Adventure to the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea by yacht

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Explore one of world’s least-explored countries with Cookson Adventures

Shadow world-leading conservationists on a scientific expedition in the Nakanai mountains
Stay in a world-first tented camp overlooking the 1,000ft-deep Naré sinkhole
Cookson Adventures to organise a personalised itinerary of jungle adventures & tribal encounters

London 2024 – Luxury adventure travel company, Cookson Adventures, is renowned for crafting ultra-personalised adventures in remote destinations. Cookson Adventures has identified New Britain as a top destination for 2024 for those with a thirst to explore. The world’s largest tropical island, it lies fifty-five miles off the main coastline and remains tantalisingly unexplored.

This new adventure will see guests exploring the coastline by explorer yacht, exploring shipwrecks from a state-of-the-art submersible around the Duke of York islands and venturing inland to sleep on the precipice of an enormous sinkhole in a custom-built tented camp. For passionate conservationists, Cookson Adventures can organise an additional experience for guests to shadow researchers as they scale towering trees and descend into uncharted cave systems in search of species that are new to science. This intrepid itinerary will encompass everything from spearfishing with tribal chiefs to rappelling out of helis to create an immersive adventure, spanning the jungle and coastline, in one of the world’s least explored countries.

Research expedition to New Britain Island

Support a UNESCO World Heritage application

For guests who want to be at the forefront of a ground-breaking conservation project to support our natural world, they can shadow a team that includes some of the world’s leading scientists and expedition specialists. This expedition will begin what is a long-term exploration project in Papua New Guinea’s Nakanai Mountains.

The project’s primary mission is to improve our first-hand knowledge of an ecosystem, which is considered one of the most biodiverse places in existence. From establishing monitoring plots and DNA barcoding to cataloguing and explorations into undocumented cave systems, this expedition will see a series of conservation-based research methods put into place to help establish and support the protection of the region’s rich cultural and ecological identity. This expedition will be sharing its findings with the local community and hoping its findings will help to support a crucial UNESCO World Heritage application to protect the Nakanai Mountains.

HOW: Cookson Adventures can organise a tailored adventure to Papua New Guinea with an exclusive-use custom sinkhole camp from £336,000 for up to 12 guests. This includes heli charters, expert guides, jungle adventures, tribal encounters as well as itinerary planning and a Cookson Adventures host.

Excludes flights and yacht charter costs as dependant on chosen yacht

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Tented Camps

In spectacular natural locations

When not enjoying the comfort of a superyacht, guests can expect to stay somewhere extraordinary. Cookson Adventures will design and build a custom camp from scratch, with full double beds, white canvas and solar power. Meals will be expertly prepared by a private chef and served around the campfire as guests listen to a nocturnal cacophony of forest creatures – the perfect setting to learn from the trip’s destination and academic experts.

Sinkhole Tented Camp
Perched overlooking the 1,000ft-deep Naré sinkhole, this world-first breath-taking location will offer awe-inspiring views for guests both above and below the ground.

Jungle Adventures

Paramotoring, rope courses in the tree canopy and dining on the slopes of Mt Ulawan

New Britain’s isolation and spectacular geography combine to create the perfect setting for awe-inspiring jungle treks and river rafting through white water rapids. With its untouched forests, there are plenty of opportunities to abseil into sinkholes, climb ancient trees with Cookson’s rope experts and explore some of the many deep cave systems.

For an adrenaline hit, guests will be able to strap in and take to the skies beneath the canopy of a paramotor or rappel out of a heli and descend into otherwise inaccessible corners of this remarkable island. For a truly memorable remote dining experience, Cookson will even be set up a sumptuous lunch on the slopes of the iconic Mount Ulawun, the highest volcano in the Bismarck Archipelago.

Tribal Interactions & Specialist Guides

Learn from remote & isolated communities

Alongside a Cookson Adventures host and the option of an intrepid media team to capture every moment, a host of world-leading experts can join this adventure to bring this fascinating destination to life. Cookson Adventures has access to global network of fascinating guides specialising in fields as wide ranging as botany, ecological genetics, survival skills and plant physiology. They all will give unique insight into New Britain in real time as guests explore this region.

Spending time with some of the world’s most remote and isolated communities in Papua New Guinea is unparalleled. Through Cookson’s relationships, guests can master the likes of spearfishing and freediving with the inhabitants of a floating village built on coral. Deep in the jungle, guests will meet a mountain tribe and experience a traditional singsing welcome, before learning more from the tribal chief about how his tribe has adapted over time to living in the extreme wilderness of the Nakanai Mountains.

Discover New Britain's pristine coastline by explorer yacht

AI rendering of our custom built luxury tented jungle camp

Explore WWII wrecks off the coastline by scuba or submersible

Spend time with remote and isolated communities

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