Landmarking Mt.Giluwe - 7th Volcanic Summit (highest volcano in Pacific Oceania)

AT a height of 4,367m peak on Mt. Giluwe, to plant a landmark on it is fantastic. On December 2013, it is expected to landmark the peak with an inscription that has never been before. Many locals and tourists have climb the mountain but it was never been landmarked as other peaks around the world. This year, it will be landmarked by local PNGans and 2 travellers coming all the way from Romania.

The 2 people are Alexandra Marcu and Dan Marcu. Alexandra have just launched a book in Europe and due to the launch of the book they were contacted by Nikkon, the Photo Company, and they are going to give Alexandra a state-of -the-art camera. She will be taking this camera to PNG, took shots and promote the photos they will be taking in Papua New Guinea the world over. This is great. Alexandra takes photographic courses provided by Nikkon Company. They will also make an official presentation of photos taken in PNG to Nikkon. Photos about Mount Giluwe, the jungle, the village, the wildlife, the traditions and so forth. It will be a Papua New Guinean-Romanian collaboration.

The Romanians are taking off from Port Moresby on November 30th  at 07:45 and land in M Hagen 09:15 on the same day (depending on flight schedules).

There are just 2 girls in the world that try to climb this 7 Volcanoes Circuit. The Russian Olga Rumyantseva who is 34 and the Romanian Alexandra Marcu who is 16.

If this European girl of 16 years old,  manages to climb Giluwe, it will be an hit for Mt. Giluwe as a tourism destination. Alexandra climbed Mount Blanc at 12 years old and Kilimanjaro at 13 and her records are very well known. She  is a name in the world of the climbers, trekkers and travellers the world over. 

For more of her climbing records, please do visit her blog HERE:

Mt. Giluwe, a view from the eastern side, photograph taken from Alkena village looking west into Mount Giluwe in 2007.

Climbing Mt. Giluwe - 7th Volcano Summits

PNG’s second highest peak, Mount Giluwe, in the Southern Highlands Province holds a greater potential of tourism attraction. It is not openly known that Mt. Giluwe is the highest volcano summit on the Australian Continent and highest in the Pacific Oceania region – thus a sleeping giant for greater tourist attraction. At a height of 4,367m above sea level, is an ancient extinct shield volcano with two prominent 400m high cones forming its summits. 

The original volcano on the site of Mt. Giluwe formed roughly 650,000–800,000m years ago, probably as a strato-volcano of similar height to the current peak. Extensive glaciation eroded away much of the peak, leaving a series of volcanic plugs which form the present-day summits. (Source: Wikipedia).

Well, it is now scheduled on the 3^rd December 2013 to create the history to plant an inscription at peak summit of Mount Giluwe by Alexandra Marcu who is coming all the way from Romania in Europe. This is the 5^th in her record to climb the summit by a 16^_years old Alexandra who is from Romania and had climbed many volcano summits in Europe. She started climbing volcano summits when she was only 12 years old. She will be coming to PNG on the 30 November 2013 with the company of her father Dan Marcu. The trip to Mt. Giluwe will start from Romania to Port Moresby, then to Mt. Hagen and to Tambul and the Giluwe. To read more about Alexandra Marcu’s adventurous trips around the world, click HERE. 

PNG Highlands Tours - Travel Information

This blog, the PNG Highlands Tours blog, is to provide travel information and advise as well as assist at the lowest cost possible the adventure lovers/travellers/tourists who wish to visit the highlands of Papua New Guinea. The highlands consists of 7 provinces/townships: 1) Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province; 2) Kundiawa, Simbu Province; 3)Mt. Hagen, Western Highlands Province; 4) Banz, Jiwaka Province; 5) Wabag, Enga Province; 6) Mendi, Southern Highlands Province; 7) Tari, Hela Province. Each highlands provinces has very unique cultural dancers, mountains, animals and various different tourist attractions. PNG is rich with some of the world rare species of animals and plants and mineral resources as well as oil and gas reserves. Most of those resources are found in the Highlands of PNG. For travel information and advise to the highlands of PNG as a tourists/researchers or for business travel, contact us for free information and advise. If you wish to travel and need assistance; we can offer you the best price compared to other tour operators in the highlands. We can tailor our packages to suit your budget, and provide some services free of charge in exchange to establish a relationship with the world over. For this year 2013, we are expecting 2 people travelling all the way from Romania in Europe to climb the 7th Volcano Summit and the highest volcano in the Pacific Oceania (Australian Continent)region - the Mount Giluwe, in the Southern Highlands Province. The travellers also write a blog; you can find them HERE. To visit Mt. Giluwe or for travel information for Mt. Giluwe, please contact us via email at: pacinter12@gmail.com

Welcome to the Highlands of PNG!

Welcome to the highlands of Papaua New Guinea. Media, the world over, had portrayed the country with much negativity. Many people who have never been to the highlands of this beautiful country may believe or accept the reported views. But as the saying stays, PNG is the land of unexpected, and the highlands of PNG is so vasted with many beautiful things and very friendly people. You'll hardly get a free assistance else where in the world but in the highlands of PNG - its different - an hospitality and warm welcome is always there - you'll hardly miss it - people will be always happy to help you. People who have visited the places in the highlands always talk about it and love the country. Towards the end of this year - 2013 (November), we are expecting a visit all the way from Europe. This is a father (Dan) and his daughter (Alexandra) who have a sincere desire to climb the Mount Giluwe, the highest volcano in the Pacific Oceania and considered the 7 volcanic summits. It is the second highest mountain in Papua New Guinea at 4,367 metres. It is located in the Southern Highlands province and is an old shield volcano with vast alpine grasslands. Dan and Alexandra have been travelling to other volcano summits and this is their fifth on their record. They have climbed other mountains in Iran, Mexico or Russia. More of their adventure is found HERE