How to get from Vietnam to Jayapura

hello

in a very short time, ill be in vietnam. im looking for opportunities to get from vietnam (possibly singapore, kuala lumpur, whatever, im flexible) to jayapura (papua, indonesia) or even better, straight into papua new guinea by flight (without having to fly to australia first). one papua new guinea airline provides a singapore connection to port moresby, which is expensive. do you know any cheap ways? there's a few pelni ferrys / ships trough indonesia i think... but yeah, i hope you can help me... what would you recommend???

thank you very very much for your help

penso

The cheapest way would probably be flying to Jakarta (maybe via Kuala Lumpur or Singapore) and going by Pelni ship from there.
Be aware that the latter voyage takes a whole week!
From Jayapura, you can continue to PNG overland - see the PNG link in my signo line for more on that.

hi laszlo
thank you for your help and the up-to-date info about the border crossing on your website.

im not sure if im right, but it seems that most png visitors are accessing from port moresby over cairns oder brisbane. im now having two contacts in png, one is in port moresby, the other one between jayapura and the border.

what is your personal opinion.
- travelling in png on my own (as a thirdworldcountry newbie)... do you think i sort of necessarily need another person with me?
- if yes, do you reckon it might be easy to find people (on the way in indonesia, ferry, jayapura, border) to travel with for a while?

ill probably have a companion, who is entering from port moresby, so i would have to meet him first...

cheers
penso

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<hr>it seems that most png visitors are accessing from port moresby over cairns oder brisbane<hr></blockquote>Definitely so.<blockquote>Quote
<hr>do you think i sort of necessarily need another person with me?<hr></blockquote>Not really - if you were a woman, that would be more important.<blockquote>Quote
<hr>do you reckon it might be easy to find people (on the way in indonesia, ferry, jayapura, border) to travel with for a while?<hr></blockquote>Far from easy, in fact downright unlikely. Even West Papua doesn't get many tourists, and PNG gets fewer still. The relatively high costs keep backpackers away.

thank you

ill have to copy the pelni routemap in LP indonesia as i didnt find the routemap on the homepage.

i thought it might be hard to find people to travel with. ill be in vietnam for quite a while and, if i still find time, get to png in the end of august. i told myself i wanna get to papua new guinea at least one in my lifetime, even if its only for one week, so its just sort of dream. hope i can realize it.

lazlo
just opened a new topic with a similar question. you might have some good answer ;-D