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Papua new Guinee is located south of the ecuator, north of Auatralia. It containes the eastern half of New Guinee island and also the nearby islands and is the last of the islands stretching from south-east Asia towards the Pacific Ocean.
This is a high vegetation land with over 75% of its total surface being covered with tropical rainforests the rest being covered with plains, swamp lands and rivers. The altitudes are high with many peaks over 4000 m and dominating is the Owen Stanley Range mountain chain.
The main and most popular islands are New Britain, New Ireland and Bougaiville surrounded by magnificent coral formations.
Papua New Guinee is an important region because of the variety of wildlife and nature. Here can be found over 250 species of mammals, 700 species of birds and over 9000 species of plants most of them growing at the footsteps of the mountains.
The country only has four natural reservations the most well know being McAdam and Variata National Park. More parks are planed because pollution and the copper mining in the region are taking their toll on natural life.
The capitol city is Port Moresby and it’s like a hub for the many tourists that come here. Close to the city is the Variata National Park , Brown River and the beautiful waterfall Rouna.
The region called Higlands is the most populated because of its fertility and here is the highest peak in the country Wilhelm 4087 m. In this area is the Gahavisuka National Park where old tribes of people can still be found.
Another popular tourist attraction is Rabaul. Rabaul was a city situated in the mountains, but it was completely destroyed in the 1994 by the eruption of the Tuvurvur volcano. Tourists can walk on the streets of the now abandoned city and can even walk up to the volcano which destroyed the city.
Sepic is an extraordinary area with beautiful beaches, mountains wild life and the 1126 km long Sepic river. The traditional houses, boats, clothes are just some of the things besides the beauty of the area that attract tourists.
Madang is a beautiful area with many volcanic islands and some of the most steeply mountains in the country. On Kranket island the city called Long Island which is famous for the many birds that live here can found.
Papua New Guinea is a popular tourist destionation for adventure seeking people who like long walks, hikes and who appreciate the natural beauty that can be found all over this country.

An isle of volcanic origin, Bora Bora is actually a complex of small islands, formed along a coral barrier around the main island. It is mainly preferred as a destination for honeymoon, but a family visit will be also a unique experience. Bora Bora is part of French Polynesia and is situated at the tropics, near Tahiti, from where it can be reached by plane in about 45 minutes.
Although it measures only 6.5 km long and 4 km in width, Bora Bora is recognized to be the most beautiful and most romantic place on Earth. The superlatives are not sufficient to describe the incredible beauty of the “Pacific Pearl” and lagoons colored turquoise as a surrounding. Once you arrive here you’ll fall in love forever with this real jewel of the Pacific Ocean. The climate is also perfect: between 24 and 28 degrees Celsius, with a fresh breeze from the East. The unique lagoons and the coral reefs were born through a gradual extinction of Otemanu volcano. The Taimanu and Pahia tops, which rise more than 655 m above the sea level, are all that is left of the edge of the North crater. Chaotically filled with rocks and vertical abysses, the mountain slopes are now dressed in a tropical luxurious vegetation.
The transportation on the island is quite hard. There is a transport system in common, which makes a semi-detour of the island in about an hour. You can also rent 4×4 cars, which will face with brio tthe rocky terrain of the island. The cross and the environment and tourist services pockets bikes the day, which will prove far more appropriate in most of the ocasions.
Along the coast of the main island, but also on some of the little surrounding islands, many hotels are located, in general of 4 or 5 stars. But they are not just simple hotels. They consist of a collection of bungalows, small houses located on the beach or suspended above the water. Among them we can mention: Le Meridien Bora Bora (which shelters a nature reserve which protects the tortoise), St. Regis (where Nicole Kidman chose to spend her honeymoon), or Intercontinental Sofitel Marara. The luxury hotel offers the terms of spending a great holiday in paradise. In Bora Bora there is also an arranged camping, and many “family” hostels where you can stay relatively cheap, and being surrounded by the same luxurious landscape.
Each hotel on the island offers its visitors minimum 2 restaurants, combining specific specialties of Polynesian cuisine with French cuisine and the international one. Even if you stay at a hotel, you can dinner at restaurants in other hotels. Attention, however, you must make advance booking. Some hotels are asking for written confirmation in order to allow access within them.
Besides these, there are some famous restaurants, including: Top Dive (where there is a school of scuba dive), Bloody Mary (who experience visitors with a list of celebrities who have crossed the threshold and which has no menu, but every day is served the “catch of the day” - fish caught that day), Matira Restaurant (located on the only public beach in Bora Bora).
The pearls are the symbol of the French Polynesie, so you must not miss the opportunity to visit the farm pearls, located on the main island. Here you can learn all about how to cultivate these jewels of the ocean, but you can also buy your own pearl or necklace of pearls.