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# xmas 2015/16 Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea
paulaurelie 08:52 UTC 03 Feb 2015 | Kia Ora looking to plan a 6 week holiday over dec/jan 2015/16. will take my 10 year old girl. live in nz with nz and uk passport I have two options - fly to bali. travel from bali to png by boat then land etc. to pom then fly back to nz. - fly to honiara travel by land, boat to png. any thoughts would be welcome. thanks in advance for your help cheers |
hlai7233 10:12 UTC 03 Feb 2015 | I can use the advices too. Hope someone can furnish the info. | 1
watsoff 17:20 UTC 03 Feb 2015 | Seems this question has been asked on Virtual Tourist: http://forum.virtualtourist.com/Solomon_Islands-3214-2-10082374/Papua-to-Solomon-is-by-boat-malaria-precautions.html Doesn't look too feasible, but hopefully someone with some up-dated information can help. I'll ask Ozziegiraffe (see her answer in the link). | 2
Laszlo 02:46 UTC 04 Feb 2015 | The first option is easier legally, as there is an immigration post at the PNG-Indonesia border at Wutung. It would be easier to do it in the opposite direction, PNG to Indonesia though, because of visa issues. | 3
paulaurelie 06:05 UTC 04 Feb 2015 | thanks watsoff | 4
watsoff 17:43 UTC 06 Feb 2015 | Ozziegiraffe is off line for a while, but she did send me a quick not saying that she thinks there are 7 shipping companies that go to PNG from Australia. Not sure that's of any use, you might need to do an extensive Google. | 5
ozziegiraffe 11:11 UTC 08 Feb 2015 | This http://www.auroraexpeditions.com.au/expeditions/category/papua-new-guinea Is a small ship cruise line that operates out of Cairns, Queensland. A few of the regular cruise lines do visit PNG and occasionally Solomon Islands out of Sydney or Brisbane. Other than that, the advice Watsoff quoted from Trip Advisor hasn't changed. | 6
Laszlo 22:28 UTC 08 Feb 2015 | A 13 day cruise from Cairns to PNG for $9000+? I could do a round-the-world trip for less! :-) | 7
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