Ideal for viewing : Melanesian scrubfowl, Bismarck kingfisher, red-knobbed imperial pigeon, Blyth’s hornbill, eclectus parrot.

Inland, plentiful endemic birds such as blue-eyed cockatoo, can be found. Kimbe, the capital of the West New Britain province, is situated on the north side of the island on the spectacular Kimbe Bay, which boasts over 60 percent of the coral species of the entire Indo-Pacific.

Ideal for viewing : eclectus parrot, New Guinea harpy eagle, channel-billed cuckoo, Papuan harrier, variable goshawk.

Each has its own unique flora and fauna, with birds, butterflies and orchids of particular importance. Just an hour’s flight from Port Moresby, Tufi and Milne Bay are blessed with stunning terrestrial and marine biodiversity, a pristine underwater environment and a wide range of diverse habitats.

Ideal for viewing : little curlew, bronze quoll, chestnut dunnart, false water rat, spectacled hare-wallaby.

It has a diversity of birdlife, with 250 species of resident and migratory birds, including most of the world’s population of little curlew. Located in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea, the Tonda Wildlife Management Area is a wetland of international importance and the largest protected area in the country. Ideal for viewing : crested bird of paradise, short-tailed paradigalia, ribbon-tailed astrapia, Lawe’s parotia, King of Saxony bird of paradise.Nature trails take you across traditional vine bridges, tracing clear mountain streams to secluded waterfalls. Excellent for : Birdwatching, Vehicle safarisĪlso home to the flamboyant Huli people, the Tari Valley is a utopia of pristine, mid-montane jungle, a birdwatcher's paradise! An eiderdown of interlocking tree tops, with splashes of colour from high altitude orchids.Ideal for viewing : great woodswallow, short-tailed paradigalia, blue bird of paradise, black sicklebill, Papuan king parrot.Due to its isolation, the province is home to New Guinea’s most fascinating tribal culture, and you can also find a fascinating range of birds, including several species of birds of paradise. This spectacular region is characterised by lush, high valleys sandwiched between towering limestone peaks and several roaring rivers. Ideal for viewing : King of Saxony bird of paradise, Macgregor’s bowerbird, Stephanie’s astrapia, Loria’s bird of paradise, Huon tree kangaroo.From the lowland rainforest to alpine grasslands, it is a land of colour and vibrancy and one of the best places to see Papua New Guinea’s birds of paradise. The Mount Hagen area is the home of the Melpa people, a people with a strong culture, who still live largely traditional subsistence lifestyles. Ideal for viewing : dwarf cassowary, Gurney’s eagle, twelve-wired bird of paradise, king bird of paradise, white-eared catbird.

Life revolves around the river, and locals are unique in their belief in the spirit world with its mythical stories and rituals. Ideal for viewing : spinner dolphin, orange-footed scrubfowl, blue-eyed cockatoo, southern cassowary, Papuan frogmouthĪt 1,126 kilometres, the Sepik River is Papua New Guinea's equivalent to the Amazon and it is the people of the Sepik that makes this region an exciting and fascinating place to visit.

Rabaul is also known for its scuba diving and snorkelling sites and its diverse flora and fauna. The cockatoos were able to do this by jamming the stick inside the straw and carrying it as a single item.One of the few places in the world where you can get up close and personal with an active volcano Rabaul is built on the crest of dormant Mount Tavurvur, and has one of the world’s deepest harbours. To do this, the birds had to carry the two tools together in their beaks and either climb a short ladder or fly from another platform. The individuals that displayed this 'switching' behavior performed better overall in this specific test, he added.įinally, the team wanted to find out if the cockatoos could transport their toolset with them. 'The cockatoos had to act according to the problem sometimes the toolset was needed, and sometimes only one tool was enough,' Osuna-Mascaró said.ĭuring the second experiments, some of the birds picked up one tool, released it, then picked up a second tool before returning to the first. They repeated the experiments using separate boxes with and without a membrane. A different perspective of a cockatoo solving the puzzle.

Dolphin cockatoo