Highlands of New Guinea: Pre-trip to Southwest Pacific Cruise Nov 01—09, 2007
Posted by David Bishop
David Bishop
David Bishop loves his vocation and cannot imagine anything better than exploring wild and beautiful places in Asia and the Pacific in the company of friends and clients. H...Related Trips
It is always a privilege to return to New Guinea which has become, in many ways, my second home during the thirty plus years I have lived and visited there. To return to this spectacular continental-island with such a wonderful group was sheer joy. Thank you one and all.
Thanks too, to all the people in Papua New Guinea who helped make this trip so much fun and so successful: Andrew, Sebuna, and Nick in Port Moresby; and Benson and all the girls and guys at Ambua Lodge.
This remarkable country never fails to astonish me. New Guineans are undoubtedly some of the finest and most interesting people on our planet, and they, together with the continuing vastness of this island-continent's forests, its birds, and other wildlife, combine to not only produce an outstanding tour, but one that literally rejuvenates the soul. This was just a short trip to the highlands as a pre-trip to our Southwest Pacific Cruise, and we sincerely hope you saw enough on this trip to encourage you to take our fantastic 19-day Papua New Guinea tour, which includes many more exciting birds, including birds-of-paradise, kingfishers, crowned pigeons, and some spectacular parrots.
Some of you may be surprised at just how many species we saw well AND were able to study through the scope! Whilst a report such as this tells something of what we saw and heard, it only tells part of the story, and can never really convey the wonderful overall sights and sounds of New Guinea, its forests, and its people.