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Thursday, December 18, 2025 |
Cairns, Australia |
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Cairns is a Far North Queensland city located on the northeast coast of Australia. This laid-back city is just over a 2 hour flight from Brisbane, Queensland’s state capital. With a backdrop of rainforest mountains, Cairns is known to be the gateway of 2 iconic Australian sites, The Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics Rainforest. Read more about Cairns, Australia
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Thursday, December 18, 2025 |
At Sea |
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Friday, December 19, 2025 |
At Sea |
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Saturday, December 20, 2025 |
Samarai Island, Papua New Guinea |
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Sunday, December 21, 2025 |
Dobu Island & Dei Dei Springs, Papua New Guinea |
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Monday, December 22, 2025 |
Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea |
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The Trobriand Islands (aka the Kiriwina Islands) are an archipelago of coral atolls off the E coast of Papua New Guinea in Milne Bay Province. Most of the 12,000 indigenous inhabitants live on the main island Kiriwina, the location of the government station, Losuia. Other major islands are Kaileuna, Vakuta, and Kitava. Read more about Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea
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Tuesday, December 23, 2025 |
Tufi, Papua New Guinea |
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Tufi is a small village in the Oro Province on the NE coast of Papua New Guinea on the Bird’s Tail Peninsula, overlooking the Coral Sea. The village is approached by sea or by air on the grassed airstrip at the water’s edge. Inland rises to mountains and rain forest. Read more about Tufi, Papua New Guinea
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Monday, December 22, 2025 |
Buna & Sanananda, Papua New Guinea |
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Tuesday, December 23, 2025 |
At Sea |
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Wednesday, December 24, 2025 |
At Sea |
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Thursday, December 25, 2025 |
Fly Islands & Morobe, Papua New Guinea |
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Friday, December 26, 2025 |
Kamiali (Lababia Village) & Fly Islands, Papua New Guinea |
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Thursday, December 25, 2025 |
Dregerhafen, Papua New Guinea |
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Friday, December 26, 2025 |
At Sea |
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Saturday, December 27, 2025 |
At Sea |
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Sunday, December 28, 2025 |
Karkar Island |
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Monday, December 29, 2025 |
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea |
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The Sepik is the longest river on the island of New Guinea, and is Papua New Guinea's equivalent to the Amazon and the Congo Rivers. The 1126 km river flows from the Victor Emanuel Range through an undeveloped catchment to the Bismarck Sea with no delta. Situated in the mystical East Sepik Province on the north coast of Papua New Guinea, the river is central to the everyday lives of the people who live along its banks. Read more about Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
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Tuesday, December 30, 2025 |
Madang, Papua New Guinea |
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Madang is the capital of Madang Province and a port on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. It was settled by Germans in the 19th C, then under Australian administration from 1919, and occupied by Japanese 1942-1944 when the town was virtually wiped out. Today its population of 24,000 includes many expatriates, and the city is the base for many NGOs and business branches. Read more about Madang, Papua New Guinea
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