We recommend the following accomodation:-

LAE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL P.O. Box 2774, Lae, Morobe Province Papua New Guinea

ACCOM TYPE	RATES
Deluxe	K250 Sgl/Dbl K270 Twin
Executive	K280 Sgl/Dbl
Suite	K340 Sgl/Dbl

Conditions
Supplement for extra person in room K20.00
No charge for children under 12 years in same room
All rates include 10% Vat
Rates are quoted in PNG Kina and are subject to change without notice

The Lae International Hotel has the pleasure in offering a 25% discount off the above Room
Rates for the National Fishing Titles.
Should you wish to make a booking please contact the following:
Ms June Black – Reservations Department
Phone (675) 472 2000
Fax 675) 472 2534
E-Mail laeinter@global.net.pg
 

CORAL SEAS HOTELS

For more information about Coral Seas Hotel Click Here for their Website

ACCOM TYPE	MELANESIAN HOTEL	HUON GULF MOTEL
	Ph: (675) 472 3744 melanesian@coralseahotels.com.pg	Ph:(675) 472 4844 huongulf@coralseahotels.com.pg
SINGLE ROOM	RATES (IN Kina)	RATES (IN Kina)
Standard Deluxe Suite	144 172 280	80 132 N/A
DOUBLE/TWIN
Standard Deluxe Suite	144 172 280	116 132 N/A
FAMILY 3 (2 Adults & 1 Child)
Standard Deluxe Suite	N/A N/A 300	N/A N/A N/A

All Rates subject to Government 10% VAT (Value Added Tax)
All rates quoted are in Kina and per night per room. Accommodation Only
Both Accommodation places have on site restaurants, bars and outdoor pools
 
 

BUDGET RENT A CAR SPECIAL  RATES ON VEHICLES FOR G.F.A.P.N.G.27th National Titles Bookings on (675)  472 2069 or budget_lae@coralseahotels.com.pg

CAR TYPE	HOURLY	DAILY	WEEKLY	KMS
ICMR Mitsubishi Gallant	33	134	801	0.66
SFMR Mitsubishi L200,4WD	37	147	883	0.74
FFMR Mitsubishi Sports Pajero	40	159	955	0.79

• All prices in Kina
• Additional KMS are in Toea
• All Government Charges and stamp duties are to be added
• Rates are VAT exclusive
• Insurance Charges are applicable
• Standard Budget Rent A Car Conditions Apply
• Only Applicable to Credit Card Payments

Morobe may be the birthplace of human settlement in Papua New Guinea. Axe heads found at Bobongora have been dated at 40,000 years, and it is believed early coastal settlements were flooded by rising sea levels after the last Ice Age, destroying most of Papua New Guinea's prehistoric artifacts.

When German colonists first arrived in the 1880's, many parts of Morobe were curiously uninhabited, including the fertile Wauand Bulolo valleys. The two dominant groups of people were the Leiwomba who occupied the Lae area, and the ferocious Anga warriors of the central mountains.

Morobe Province offers a wide variety of interests for visitors, including a five day white water rafting trip down the Watut River. The Watut tumbles from the 3000 metre Kuper Range to sea level at the rate of 20 metres a kilometre, rushing through 150 rapids.

Maus Buang and Labu Tali villages are the nesting places for leatherback turtles in late November until early February. The turtles dig deep nests in the sandy beaches and lay up to 100 eggs each, which hatch about two months later. These reptiles weigh up to 500kg and measure two metres in length.

To the east of Lae are the towns of Finschhafen and Sialum, sites of the first German occupation of the area. Offshore are a number of magnificent islands merely 12 kilometres from the coast. The Tami Islanders are renowned for their beautifully carved wooden bowls. Other islands include Umboi Island, which is the largest in the Siassi Group. All these islands are in the volcanic belt which extends through New Britain and down to the north coast of New Guinea.

Other attractions in Morobe include the Research Institution, the Wau Ecology Institute, which is a privately funded centre dedicated to soil regeneration and the investigation of seed dispersal by birds. The institute also has a museum and zoo, open to the public.

There are numerous walking tracks in Morobe, especially in the Wau area. Old gold mining routes reveal interesting relics and wartime fighter planes can still be seen in the jungle. Experienced guides are sometimes necessary on the more
difficult walks.

The McAdam National Park is a 20 square kilometre flora and fauna sanctuary founded in 1962 to preserve the last virgin stands of Hoop and Klinkii pine and over 200 species of birds native to the area. Menyamya and Aseki are in the heart of Anga country, which is now a coffee plantation centre. Traditional dress can still be seen, and mummified bodies are one of the more macabre attractions of the Anga's primitive past.

Established during the 920's gold rush as a supply base for the Wau goldfields, Lae (Morobe's provincial capital) is now a fast growing city of 88,000 people. With its airport, harbour and excellent road system, Lae has become the gateway to the densely populated Highlands.

In 1937 pioneer American aviator Amelia Earhart took off from Lae on one of the final legs of her round theworld flight . Her next stop was a tiny speck of land called Howland Island, 4,000 kilometres out in the Pacific Ocean. She never made it. Lae was the last place to farewell the famous adventurer. During WWII, Lae was occupied by the Japanese and became one of their strategic bases against the Allies.

Modern day Lae is an attractive tropical city, well serviced by department stores, banks, travel agencies, and an infrastructure of small traders and specialty craft and artifact outlets. Known as a garden city, Lae's beautiful Botanic Gardens has boosted itsreputation as a place of natural splendour.

Lae is also the site of the Papua New Guinea University of Technology, which houses the Matheson Library the largest technological library in the South Pacific. "Unitech", as the university is known, has a large public exhibition of rare and valuable artifacts.

Lae has three markets which sell food and local curios. Eight kilometres from town Malahang Beach is the last resting place for the remains of the Japanese landing barge, Myoko Maru. On the way to Malahang the road passes Ampo Lutheran Mission which was used as a field hospital during the war, and is one of the few buildings in Lae to have survived the fighting.