Dive Review of
Tawali Resort in
Papua New Guinea/Milne Bay Province

PNG, Solomons, Fiji, Palau, Truk, Cocos, Galapagos, Hawaii, Sipadan, more

Dive Conditions

Generally, none.  We agreed, as a group, to dive lenght limits.  

Overall Rating

I had visited Tawali from the Chertan in 2002 when it was being
constructed.  The site was beautiful and the construction (about 3/4 done
then) looked good.  I wanted to go back and the results exceeded my
expectation.  The location and the way the main resort area and cabins are
integrated into the hillside is spectacular.  The construction and quality
of materials & finish are first-rate.

Tawali is situated on the northern side of the northern peninsula of PNG in
Milne Bay Province, not far from East Cape.  One of many, excellent dive
sites, Sponge Heaven, is right at the resort; other legendary sites openned
up by the Telita and Chertan (Diana's Beach, Michelle's Beach, Deacon's
Reef, etc.) are a short boat ride away.  The larger, fast boat does 3-dive
day trips to the sites in and around the "mouth" of Milne Bay.

Basically, you could easily spend 6 - 9 diving days visiting some of the
best sites in the Milne Bay area as if you were on a liveaboard.  The
trade-off is you would do 3 dives instead of 4 but come back to a spacious,
almost luxurious resort in the evening.  (Night dives can be arranged from
the resort.)

I would return to Tawali and highly recommend it either as part of a
liveaboard trip or as its own destination. 

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