In a nutshell

Gain experience of our local informative knowledge of all Volcano sites and WWII history of the area.

Main stops

Rabaul Caldera
Rabaul Volcano Observatory center
Submarine base

The programme

The Rabaul caldera, or Rabaul Volcano, is a large volcano, derives its name from the town of Rabaul inside the caldera. The caldera has many sub-vents, Tavurvur being the most well-known for its devastating eruptions over Rabaul, the outer flanks of the highest peak, a 688-metre-high asymmetrical pyroclastic shield.
Rabaul town and area is continually threatened by volcanic activity because it is on the edge of Rabaul caldera. Rabaul was planned and built around the harbor area known as Simpsonhafen (Simpson Harbor) during the German New Guinea administration which controlled the region between 1884 and formally through 1919.
A visit to the Rabaul Volcano Observatory center will give your insight into the Caldera systems and view all the Caldera systems and vents.

Afterwards we visit the Submarine Japanese Base. Japanese used this area to provision submarines. It's located on the northern side of Rabaul, about 10 minutes from the town and it's a vertical reef wall that drops over 75 meters underwater. Japanese used it to provision submarines here during the war from a network of tunnels dug into the side wall.