Oceania : Solomon Islands : Bougainville
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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Understand
Get in
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.
Get around
See
Itineraries
Do
Socialize with the locals and learn about their lifestyle. They are very friendly people.
Eat
Drink
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 at 09:48, on 11 January 2007 by Paul N. Richter. Based on work by Sarah Steever, Ryan Holliday and Andrew Haggard and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.