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# reaching papua new guinea from here Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Papua New Guinea
born2travelit 15:35 UTC 07 Feb 2014 | hi guys i'm planning to reach papua new guinea, port moresby, from taiwan or japan in october. i had a look at the flights and they r sooo expensive can u tell me, if there is, a cheap way to reach it? which is the best airport, as for the price, that will let me fly not spending too much? thanks in advance |
majordom 09:32 UTC 08 Feb 2014 | skyscanner.net there are no cheap flights to POM - cheapest is probably from australia eg cairns or brisbane the booking window for october is probably not yet open though for some airlines but should give you an idea just note that even transit through australia probably requires a visa and clearing customs which can be a big problem if you have bought artifacts (wood feathers bone etc) | 1
born2travelit 09:38 UTC 08 Feb 2014 | thanks majordom yes i saw airport security program, pretty nice thanks for the tip i m already using skyscanner and thinking bout going to cairns and from there to png thanks | 2
newfie43 01:25 UTC 09 Feb 2014 | You might like to check out Air Nuigini - they fly from Hong Kong to POM - don't know if it would be in your budget when adding on the flight from Taiwan. | 3
born2travelit 11:40 UTC 09 Feb 2014 | i saw it too expensive maybe better via cairns | 4
Laszlo 11:37 UTC 11 Feb 2014 | You could also consider flying to Indonesia and then crossing by land from Indonesian Papua to PNG. Note that you will need a PNG visa for that crossing. | 5