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Pana Numara village - bagi makers (NE side)
Anchorage · Central Calvados · Louisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea · also called Panaumala, Pana Umarla village
Open Pana Numara village - bagi makers (NE side) in the interactive mapHighlights
- Bagi and handicraft making
- Climb to the Coronation Tree
- Snorkelling off the picnic beach
The guide
- Position
- 11°08.98'S 152°47.05'E
- Depth
- 14 m
- Bottom
- coral with sand patches, holding good
- Water
- The village is short - people walk a long way for water. Don't count on any (2022).
- Notes
- Main village on the NE of the island, round from Hoba Bay - a very calm day anchorage (usually you'd stay in Hoba Bay). Large, nice village making bagi (shell money) and exceptional handicrafts - visitors can help weave a mat or hat or make a bagi necklace. Lots of canoes come to trade fruit and vegetables for fishing line, clothes and dive masks. A fence keeps feral pigs out of the gardens; people walk some way to collect water. Climb the hill to the Coronation Tree (planted when Queen Elizabeth was crowned) for the view. Three churches (UCM, CRC, United); picnic spot ashore and nice snorkelling. See the chief first.
- People
- Tracey - Sunday school teacher (2023); Robert - pastor (2023); Samual, Emiller (2023)
Our sketch map
Drawn by us from OpenStreetMap, Sentinel-2 and our GPS. Not for navigation.
More in the Central Calvados
Bagaman NW bay - Chief Noah's villageBagaman NE bay - Oisi village (the carvers)Bagaman south bayBagaman - anchorage 4 (east)Bobo EinaHoba Bay, Pana NumaraBlue Lagoon (Madnewan / Leiga lagoon)Gigila Island (Kuwanak village)Robinson's Anchorage, KunawakPana Wina - Pastor Paskel's village (west)Pana Wina north-side creek - CYCLONE HOLEPana Wina - Pana Bali (south side)Pana Wina - SW / river mouthHemenahei IslandSabara (Sabari) lagoonSabra NorthKimuta Island (Renard Islands)Baiwa islet (Renard Islands)Siwai Wa passage (west side)Chibudi PassDuna Labwa PassagePassage east of Wuri Wuri (no name)
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♥ Join us on PatreonOpen the interactive mapSources: SV Obiwan notes Oct 2022 (resources/guides) · cruiser notes (Zulu) via Ryan's waypoints (2023)
Thanks to SV Obiwan, other cruisers' notes (2023): their notes are summarised in our own words.
This guide is a set of personal cruising notes shared in good faith. Information can be out of date or wrong, and positions can be out by hundreds of metres. It is not a substitute for official charts and notices, your own eyes, local knowledge, or professional medical, legal or customs advice. You use it at your own risk: the skipper alone is responsible for the safety of the vessel and everyone on board, and the authors accept no liability for any loss, injury or damage arising from its use.
Thanks to SV Obiwan, other cruisers' notes (2023): their notes are summarised in our own words.
This guide is a set of personal cruising notes shared in good faith. Information can be out of date or wrong, and positions can be out by hundreds of metres. It is not a substitute for official charts and notices, your own eyes, local knowledge, or professional medical, legal or customs advice. You use it at your own risk: the skipper alone is responsible for the safety of the vessel and everyone on board, and the authors accept no liability for any loss, injury or damage arising from its use.