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Walindi Plantation Resort   Kimbe Bay   "Walindi Resport on New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea, has it down"
Walindi is one of a handful of SCUBA- focused resorts in PNG (others include Tufi, on the “mainland” of PNG, and Tawali in Milne Ba... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
5/2023   Rick Morgan
500+ Dives 		 
The Conflict Islands Full report   The Conflict Islands   "Amazing diving in the Conflict Islands, PNG"
The diving around the Conflict Islands, Louisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea is AMAZING! Located in the pristine waters of T... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
9/2019   Terry Smith
1000+ Dives 		Photos available
2Helpful vote(s) received
Lissenung Island Resort Full report   New Ireland   "Fantastic diving at a uniquely personal dive resort"
We spent a couple of days at Nusa Island resort just across the channel from Kavieng (great food and accommodation, kayaking and s... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
6/2019   KW
100+ Dives 		Photos available 
Tawali Full report   Milne Bay   "Wonderfully diverse diving at a comfortable and beautiful resort"
After a couple of hours from Alotau by minivan and small boat, the approach to Tawali is stunning, the limestone cliffs on which t... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
6/2019   KW
100+ Dives 		Photos available 
Tufi Dive/ Tufi Resort Full report   Tufi   "Ocean Reef or Fjord Diving---Your Choice"
This was an Island Dreams group trip led by Ken so everything was taken care of quickly if a problem arose. The resort was clean & ... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
11/2018   Gail M King
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
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Lissenung Island Resort Full report       "Great resort and phenomenal diving"
The quantity and diversity of the fish on all the sites just blew us away. We had just come from the Solomon Islands and thought ... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
6/2018   Lisa Jabusch and Steve Nieters
250+ Dives 		2Helpful vote(s) received
Spirit of Niugini Full report LiveAboard Milne Bay   "Spirit of Niugini Liveaboard"
A 9- night trip to the seldom- visited Engineer Islands, Samarai, and the D'Entrecasteaux Islands in Milne Bay. Service on the bo... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
9/2017   Christopher Bartlett
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Febrina Full report LiveAboard     "Great revisit to Febrina Live-aboard and Walindi Plantation"
This was a second visit to Walindi and its partnered Febrina liveaboard. Arrived a couple days early to make sure of getting self ... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
5/2015   gloria freund
500+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Tufi Dive Full report   Tufi Province   "Exciting guided land tours with diving is as good as it gets."
Tufi offers innumerable small critters like nudibranchs, thorny oysters, pipefish, waspfish, and crabs as well as larger fish incl... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
3/2015   Roger D Roth
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Loloata Island Resort Full report   Loloata Island   "Muck diving at Lion Island is exciting!"
The service at Loloata Island Resort is as good as it's always been. I've visited 3 times since the 90's and have never been disa... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
3/2015   Roger D Roth
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
MV FeBrina/ Walindi Resort Full report LiveAboard     There may be nothing bad to tell. I spent a couple of days on the Walindi Resort Day Boats prior to boarding the MV FeBrina for a ... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
5/2013   Marie Murray
100+ Dives 		 
Walindi Plantation Resort Full report   Kimbe Bay, New Britain   Accomodations: The bungalow was large with a separate bedroom with queen sized bed and an outer room with two twin beds and a sm... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
7/2009   Reuben Cahn
1000+ Dives 		 
Peter Hughes Diving/ Star Dancer Full report LiveAboard New Britain   Boat recently refurbished. Not a complete dry dock, but all mechanicals in good shape and cosmetically nice as well. Food decent... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
7/2009   Reuben Cahn
1000+ Dives 		 
Dive Walindi/ Liamo Reef / Walindi Full report   Kimbe Bay   The SPUMS meeting was held at the Liamo Reef Resort, rather than Walindi, because the conference room was the only one large enou... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
5/2008   Sherwood & Judith Smith
1000+ Dives 		 
Tawali Full report   Milne Bay   We were a little concerned about travelling to Papua New Guinea, given what we had read about how dangerous Port Moresby is. We n... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
8/2007   Stephanie Knott
250+ Dives 		 
Febrina Full report LiveAboard Walindi to Rabual   This was the second trip to PNG for my mother and myself, organized by Uncommon Adventures in Southern CA (who organized prior tri... Full report  
4 stars
5 stars  
7/2007   Jeffrey M Gerstein
100+ Dives 		 
Tawali Resort Full report   Milne Bay   Tawali Resort is set in a truly beautiful location in the jungle about an hours drive and 15 minute boat trip from Alotau airport. ... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
12/2006   Lydia Bezeruk
<100 Dives 		 
CHERTAN Full report   MILNE BAY   Best macro boat diving in the world!I have spent over six months on the Chertan in nine years and have never been disappointed, I... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
11/2006   David McKowen
1000+ Dives 		 
Tawali Full report   Milne Bay   Lovely upscale resort with excellent staff, great food and wonderfull views. Diving is good with 3 day dives and a night dive availa... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
5/2006   David McKowen
1000+ Dives 		 
Tufi Dive Resort Full report   Tufi   Diving and the cultural opportunities were equally wonderful. Diving focused on walls and bommies; Cyclone and Veale's were ... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
4/2006   Don Lipmanson
<100 Dives 		 
Tawali Dive Resort Full report   Milne Bay   A lovely resort, as attractive as the website and brochure suggest. Rooms are very comfortable, with great views; a pod of dophi... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
4/2006   Don Lipmanson
<100 Dives 		 
Tawali Full report   Milne Bay   The "Good" is the amount of things to photograph. On the first 3 dives I observed a rare Hairy Ghost Pipefish, two varieties of p... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
10/2005   Ray Haberman
500+ Dives 		 
Loloata Island Full report       This place is quite under- rated as a dive destination. Everything I'd read described it as a stopover or alternative to staying i... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
7/2005   Jill Rain
250+ Dives 		 
Mike Ball Full report LiveAboard [Milne Bay]   The Pleasure Sport is one of the nicest dive boats that I have been on and PNG has some of the best diving I've seen. Coral, spong... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
10/2004   Ray Haberman
500+ Dives 		 
Chertan Full report LiveAboard Milne Bay   The best dive boat in the world, I just completed my six or seventh trip on the Chertan in PNG. Rob Vanderloos, the owner- captain, i... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
12/2002   DAVID MCKOWEN
1000+ Dives 		 
Star Dancer Full report LiveAboard Rabual-Walindi   Great room, with large comfortable bed, adequate storage, and good private bathroom and shower. Good A/ C with a controllable therm... Full report  
5 stars
5 stars  
6/2002   Mike Toombs
1000+ Dives 		 
Walindi Plantation Resort Full report   Kimbe Bay   "Walindi"
This my 2nd trip to Kimby bay [1st - Fe Brina 2009], 1st to Walindi. A little bit of an adventure getting here, but the facility ... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
5/2018   Tim Moore
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Febrina Full report LiveAboard Kimbe, Witu, Fathers Reefs   "Great Crew, Awesome Diving, Smallish Boat"
GREAT CREW, AWESOME DIVING, ADEQUATE BOAT Probably the most challenging part of this trip was just getting to Hoskins on New Br... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
4/2018   Michael J. Millet
1000+ Dives 		2Helpful vote(s) received
Walindi Plantation Resort Full report   Kimbe Bay   "Land-Based Diving in Kimbe Bay"
We liked Walindi very much. Staff is friendly, food tasty and plentiful. The rooms were large and bed comfortable. Note, there ... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
4/2018   Brian Morrow
500+ Dives 		 
La Fabrina Full report LiveAboard New Britain   "La Fabrina from Papua New Guinea"
Had thought that PNG was the Mecca of the dive community. DMs were very good but kept showing us the same fish or nudi that we ha... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
10/2016   Anne Warburton
500+ Dives 		 
Lissenung Island Resort Full report   Kavieng   "Great small and personal Lissenung PNG"
Lissenung is simply brilliant. Never mind no hot water showers this is a true ECO resort. The house reef is superb with a school o... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
1/2016   hunter smith
1000+ Dives 		 
Lissenung Island Resort Full report   Kavieng   "Great small and personal Lissenung PNG"
Lissenung is simply brilliant. Never mind no hot water showers this is a true ECO resort. The house reef is superb with a school o... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
1/2016   hunter smith
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Lissenung Full report   Kavieng, New Ireland Province   "Lissenung PNG the greatest little island resort"
Lissenung Diving Resort Dive Log small resort of the year for the past three years as voted by divers. Text and photography by H... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
1/2016   hunter smith
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Walindi Plantation Resort Full report LiveAboard     "Just what we were hoping for, healthy reefs, loads of fish & critters"
Our family of four adult divers were part of twelve Canadians and Americans on a nine night liveaboard on the Febrina. The owner, ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
11/2015   Lydia S Segal MD
500+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Febrina/ Walindi Resort Full report LiveAboard Kimbe Bay   "PNG is addictive"
Liveaboard diving on the M/ V Febrina combined with additional shore diving from Walindi Resort. The trip to Papua New Guinea’s... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
9/2015   Leonid Baur
250+ Dives 		 
Febrina/ Walindi Resort Full report LiveAboard Kimbe Bay   "PNG is addictive"
Liveaboard diving on the M/ V Febrina combined with additional shore diving from Walindi Resort. The trip to Papua New Guinea’s... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
9/2015   Leonid Baur
250+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Walindi Plantation Resort Full report   New Britain   "Thee venues in PNG"
Papua New Guinea Diving 2015 Write Up Loloata / Walindi / MV FeBrina This was my 2nd and/ or 4th time diving in these three are... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
6/2015   Mel Cundiff
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
loloata Full report       "Three venues in PNG"
Papua New Guinea Diving 2015 Write Up Loloata / Walindi / MV FeBrina This was my 2nd and/ or 4th time diving in these three are... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
6/2015   Mel Cundiff
1000+ Dives 		 
MV Febrina Full report LiveAboard     "Awesome return as good as ever aboard FeBrina."
Having dived from the FeBrina a number of times since the 90’s with the reknowned Captain Alan Raabe, I was looking forward to fin... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
4/2015   Roger D Roth
1000+ Dives 		 
Walindi Plantation Resort Full report       "Exciting return to Walindi Plantation was as good as expected."
The staff at Walindi is as good as it has always been since I started visiting in the late ‘90’s. The bungalos are very comforta... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
4/2015   Roger D Roth
1000+ Dives 		2Helpful vote(s) received
Walindi Plantation Resort/ FeBrina Full report LiveAboard Kimbe Bay   (Note: We posted the same review on Tripadvisor) Like many other reviewers, we found the FeBrina to be an extremely well- run bo... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
7/2014   Jennifer Widom
500+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Walindi Plantation Resort/ Febrina Full report   witu and fathers   In the nutshell, I wished I'd not waited so long to try diving in PNG. First, enjoyed a couple of days at Walindi then 10 nig... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
5/2012   gloria freund
500+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Walindi Plantation Resort/ MV Febrina Full report LiveAboard     Spectacular reefs with incredible density of colorful fish. Vibrant, healthy coral. We rarely saw another boat and it was fun to h... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
10/2011   Robert and Laura Mosqueda
500+ Dives 		 
Walindi Plantation Resort Full report   Walindi   Getting there: From San Francisco took 2 days, with an overnight in Brisbane, then connected through Port Moresby to Hoskins, the... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
6/2011   David Dornbusch
250+ Dives 		 
Tufi Dive Full report   Tufi   Getting there: From San Francisco took 2 days, with an overnight in Brisbane, then connecting through Port Moresby. First visite... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
6/2011   David Dornbusch
250+ Dives 		 
Febrina Full report LiveAboard Kimbe Bay to Kaviang   Bad is PNG and Air Nuguini. Air fares are high. Flights get cancelled. Just go with the flow you eventually get where you want to ... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
5/2011   Jerry L Tuttle
1000+ Dives 		 
Peter Hughes -- Star Dancer Full report LiveAboard     Peter Hughes just moved boat to Milne Bay. The itinerary is best suited to photographers interested in small critters. Diving was ... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
3/2011   Kevin Feor
500+ Dives 		 
Walindi Plantation Resort/ M/V Febrina Full report LiveAboard North coast of New Briton   Trip report - PNG- 6 - December. 2010 I recently returned from my sixth trip to Paupa New Guinea aboard the live- aboard M/ V FeBr... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
12/2010   Paula Bentley
250+ Dives 		 
Lissenung Island Resort Full report   Kavieng, New Ireland   The Lissenung website is accurate, and contains a good map of the dive sites. See [. . . ] . Ange and Dietmar are friendl... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
8/2009   Bill DuBois
100+ Dives 		 
Tawali Full report   Alotau   It rained 7 of 10 days. One needs to be accepting of the adversities attendant to adventure to travel in PNG. Despite the we... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
9/2008   Andy Kenley
500+ Dives 		 
Tawali Full report   Alotau   Umm, did I mention the hammerhead shark and the whaleshark? And several beautiful new nudis for my life list? Rooms were nice and... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
8/2008   Debbie Husby
500+ Dives 		 
tawali resort Full report   milne bay   the worst part of the trip was the flight to/ from port moresby to milne bay. air nuigini has a deserved bad rep. allow extra time ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
9/2007   kate mitchell
500+ Dives 		 
Walindi Full report   Kimbe Bay   Walindi was the first resort of a two week PNG trip with Loloata immediately after. See the Loloata review for more on that. It ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
8/2007   Gene Huff
500+ Dives 		 
Loloata Full report   Coral Sea / Port Moresby   This was the second week of a two week trip to PNG. The first week at Walindi is covered in a separate report. Loloata is about... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
8/2007   Gene Huff
500+ Dives 		 
MV Golden Dawn Full report   Hermits & Ninigos   This was my 5th trip to PNG in a 20 year span; twice on Febrina, 3 times on Golden Dawn. I fear it may be my last. Had I not been... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
7/2007   Diane Pogrant
500+ Dives 		 
Tawali Resort Full report   Milne Bay   Tawali Resort is situated on a peninsula, about 60 feet above sea level. The resort is comfortable and welcoming, with native wood... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
6/2007   Fred Turoff
500+ Dives 		 
Peter Hughes Stardancer Full report LiveAboard     Only bad was the arduous travel time, (about 24 hours each way). Diving was about equally split between the Witu and Father's isla... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
5/2007   Don "Digger"Rowe
1000+ Dives 		 
Tawali/Spirit of Niugini Full report       For my tastes the diving in Papua New Guinea is the best in the world. In PNG I have seen the healthiest reefs, the largest diver... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
5/2007   Lee McEachern
1000+ Dives 		 
Loloata Full report   Port Moresby   Loloata Resort on Bootless Bay in Papua New Guinea is located on a small island about 30 minutes by car then 15 minutes by boat fr... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
3/2007   Nannette & Bill Van Antwerp
500+ Dives 		 
FeBrina Full report LiveAboard South Coast of New Britain   Can you actually see too many ghost pipefish? After 10 days on the FeBrina with Alan Raabe maybe the answer is indeed yes. We had... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
3/2007   Nannette & Bill Van Antwerp
500+ Dives 		 
Mike Ball Dive Expeditions/ Paradise Sport Full report LiveAboard Milne Bay   This leg of our adventure didn't start out well because AirNuigini sold our seats while we were clearing PNG Immigration! Our con... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
12/2006   Janet & Bob Czapski
500+ Dives 		 
Walindi Full report   Kimbe Bay   Walindi Resort is on a Palm Plantation in the West New Britain Province on Kimbe Bay about an hour ride from Hoskins Airport. Thi... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
8/2006   Lori Brown, Chris Green
250+ Dives 		 
Fabrina Full report LiveAboard     P. N. G. is a 1 to 2 days of travel time. watch your luggage weight. Traveled with Blue Horizion Dive shop out of Philadelphia P. A. N... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
8/2006   Kevin Feor
500+ Dives 		 
Mike Ball Diving Full report   New Ireland, Kimbe Bay   Beautiful boat, The Paradise Sport. We were the last trip for this gorgeous boat due to financial and legal reasons. We, however... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
8/2006   John Howison
250+ Dives 		 
Star Dancer Full report LiveAboard Rabaul   We boarded the Star Dancer in Rabaul for the 8 day Rabaul to Rabaul itinerary. Rabaul is on the north- eastern tip of New Britain ... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
7/2006   Lori Brown, Chris Green
250+ Dives 		 
Peter Hughes Star Dancer Full report LiveAboard New Britan   The Star Dancer is the best of the three Peter Hughes boats that I have taken my groups aboard. It is spacious with relatively la... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
4/2006   Terry Gee
1000+ Dives 		 
Peter Hughes Stardancer Full report LiveAboard     The Good: Though I'm not a macro diver, I was impressed with both the variety and number of small critters we saw. On the first d... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
2/2006   Donald Rowe
1000+ Dives 		 
Mike Ball, Paradise Sport Full report   Milne Bay   The danger of diving in Papua New Guinea is coming to expect the amazing on every dive and around every bend of the reef. GET... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
12/2005   Martin Heyn
1000+ Dives 		 
Golden Dawn Full report LiveAboard [N/A]Coral Sea   I cannot imagine a more exciting, informative, relaxed and pleasant gastronomic fiesta! Have been on this boat three times. ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
12/2005   Jim Wick
250+ Dives 		 
MV Golden Dawn Full report LiveAboard Wewak to Madang   Excellent trip, worth the expense and travel hassle to go to PNG (and that's saying quite a bit). Besides the 3 in my group there ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
8/2005   Clinton Bauder
1000+ Dives 		 
Paradise Sport Full report LiveAboard Kimbe Bay   This is my second trip aboard this ship; the other one was January 2004 to Milne Bay (of which I submitted another report). This t... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
5/2005   Mario Mizrahi
500+ Dives 		 
Mike Ball Paradise Sport Full report LiveAboard Kavieng/Kimbe Bay   I went on this trip alone but joined the group Denver Divers whom I had met on the Tahiti Aggressor previously. Unfortunately... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
9/2004   Edith Summey
1000+ Dives 		 
Peter Hughes Full report LiveAboard     Let's get the bad out of the way first and fast. Getting to PNG is not easy, patience is the name of the game. If your willing t... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
6/2004   Darren Denyer
100+ Dives 		 
Walindi Plantation Full report       It took me two days of flying to get this resort. The best dive I did was English Shoals. Saw two blacktip sharks on this dive. Co... Full report  
4 stars
4 stars  
5/2004   Edward Leibowitz
250+ Dives 		 
Paradise Sport Full report LiveAboard Milne Bay   Australian boat belonging to Mike Ball Diving Expeditions. This is the biggest liveaboard that I've ever known. The rooms are huge... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
1/2004   Mario Mizrahi
500+ Dives 		 
Loloata Island Resort Full report       Lori Brown, Chris Green, and Justin Brown Green Loloata Island Resort, Papua New Guinea We stopped at Loloata on the first... Full report  
3 stars
4 stars  
6/2003   Lori Brown
250+ Dives 		 
Chertan Full report LiveAboard Milne Bay   MV Chertan is a first- class dive operation run by Rob van Der Loos. He's authored a book on Milne bay creatures and is a wizard a... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
5/2003   Bill and Ruth Maki
500+ Dives 		 
Walindi Plantation Resort Full report   New Britain, Kimbe Bay   This is part two of our trip report for PNG (also see part one PNG report for Star Dancer Liveaboard dated 07/ 02). We stayed ... Full report  
5 stars
4 stars  
7/2002   Elissa
250+ Dives 		 
Scuba Spa Zen   [N/A]West Papua   "Top 3 or better of all the dive experiences I have had "
... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
11/2023   Soren Hesner
250+ Dives 		Photos available 
MV Oceania   Kimbe Bay   "Excellent 10-days on Oceania Liveaboard across Kimbe Bay, PNG"
Really, very few surprises. Travel to PNG is challenging- - allow an extra day each way, or better yet, spend time diving at Walind... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2023   Rick Morgan
500+ Dives 		Photos available
1Helpful vote(s) received
Walindi Plantation Resort   New Britain   "A difficult place to reach and get out of"
I’ve been diving since 1983. In that time I’ve got 1500 dives and countless trips under my belt. This one was without a doubt the ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
5/2023   John Morgan
1000+ Dives 		Photos available
1Helpful vote(s) received
MV Oceania/ Walindi LiveAboard New Britian   "Combo of Dives from Walindi and MV Oceania"
We started our diving at Walindi with 8 dives from their day boats. The first dive was super- fishy, with very healthy coral- a gre... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
10/2022   Jeffrey F Tonn
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Lissenung Island Resort/ [Lissenung Island Resort Full report   Lissenung Island   "Small Rustic Resort with Limited Dive Sites"
Lissenung Island Resort is very small & rustic with only 8 rooms. . . 4 have a private bathroom, no ac on the tiny island, ceiling fans... Full report  
2 stars
3 stars  
11/2019   Gail M King
1000+ Dives 		 
FeBrina Full report LiveAboard Kimbe Bay, Witu, Fathers Reef   "Widespread Dead and Dying Reef"
In general, the reefs were devastated and there were very few fish (big schools of barracuda being the exception). It was shocking... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
10/2018   David Marchese
1000+ Dives 		9Helpful vote(s) received
Tufi Dive Full report   Tufi   "Nice Resort; Good Diving; Great Staff"
Spent 10 nights with 9 days of diving at the Tufi Resort. This resort can be a bit of a challenge to get to due to the rather limi... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
4/2018   Michael J. Millet
1000+ Dives 		4Helpful vote(s) received
FeBrina Full report LiveAboard Witu Islands, Fathers Reef   "FeBrina Signature Itinerary"
This was probably the favorite liveaboard trip I have every been on. The FeBrina is an older ship but well laid out with little w... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
4/2018   Brian Morrow
500+ Dives 		3Helpful vote(s) received
MV FeBrina Full report LiveAboard New Britain Island   "FeBrina, Lots of Positives in Spite of a Unique Set of Circumstances "
Almost since I got certified 25 years ago I have read/ heard about the MV FeBrina; its captain, Alan Raabe; and the diving in PNG. ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
3/2018   David E Reubush
1000+ Dives 		2Helpful vote(s) received
Walindi Plantation Resort Full report   New Britain Island   "Walindi Plantation Resort - Still unspoiled"
Walindi Plantation Resort on the shores of Kimbe Bay is another of those iconic dive destinations that had been on my bucket list ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
3/2018   David E Reubush
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Walindi Plantation Resort Full report   Kimbe Bay   "For The Price It's Not Good Value Unfortunately"
We arrived at Walindi, at Kimbe Bay, PNG after an approximate one hour drive from the airport during the early evening. The roads ... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
3/2018   Charles McLean
1000+ Dives 		3Helpful vote(s) received
Tawali Full report   [Milne Bay   "Tawali "
As noted the canceled Air Niugini flight more research about the limited muck diving sites at Tawali. We stayed at Tawali for ... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
11/2017   BOB HUCKABEE
500+ Dives 		 
Febrina Full report LiveAboard     "A little bit of everything in a week"
A week aboard the iconic FeBrina should be on the menu of serious live aboard divers trips. While an older boat, it is comfortable... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
7/2017   Eric Schindler
500+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Kabaira Dive Rabaul/ Rapopo Full report   East New Britain   "Kabaira Dive Rabaul"
East New Britain has nowhere near the reputation that Walindi and West New Britain possesses. I have not experienced Walindi yet, ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
9/2016   Michael O'Reilly
1000+ Dives 		 
Lissenung Island Resort Full report   New Ireland Island   "Lissenung Island Resort"
It is a small (nine rooms) resort in the middle of nowhere. In spite of that they do a good job. The visibility was not as good as... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
11/2015   Bill Palmer
250+ Dives 		 
MV FeBrina Live aboard Full report LiveAboard MV FeBrina Live aboard   "Three venues in PNG"
Papua New Guinea Diving 2015 Write Up Loloata / Walindi / MV FeBrina This was my 2nd and/ or 4th time diving in these three are... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
6/2015   Mel Cundiff
1000+ Dives 		 
Tufi Dive Full report   Oro Province, Tufi   "Tufi Resort is fantastic"
Of all of the many places I've been, Tufi Dive Resort is among the top three. On my first dive I met the white hammerhead shark I... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
2/2015   Kriss Kirchhoff
500+ Dives 		 
Walindi Plantation Resort Full report   West New Britain Island   "PNG Honeymoon"
Walindi Plantation Resort was founded by Max and Cecilie Benjamin. Max first traveled to PNG with the Australian Department of Agr... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
8/2014   Eric Eckes
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Walindi Plantation Resort/ Febrina Full report   Febrina-signature itinerary   The staff is the best part of the boat. At any time, they would go out of their way to meet your requests, and we did have some d... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
5/2013   NEAL RAKOV
500+ Dives 		 
Pindito Full report LiveAboard Raja Ampat   This trip was organized by Alan Markis through Dolphin Dive in Sacramento CA. It was advertised as "Whale watching and Muck Divin... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
3/2012   Chuck Edson
250+ Dives 		 
Pindito Full report LiveAboard Raja Ampat   This trip was organized by Alan Markis through Dolphin Dive in Sacramento CA. It was advertised as "Whale watching and Muck Divin... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
3/2012   Chuck Edson
250+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Tufi Dive Full report       The acommodations were really nice for us. Others had rooms that were not so nice (bad smell and/ or poor drainage). Staff and food... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
10/2011   Robert and Laura Mosqueda
500+ Dives 		 
Tawali Full report   Milne Bay   The Tawali resort is located at the far Eastern end of the North Milne Bay peninsula. It is reached by flying from Port Moresby to... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
6/2011   Michael J. Millet
<100 Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
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