Sepik Soirée: Kavieng to Madang
Ten nights on True North between Kavieng and Madang in Papua New Guinea, this departure boarding at Kavieng and ending at Madang, with charter flights from and back to Cairns. The sample itinerary floats down a jungle river on bamboo rafts on New Hanover, snorkels with a manta congregation at Mussau Island, joins a sing sing on Ponam Island in Manus Province, snorkels the clam gardens and dives the channels of the Hermit Islands and the Ninigo atolls, then cruises 70 nautical miles up the Sepik River for its carving villages, a crocodile scarification ceremony and the stilt village on Lake Kambaraumba, and flies over the volcano on Karkar Island.
- Operated by: True North Adventure Cruises
- Ship: True North
- Length: 10 nights
- Regions: South Pacific
- Wildlife: Manta rays at Mussau Island, and sharks, turtles, barracuda, trevally, mobula rays and grey reef sharks on the reefs of the Hermit and Ninigo islands
- From: est. $21,050 (A$ 31,995) per person
- Season: October to November in the line's 2026 and 2027 schedules.
- Next departures: 2026-11-04, 2027-10-16, 2027-11-05
- Route: Kavieng → New Hanover → Mussau Island → Ponam Island → Hermit Islands → Ninigo Islands → Sepik River → Karkar Island → Madang
The ship
- True North: 36 guests, built 2005
Departures
- 2026-11-04 to 2026-11-14: $21,050
- 2027-10-16 to 2027-10-26: $21,050
- 2027-11-05 to 2027-11-15: $21,050
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