Must-see attractions in The Sepik

  • Yuo Island

    The Sepik

    This small island has delightful picture-perfect beaches under coconut trees, a couple of decent waves if you bring your own surfboard and paddle out to…

  • Haus Tambarans

    The Sepik

    There are numerous villages around Maprik, many with a striking, forward-leaning haus tambaran, an architectural style echoed in such modern buildings as…

  • Haus Tambaran

    The Sepik

    Korogo has an impressive haus tambaran with a pair of carved eagles at each end of the roof, related to a local myth, as well as colourfully painted…

  • Muschu Island

    The Sepik

    Palm trees, turquoise waters, nearby reefs and a left-hand point break (November to March) make Muschu one of Papua New Guinea’s best-kept secrets. Hidden…

  • Mission Point to Cape Boram

    The Sepik

    Near the main wharf lie the rusting remains of MV Busama. Further down at Kreer, on the road to the airport, there’s the wooden hulk of a Taiwanese…

  • Cape Wom Memorial Park

    The Sepik

    Fourteen kilometres west of Wewak, this is the site of a wartime airstrip and the war memorial marks the spot where Japanese Lieutenant General Adachi…

  • Japanese Memorial Peace Park

    The Sepik

    This peace park marks the mass grave of many troops. The soldiers’ bodies were later exhumed and returned to Japan. Here you'll find a memorial and a fish…

  • Main Haus Tambaran

    The Sepik

    The main, two-storey haus tambaran features three garamut drums with pig, crocodile and hornbill carvings. Upstairs is a treasure trove of shell-inlaid…

  • Haus Tambaran

    The Sepik

    A small, temporary haus tambaran has been built near the ruins of the old one, with hearths inside clay dishes and six garamut drums with catfish,…

  • Haus Tambaran

    The Sepik

    This small haus tambaran is smoky, covered with long sago leaves and home to a splendid cassowary costume used in ceremonial dances. A female figure with…

  • Main Haus Tambaran

    The Sepik

    Kanganaman is famous for the oldest haus tambaran on the Sepik. Declared a building of national cultural importance, it has been renovated with help from…

  • Haus Tambaran

    The Sepik

    Timbunke's cobwebby haus tambaran is a one-storey structure towards the west end of the village. A Lonely Planet author was the first non-local (and first…

  • Haus Tambaran

    The Sepik

    With the help of French anthropologist Nicolas Garnier and international funding, there is a haus tambaran in Wombun, topped with herons, with beautifully…

  • Haus Tambaran

    The Sepik

    The haus tambaran in the central village features a couple of large ceremonial masks, hook cult figures and garamut drums. Its centrepiece is a crocodile…

  • Haus Tambaran Ruin

    The Sepik

    The soaring haus tambaran here was copied from photographs taken at the turn of the century by German explorers of the building standing at that time, but…

  • Haus Tambaran Ruin

    The Sepik

    The remains of a third haus tambaran sit between the other two. It was bombed by the Japanese (or Americans, depending on who you ask) in WWII and all…

  • Haus Tambaran

    The Sepik

    Right near Bowies Art Store in the first village, this small haus tambaran is the cleanest in the area (no cobweb curtains here) and has Albert the wild…

  • Haus Tambaran

    The Sepik

    There is a modest haus tambaran with masks, a large garamut drum, and a spirit chair reminiscent of Frosty the Snowman.

  • Haus Tambaran

    The Sepik

    This haus tambaran in Tambanum is fairly simple and one-storey, topped with soaring water birds.

  • Church

    The Sepik

    It's well worth peeking inside the local church, decorated with carvings from different clans.

  • Haus Tambaran

    The Sepik

    A haus tambaran with soaring twin roof peaks but a modest interior.

  • Cemetery

    The Sepik

    Cemetery on the north edge of Wewak Town.

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