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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 
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 		 
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
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 		 
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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 		 
Tawali Full report   Milne Bay   By far the best diving I’ve ever done. By the second dive I had crossed off most of what I had on my wish list. Tawali offers an... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
3/2007   Richard Whiting
100+ Dives 		 
Tawali Full report   Milne Bay Province   Tawali Resort is near the bottom tip of the North Coast of PNG near Alotau, the capital of Milne Bay. Alotau (Gurney Airfield) is... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
8/2006   Lori Brown, Chris Green
250+ 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 		 
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 		 
Tawali and Tufi Resorts Full report   Milne Bay   Trip Report Tawali…PNG…(part 1 due to space constraints) PNG: TAWALI: Tawali sells itself as a first class resort. It has ... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
6/2009   Donna Lavoie
500+ 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 RESORT/ SAME Full report   MILNE BAY   Tawali Resort is located on Milne Bay in PNG. It is literally carved out of the jungle and represents a minor miracle. The roo... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
5/2008   Gregg Gaylord
1000+ Dives 		 
Tawali Resort Full report   Mili Bat]   This is a first class American owned resort. It is however, very dificult to get to. With no roads in or out. Handicapped divers ... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
11/2007   Ron Dion
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 		 
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 		 
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 		 
Tawali Resort Full report   Milne Bay   We stayed two weeks, celebrated Christmas with local villagers who sang carols in indigenous language, dove with co- owners Ronda a... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
12/2005   Jeremy Cohen
1000+ Dives 		 
Tawali Resort Full report   Milne Bay Province   I had visited Tawali from the Chertan in 2002 when it was being constructed. The site was beautiful and the construction (about 3... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
11/2005   James Jenkins
500+ 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 		 
Tawalli Diving Full report       The management had changed at the resort shortly before I arrived, in fact the new dive manager had been on site only three days... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
4/2007   Alan Olson
500+ Dives 		 
Telita Full report LiveAboard Milne Bay, Kimbe Bay   We were originally scheduled for 10 days on the Telita on a repositioning cruise from Alotau in Milne Bay to Tufi. We had so much ... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
5/2007   Jennifer Meriwether
250+ 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
Tufi Full report   Oro Province   Flying into Tufi is half the fun. The view of the area from the air is awesome- especially if you’ve been pining away for th... Full report  
4 stars
1 stars  
7/2006   Lori Brown, Chris Green
250+ Dives 		 
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
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
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
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 		 
Tufi Dive Full report   Tufi, Oro Province   "Diving in the fiords"
Tufi in the northeast is a beautiful location with hills rolling down to (non- glacial) fiords that provide sheltered diving on cor... Full report  
3 stars
1 stars  
11/2014   Robert M. Jackson
1000+ Dives 		 
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 		 
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 		 
Tufi Dive Full report   Oro Province   Papua New Guinea had been on our wish list for quite some time and my wife and I were looking for a land- based operation rather th... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2010   Mr. Dave Mintz
500+ 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 		 
Tufi Resort Full report       Getting to TUFI: DASH 8 from Port Moresby to Alotau: A 20 something seater, no problem with this airline either. No food served. ... Full report  
3 stars
2 stars  
6/2009   Donna Lavoie
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 		 
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 		 
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 		 
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 		 
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
Walindi Plantation Resort   Bismarck Sea, New Britain isle   "A great resort for divers"
We’ve talked for years about staying at Walendi Plantation, but the lengthy travel always discouraged the trip. This year, the v... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
11/2022   Steven Moore
500+ Dives 		3Helpful vote(s) received
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
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 		 
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
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
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
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 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 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   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 		 
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