Beyond the Fighting: A PNG Lodge Offers Tourists a Different Highlands

A remote lodge in Papua New Guinea's Highlands is challenging the region's dangerous reputation. Ambua Lodge operates in Hela province, an area known for poverty and tribal conflict. Yet, the hotel has welcomed tens of thousands of international visitors. It offers them access to lush scenery, adventure, and local culture. Papua New Guinea's leaders see this as a model. They want to attract more tourists to the hard-to-access region. The goal is to build a new path for a province long defined by its troubles.