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Diving Papua New Guinea: The Australasian Wonder |
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| We are pleased to offer to avid adventurer divers the new "hot" diving destination of Australasia: Papua New Guinea, which has in its waters some of the best and clearest dive sites in the world. With an amazing visibility of 30m plus year round and an interesting historical past (great wreck diving), the region is host to an extremely rich marine life, the ultimate source for underwater photographers and marine biologists. With the second world war leaving its toll there too, some really good wreck diving can be done in pristine and rarely dived sites. According to recent surveys, the Coral Sea has some of the richest marine life in the world, and some species of nudibranches and other invertebrates can only be encountered here. |
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| Geographically situated North of the Cape York peninsula in Queensland, Australia, Papua New Guinea is part of a huge island divided politically in two: the Indonesian Irian Jaya in the west, and the independent country of Papua New Guinea in the east. The country is part of the Oceania continent and lies in the Coral Sea with the Strait of Torres in the south and the Solomon Sea in the east. |
| Papua New Guinea was first discovered by Spanish and Portuguese navigators in the 16th century. PNG later came under Dutch control, and then German dependence until the British took a mandate from the League of Nations in 1920 and left the place under Australian administrative control. In December 1941, after Japanese invasion, Papua New Guinea became a Japanese stronghold, specifically the islands of New Britain and New Ireland in the east. Papua and New Guinea finally became a unified state in 1949 and PNG is today a constitutional monarchy and is a member of the Commonwealth. |
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| The capital city of Papua New Guinea is Port Moresby, which can be reached by air from any major city in Australia and Asia. The national airline Air Niuguini flies all across Asia. The climate in Papua New Guinea is regulated by monsoons and the temperature is from 23oC to 33oC, depending on the period of the year. The best time to visit is during the dry season: May to October, with the wet months being between December and March. |
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| We offer land based and liveaboard diving packages in one of the best resort areas of the country: Tufi, a mere 250km due east of Port Moresby (please see map). Air transportation is provided from Port Moresby every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and soon Thursday. Once on location, the resort of Tufi is very close and divers can start diving from the shore the very same day. The Tufi Resort wharf offers the best "muck" diving in the area and is a paradise for macro photography. |
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Land Based Diving Package in Tufi Resort Liveaboard Diving Cruises on M.V Telita |
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