Experience authentic Papua New Guinea expeditions with Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic. Accompanied by an expert team, undersea explorative tools and a fleet of Zodiacs, you’ll explore up close and personally.

The Lindblad Expeditions partnership with National Geographic means you can travel on a fleet of ships to extraordinary places in the company of world-renowned naturalists, researchers, and photographers.

For further information and bookings, contact:

New York office, email explore@expeditions.com or call 1 800-397-3348

Australia office, email auinfo@expeditions.com or call 1300 361 012

Kokoda Trekking offers a selection of trekking options to accommodate any fitness level and every time frame.

The company offers Kokoda Track packages of six days or longer, and can also help to book for Loloata Island Resort where trekkers can participate in a range of other activities such as fishing and diving.

For further information and bookings, email: trekking@kokodatrail.com.au or phone +61 7 3201 0017

World Expeditions specializes in travel and trekking Kokoda Track in small groups. The company runs 14-day tours to trek the Kokoda Trail with 10 full days of trekking and day tours to historic villages Gona and Buna on the north coast.

World Expeditions is dedicated to responsible travel wherever their trips go.

For further information and bookings, email: info@worldexpeditions.com.au or phone 1300 720 000

Back Track Adventures is composed of a team of professional Australian trek leaders and a local trekking crew from villages along the Kokoda Track.

The company offers treks of Kokoda on an 11-day itinerary, including nine days of walking, allowing time to take in all of the significant historical sites at a sensible pace.

For further information and bookings, email: info@backtrack.com.au or call 1300 669 780 or +61 7 3850 7655

Battle Tours and Historical Travel is Australia’s largest battle and historical tour company offering Kokoda tours as well as tour extensions to visit Milne Bay and Rabaul.

Itineraries can be designed to suit every time frame and budget.

For further information and bookings, email: sales@battletours.com.au or phone 1300 768 478

Noble Caledonia’s raison d’être has from our earliest days been to offer varied cruises on vessels of a certain style and size. Such small ships allow us to create itineraries and an onboard ambience that is conducive to exploring the world and learning of its wonders in the company of like-minded travellers.  It is our view that the best way to achieve this ideal is to limit the number of passengers to such a size that allows the camaraderie to grow between passengers thereby creating a warm and friendly atmosphere onboard. Small numbers onboard also allow the crew and staff to provide a more personal and caring service, something which is not feasible on larger vessels.

The company’s success has been built on providing an informative yet relaxed atmosphere onboard combined with a true spirit of adventure. Amongst the wealth of information on this site you will not find a seemingly endless series of similar itineraries, but many one-off voyages that can transport you to the most interesting and often little known places where only small ships can venture.

We aim to offer many types of trips from expedition cruising, small ship cruising, cruises under sail and river cruising. Every year we re-invent our long list of trips keeping some of the most popular but always offering something new.  In addition to our first love which is small ships, we also offer journeys by private plane, private train and escorted worldwide tours.

Each year our horizons widen and we hope whilst exploring our website you will find ample evidence of why Noble Caledonia is the world’s leading small ship cruising expert. Whether you join one of the trips close to home in the Hebrides or in far flung Papua New Guinea you will be assured of a warm welcome onboard and a team of knowledgeable expedition staff and guest speakers that will make your journey an enjoyable and rewarding experience.

Original Travel Papua New Guinea

Original Travel are a creative travel company who take a thoughtful approach to creating tailor-made holidays that perfectly fulfil their clients’ needs. The team of experts use personal insights and exceptional knowledge of destinations worldwide to craft bespoke trips.

Papua New Guinea offers diversity in spades, be it discovering the people and culture and the over 800 active languages spoken throughout the country, or admiring the abundance of wildlife, in particular the hundreds of colourful bird species that can be found here.

Original Travel’s Papua New Guinea specialists know the very best ways to explore the country, whether you want to do this in relative luxury, with private planes and exclusive lodges, or you’re looking for more of an adventure and want to trek through the jungle, wash in rivers and stay in local villages, they can arrange it all for you.

Original Diving Papua New Guinea

Original Diving are a team of committed divers, marine biologists and travellers dedicated to creating the best luxury diving holidays around the world. They create tailor-made itineraries that perfectly suit their clients’ needs, using their expert knowledge of destinations.

As one of the few countries left in the world that can still be regarded as ‘off-the-beaten-track’, Papua New Guinea boasts some truly world-class diving in unspoilt waters, with the added benefit of there being virtually no one else there. And it’s not just the underwater world that is unspoilt, in land there is plenty to be discovered, be it learning more about the country’s fascinating culture or enjoying the abundant bird and other wildlife.

The experts at Original Diving have extensively researched both the coastal and inland areas of Papua New Guinea in search of the very best accommodation, top dive sites and other must-visit spots to allow them to create fantastic bespoke diving itineraries.

Lying just south of the equator and bordering Indonesia, Papua New Guinea is situated just 160km north of Australia and is part of a great arc of mountains stretching from Asia in to the South Pacific. The unique topography and prolific marine life make this an enticing country for tourists from all over the world. This fascinating land boasts more than 600 islands with magnificent scenery and beautiful coral atolls.

An experience in Papua New Guinea is truly an unforgettable one. The sublime natural beauty is simply indescribable; from rugged mountains and tropical rainforests to large wetlands and a stunning coastline. Its unique variety of wildlife includes of marsupials and birds, including the Raggiana bird-of-paradise (the national symbol) and several species of tree kangaroos. Untouched coral reefs compete with spectacular World War II wrecks for the attention of divers, and the hiking is out of this world.

Diving…

Papua New Guinea famously has a reputation for being one of the best diving destinations in the Pacific. Boasting spectacular dive sites with crystal-clear warm water, the coast of Papua New Guinea has also been nicknamed as the ‘underwater photographer’s paradise’. With potential sightings of hammerhead and whale sharks, dolphins, pilot whales, turtles and sea snakes as well as a wealth of macro opportunities in the variety of much dives available, it’s very easy to see why.

The vibrantly colourful coral atolls, walls, sea grass beds and barrier reefs provide the perfect setting for enjoyable and relaxing dives amongst the plethora of mesmerising marine life. The remoteness of these dive sites accounts for their pristine condition, with new marine species still being discovered.

Wrecks divers will be thrilled at the phenomenal wreck diving opportunities available. Dive in to history and explore the fantastic range of dive sites on a variety of World War II aircrafts, ships and submarines.

The country’s ancient cultures still thrive and age-old traditions are still practised – visitors can attend fire-dancing ceremonies and interact with the masked mud-men of Goroka – while remnants of more recent historic events still litter some of the towns and jungles; Japanese war relics are still present in New Britain province from the second world war.

Visitors can find themselves heading to the Highlands to discover the country’s incredible birdlife, before experiencing first hand the culture and traditional lives of the indigenous Huli Wigmen, with vibrantly-painted faces and extravagant headdresses. The explosive Mt Tavurvur – an impressive stratovolcano on the coast of New Britain – is a ‘must see’ when exploring the country’s eastern islands and active travellers seeking a challenge can opt to tackle part of the gruelling Kokoda Trail through rugged landscapes to retrace the steps of wartime POWs.

The video above, courtesy of the Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority, offers a glimpse into the annual Sepik River Crocodile & Arts fetival, a cultural celebration held by the traditional communities of the Sepik River area, in which the freshwater crocodile is revered. Speak to Stef about joining our brand new group tour which attends this event in 2019, and learn about the beliefs and legends that surround this animal.