Introducing Guadalcanal

The largest island in the Solomon group, Guadalcanal hosts the national capital, Honiara. There’s no iconic calling card but a host of cultural sights. There are a couple of natural wonders and fantastic diving at Iron Bottom Sound, the famous graveyard of WWII’s Battle for Guadalcanal, just off the north coast. Outside Honiara, the island has the genuine look of a lost world. The hills behind the capital eventually become a mighty mountain range rising to 2400m that separates the Weathercoast people from those on the northern coast.