PNG - Kavieng / Rabaul area

[NYCcowgirl]

Hi all, still working on final details for my Pacific islands extravaganza this Sep/Oct. I am considering adding some more time in PNG so I can see more than one part of the country. Not a hundred percent certain I can squeeze it into the budget, but I think it would be worth the effort!
Anyone have experience / advice for this area? Specifically, I am looking at Lissening Island Resort vs. Nusa Island Retreat vs. Rapopo Plantation Resort. Rapopo is the most affordable, but Nusa has some intriguing local residents. They all offer diving & flights are comparably priced to Kavieng & Rabaul. Any help to narrow it down would be most welcome. Thanks!

 

[rmorgan]

What else are you doing in PNG?

 

[NYCcowgirl]

What else are you doing in PNG?

I'll be at Tufi Resort for 10 days (first stop is 2 wks in Solomons, then Fiji on the way home).

 

[clownfishsydney]

I have stayed on Nusa Island about 17 years ago, was very good. Friends have used Lissenang in the past two years, again very good. Kavieng area is more remote as is the diving, some sites are a long way from the resorts but are very good.

I have also dived Rabaul (on the same trip) but used an operator that no longer exists. They diving was also very good. Both have wrecks and reefs.

See my website for some information about the sites I dived. Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving Web Site