Images from the island provinces of Papua New Guinea, which I reached at the end of a Heritage Expeditions birdwatching/adventure cruise northbound from New Zealand. New Ireland and New Britain spread across the Bismarck Sea, in tropical latitudes northeast of the PNG mainland. New Ireland remains largely undeveloped, with Kavieng, the capital, being the only town of any size. From Namatanai on the east coast, trucks and speedboats provide onward transport across to the west coast and on south across the water to Kokopo, New Britain. Kokopo is a much livelier place, the provincial capital which came into being after Rabaul was smothered by volcanic ash.

These images were captured in RAW format with Nikon D300.