Papua New Guinea ๐ต๐ฌ
Papua New Guinea is part of Oceania with main city at
Port Moresby. It's usually ๐ค๏ธ 25.68 ยฐC in Papua New Guinea with a rainfall of ๐ง 331.78 mm. Internet speed in Papua New Guinea is on average 3.5 Mbps. In Papua New Guinea you drive on the left side. Its Developing country with a
population of 8M people. The main currency is Kina. The languages
spoken are English. Automatic teller machines are rare in Papua New Guinea. Current travel safety advice is Exercise a high degree of caution. Get other useful information like socket plugs, SIM cards and emergency numbers.
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Papua New Guinea Travel Advice
๐ก๏ธ Travel safety
Exercise a high degree of caution
We've reviewed our advice for Papua New Guinea, we haven't changed the overall level of advice, exercise a high degree of caution. We've expanded the reconsider your need to travel regions to include all of the Southern Highlands and Hela Province. Mount Hagen in the Western Highlands and all of Enga Province remain reconsider your need to travel.
We advise:
Exercise a high degree of caution in Papua New Guinea overall due to high levels of serious crime.
Higher levels apply in some areas.
Papua New Guinea Weather
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Papua New Guinea Essential travel details
๐ Plugs
Papua New Guinea uses 240V, 50Hz with socket and plug Type I.
๐ Languages
The languages that are typically spoken are
English
Money in Papua New Guinea
๐ฑ Currencies Used
Papua New Guinea uses the Papua New Guinean kina (symbol: K), code PGK.Banknotes come in denominations of 100, 50, 20, 10, 5 and 2 kinas. Kina is subdivided into 100 toeas. Coins come in denominations of 1 kina and 50, 20, 10 and 5 toeas.
๐ง ATMs
Automatic teller machines are rare in Papua New Guinea. Your best bet is to look for them in large cities and community places.You do not need a chip & PIN card to use an ATM โ your standard magnetic card will work fine.
Calling in Papua New Guinea
๐ก Internet
Internet speed in Papua New Guinea is on average 3.5 Mbps.
WiFi coverage in Papua New Guinea is very low. It's quite hard to find one.
๐ฑ Phones
You can buy a SIM card for about 132.48 PGK, which includes 2 GB of data plan. You can choose from 3 telecoms: Digicel, Telikom PNG or bmobile-Vodafone.
Papua New Guinea uses GSM mobile networks GSM 900.
If you don't want to buy SIM card in Papua New Guinea upon arrival, make sure to check the roaming charges with your telecom provider before your departure so there are no surprises when you return home.
๐ Calling
To call Papua New Guinea, dial +, then 675 (the country code for Papua New Guinea), then the area code and the local number.
For local calls within Papua New Guinea, start with the area code. In the case above area code is 53 .
Driving in Papua New Guinea
๐ฃ๏ธ Road rules
In Papua New Guinea you drive on the left side. Most cars have manual transmission (stick).
Unless otherwise posted, the speed limits for cars and motorcycles are as follows: 60 km/h (37 mph) in all built-up areas and 75 km/h (46 mph) on undivided highways.
๐ Emergency
Universal
999
Police
999
Ambulance
999
Fire department
999
Papua New Guinea country map
Papua New Guinea travel details
It's important to consider getting travel medical insurance to ensure you're covered in case of unexpected medical emergencies.
For just $42, you can get coverage for 4 weeks, providing peace of mind and financial protection while you're away from home.
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