BCN's Services

Scientific and Eco -Tourism in the PNG Highlands

Experience a flight in a bush plane over vast stretches of primary tropical forest. Land on a grassy airstrip in a remote Highland village. Discover the rhythms of life in a traditional village setting. Explore the forests and rivers of a community owned wildlife management area the size of Rhode Island. See some of the world's most outstanding diversity of birds including many species of birds of paradise, cassowaries, and hornbills. Feast on traditional village foods. And purchase authentic local handicrafts.

Or, if you are a scientist, discover new opportunities for doing ecological and sociological research in one of the most unique forest environments in the world. Live and work at the Wara Sera research station where tropical forest research has been conducted for more than a decade. Or live in a traditional village and draw on the rich local knowledge and traditions about the environment and other land use systems. And in all these efforts, receive full support in obtaining research visas, developing your research plan, and managing logistics.

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Rhinos and Elephants in Nepal

Come visit South Asia's premier wildlife viewing destination: Chitwan National Park in Nepal. Ride elephants into the forests and grasslands to see rhinos, deer, dozens of different birds, and maybe even a tiger. Spend the night in a community owned and operated wildlife observation house.

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