Goroka General Tips by Bwana_Brown

Favorite Thing: Goroka is located in the central mountain ranges which run the length of New Guinea from east to west. Mt. Wilhelm, the highest in Papua New Guinea at 4509-m (14,800-ft), is located in the Bismarck Range not far to the north of the city. These mountain ranges are broken in various places by broad upland valleys and plains, resulting in a relatively heavy concentration of tribes in the mountains as opposed to the swampy and flat areas near both the north and south coasts . The main access to this part of the country is via the Highlands Highway, shown in red here as it leaves the coastal city of Lae and winds its way up to Goroka at 1600-m (5200-ft), then to Mt. Hagen and beyond.

Fondest Memory: I was here on business a few times because the rivers flowing out of these mountains led to the developement of a 45 MW hydro station at Ramu, located east of Goroka, near Okapa on the map. Transmission lines ran west from there as far as Mt. Hagen, east to Lae and north to coastal Madang. The cool mountain airs were always a relief to me after the heat and humidity of Port Moresby, located on the south coast, just off the bottom right of the map (where the red airport symbol is).

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