A recently launched plan to develop Bougainville as a tourism hub has put the spotlight on the island. Tom Besley provides an insider’s guide for intrepid travellers. As I approach…
Bougainville revealed
Born to be Wild
Richard Andrews meets an American survival expert who teaches wilderness skills and recently visited PNG for a TV documentary series. PNG’s grubs and other insects are delicious,” says US survival expert Tom…
From the editor’s desk: PNG’s incredible eating experience
Papua New Guinea may not be known for Michelin-star restaurants, but it does have one of the world’s best eating experiences. In this issue we reveal everything there is to…
From the Editor’s desk: volcanoes, islands, dolphins
It wasn’t long ago that I visited Rabaul, surely a destination that should be on the bucket list of every traveller. A smoking volcano, idyllic tropical islands, hundreds of spinner…
A giant ray of sunshine
From big sea creatures to ancient skulls, Christina Larmer discovers there’s more to the Papua New Guinean Doini Island Plantation Resort than lolling by the beach. “They say the Milne Bay…
From the editor’s desk: walk with the Huli Wigmen
Walk with the Huli Wigmen, meet the Canadian riverboat captain who braved the painful crocodile ceremony in the remote Sepik River region, and read about soccer star David Beckham’s visit…
Huli time
On assignment with the Huli Wigmen of PNG’s Southern Highlands Click below to read the article. https://readymag.com/472622
The river runs wild
Hair-raising, epic first descent by kayakers of the Beriman River in East New Britain, reported by Richard Andrews One slip and it’s over when you’re climbing the wall of a steep…
Mystique and Masks
Christine Retschlag reports on eight of PNG’s most outstanding festivals and shows. In this land of legend, lore and more than 800 local languages, tradition beats like an ancient kundu drum. This…
Into the wild
Photographer Chris McLennan journeys along the Karawari River in the Sepik Basin, where he finds life is simple and the villagers are happy and welcoming. After being dropped by charter…