Where to Stay on Manus Island: A Guide for Australian Travellers We still laugh about the first time one of our team tried to book accommodation on Manus Island. Fresh off a Port Vila holiday, they opened a booking site,…
Traditional Canoes and Island Culture: A Journey Through Manus Island A carved outrigger canoe cuts across a turquoise lagoon, its sail catching the trade wind as paddlers chant in time with the swell. On the shoreline, children wave from a…
Tok Pisin Phrases for Travellers: Speak Like a Local on Manus Island You step off the Air Niugini flight from Port Moresby onto the tarmac at Momote Airport, the humid air hits you, and suddenly every conversation around you is…
Responsible Travel in Small Island Communities: A Guide to Manus Island When our team first stepped off the plane at Momote Airport and onto the warm tarmac of Manus Island, we felt something we hadn’t expected: humility. This wasn’t just…
Manus in the Second World War: An Australian Perspective Manus Island is a tiny dot in the Pacific, barely visible on most maps of Papua New Guinea. Yet during the Second World War, this quiet corner of the Admiralty Islands…
Lorengau: A Short Town Guide for Australian Travellers Lorengau isn’t the kind of tropical town you’ll find on a postcard. It’s gritty, humid and busy in its own way, but it’s also the beating heart of Manus Island and the…
Health and Safety Tips for Manus Island, Papua New Guinea Travel Before our team flew from Cairns to Manus for the first time, we did something that felt almost over the top: we booked a travel clinic appointment six weeks…
Getting to Manus Island from Australia: Routes, Flights, and What to Expect Reaching Manus Island isn’t as simple as booking a direct flight and rocking up at the airport. There’s no nonstop service from Australia, and the journey involves a…
Diving and Snorkelling Around Manus: Our Underwater Guide Imagine dropping into warm, gin-clear water where the reef hasn’t been touched by mass tourism, where manta rays glide past without another dive boat in sight, and where a WWII wreck sits…
Birdwatching in the Admiralty Islands: A Guide to Manus Island’s Avian Treasures Dawn in the Admiralty Islands arrives with sound before light. As the first grey hints appear over the Bismarck Sea, the forest behind Lorengau erupts: the low, haunting…