Our guide from Rockjumper is Eric and our local guide from Rockjumper is Joseph. Our travels in New Britain took us through Garu Forest and along the Kulu River. There are many palm tree plantations here - the fruit is used to make palm oil. In the evenings we wnet through the palm groves looking for a masked owl, which we never found. It is a challenge to find and only a few groups has seen him.
We also had the opportunity to pass through a village on our way to "Killer Ridge". One of the chiefs, named Joseph, was also our guide. The hill was steep but not too bad. The view from the top was gorgeous and we did see many different birds as we walked through the forest, such as the owl included on the previous post.
Local workers employed by the palm oil plantations.
Cute little baby at the Walindi Plantation Resort.
Garu Forest.
Joseph, our local Rockjumper guide.
Fellow birders looking at the violaceous coucal.
Fruits made into palm oil.
Local young woman.
Man harvesting the palm fruits.
Kulu River where we found the spotted whistling ducks and the kingfisher.
Pretty flowers.
Nice young man at the resort.
Yes, he just makes himself at home. There were three big dogs there. Makes me miss Shorty, Fionnegan and Gunnarr.
Mother and daughter in a village.
There is a crake in there somewhere! Kulu Rivr scene.
Resort bungalow.
Joseph, a local chief and guide through his village. hefound the boolbook owl for us.
One of the village chiefs.
Tea break.
Cassava, also known as tapioca.
Taro patch. Many plants are dying because of the drought.
Our local guides.
She is cute and shy.
We also had the opportunity to pass through a village on our way to "Killer Ridge". One of the chiefs, named Joseph, was also our guide. The hill was steep but not too bad. The view from the top was gorgeous and we did see many different birds as we walked through the forest, such as the owl included on the previous post.
Local workers employed by the palm oil plantations.
Cute little baby at the Walindi Plantation Resort.
Garu Forest.
Joseph, our local Rockjumper guide.
Fellow birders looking at the violaceous coucal.
Fruits made into palm oil.
Local young woman.
Man harvesting the palm fruits.
Kulu River where we found the spotted whistling ducks and the kingfisher.
Pretty flowers.
Nice young man at the resort.
Yes, he just makes himself at home. There were three big dogs there. Makes me miss Shorty, Fionnegan and Gunnarr.
Mother and daughter in a village.
There is a crake in there somewhere! Kulu Rivr scene.
Resort bungalow.
Joseph, a local chief and guide through his village. hefound the boolbook owl for us.
One of the village chiefs.
Tea break.
Cassava, also known as tapioca.
Taro patch. Many plants are dying because of the drought.
Our local guides.
She is cute and shy.
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