Tari Basin

There are frequent PMVs between Mendi and Tari. Warili Lodge and Ambua Lodge sit on the edge of the valley. You will drive by them just as you enter the valley.
To get from the lodges to Tari, you can either wait for a PMV or walk along the road to Tari for about an hour to where the local haul PMVs from Tari frequently run.

Birdwatching at Warili Lodge or Ambua Lodge.
Visit the Huli Wigmen villages in the valley.
Lumaria Guesthouse
About an hours walk into the hills surrounding Tari. Ask for Peter Hariwa at the Women's Guesthouse in Tari or contact Peter directly. He will meet you in at the Womens Guesthouse or Tari airstrip and walk you to his village.
Telephone: 00675 6382502
Address:
P.O. Box 63
Tari/Southern Highlands Province
Papua New Guinea

Budget

• Women's Guesthouse

  address: Tari
  Contains perhaps 20 beds in 4 bedroom rooms. Water and electricity are off and on. Has a small stove. Surrounded by fence and protected by guard. Good place to get info on visiting local villages and experiencing the Wigmen culture.

• Warili LodgeA stones throw down the road from Ambua Lodge is the more rustic Warili Lodge that is run by locals, is only $20/night, and offers birdwatching as good as, or better, than what is offered at Ambua Lodge.

Splurge

• Ambua LodgeThere is a very expensive lodge ($200/night!) that sits on the edge of Tari basin called Ambua Lodge that is run by Australians. This lodge is "an inspired mixture of local architecture, spectacular views and modest luxury off the beaten track." It is in the Tari Gap 2100 metres in the PNG Southern Highlands, which is the homeland of the Huli clan with their human hair wigs adorned with colourful flowers. It borders on the mid-montane rain forest and grasslands which gives a spring feeling all year round. This lodge won the 1991 Pacific Asia Travel Association's Pacific Heritage Award which sighted due to it's "superb example of culturally sensitive and ecological responsible tourism."