SOLOMON ISLANDS the wilderness lodge  8° 47´S ° 14´E

 

hiking and bushwalk images

 

 

 

above Madou Creek

 

 

 

Madali from the coral cliffs above

 

 

 

Pandanus forest, Madali

 

 

 

subsistence gardens above Peava Village

 

 

 

big timber - old growth forest above Kavolavata River Valley

 

 

 

Upper reaches of the Kavolavata River, central Gatokae

 

 

 

Dugout canoe under construction deep in the forest.

 

 

 

View from top Bulo terrace across to Malemale Island

 

 

 

lush lowland epiphytes above Kavolavata River Valley

 

 

 

baka endeve (sago palm leaf gathering) crew - Kabolo Wetlands

 

 

 

boulder beach - Kele River, Gatokae Weather Coast

 

 

 

Rainforest giant - untouched old growth rainforest, central Gatokae

 

 

 

footpath between Peava and Kio villages - pic courtesy James

 

 

 

the Madali coast looking north-east

 

 

 

waterhole, Kele River - on the way to Biche

 

 

 

tributary, upper Kele River

 

 

 

Kele River looking seawards

 

 

 

Manggotu Lagoon - on the way to Kele River and Biche

 

 

 

untouched lower montane forest

 

 

 

view northeast from Matengele fortress sites

 

 

 

Subsistence gardening, above Peava Village - photo courtesy of Barbie Muller

 

 

 

mature endeve (sago palm) tree - Kabolo Wetlands

 

 

 

kalala (strangler fig) tree shrouded in mist, Kavolavata River Valley

 

 

 

bat cave near Ropiko

 

 

 

bridge over Lera Creek - on the way to Kavolavata Village - pic courtesy of James