The Best Interest Places at Papua

Jayapura

The Best Interest Places at Papua

Jayapura.
Jayapura is the capital and the biggest city of this eastern most pro vince. It is a neat and pleasant city, built on the slope of a hill overlooking the bay. General Douglas Mc Arthur’s World War II quarters still stand here. The Museum Jayapura is located on the Cendrawasih University campus. Tanjung Ria Beach, known as base G by the Allies during World War II, is a popular holiday resort with facilities for water sport.

Lake Sentani.
A short trip from Jaya pura, Lake Sentani is still virtually untouched covers an area of 9,360 Ha with height of 75 m above sea level. The people who call the shores of this magnificent lake home still live in a traditional manner, and are renowned for their wood-working and pottery.

Kasuarina
Kasuarina Cape named after the big casuarina trees which grow in the area, Kasuarina Cape is just two kilometers from Sorong, on the Bird’s Head Peninsula of northern Papua. Good for swimming and recreation.

Biak.
Biak, a town on an island of the same name in Cendrawasih Bay, is Papua’s main gateway. It has better infrastructure than must other places in the province. There are some good beaches on Biak Island, the most popular of which are Bosnik Beach on the east coast, which is good for swimming and sky-diving, and Korem Beach on the north coast, where one can watch young men dive for pearls. Supiori Island, just north of Biak, has a wilderness reserve and traditional villages where visitors are welcome.

Mummy.
The “Jiwika” 300 years old mummy can be found in Jiwika 15,5 km from Wamena and 250 years prumo mummy in Asologaima 32,6 km from Wamena in Jayawijaya Regency.

Mount Carstenz Pyramid.
The highest in the ocean Continent (4,884 meters above sea level). Located in the western central high land, above the equatorial jungle of Papua lies on the least accesible snow capped ranges in the world on Ngga Pulu/ Puncak Jaya (4,862 m asl).

Wamena.
The Traditional round shaped housing with coars grass roofs, wooden walls without windows called “Honay” by Wamena people in Jayawijaya Regency.

The Asmat
The Asmat people, who live along the remote southeast coast, are famed for their artistic “primitive”  woodcarving and the long house. Modern civilization did not reach this area until recently. Agats has an interesting museum filled with woorcarvings and other objects. Asmat crafts recieved a boost in the late 1960s under a United Nations supported project encouraging local craftsmen to keep their art alive. Asmat cultural Festival, held on the begining of October every years. Asmat cultural Festival, held on the beginning of October every year.

Source : indotravel.net

Originally posted 2010-04-16 19:07:45. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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