Must-see attractions in Rabaul

  • New Guinea Club & Rabaul Museum

    Rabaul

    Established in 1933, the New Guinea Club was a businessmen’s club with strict guidelines for membership, although that didn't prevent a young Errol Flynn…

  • Vulcanology Observatory

    Rabaul

    A worthwhile site is the Vulcanology Observatory, about 900m off Tunnel Hill Rd, from where you can enjoy million-dollar views over the bay and the…

  • Admiral Yamamoto’s Bunker

    Rabaul

    There are Japanese tunnels and caverns in the hillsides around Rabaul, though nearby to the Rabaul Museum is Admiral Yamamoto’s Bunker. It is rather…

  • Japanese Peace Memorial

    Rabaul

    The Japanese Peace Memorial, the main Japanese memorial in the Pacific, is dignified and testament to the forgiveness of the local people. There’s another…

  • Catholic Church

    Rabaul

    The barn-like St Francis Xavier's Co-Cathedral was built in 1965 replacing the much more attractive original building, which was destroyed in WWII.

  • Shipwreck

    Rabaul

    A shipwreck in Simpson Harbour.