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Re: current safety situation

by TuninaPasteta 29 May 2012

@NorthernLights: The company we will be working for is arranging our transportation for us but since it is an australian company runned…
Re: current safety situation

by TuninaPasteta 27 April 2012

Hey donbrisbane, thank you for your answer. Unfortunately I can't do much about my itinerary, so I will be travelling to PNG at that…
current safety situation

by TuninaPasteta 25 April 2012

Hey there! I know this is one of the most ungrateful subject to talk about, but I'm planning on arriving to PNG in less than 2 months…
Re: things which get my goat

by norrie19 19 September 2011

Papua New Guinea Highlands, Mendi, Mt Hagen?... 1980's, Talair Twin Otter.. jammed in a stifling hot cabin with the local talent and their…
2 months itinerary in PNG. Is this doable?

by unturist 02 July 2011

Hello everyone, I will spend soon two months in PNG as an independent traveller. I have sketched my plan. I am also planning to buy plane…
RE: 10-12 days in PNG - your recommendation?

by Laszlo 10 May 2011

In theory you could do that though I really don't think that visiting the mudmen justifies all the extra effort. It is just a rather dull…
RE: Highlands Highway

by pngthoughts 14 June 2010

Road from Hagen to Mendi to Tari is still the main route and regular PMV's travel it. It's a LONG journey though. Road to Kopiago from…
Highlands Highway

by worldrecordtour 30 May 2010

Hello Everybody, Has anybody driven recently the Highlands Highway from Mount Hagen via Mendi to Lake Kopiago? How is its condition? Or…
Just came back from a solo backpack holiday in Papua New Guinea

by juraldo2107 15 January 2010

Dear All, I just came back from a 1 month backpack solo trip in PNG. I will try to do my best to give best information for all traveller…
RE: papua newguinea highland

by Laszlo 22 September 2009

Sounds like you'd need to get a guidebook for such basic info first! But in brief, I don't think there are direct flights, but there should…
RE: Tari: Warili Lodge - just got a price

by nicolasvo 21 July 2009

Hi there, I was in Tari last year and found some accomodation in a house owned by the newly appointed medical doctor of the town. For…
RE: Tari: Warili Lodge - just got a price

by globaltourist 15 February 2009

Don There was an email posted on this forum from a poster who said they were in contact with Steven Wari, & indeed email & price came…
RE: local guide in Mendi for the southern highlands and surroundings

by silvanocat 26 September 2008

Two posts total, both promoting one particular guide.
local guide in Mendi for the southern highlands and surroundings

by nicolasvo 26 September 2008

The guy to contact is John, a nice, reliable and enthousiastic fellow. Email: johnonge@gmail.com, phone:72 56 56 63. He'll show you around…
planning to travel solo in the southern highlands?

by nicolasvo 26 September 2008

A good place to start is Mendi, centrally located and easily accessible by plane. I wanted to go to Tari. At the Kiburu lodge I met some…
RE: Travel: Goroka to Mt Hagen

by Laszlo 19 July 2008

Goroka to Tari could be done by PMV in 2 days, overnighting in Mendi. The Southern Highlands stretch is usually riskier than the Goroka-Hag…
RE: Seeing tribal culture & Birds of Paradise around Mt Hagen - need advice

by Laszlo 11 February 2008

Such short singsings are held as often as a tourist is ready to pay for them to be staged. I did travel between Hagen and Tari RT by…
RE: PNG overland bus land travel; Bougainville-Solomons sea link

by northmelbournedn 17 December 2007

I have been to the Goroka Show the last two years. I stayed at the Goroka Lodge. It is a mid range hotel, but clean with friendly and…
RE: PNG overland bus land travel; Bougainville-Solomons sea link

by Laszlo 15 December 2007

From Lae to Goroka and on to Hagen there are several PMVs daily. Ditto from Hagen to Mendi. From Mendi to Tari it tends to be mornings…
RE: PNG overland bus land travel; Bougainville-Solomons sea link

by Laszlo 15 December 2007

I went there after the LP was "researched" (their author has never ventured beyond Hagen and Goroka anyway) and found it safe to go all…
PNG overland bus land travel; Bougainville-Solomons sea link

by MikeArkus 15 December 2007

Has anybody recently travelled by PMV along the Highlands highway from Lae? I note that embassies warn against road travel and others…
Trekking in the PNG Highlands

by cecilcooper 15 September 2007

Wondering if anyone has any advice on DIY trekking routes in PNG for early October. Unfortunately I only have 1 1/2 weeks for the Highlands…
Transportation options - Tari to Wewak

by Laszlo 14 September 2007

Or there are PMVs via Mendi and Hagen to Madang, then boats to Wewak.
A very long way, I think.

There used to be regular Hagen-Wew…
Transport To Warili Lodge, Tari

by Laszlo 07 September 2007

Actually neither of the two local I mentioned GHs was female-run, so they would be different from the ones Deano refers to.
This just…
Transport To Warili Lodge, Tari

by Deano 28 August 2007

I was just there - but I arrived by PMV, so jumped off when I saw the sign.

The lodge is too far from town to walk but Steven seemed…