When heading to Papua New Guinea and the Island of Rabaul, you must stay at the Rapopo Plantation Resort. This beautifully located resort was once the site of a Japanese fighter airstrip and is now ten minutes from the spectacular Tokua Airport. Designed for the total relaxation and comfort of guests, Rapopo Plantation Resort is located on the beautiful Gazelle Peninsula on the exotic Island of New Britain. Looking across Simpson Harbour, the rim of an ancient volcano to Rabaul, the area is a wonderland above and below water.

Floors are polished local timbers or tiles and rooms are fully air-conditioned. The Plantation Veranda Restaurant and Bar overlook the Bay and is just one place to sip a chilled beverage and relax. Their chefs will tantalize your palate with ambrosia from the Southern Seas – sweet reef fish, crabs and lobsters together with succulent fruit and tropical vegetables grown in the local, rich black volcanic soil.

Your day’s catch can be served as your palate demands; you may wish to arrange a romantic candle lit dinner on the beach or beside the resorts beautifully landscaped pool and aquatic bar.

Rabaul’s wreck diving is unrivalled in Papua New Guinea along with its spectacular fish life. Rapopo Plantation Resort’s internationally qualified scuba diver experts, can escort you on an introductory “resort” dive or teach you to become an SSI qualified open water diver.

Beneath the warm, crystal waters, is a treasure of marine life, schools of brilliant tropical fish, coral and rare shells. And the tropical waters of Simpson Harbour welcome you to the eerie war museum on the ocean bed – some 65 Japanese warships sunk by allied bombing in World War II. A must for scuba divers!