Agaiambo Swamp

Large swamp, last refuge of uncontacted pygmy people with very short legs, most likely extinct by now.

Bisi Falls (Wasi falls)

Impressive, beautiful waterfall, some 100 m tall and 90 m wide. Main falls are supplemented by some 200 m wide group of spring waterfalls from the cliff face in the canyon.

Mount Bosavi Crater

Waterfalls in Bosavi crater, Papua New Guinea

Forested volcano (some 4 km wide and 1 km deep) that is isolated from other highlands of Papua New Guinea. Here in the montane forest live numerous species of plants and animals that are not met anywhere else in the world, including the 82 cm long Bosavi Wooly Rat and fish that emits grunting noise.

Klinki in Bulolo Valley – the tallest araucarias?

Reported (but not verified) 88.9 m high specimen of Klinki Araucaria hunsteinii (K.Schumann 1889) in 1941. These trees are very tall and there is a high probability to find very tall specimens today as well.

Minyé sinkhole and cave

Crossection of Minyé sinkhole, compared with Boeing 747-400, Papua New Guinea

One of the largest and most impressive tiankengs (giant sinkholes) in the world, located in an exotic jungle and crossed by a powerful underground river. Up to 510 meters deep, 350 meters across, volume – 26 million m³. It continues as a cave system. The explored length of cave passages is 5,421 m, maximum depth – 468 m. Contains one of the largest cave rooms in the world – Tuké room, 240 m long, 200 m wide and 130 m high.

Naré sinkhole

Cross section of Naré sinkhole (Papua New Guinea, compared with Boeing 747-400

One of the most spectacular sinkholes in the world, also located in an exotic jungle. Up to 310 meters deep, up to 150 meters across, volume – 4.7 million m³. Walls are overhanging, below flows a powerful river. At the top part of the sinkhole, inside it often is seen clouds. The further cave reaches 415 m depth.

Wonders of Papua New Guinea

Cave in Bosavi crater, Papua New Guinea

Wondermondo 🢖 World 🢖 Wonders of Australia and Oceania 🢖 Wonders of Melanesia 🢖 Wonders of Papua New Guinea Territory Wonders of Papua New Guinea   Highlights One of the most exciting and mysterious lands in the world is Papua New Guinea. Here live diverse indigenous people speaking in 820 languages who have very diverse cultural traditions. The country has a very rugged terrain […]

Mamo Kananda Cave

Giant cave with explored passages 55 km long, the longest known in Papua New Guinea. The three largest cave chambers have a volume of 1 million m³. An enormous cavity called Space Oddity is located 525 m below the entrance.

Mamo plateau

Unique landscape – here close together are located more than 100 giant sinkholes, up to 600 m wide and up to 420 m deep (Uli Malemuli sinkhole). The volume of the largest sinkholes reaches 31 million m³, their walls though are not vertical. Numerous waterfalls are falling into sinkholes.