Oceania >> Solomon Islands >> Bougainville

Bougainville is the largest island of the Solomon Islands archipelago, and part of Papua New Guinea.

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Cities

Most operations for Bougainville are run out of Buka Island north of Bougainville. The capital city, Arawa, has intermittent power and is still being rebuilt after the conflict in the 90s.

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Culture and History

Travel to Bougainville - Visa Requirements

Air Nugini has 4 flights a week from Port Moresby to Buka Island, from where a short boat ride across will get you to Bougainville.

Tours and Getting around Bougainville

Bougainville tourist attractions and sightseeing

Itineraries

Bougainville city tours

Socialize with the locals and learn about their lifestyle. They are very friendly people.

Bougainville Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive

Bougainville nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs

Stay safe

This is a tropical island: Malaria is a problem, antibiotics recommended. Be sure to treat any open scratches with topical antibiotics as well.

Get out

This page was last edited by Paul N. Richter. Based on work by Sarah Steever, Ryan Holliday and Andrew Haggard and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel. - Content on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0 license

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