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...Papua New Guinea...
Welcome to Pacific wonderland, Papua New Guinea best known as "the Land of the Unexpected". This is a private initiative to promote the cultural wealth and lifestyle of Southern Highlands to rest of Papua New Guinea and to inspiring visitors from abroad. Not only that, we include stories, political lifestyles, traditions  and pictures from all over Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea "the Last Frontier" is the Pacific Wonderland. Diversed with thousand cultures and traditions, it has well over 715 languages spoken by its 5.2 million people. Majority of the people live on agriculture and only a 12-15% create the gap between the poor. Our basic aim is to bring PNG to the world and to promote Southern Highlands, especially the Imbounggu District, one which we proudly originate.
Geographically, Imbounggu District locates in the eastern end [northeast from Mendi] of Southern Highlands sharing the provincial boarder  with the Nabilyer area of Western Highlands Province.

Southern Highlands is one of the provinces with diversed clutures and living legend of traditional magic with almost over eight languages where Huli language holds  a vast population. SHP is the leading province with the highest number of population compared to the rest of the provinces in PNG, where over 85% live with subsistance farming, especially fresh sweet potatoe, cabbage, and other fresh vegetables. Small coffee production is scattered to the east and west ends.  SHP collectively holds eight major districts with its capital, Mendi centrally situated below the merging peaks of  rowry limestones. The province has the highest number of representatives in the National Parliament, a Westminster System of government  from the Britian Commonwealth.

We bring to your doorstep all about Southern Highlands, what you need to know when marking out a tour to the disney world of Paradise, Papua New Guinea. As you cyber through our creative imaging here, you will know more and cover all the  major districts of  Southern Highlands including; Western (Huli nature), the Central (Mendi-Murumbu) and Eastern (Imbounggu, Ialibu-Wiru-Kewabi) which make up one Southern Highlands. Due to the complicated geographic features, Huli (Tari) shares provincial boaders with Enga Province while Pangia and Kagua districts shares boarders with Kikori (Gulf Province) to the southeast and Imbounggu with the  Western Highlands Province.
Travelling from Mt. Hagen, Imbounggu District is the gateway into Southern Highlands. Living among the communities with local people is awesome. People in rural villages outside main commercial centres are so peaceful, despite the reputation of lawlessness in Papua New Guinea. People of Imbounggu live peacefully and speak the easily understood Imbounggu language. Many visitors have learned the language through the locals or through the Summer Institute of Linguistics in Ukarumpa, Goroka. They find it very digestive and practicing is profoundly easy. Principally, the traditions, culture and lifestyle of the Imbounggu people differ from other nearby districts.
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Welknown Huli wigmen to the visitors at show. Photo: theNational
PNG students on school show in Mt. Hagen. Photo: theNational
All major towns of Papua New Guinea is a beauty in nature. Marking PNG a next tour destination? Then here is what you need to know, there is no updated GIS nevigation, no computerised nevigators like the Global Positioning System (GPS), also vicinity maps cannot be easily sighted on rural streets, but the best and most accurate nevigators are the local villagers.
We all know that the information highway has speeded up faster in the 21st century, and the world has resultantly become a smaller place to live in.. We recommend to you that it is regretful to travel to destinations many has travelled and well known to travel agents. Immediately you are caught with tension and could be bored .....you have not travelled the unexplored. Standing in long queues with western camouflage everywhere? Dreaming of a new destination to write a new paragraph in life? Why not advanture the unexplored, see the unseen in the 21st Century, and take the unknown back home?

If the above spears you, then the smart choice will definately be Papua New Guinea. The Pacific Wonderland located 5 degrees below the equator just above Australia. Papua New Guinea is the second largest Island in the World, encompassing the eastern part of the Island of New Guinea. Travelling for business, sightseeing, scubadiving, honeymoon or just relaxation on vacation; PNG has the pristine waters and virgin forests you might be the first to embark on. There are 600 different islands rich in corals atolls and white sandy beaches. Travel to the New Guinea Islands and watch the Manus Islanders fishing out at blue nights. Stay with the Tolais (East New Britian) and you can watch the famous "tolai dukduk" or fly over to "bilas peles" Kavieng and read about whale-hunting.. Head further to the Bougainvillen Island and read a different colour or book into the Alotau International Hotel to watch the famous Trobrian Yam festival in the Milnebay Province.

Interested in birdwatching and canoeing, you can cruise the famous Malenesian Discoverer and reach the paramount Sepik Chiefs (the Sepik), know how the face of the Papua New Guinea National Parliament got its current shape. Take a Sepik carving with you, fly across the Owen Stanley Range and visit Markham valley ( in Morobe Province). Lae is the industrial heart of Papua New Guinea, not just that Menyamya bushmen beat the kundu anytime to drum up the goldredgers up in the Wau-Bulolo valleys, formerly the best known "Hidden Valley" in the 1930s. The heart of mainland New Guinea is the where thousand splendid colours of Plumage originates. You can touch the feeling of being a tourist, time the internationally known famous Goroka show in September, and remember Bird of Paradise motel is within the township of Goroka (Eastern Highlands). You can further reach the highest point in Papua New Guinea (Mt. Wilhelm),  and that is take a short visit to Kundiawa town fenced below the high rocky mountains. Their traditional plumage is splendid and extremely attractive to forget.

Western Highlands, Southern Highlands and Enga provinces are the most heavily populated areas in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. The Mt. Hagen show attracts a huge folk of tourists and visitors, spend a night in the Highlander hotel and enjoy the blend of highlands owned "Blue Mountain" coffee. Enga Province is the heart of Gold in Papua New Guinea, Enga beauty remains, and it is the best destination to enjoy the evening calm at dawn. It is the only province in Papua New Guinea with one language spoken throughout the province.
Visited Enga show and know what it is all about? Southern Highlands is the next destination with impressive limestone peaks. Home of the Huli and Duna wigmen, it is the one of the most resource rich provinces in Papua New Guinea. Take a short visit to Southern Highlands, and you could be the first to write about the unwritten and know the unknown. Southern Highlands is the Papua Wonderland, diversed with many native languages. Touch the hearts of the local people and you can visit some of the longest caves in the world (understood to be), where no one has ever stepped foot on.

So where do you go from here...??
This Homepage is dedicated to the Southern Highlanders especially the People of Imbonggu..
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Faces of Papua New Guinea: Photo: D.McInnes
The famous Mount Hagen Show. Photo: D. McInnes
PNGpolitics
PNGwomen
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Southern Highlands
Imbonggu
The Tribal Frontier
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