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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 		 
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
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 		 
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 		 
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MV Golden Dawn Full report LiveAboard Eastern fields   This was a fantastic bucket list trip to absolutely amazing reefs and fish. Captain Craig and crew were fantastic. Our group of ... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
4/2014   Tim wright
500+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
MV Golden Dawn Full report LiveAboard Eastern Fields   This was our 48th Liveaboard trip and was the best. The boat was comfortable(max 10 divers). The crew outstanding(would give Ocea... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
1/2007   Matt & Ellen Tate
1000+ Dives 		 
Golden Dawn Full report LiveAboard Eastern Fields   Craig DeWit runs a fantastic operation. This is the smallest liveaboard we've done anywhere in the world but it is compact and ex... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
12/2006   Janet & Bob Czapski
500+ Dives 		 
MV Golden Dawn Full report   Eastern Fields   This was my second trip to Papua New Guinea, and my first to the Eastern Fields/ Portlock Reefs on the MV Golden Dawn. The boat is ... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
12/2003   LeRoy Anderson
250+ Dives 		 
Golden Dawn Full report LiveAboard eastern fields, ashmore, boot   Air Niuginni runs on island time. Make sure you have an adequate layover if returning to the states via Fiji. No problems with bag... Full report  
4 stars
1 stars  
4/2009   Roberta Beals
250+ Dives 		 
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 		 
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 		 
Walindi Plantation Resort Full report   Hoskins   Lori Brown, Chris Green, and Justin Brown Green Walindi Plantation Resort We arrived at Hoskins Airport on an Air Niugini flig... Full report  
3 stars
3 stars  
6/2003   Lori Brown
250+ 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 Island Resort Full report   Kavieng   Lori Brown, Chris Green, and Justin Brown Green Lissenung Island Resort, Kavieng, Papua New Guinea A small resort, a long w... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
6/2003   Lori Brown
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 		 
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
Hughes Star Dancer/Walindi Full report   Kavieng-Kimbe Bay   PRELIMINARIES: Booked with Peter Hughes Diving in Miami. Michelle, Jeff first rate, professional. PREPARATIONS: Brought doubl... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
5/2004   Peter J Maerz
250+ 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 		 
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   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 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   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
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/ 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
Peter Hughes Dive/ Star Dance Full report   Kimbe Bay   The following is a list of safety and equipment failure we encountered: 1. Radar not functioning. 2. Depth finder not functionin... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
6/2008   Bill and Connie Ehler
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 		 
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 		 
Mike Ball's Paradise Sport Full report   Kimbe Bay   The Paradise sport was absolutely the best dive boat we've been on - the cabins, service, food, and diving make this a very specia... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
4/2006   Dorothy McDonald
500+ 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 		 
Peter Hughes Diving/ Walindi Plantation Full report LiveAboard Kimbe Bay   If I had known what I know now I never would have gone on this trip. We gone on many Peter Hughes liveaboards before and this tri... Full report  
3 stars
2 stars  
7/2004   Alisa Kling
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 		 
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 		 
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
Peter Hughes Diving/ Star Dancer Full report LiveAboard Kimbe, New Britain   After the 2008 SPUMS meeting, we were among a group of 9 passengers who embarked on a 9- day cruise on the Star Dancer, on which w... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
6/2008   Sherwood & Judith Smith
1000+ Dives 		 
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
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 		 
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
Golden Dawn Full report LiveAboard Madang - Wewak   (Scale 1- 10) Overall: 9. 14 nights out of Madang to the Manus, Hermit and Ninigo Islands south to Wewak. Visibility up to 200’... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
8/2002   Jim Jenkins
500+ Dives 		 
MV Golden Dawn, Dolphin Enterprises Full report LiveAboard Manus to Wewak Live Aboard   Wonderful parts: Great group of 7 guest divers, all but one are repeat and everyone wanted or plan to return for another excursio... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
7/2006   Julia DeMartini
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 		 
MV Oceania   milne bay   "An alternative live aboard in PNG"
This trip was organized by a group who we've traveled with before, but no one had been on the Oceania before. The owner, cruise d... Full report  
2 stars
1 stars  
2/2023   Michael N. Hofman
1000+ Dives 		 
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 
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
Peter Hughes -- Star Dancer Full report LiveAboard Milne Bay   This boat should not be operating at all. On this trip there were six crew for 11 passengers (cook, steward, night watchman, engi... Full report  
3 stars
2 stars  
8/2012   Maria Chapman
1000+ Dives 		1Helpful vote(s) received
Dancer Fleet/ Star Dancer Full report LiveAboard Milne Bay   Bottom line at the top - Area great, boat and operator just OK. It's a long and expensive trip to get to the boat, which leaves f... Full report  
4 stars
2 stars  
10/2011   Michael Judd
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 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 		 
Spirit of New Guinea Full report   Milne Bay   Good: Some of the crew, Angie, Junior, Bali, the cook and housekeeping staff were outstanding. Angie was on loan, however, so he... Full report  
3 stars
2 stars  
4/2009   Ann McGrath
500+ 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   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 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 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 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 		 
Mike Ball Full report LiveAboard Milne Bay   Upon arrival at the local airport we were met by the dive staff and all of our gear (seems everyone else came in on the same fligh... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
12/2006   Ron & Cyndi Ablazey
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 		 
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 		 
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 		 
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 		 
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 		 
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 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 		 
Paradise Sport Full report LiveAboard Milne Bay   Good: First, PNG is everything that it is rumored to be, especially the diving. The reefs around Milne Bay are in excellent condit... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
1/2005   Jim Melton
250+ Dives 		 
CHERTAN Full report LiveAboard Milne Bay   This was our 59th foreign dive trip, 7th trip to PNG and our 6th on the CHERTAN. We like this boat, the crew and Captian Rob van ... Full report  
5 stars
1 stars  
8/2004   Allan & Barbara Jones
1000+ 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 		 
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 		 
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 		 
Chertan Full report LiveAboard Milne Bay   (Scale 1- 10) Overall 10 for muck lovers; 7 for big fish lovers. 75F to 77 F. Visibility good to very good. Muck dives had 40’... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
9/2002   Jim Jenkins
500+ Dives 		 
Chertan Full report LiveAboard Milne Bay   (Scale 1- 10) Overall 10 for muck lovers; 7 for big fish lovers. 75F to 77 F. Visibility good to very good. Muck dives had 40’... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
9/2002   Jim Jenkins
500+ 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 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 		 
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 		 
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 		 
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
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 		 
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
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 		 
FeBrina/ Walindi Resort Full report LiveAboard New Britain   Got a discount fare on Qantas with connections through Brisbane from Los Angeles. All flights on time but lots of trouble with wei... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
6/2009   Mary Wicksten
1000+ Dives 		 
Star Dancer Full report LiveAboard New Britain   Kimbe Bay itinerary. This was a smoothly run and mostly very comfortable week with plenty of excellent diving. The boat is spaci... Full report  
5 stars
3 stars  
7/2005   Jill Rain
250+ Dives 		 
Peter Hughes Star Dancer Full report LiveAboard New Britain (kimbe to Rabaul)   Pristine, healthy reefs, a backdrop of active and innactive volcanos, jungle, WWII history, amazing people. . . a glimpse of PNG. ... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
7/2002   Jody and Elissa Thompson
250+ Dives 		 
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   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 		 
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 		 
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   New Ireland   "Basic resort with incredible diving"
This resort is NOT the Ritz Cartlton, but has simple cabins, screen enclosed with 24 hour electricity and ceiling fans. It can ge... Full report  
5 stars
2 stars  
10/2023   Michael N. Hofman
1000+ Dives 		 
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 
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 		 
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 		 
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 		 
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 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 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 		 
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 		 
Loloata Island Resort Full report   Port Moresby   This was my second trip to Loloata Resort, Dik Knight has put this resort together as a much better option for overnighting in the... Full report  
4 stars
3 stars  
12/2003   LeRoy Anderson
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 		 
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