OUT OF TOWN

STAY & EAT

☛ Lae: The Lae International Hotel has two restaurants, a bar, swimming pool and gym, laeinterhotel.com.

☛ Madang: Set by the sea, Madang Resort has it all; pools, restaurants, cocktail bars, tennis, gym and a big list of activities and tours, including diving, madangresort.com.

☛ Kokopo: Beside the bay, Kokopo Beach Bungalow

Resort has an open-air haus win style restaurant, volcano views and a big list of activities and tours, including diving and island stays, kbb.com.pg.

☛ Rabaul: Rabaul Hotel, character-filled, three-star with the best place to eat in town, rabaulhotel.com.pg.

☛ Alotau: Driftwood Resort, cosy cabins on water’s edge, dine on the hotel’s jetty, driftwoodresortpng.com.

☛ Mount Hagen: The Highlander Hotel is set in tropical gardens and has a range of room styles, right up to apartments, coralseahotels.com.pg.

ON YOUR BOAT

☛ Fishing: Port Moresbybased Sport Fishing PNG has charters to fresh and saltwater destinations around the country, sportfishingpng.net. ☛ Surfing Fishing Diving: Kavieng-based PNG Explorer offers liveaboard charters, pngsurfaris.com.

☛ Diving: Liveaboard charters are available through Walindi Plantation Resort in Kimbe, walindiresort.com.

☛ River adventure: The liveaboard Sepik Spirit plies the waters of the Sepik region, pngtours.com.

☛ Small ship cruising: Explore the coast, islands and Sepik region out from Madang on board Kalibobo Spirit, mykalibobospirit.com.