Dive Review of Walindi Plantation Resort in
Papua New Guinea/Kimbe Bay

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Walindi Plantation Resort: "Walindi Resport on New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea, has it down", May, 2023, by Rick Morgan, OH, US ( Sr. Reviewer 9 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 12481.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	Walindi is one of a handful of SCUBA-focused resorts in PNG (others include Tufi, on the “mainland” of PNG, and Tawali in Milne Bay, on the eastern cost of the mainland. Walindi was started by Max and Cecelie Benjamin in the early 1980s. The resort has 10 comfortable bungalows, each with a queen and twin bed. The bungalows have nice porches and good sea views. Additional accommodations are in long houses. The only air conditioning is in the breakfast room/library, and the main resort facility, where lunch and dinner are served, doesn’t have screens. That room and the rest of the central re ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Walindi Plantation Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia; Bonaire; Costa Rica; Fiji; Florida keys; Grand/Little Cayman; Saba; St. Croix; Galapagos; Tuscany
Closest Airport	Hoskins via Port Moresby	Getting There	It's a long trip. Allow extra time. We flew Delta to Sydney, then to Brisbane, then to Port Moresby and on to Hoskins.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, choppy, currents, no currents
Water Temp	83-87°F / 28-31°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	20-80 Ft/ 6-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	60-65 minute dives
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	There is a black tub at the stern, and a larger rinse tank onshore. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Walindi Plantation Resort in Papua New Guinea/Kimbe Bay

Walindi Plantation Resort: "Walindi Resport on New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea, has it down", May, 2023,

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Dive Review of Walindi Plantation Resort in
Papua New Guinea/Kimbe Bay