Budget
Women's Guesthouse
Located in Tari. Tari is tiny so just ask the locals to point you the right way. Contains perhaps 20 beds in 4 bedroom rooms. Water and electricity are off and on. Has a small stove. Surrounded by fence and protected by guard. Good place to get info on visiting local villages and experiencing the Wigmen culture.
Warili Lodge
A stones throw down the road from Ambua Lodge is the more rustic Warili Lodge that is run by locals, is only $20/night, and offers birdwatching as good as, or better, than what is offered at Ambua Lodge.
Splurge
Ambua Lodge
There is a very expensive lodge $200/night! that sits on the edge of Tari basin called Ambua Lodge that is run by Australians. This lodge is "an inspired mixture of local architecture, spectacular views and modest luxury off the beaten track." It is in the Tari Gap 2100 metres in the PNG Southern Highlands, which is the homeland of the Huli clan with their human hair wigs adorned with colourful flowers. It borders on the mid-montane rain forest and grasslands which gives a spring feeling all year round. This lodge won the 1991 Pacific Asia Travel Association's Pacific Heritage Award which sighted due to it's "superb example of culturally sensitive and ecological responsible tourism."
