Coordinating tours in the far remote of East Sepik and Simbai

It was the busiest time of the year with traffic at the airport and lots of passengers rushing in for check-in. We pushed our way through and finally made to the counter. Not long, we had our boarding call. It was about 15minutes into our boarding time as Jane and I dashed our way through the security checkpoint and out to gate number 10 to board our Air Niugini flight. We were the last passengers to board the aircraft and took off at around 5am. It was the coldest morning of Saturday 4^th December 2010.

We landed safely at Wewak's Boram Airport at 6 and the sky gave a clear dawn in the east with a spectacular sunrise view over the horizon. The hotel-shuttle bus was in time to pick us up to Boutique Hotel where we were accommodated for three nights.

Theo - arriving at East Sepik's Boram Airport



Wauwap Waterfall and Adventure - Report

Halopa is a Catholic village station within the hinterland of Alexishafen situated due north-west of Madang town. It is one of the most remote areas located towards the tip of the Adelbart Range in the upper higher lands of Madang’s north-coast that passes through St. Benedict’s Agricultural & Technical College at Danip few kilometers away from the main catholic mission at Alexishafen.

It takes almost 45minutes drive from Madang to the agricultural college at Danip on left few kilometers away from Alexishafen. The road from the college to Halopa station is unsealed and takes another 1 and half hour drive (total of almost 2hours drive from town to Halopa) by a four-wheel drive or 10-seater Hilux due to potholes and bumpy areas of the highway. The first half of the unsealed road has been upgraded but the other half of the road towards the station has potholes and ditches along the highway which causes most of the vehicles to turn at Apug Mountain leaving the passengers to walk. However, the highway is accessible with four-wheel drives and mostly frequented by the Catholic Priests and the medical workers transporting aid-post supplies for the station.
It is one of the untouched areas that is potential for hiking and bird-watching as well as other ecotourism activities.

Locals taking a swim at  Wuawap Waterfall