Cluster · Port Moresby

Boroko shops & hospital area

Errand cluster: shops, banks and the general hospital; go by car with a driver who waits, not on foot.

Key facts

28″ bags: forbidden
Time budget: half
Rescue coverage: 100% ≤7′; max p90 6.1′
Places: 0

Rules in force · 9Do not walk between clusters or hail taxis on the street

Oceania ↗Oceania's island states guard their farms and reefs at the border: tick 'yes' on the arrival card for any food, plant, animal product, soil or used outdoor gear, and let the officer decide.
Oceania ↗Across the tropical South Pacific, cyclones are possible from November to April: choose insurance that covers weather delays and keep one spare night before a long-haul departure.
Melanesia ↗Malaria is present in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and parts of Vanuatu (not Fiji or New Caledonia): ask a travel clinic about tablets before you go.
Papua New Guinea ↗Every visitor needs a visa (an online e-visa, or a visa on arrival for a short list of passports) and must file the free Digital Arrival Card before landing: check the PNG Immigration and Citizenship Authority for your passport before booking.
Papua New Guinea ↗Some governments advise against travel to parts of the Highlands provinces because of tribal fighting; check your own government's current advice before you go.
Papua New Guinea ↗Almost all land is customary: ask permission before walking, swimming or photographing, and expect to pay fees to landowners.
Port Moresby and Central Province ↗Check your own government's current advice for the capital and Central Province before booking; advice changes.
Port Moresby ↗Do not walk between clusters or hail taxis on the street: use a hotel car or a driver booked through your hotel or operator, door to door, and stay in daylight.
Port Moresby ↗Check your own government's current travel advice before you book: crime in the capital is serious and advice changes.

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Walking weather, next 5 days

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Plan

How the ground walks, and what is here

Bound and physics

The shopping streets and the hospital (approximate box).

Slope: flat
Stairs: None
Shade: low
Surface: cracked pavement
Sleep here or visit: visit

On the ground

Where to rest, how to leave, where to sleep nearby

Rescue anchors

6 places to rest · checked on a 40 m (130 ft) grid

A rescue anchor is a spot where you can stop and recover if the walk goes wrong: a bench, a café, a toilet. Every letter on the map is one anchor, and each has a card below. We check that any point in the cluster is within about 7 minutes’ walk of one, so you are never far from somewhere to sit down.

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors. Lettered circles: rescue anchors (green works in any conditions, amber only on hot days). Dashed outline: the cluster. Red dots: spots more than 7 min from any anchor (none if you see no red). North is up; not for navigation.

Shopfront shade

Place to sit · Shelter from rain · works in any conditions

Bus-shelter

Place to sit · Shelter from rain · works in any conditions

Shop or café, AC

Place to sit · Food & drink · ac · works in any conditions

Bench

Place to sit · works in any conditions

Supermarket, AC

Food & drink · ac · works in any conditions

Kiosk

Place to sit · Food & drink · works in any conditions

100% of the cluster is within 7 min of an anchor in any conditions (slowest walker, worst cell 6.1 min) · 100% on hot days

Nodes in this cluster

No place pages yet

Nodes here are used by the planner only.

Edges out

directed

To	How	p50	Climb
Town & Ela Beach	Car or taxi	~17 min	flat
Koki market & fish market	Car or taxi	~12 min	flat
Waigani: National Museum & Parliament	Car or taxi	~20 min	flat

Red lines here

Keep phones and cash out of sight.

Deep dive

Around this cluster

Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.