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ECOTOURISM
MELANESIA LTD
Unit 1 Lot 3 Section 444, Ranu Place
Four Mile Hill, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
(Postal address: PO Box 24 Waigani NCD)
Phone & Fax (675) 323 4518
E-mail ecomel(at)online.net.pg · Website: www.em.com.pg
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Daily flights from Port Moresby, Madang, Kimbe and Rabaul, connecting with
other major towns
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Weekly passenger shipping services from Kimbe and Rabaul
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Passenger berths on monthly coastal freighters from Wewak, Madang, Manus,
Buka. (No passenger shipping service from Port Moresby).
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Highlands Highway connects Lae with Madang, Goroka and other Highlands towns.
(No road from Port Moresby or Popondetta).-
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Lae’s airport is at Nadzab, a 40 minute drive out of town. Balus Bus Service
meets all flights and drops off at hotels & lodges, K20 per trip. Public
buses (PMVs) are spasmodic and drop off at main bus stops in Lae, K4 per trip.
PLACES
TO VISIT
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scenic and historical Salamaua
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scenic Finschhafen and Tami Islands
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Wau and Bulolo - historical gold mining towns
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Wau Ecology Institute - nature walks
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Zumim - pottery
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Menyamya – remote walking trails, orchid farm
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Umboi (Siassi) Island – waterfalls, hot springs, hot lakes, caves, volcano,
beaches & reefs
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Lae - botanical gardens, war cemetery, Melanesian Arts Centre
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Labu Lakes – marine life and turtle nesting beaches
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Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, Lababia, south coast snorkelling, trekking,
river canoeing
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Butaweng Falls, north coast
ACCOMMODATION
– LAE
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Honale 414 Lae Guest House
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Comtrain Lodge
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Klinkii Lodge
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Lae Travellers Inn
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The Melanesian Hotel
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Lae International Hotel
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Huon Gulf Motel
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Subway and Speedway Lodge
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Eriku Lodge
ACCOMMODATION
– OTHER AREAS
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Salamaua Haus Kibung
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Salamaua Guest House
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Kamiali Guest House, Lababia (south coast)
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Tulip Guest House, Bau village (south coast)
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Fisika Guest House, Gagidu (north coast)
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Huon Peninsula Lodge, Gagidu (north coast)
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Paradise Spring Inn, Sialum (north coast)
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Kote District Guest House (north coast)
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Tami Island Guest House
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Bramler Memorial Guest House (Tami Island)
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Dreger Guest House, Finschhafen
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Ambal Guest House, Umboi Island
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Menyamya Guest House
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Pine Lodge, Bulolo
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Valley View Guest House, Wau
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Wau Ecology Institute Guest House, Wau
OUR
BRIEFING
Morobe
can be divided into two zones: Lae and “the rest of the province”.
Lae
is a hot, dusty industrial city which doesn’t hold much interest for tourists.
The
town isn’t particularly safe. Being connected to all the Highlands provinces
by road, Lae is the last stop for the hopeful and the desperate, with large
squatter settlements full of unemployed people that seem to spill on to the
city streets looking to annoy everyone else. If you are dull enough to wander
around the central shopping area looking lost (or, worse, looking like a tourist!)
you can expect to be followed around by scammers with lines like “Remember
me? I’m happy to see you again. Can you spare me ten bucks?”.
Outside
Lae, Morobe is a big and beautiful province with lots to offer. Great beaches,
pretty little offshore islands, close-up wildlife and spectacular mountain
scenery.
PHOTO
ALBUM
MORE
INFORMATION
ARTICLES
ON MOROBE PROVINCE
*Published
in "Paradise", the in-flight magazine of Air Niugini
