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# Fare in PNG Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Papua New Guinea
pimouss 17:03 UTC 31 Mar 2007 | Interesting in traveling in this part of the world, I was thinking of PNG. Is it easy to find local agencies or guide to go for a trek, to go around tribes/villages, or even dive, raft... at low fare ? Actually, what I found till now on the web was more unaffordable for me (like 2000 AU$ for 6 days trek !). So what could be the fare ? Also I read domestic flight are quite cheap. But what is cheap ? (i.e. can you give me some example and/or names of companies to find on internet (?) ) Thanks |
Laszlo 02:16 UTC 01 Apr 2007 | <blockquote>Quote <hr>Is it easy to find local agencies or guide to go for a trek, to go around tribes/villages, or even dive, raft... at low fare ?<hr></blockquote>No. You could find guides for trekking cheaply in the villages once in PNG, but anything advertised on the internet will be expensive, as will be touristy things like diving.<blockquote>Quote <hr>Also I read domestic flight are quite cheap.<hr></blockquote>Can't imagine where you read that, but it's plainly wrong. Domestic flights in PNG are NOT cheap. I suggest that you buy a guidebook and browse through existing PNG posts on this forum for better info. | 1
frangy 19:07 UTC 02 Apr 2007 | Make sure when you book that you do not pay up front until you have had the trip. we got burned badly last year by pre paying and it was a disaster. They got us lost and no food for three days. the guide turned out to be a 16yr old school boy! the echo experience was this is a bird, this is a flower!! And they were professional and had a web site which has since been withdrawn but tred carefully | 2
ayla_aus 21:11 UTC 05 Apr 2007 | Our experience was all good with them Sept 06. I agree, domestic flights are NOT cheap! I recommend . We travelled by PMV most of the way to save money, but flew from POM to Goroka. For some of the PMV legs we had a guide pre-arranged by Nuigini Holidays. Other legs we went by ourselves, but paid someone from the 'hotel' to take us to the PMV stop, negotiate the fare and help us catch a 'good one'. This may not have been necessary, but as two women, we felt safer doing this (I'm 40yo and my friend is 60yo). We enjoyed the Enga Experience the most. It was a genuine experience of staying with ordinary villagers near Wabag. Two brothers, and their families looked after us really well. The brothers were in their 50s. We got to shower in the village waterfall and ate the same food as the locals. We walked for 3 hours up a mountain to Kiap. Stunning. However, don't expect to stay in a village as it would have been 'pre- white people'. These don't really exist anymore (with rare exceptions). What you will see is a typical village as it exists today. Its worth learning some Tok Pisin before you go, so you can make conversation a little easier. We caught a PMV up to 'Betty's Place' at Mt. Wilhelm. The 4hr ride from Kundiawa was rough, in the back of a ute, but every turn of the road had a world class view. Amazing deep valleys and tall mountains. You can organise a guide to take you there through Nuigini Holidays, and also a guide to walk up to summit if that's what you want. I think an extra night at Betty's is a good place to chill out. I enjoyed being shown around the veggie garden and trout farm, and just chilling out on the verandah with a beer and a book! So much more I could tell you! What are you mainly interested in with your travel? Orchids, birds, general scenery, culture, meeting ordinary people from another culture, exploration??? | 3
ayla_aus 21:16 UTC 05 Apr 2007 | ..the first line in the previous post should read ... " I recommend Nuigini Holidays, our experience with them was all good ..." | 4