PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Papua New Guinea, certainly one of the last great areas of land on Earth to remain partially unexplored; this remarkable remote landscape still remains a place of great wonder and deep mystery. 

 Exotic birds, plant life and rare animals, unique extraordinary art and languages and colorful warriors  are marvelous.
The island of New Guinea was named after the country of Guinea in Africa.
  Papua New Guinea consists of the eastern half of the island of New Guinea – the islands of New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville and around six hundred smaller islands, north of Australia.New Guinea is one of the largest islands in the world.


  The Kuk Early Agricultural Site, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2008, consists of swamps in the highlands of New Guinea. It has been discovered that the land has been drained, possibly for as long as ten thousand years. Evidence of agriculture dates back to six and a half thousand years ago.
 Papua New Guinea is one of,  the most, heterogeneous nations in the world. There are hundreds of ethnic groups indigenous to Papua New Guinea.

 . Papua New Guinea has a greater density of languages than any other nation on earth, except Vanuatu. It has over 850 indigenous languages and at least as many traditional societies, out of a population of just under 6 million.

Papua New Guinea is also one of the least explored countries of the world, culturally and geographically. Many undiscovered species of plants and animals are thought to exist in its interiors.

 Portuguese navigators are said to be the first Europeans to have sighted the island of New Guinea.
In 1971, the Territory of Papua and New Guinea was renamed Papua New Guinea.
  Papua New Guinea gained full independence from Australia in September 1975.
The monarch of the United Kingdom serves as the Head of State of Papua New Guinea.

   The national sport of Papua New Guinea, although not official, is considered to be rugby league.

Papua New Guinea is one of the few regions close to the equator that experience snowfall, which occurs in the most elevated parts of the mainland.

  Papua New Guinea is fantastic for birdlife with the famous birds of paradise and 750 different species to look out for. There are tree kangaroos, wallabies but no other real mammals.
 with the Pacific War (part of WWII) in 1942 is where the Japanese army suffered their first land defeat. Papua New Guinea offers fantastic snorkeling and diving opportunities almost anywhere off the mainland with boat and plane wrecks from the war, abundant fish and amazing coral.

New Guinea is particularly famous for the many undiscovered species of plants, insects, birds and animals that are thought to exist in the jungle interior of Papua New Guinea.
BIRDS OF PARADISE