Travel Guide Rabaul

It is difficult not to be impressed when you arrive in Rabaul. Already on the road, black ash amoncelle on the bottom, trees are rarer. And once the market has passed, it is an atmosphere of desolation that hits the visitor. We need a real effort to imagine that a city once stretched into this area of ash, a city that is barely discernible on the old streets. All under the constant rain projected by the volcano Tavurvur, always active. Two hotels are still open in Rabaul, the port is still active, and part of the population, threatened with respiratory diseases, still lives on the outskirts of the city. Despite this state of desolation, Rabaul deserves at least one visit and probably one night, to better feel the atmosphere of the volcano. The discovery of the surroundings of the Tavurvur will remain a great souvenir of a trip to Papua. As for the divers, the surrounding waters reserve many wonders.