of paradise in the grounds…
The Highlands
Across the road from the Kegsugl airstrip, this guesthouse is a great option. The hosts, Josephine and Arnold (Rambo to his friends), make guests feel…
Lakwanda Guesthouse & Cultural Centre
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In the village of Hedemari, midway between Tari and Koroba, in the heart of Huli country, is the beautiful Lakwanda Guesthouse. Run by Thomas Tayapi, a…
The Highlands
Halfway up Mt Wilhelm from Kegsugl are two very basic huts (A-Frame and ANU) that are used for overnighting and the essential altitude acclimitisation…
The Highlands
Kiburu, the province’s only tourist-quality hotel, is a few kilometres south of town on the Highlands (Okuk) Hwy, just beyond the turn-off into Mendi. It…
The Highlands
Camp JJ is close to Betty’s Place, and boasts the best rooms in this neck of the woods. Rooms are not endowed with much atmosphere, but are bright and…
The Highlands
At Kona village, nearby to the larger Minima village, you get the opportunity to experience village life first-hand as well as hike to a flying-fox cave,…
The Highlands
Near the airport, and behind the police station, this friendly and secure guesthouse offers Spartan rooms, each with four bunk beds. Men are welcome and…
The Highlands
‘The Bird’ is overdue for a renovation. The tired rooms are large, comfortable and decorated with an assortment of mismatched furniture. Besides the…
The Highlands
The whole place is bright and breezy; freshly painted on the outside with notably large, airy rooms (each with a double and single bed). The suites have…
The Highlands
Run by a local landowner group, Kimininga Lodge has a variety of rooms. The cheapest of the 38 self-contained rooms, in quasi huts, are barely comfortable…
The Highlands
An institution in Kundiawa as a conference hotel, the rooms are clean but disappointing and rundown; the standard rooms are not good value at all. The …
The Highlands
Betty's Place is on a ridge surrounded by bird-filled forest, about 1km from Kegsugl at the start of the trail. While the lodge and bedrooms are looking a…
The Highlands
The twin rooms are large enough to host a whole tribe and boast two double beds, tea- and coffee-making facilities, fridge and TV. Staff will prepare…
The Highlands
This new project by the couple running Magic Mountain Nature Lodge was still under construction when we visited. Nonetheless, it is already a great budget…
The Highlands
If you don’t mind being this far from the town centre, this is a good option. Bathroom and kitchen facilities are shared while the 106 simple rooms are…
The Highlands
In the grounds of a leafy expats’ residential estate, this hotel’s premier rooms (K515) are the best in town and cheaper than what is on offer at the Bird…
The Highlands
This new lodge boasts a restaurantand very modern and comfortable rooms in a secure, if a little austere, enclosure. Note that the leafy Pacific Gardens…
The Highlands
The Diwai has a leafy, valley-side outlook within earshot of the Zokozoi River (you can’t actually see it), about 10 minutes’ walk from the town centre…
The Highlands
The Highlander, part of the Coral Sea chain, has all the amenities you’d expect from a top-end hotel (except perhaps the razorwire-topped fence),…
Research & Conservation Foundation Transit House
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The dorm-style accommodation has three or four beds per room, free laundry, an excellent shared kitchen and a TV in the common room. Profits go to support…
The Highlands
The Poroman may have fairly basic rooms, and the deluxe rooms are not exactly sumptuous, however the staff are super friendly and the gardens are a good…
The Highlands
This secure guesthouse is the best option in Wabag with clean if unexceptional rooms provided with soap and towel, tea and coffee, and a TV. The kitchen…
The Highlands
This motel, near the airport, has 20 rooms that sleep three in a double and single bed plus two self-contained units. It’s clean and friendly, although…
The Highlands
Right in the middle of town, this is a rather noisy option and no longer kept as clean as it once was. Nonetheless, of the town cheapies, this is a safe…
The Highlands
Rondon Ridge is one of Trans Niugini Tours’ luxury lodges, located at 2164m on Kum Mountain, 13km southeast from Hagen. There are magnificent views of the…
The Highlands
This central place is clean and well kept with large and homey rooms and a decent restaurant. The cheaper standard rooms, including the small singles are…
The Highlands
Greenland is the best option in town, with a pleasant outlook over town from its hill-top locale. Rooms, all with en suites, are bright and clean and…
The Highlands
Featuring an ever-so-slight American theme, this attractive red-planked building is set in an attractive leafy garden. Rooms are pleasant, clean and…
The Highlands
Each room sleeps four in two bunk beds and has its own bathroom. It’s friendly, secure, squeaky clean and central. There's an excellent kitchen free to…
The Highlands
This small guesthouse is right next to the Air Niugini office beside the airport. The rooms are small, containing a bed and a shower and toilet. It’s a…
The Highlands
Wabag’s only formal hotel and owned by a Korean trading company, this place is bare-bones minimalist and low on comforts. It’s on the Mt Hagen side of…
Evangelical Church of PNG Guesthouse
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The cheapest place in town and hard to find – you'll need to ask for directions. It's one block back from the runway, on the opposite side of the airport…
The Highlands
Perched on a peninsula that forms a fork in Lake Kutubu, Tubo Lodge has commanding views of the surrounding forest-clad hills and the lake itself. Village…
The Highlands
The rooms at Nimba are simple and tiny bed-in-a-box rooms with shared bathrooms and no atmosphere or TVs. If a large group books rooms then a cook can be…
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Right in the centre of town behind the post office. The two-storey house is clean and austere and the tidy shared rooms come with two, three or four beds,…
The Highlands
Has clean and comfortable rooms and a restaurant (breakfast/lunch/dinner K25/20/30). The lodge can organise transport from Mt Hagen, and the all-essential…
