Paiya Tours is a prominent locally owned tour operator company based in the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.
Popular on the Paiya Tours travel itinerary are Highlands cultural experiences – especially the annual Hagen Cultural Show and the Paiya Mini Show. As well as, trekking to Mt Wilhelm and Mt Giluwe, and bird watching across the Highlands.
Bird watching guests have the pleasure of staying at the company’s comfortable accommodation, such as Magic Mountain Lodge and Traveller’s Hut located in the Western Highlands.
Explore the Highlands with Paiya Tours, enquire today, email: paiyatours.png@gmail.com
PNG Explorers International is a well-connected inbound tour operator in Papua New Guinea.
Conveniently located at the Coral Seas Gateway Hotel at 6-Mile, Port Moresby, PNG Explorers is also one of the best tour guides for Port Moresby city tours, as well as the outskirts and surrounding villages of the National Capital District.
Bird watching, history, trekking and culture, including soft adventures such as snorkelling and island visits are popular tours that PNG Explorers International can arrange.
PNG Explorers International also specializes in Japan-speaking tours.
For bookings and further information, email: office@pngexplorers.net
Country Tours is a locally owned inbound tour operator specializing in cultural, bird watching and other special interest tours throughout the Highlands and other parts of Papua New Guinea.
The remote and sparsely populated South-Western corner of Papua New Guinea is home to our most isolated Wilderness Lodge – Bensbach. Unlike most of the country there are no towering mountains, no waterfalls, only wide, sweeping flood plains abundant with all forms of wildlife.
Bensbach is our premier wildlife location in PNG. The grasslands teem with herds of deer, wallabies, snakes and monitor lizards and the flood plains are a vital stopping point for migratory birds on their incredible journey between their breeding grounds to the North and their feeding areas in the Southern Hemisphere. Curlew Sandpipers, Ruddy Turnstones (which breed in Arctic Siberia) and Yellow Wagtails (which breed in Eurasia) are some of our more special visitors fond here.
The wetlands are also home to massive flocks of pelicans, pygmy geese and sea eagles and other raptors hunt fish from the skies above. A complete list of the 191 different species of birds that have been recorded at Bensbach lodge is available here.
Life at Bensbach however, is not only abundant above the water. Bensbach is a sport fisherman’s paradise -renowned as one of the Barramundi capitals of the world. Catering to the serious angler as well as those who just want to experience catching one of these magnificent fighting fish, Bensbach practices sustainable catch-and-release fishing and only what is needed for that nights’ meal is kept.
Stands of malaluca (paper bark eucalypts) provide building materials for the local people and the bark is used as insulation in traditional ovens. Sago and yams are the staples of the Bensbach people, storing their yams for up to six months at a time in yam houses, this seasonal crop is the life blood of the Bensbach people.
Bensbach accommodates up to sixteen guests in two separate wings, each linked to the main lodge building that houses the dining area, a well stocked bar and comfortable lounge. The lodge is built entirely from local materials, adapted to the tastes and comfort of its visitors with 220V electricity, ceiling fans and hot and cold water. The dinner menu features delicious freshly caught Bensbach Barramundi and venison purchased from local hunters.
BirdQuest, founded in 1981, has an unequalled repertoire of birding tours and combined birdwatching and wildlife holidays and cruises that will appeal to every kind of birder. Our tours are celebrated as the very best available, and we have shown our clients and friends over 10,200 bird species worldwide, more than any other birding tour company (and not that far off the total for all other birding tour companies combined!), as well as an extraordinary variety of mammals and many other fascinating aspects of the natural world.
UNCHARTED PAPUA NEW GUINEA EXPEDITION
Papua New Guinea Birding Tours: Birdquest has been operating tours to Papua New Guinea for over 30 years, but this phenomenally biodiverse country still conceals hidden avian gems which have been seen only by a handful of intrepid researchers and expeditioners. This special expedition will explore well off the beaten track in search of an enticing array of endemic birds which have previously been considered ‘off-limits’ to world birders, and our adventurous itinerary will certainly break new ground, potentially even rediscovering one or more lost species!
Sicklebill Safaris birding tours of Papua New Guinea takes you through the Highlands, the island of New Britain, Manus, Port Moresby observing some of the most fascinating birds in the world.
Try the ‘Taste of New Guinea’ tours or the ‘PNG Highlights’ and see a selection of famous and endemic bird life, plus cultural experience tours.
For more information and bookings, email: info@sicklebillsafaris.com or call +61 7 4093 7318
The nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG) comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, second largest island in the world, as well as many other Pacific islands, some of a considerable size such as New Britain and New Ireland, and many much smaller islands and atolls.
The most linguistically diverse country on earth, PNG has more than 850 mutually unintelligible, indigenous languages reflecting at least as many different traditional tribal societies. This astonishing cultural variety has given rise to many different forms of expression, including art, carving, dance, singing, music and flamboyant costumes and hairstyles. The colourful cultural heritage is celebrated annually at numerous large regional festivals and sing-sings, including Goroka and Mt Hagen and lesser-known Tumbuna and Kundu.
Habitats range from dense tropical rainforest to savannah and wetland plains, volcanic mountains to white sand beaches and coral reefs. The forests are home to many rare species of marsupial such as tree kangaroo, insects including the Queen Alexandra birdwing (the world’s largest butterfly) and birds such as the cassowary. However, PNG is best known for Sir Richard Attenborough’s favourites: the brilliantly coloured birds of paradise, with 38 of the 43 known species found there.
Papua New Guinea is truly one of the world’s last travel frontiers. Nature and humanity unite in a heady mix of sights and sounds, and many parts of the country remain blissfully unaffected by the ever-advancing ways of the western world. However, PNG is definitely up and coming (it received the Most Emergent Destination award from Wanderlust Magazine in 2014) and, now that Reef & Rainforest can put together tours at reasonable cost, there should be many more visitors, so go now while it’s still authentic and unspoilt.
The Walindi Plantation Resort is located near beautiful Kimbe Bay in West New Britain Province.
The resort has been been proudly showing off the many wonders of Kimbe Bay’s reefs to visiting divers for over three decades and has since developed a sterling reputation for its quality of diving, warm hospitality and relaxed atmosphere.
Walindi’s room options include bungalows and house rooms. While its on-site restaurant offers a delicious choice of international and local cuisines, including a well-stocked bar.
Apart from its world-class diving tours, the resort has a selection of land tours allowing visitors to explore West New Britain.
Walindi Resort is also home to the boutique live-aboard dive vessel, MV Febrina.
For further information and bookings call: +675 7234 8460 or +675 7373 4199