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# Border crossing from PNG into West Papua Indonesia Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Papua New Guinea
davidst 05:12 UTC 23 Jul 2012 | Hi there, I'm proposing on doing a border crossing from West Papua into PNG and I hold an Oz passport. If anyone has recently done this recently come from PNG into West Papua Indonesia can they advise if the area was safe to travel. Im ultimately making my way to Port Moresby. Any advice is much appreciated. many thanks |
trotam 15:11 UTC 23 Jul 2012 | I did it last december coming from wewak by road, wewak/ataipe/vanimo/jayapura easy from vanimo to jayapura(pmv),and a little more dificult to find vehicule on the other part, it's safe the only problem some drivers are drunk and it sometimes it's dangerous(high speed) Patrick | 1
Laszlo 22:42 UTC 23 Jul 2012 | The border area is much more safe, on both sides, than Port Moresby... | 2
nuevaterra 06:27 UTC 08 Jun 2013 | Did you use public transportation from Wewak to Vanimo or rent a car? | 3
nuevaterra 06:29 UTC 08 Jun 2013 | Hi Totram, did you use public transportation from Wewak to Vanimo or rent a car? | 4
trotam 14:54 UTC 22 Jun 2013 | public transport from Wewak to Ataipe then from Ataipe to Vanimo | 5
worldfly 18:27 UTC 23 Dec 2013 | I did it last september. We've been lucky and have a free transport to the border. From the border take pmv to Vanimo. There is no road from Vanimo to Wewak. First take a small boat to Aitape and from there a public bus to Wewak. Recently there is a small airplane company - Travel Air, who flies between Vanimo, Wewak, Lae and PM 4/week | 6