PNG - Orion Expeditions - West Papua & Maluku - Voyage of Discovery

"Remote" is an understatement for our anti clockwise navigation around Papua (previously named Irian Jaya) and over "the birds head" of West Papua. We will, on this "Voyage of Discovery", witness completely mysterious ceremonies blended with the hues of a thousand cultures, from the islands and archipelagos and atolls that stretch from Rabaul, North West through to Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. The province contains the highest mountains between the Himalayas and the Andes, rising up to 4884 m high. The vast southern and northern lowlands, stretching for hundreds of kilometres, include lowland rainforests, extensive wetlands, savannah grasslands, and some of the largest expanses of mangrove forest in the world. Around the tip we visit Raja Ampat, an archipelago comprising over 1,500 small islands, cays and shoals surrounding the four main islands. We then sail south to Maluku, a rarely visited group of islands.

2011 Departure - April 14

Itinerary

• Day 1 Cairns (Optional direct charter flight to Rabaul
• Day 2 At Sea
• Day 3 Wewak, Papua New Guinea
• Day 4 Jayapura, Papua Province
• Day 5 Urbanisi Island, Papaido Islands, Papua Province
• Day 6 Mapia Atoll, Papua Province
• Day 7 Raja Ampat, Papua Province
• Day 8 McClure Gulf, Papua Province
• Day 9 Kei Islands
• Day 10 At Sea
• Day 11 Sangliat Dol, Yamdena Island, Weluan Beach
• Day 12 Darwin, Northern Territory

Operated by Orion Expeditions

Departures:April 2011

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