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Papua New Guinea

Background & Highlights

New Guinea is the tallest and second largest island in the world, and one of the few places on earth that can still inspire fresh awe and true trepidation in would-be travellers.

The country's mystique is enhanced by the fact that large sections of the island have never been charted by Westerners, and furthermore by the ...

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Anthropology & Tribes

Tumbuna Sing-Sing
Tumbuna is the Tok Pisin (the lingua franca of Papua New Guinea) word for ancestors. "Taim Bilong Tumbuna" refers to the time before the white-man came, being the ways of the ancestors.

Anthropology & Tribes

Wahgi Sing-Sing
The Wahgi Show is held in the village of Nondugl - a village where time has stood still. Situated half way down the Wahgi Valley, Nondugl is a village where people still live a subsistence lifestyle.

Dive Liveaboards

Dive Papua New Guinea with MV Chertan
The MV Chertan cruises the islands and quays, bommies and drop-offs of Milne Bay Province on the remote southern tip of Papua New Guinea's mainland. Sailing from Alotau, the Chertan offers the experienced diver unlimited diving with an opportunity to encounter local culture. In between dives you can visit native villages unspoiled by the outside world.

Huli Wigman

The Huli are an indigenous people that live in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. The Huli have a wide concept of family. Half-brothers, half-sisters, and cousins are all considered brothers and sisters. Huli society is polygymist. Men may take multiple wives but women may only have one husband at a time.

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