Samarai Isl

Papua New Guinea

Samarai is a tiny island town off the southeastern tip of Papua New Guinea, in Milne Bay Province. Once a thriving colonial port — the region's commercial hub before WWII — it was largely destroyed in the war and never regained its size. Visitors see the island's faded colonial atmosphere, the church and remaining buildings of its heyday, the surrounding islands and reefs of the China Strait, and the legacy of a once-great Pacific port.