Backpackers: Should you go backpacking alone in Papua New Guinea?

Should you go backpacking alone in Papua New Guinea? If your answer is YES...Welcome to Papua New Guinea for backpacking

Alexandra Marcu from Romania at arrival at Kagamuga Airport, Mt. Hagen, Papua New Guinea

Backpacking is defined as a form of low-cost, independent travel and is closely associated with ‘gap year travel’ where school leavers and university students, or people taking a break from their career, travel for extended periods often working on voluntary environmental and community projects. 

Bart Napierala backpacking alone in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Alexandra Marcu at Alkena Village, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Ryan Manton, trekking Mt. Giluwe, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Dan Marcu at Alkena Village, Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. 

Alexandra Marcu at Mt. Hagen market

 Of importance in backpacking is a sense of authenticity and Papua New Guinea has a wealth of such experiences to offer the market such as local cultural activities including village tours and festivals, a range of volunteering opportunities in ‘off the beaten track’ locations as well as adventurous sporting activities to appeal to the youth traveler such as swimming, snorkeling, kayaking, rafting, sand boarding, birding, mountaineering, trekking, hiking and trekking.

We at NIUGINI EXOTIC TOURS welcome backpackers to Papua New Guinea. Contact us via email at: howarig4@gmail.com