Papua New Guinea Travel Guide

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Shopping

A wide range of crafts is available in shops; alternatively, visitors can buy directly from villagers. Favorite buys include local carvings of ceremonial masks and statuettes from Angoram and the Sepik, Buka basketry, arrows, bows and decorated axes, crocodile carvings from the Trobriands, pottery and local art.

Shopping hours: Mon-Fri 0900-1700, Sat 0900-1300 (some open longer and/or Sunday).

Currency

Kina (PGK; symbol K) = 100 toea. Notes are in denominations of K100, 50, 20, 10, 5 and 2. Coins are in denominations of K1, and 50, 20, 10, 5, 2 and 1 toea.

Currency Exchange

Exchange facilities are available through trade banks.

Credit Cards, Debit Cards, and ATMs

American Express is the most widely accepted credit card; MasterCard and Visa are often accepted as well.

Travelers Checks

Accepted by most shops and hotels. To avoid additional exchange rate charges, traveler's are advised to take traveler's checks in US Dollars, Pounds Sterling or Australian Dollars.

Currency Restrictions

There are no restrictions on the import of local or foreign currency. The export of local currency is restricted to K200 and foreign currency to the equivalent of K10,000.

Banking Hours

Mon-Thurs 0845-1500, Fri 0845-1600.

Exchange Rate

These rates are a guide only, and, although updated regularly, are subject to change as they are not openly tradable currencies. The Currency Exchange section above details the most commonly used currency in this country.