Tufi’s coastline might often be compared to the Norwegian fjords, but that’s before you feel the heat and the dancing and drumming begins.
On a map, the ragged Tufi peninsula in Papua New Guinea’s north-east looks like a corner of Iceland. And for a moment as I sail into its convolutions on board Le Soleal, I feel as if I might be in Norway.
The hug of the humidity on the ship’s deck is nothing like Norway either. Tufi is magnificent, and needs no comparisons. The sea is silvery, the coastline daubed in bright green. Colourful birds flit across the field of view of my binoculars. Tufi is particularly noted for its decorative tapa cloth, while nearby islanders produce some of PNG’s best ceremonial masks and wood-carved figures.
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