This is despite the fact that the d’Entrecasteaux group’s main islands of Fergusson and Normanby are accessible by motorised banana boats in under an hour from the eastern most mainland tip of Papua New Guinea compared to the 45-minute commercial flight from Alotau to the Trobriand Islands.
The d’Entrecasteaux Islands unique products are now slowly being exposed to international visitors through a special community project introduced at the district level by the local Member of Parliament Davies Stevens.
