Rainforest Habitat

Last week we had some friends from POC visiting for a few days. We took the opportunity to go to the Rainforest Habitat in Lae. On the way there, we took a wrong turn and ended up on a road that – well, let’s just say it was a good opportunity to figure out that the four wheel drive on our car works marvelously. You just never know when you might need that here, even when you live in the city.

The Rainforest Habitat is a great place to see a great variety of plants and animals native to PNG.

The Victoria Crowned Pigeon is the largest species of pigeon
in the world. It can grow to be over two feet tall.

Yes, it’s a croc. We’re glad they don’t show up in the wild
in Lae too often.

Crocs look pretty scary, but this cassowary
wouldn’t be a whole lot nicer to  meet in the wild.

Avigail was very excited to see all the animals.

PNG is well-known for its birds of paradise. They are beautiful
birds, but shy and especially hard to photograph well – even
in captivity. This will have to do (for now, we hope).