The Mt. Hagen City at a prime elevation of 1,677m above seen level, it is
linked by both land and air transport.
By airplane from Port Moresby, you have three (3) different choices to
choose from three (3) different airline companies when making a booking – Air
Niugini Ltd, Airlines PNG Ltd and Mangi Long Ples. Depending on the flight each
airline company has, you have a chance to compare their prices and seek if they
offer special flights which mostly they do. Depending on the class of air
travel services and the type and size of aircraft, you will have a quote from
the most cheapest to the next cheapest airfare. It is easy for making an online
booking for your travel.
The fight from Port Moresby to Mt. Hagen takes approximately 45 minutes to
an hour. Upon arrival at Kagamuga Airport in Mt. Hagen, you have three (3)
choices of land transport to take you to your destination – public transport
(PMV) a bus service from operates from 7am to 6pm every day, private hired
vehicles/Hire Cars as troopers/station wagons and Hotel/Lodge pick-up
mini-buses available at the airport. The cheapest is the PMV transport, similar
to Taxi Services elsewhere.
Mt. Hagen city is connected by
road, the Highlands Highway (the longest highway in the country), with Madang,
Lae, Goroka, Chimbu, Jiwaka, Wabag, Mendi , Tari and Kikori.
For your accommodation in Mt. Hagen, you have three (3) classes (types) of
accommodation to choose from – modern furnished Hotel Rooms, semi-modern with local
architectural design Lodge Rooms and a typical highlands village Homes with
friends and wantoks. Costing for each class of accommodation varies from
one to next. The cheapest is spending your days with local villagers in their
homes. You receive a friendly Melanesian Welcome and meet exciting highlanders
who proudly welcome first-time visitors as their friends and immediately call
them their wantoks.
In each class of accommodation you choose, cost of the meals ranging to the
class of accommodation. Your stay with villagers at their homes is
coupled with a highlands traditional dish and you are part of them for dinner
and breakfast at a minimum cost.
 |
| Gaim Engwal's Kuru-ware cultural dance performed at Mt. Hagen Cultural Show in 2014 and this year 2015, they will be performing again at the Kagamuga Show ground come August. Photo courtesy of Gabriel Kuntina, Western Highlands Division of Commerce, Culture and Tourism. |
