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Monday 09:00 - 17:00 Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00 Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00 Thursday 09:00 - 17:00 Friday 09:00 - 16:00 Saturday 09:00 - 12:00 Sunday 09:00 - 12:00

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Esa'ala Tourism is an initiative that features Esa'ala district's emerging tourism industry.
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The primary purpose is to provide a link avenue that should not only act as the link between smaller tourism operators on the ground and a larger market, but to also be a promotion and marketing forefront.

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Alotau Assembly Hall
Alotau
211

Opening Hours

Monday	09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 17:00
Thursday	09:00 - 17:00
Friday	09:00 - 16:00
Saturday	09:00 - 12:00
Sunday	09:00 - 12:00

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The Esa’ala District is part of an island group in the northern part of Milne Bay Province know as the D’Entrecasteaux Islands named by French explorer Antoine D’Entrecasteaux, who sailed through in 1793 while searching for his missing compatriot La Perouse.

The Largest in the island group is Fergusson island which reaches 2073m and has thermal areas, with hot springs and bubbling mud pools. Salamo ,Sebutuya and Deidei offers guesthouses for accommodation. There are also plenty of amazing tracks for walking and tramping.

The district headquarters of Esa’ala is on Normanby Island, at the entrance to the spectacular Dawson passage. There are guesthouses close by and many reefs close to E-Town for stunning snorkeling and diving.

At 26 kilometers across and 2566 meters high, Goodenough is a spectacularly rugged island which rises above a flat coastal plain. Accommodation is available in the area’s largest settlement, Bolubolu. The peaks of Goodenough Island can be climbed from Lokulokuya Village in two days, however permission must be gained and it is advised to take a guide. Snorkeling in this area is one of a kind.

D’Entrecasteaux islanders are still largely subsistence horticulturalists, living in small traditional villages and fishing the coastal waters. People of this area participated in the Kula ring of exchange and traveled widely to other islands in their seagoing sailing canoes.

These are islands of stunning beauty and are totally unspoiled with rich biodiversity. Of the Papua New Guinea’s 700 known species of birds, some 269 are found in Milne bay. Of these some are indigenous to the D’Entrecasteaux Islands, namely, Goldie’s Bird of Paradise, the Curl Crested Manucode, the Papuan Boobok, the Tawny Brested Honey Eater and the Papuan Black Mysomola. Also indigenous are the slipper orchid, yellow terrestrial orchids, the giant pitcher plant and the only rhododendrum, a white one to grow on the coast.

The most interesting way to see the islands is to trek. You can start in Sewa Bay which is accessible by a 30 minute dinghy ride from East Cape the eastern tip of the mainland of Papaua New Guinea. There are three guest houses available in the area and has excellent bird watching. Sewa Bay lies roughly in the middle of Normanby Islands southern coast.

Normanby, Fergusson Is the ideal location for providing an authentic ecotourism experience. The establishment of Esa’ala Tourism Initiative here is to greatly increase the livelihood of maintaining the integrity of the islands undisturbed habitat. The boost ecotourism will provide to the islands economy, would also be a of huge benefit to the islands population in the form of increased employment opportunities, health and education services.

Esa’ala Tourism also provides some of the finest handicrafts and artifacts weaved and carved by some of our finest local artisans on site.

For your next holiday destination contact Tourism Esa’ala on email: [email protected], or contact us on mobile phone: 74518044.