"Voyage on Soren Larsen tall ship" Ureparapara by cosmopolit

Ureparapara Travel Guide: 3 reviews and 5 photos

Ureparapara

The Torres Islands, which lie to the south of the Solomon Islands are made up of six islands with only two inhabited. Famous for their enormous coconut crabs, pristine whithe sandy beaches, giant turtles which come up to bury theyr eggs in he sand.
The island is a volcanic cone and a massive ancient explosion blew out the entire side of the mountain and the sea breached the crater. The long steep sided bay that this created is our entrance to the island and the village settlement is at it's head. Dense jungle clings to the slopes of the high crater walls that protect the anchorage and reinforce the sense of remoteness. The worrying issues of the 21st century do seem a long way away here.

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Soren Larsen

We set out towards Ureparapara - the most Northerly point of our entire Pacific voyaging . We stopped for a couple of hours at the Reefs Islands where there was really excellent snorkeling between canals, cliffs and shallow areas. Continuing up the Ureparapara with a favourable wind gave us a good sail as we arrived late in the afternoon.
Greeted by numerous canoes that came out to our anchorage, Chief Nicholson is still here and is now paramount chief of the Banks & Torres group. They gave us a great welcome and we stayed two nights here at this remote and spectacular island.

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Last visit to Ureparapara: Sep 2002
Intro Updated Dec 4, 2002
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Reviews (3)

Snorkelling n scuba Things to Do (1)

Make sure you'll make good use of the wonderful oportunities to observe marine life. Be it snorkelling or scubadiving... more travel advice

jungle walk to bat caves Favorites (1)

The locals are wonderful people who warlmy welcomed us upon arrival meeting us in their canoes. Then they wanted us to... more travel advice

Kastom dance Local Customs (1)

our captain arranged for a kastom dance to be performed for us by the known dancers from the Banks islands. Which was... more travel advice

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iandsmith Oct 11, 2004 at 4:06 AM

What a boat, what a trip!
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dr.firas May 30, 2003 at 5:50 AM

Modest but great!