Destination guide — Papua New Guinea

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ATTRACTIONS
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NATIONAL AND MARITIME PARKS:
IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOME OF THE WILDLIFE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
THE TWO MAIN NATIONAL PARKS OFFER SOME VARIETY. THE VARIARATA
NATIONAL PARK IS ON THE SOGERI PLATEAU NEAR PORT MORESBY,
THE OTHER IS THE MCADAM NATIONAL PARK NEAR BULOLO AND
MT GAHAVISUKA PROVINCIAL PARK.

MUSEUMS:
PAPAU NEW GUINEA NATIONAL MUSEUM.
THE AVIATION & MARITIME WAR BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
CONTAINS A COLLECTION OF EXHIBITS BASED ON WAR RELICS
INCLUDING AIRCRAFT, GUNS, BOMBS AND VEHICLES.
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM CONTAINS ONE OF THE BEST COLLECTIONS OF
ART FROM PAPAU NEW GUINEA IN THE WORLD. IT IS OPEN DAILY &
SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS A MUST FOR ANY VISITOR TO PAPUA NEW
GUINEA. J.K. MCCARTHY MUSEUM IN GROOKA HAS A COLLECTION OF
CARVINGS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

OTHER MUSEUMS TO VISIT ARE THE SOGERI NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
MUSEUM, THE MADANG CULTURAL CENTRE.

HISTORIC BUILDINGS:
NATIONAL PARLIAMENT BUILDING; BOMANA WAR CEMETERY; LAE
WAR CEMETERY; OK TEDI GOLD MINING; QUEEN EMMA'S RUINS;
GOLD DREDGES; CAPE WOM; JAPANESE TUNNELS AND HEADQUARTERS;
GERMAN CEMETERY.

ART GALLERIES/HANDICRAFT CENTRES:
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL ART DEALERS IN MAJOR TOWNS
AND IN MOST CENTRES YOU WILL FIND DEALERS IN ART AND CRAFT
AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF MAKING PURCHASES AT LOCAL MARKETS.
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