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Tufi is a town located on the south eastern peninsula of Cape Nelson, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. Tufi is located on a tropical fjord of Cape Nelson surrounded by many uncharted reefs. The area is also famous for its production of tapa cloth.

The Tufi Dive Resort provides diving experiences of the reefs, sunken ships and aircraft. Tufi is serviced by Tufi Airport.

History

Tufi was a former Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU) Station during World War II. The United States Navy built an PT boat advanced base at Tufi which commenced operations on 20 December 1942 to support the Battle of Buna–Gona. Two PT boats, PT-67 & PT-119 caught fire while refueling at the bases wharf and sank on 17 March 1943 at the wharf. The PT boat base was relocated to Morobe on 20 April 1943.

External Links

• Tufi Travel Information
• Tufi
• Don Silcock PT Boat Dive Site

Coordinates: 9°05′S 149°19′E / 9.083°S 149.317°E / -9.083; 149.317

From Wikitravel

Tufi is a small town on the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG). It is known as the Fjordland of PNG, has spectacular scenery and is also famous for its production of tapa, a decorated cloth produced from the bark of the paper mulberry tree, which is also found in Tonga, Samoa and Fiji. In the Second World War it provided a temporary base for US PT Boats in the battle against the Japanese. Two boats sunk in March 1943 and now provide a popular dive site.

• Airlines PNG [1]offers scheduled flights twice a week to Tufi from the capital of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby.
• There is also a weekly, but not too reliable, ferry service from Popondetta and Lae, both of which can be reached from Port Moresby by Air Niugini[2].

• Package deals from Port Moresby are arranged by Ecotourism Melanesia [3]

• Tapa making.
• The scenery, particularly the fjords. These are over 90 metres deep and rise vertically out of the water to over 150 metres. The sides of the fjords are covered with moss and orchids.
• The nearby rainforest. Look for the Queen Alexandra Birdwing, the largest butterfly in the world, now sadly very rare.

• Dive , particularly Cyclone Reef with abundant marine life, which is 15km southeast of Tufi and the World War 2 dive sites. Seas are best between October and mid-June.
• Kayaking can be done on the fjords.

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To own a piece of tapa cloth is unusual. To own a piece from Tufi is even more unusual. Production of the bark cloth is far less than in the main South Pacific producing areas such as Tonga.

• The Tufi Resort (aka Tufi Dive resort) has 10 deluxe bungalows, 9 standard air-conditioned bungalows and 8 single fanned rooms. It has a very informative web site [4].

The Tufi Resort can arrange stays in village guest houses, most of which are just a few kilometres from Tufi.

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