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The Provincial capital of Jayapura is built on hills which slope down to the sea and is accessible by boat and place. It was here that General MacArthur assembled his fleet for the invasion of the Philippines during the Second World War.Regular flights to other major parts of the archipelago are available with Garuda and Merpati Nusantara Airlines.
Papua Provice (Irian Jaya) is a hot, humid island rising from the sea with some of the most impenetrable jungles in the world and yet also has snow caps covering 5,000meter - high mountain peaks, towering over glacier lakes
Location
Baliem Valley Resort is located at 1900 metres in the Jaya Wijaya highlands and offers a bird's eye view of paradise, plus a touch of the beaten path situated in an area of 1600 HA. The resort has a panorama of the Jaya Wijaya Mountains in the distance.
Rooms
It offers 15 luxurious bungalows designed after the traditional Honay style, spacious round houses with thatched roofs, modern bathrooms, picture windows and veranda with spectacular view overlooking the valley below. Baliem Valley Resort offers nature walks through orchid gardens, alpine forests and suspension bamboo bridges.Restaurant
The restaurant is ready to serve delicious local fruits and vegetables from the highlands and a selection of tasty meals.General
Baliem Valley Resort offers nature walk through orchid gardens, alpine forests and suspension bamboo bridges. This resort is also the largest and most intact natural history museum in existence, which comprises roughly one half of the island of New Guinea, the second largest island in the world after Greenland. |
