Wewak is fast becoming a popular stop-over for tourists aboard Australia's P&O cruise ships as proven last weekend when the Pacific Dawn and its almost 2,000 passengers.
The Pacific Dawn visited this beautiful coastal peninsula on the northern tip of Papua New Guinea with its load of nearly 2,000 tourists.
More than 640 tourists booked land tours dubbed "Wewak Highlights" with local operator Sepik Adventure Tours while many more took private tours of this scenic coastal township.
Many of the tourists were former Wewak residents who had lived and worked there in the 1960s and 1970s or the children of those former expatriates returning to their childhood home.
njoyed visits to Mission Hill overlooking Wewak, took a dip at beautiful Wom Beach after visiting the nearby Wom War Memorial Park or took a nature and cultural tour of Maur Village.
Mateos said P&O has scheduled another cruise to Wewak in October so they were excited to host more cruise tourists later this year.
Picture: Traditionally dressed Wom Elementary School children welcoming tourists at Wom War Memorial Park. Picture Colin Taimbari of TPA.