Deka Deka Island, Papua New Guinea
Deka Deka Island is a tiny, uninhabited forested islet in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, off the southeast tip of Logea (Rogeia) Island in East Channel near Samarai. More about Deka Deka Island →
Cruise Ships in Deka Deka Island
No ships are scheduled in Deka Deka Island yet
New calls appear here as cruise lines publish them.
Getting to the Deka Deka Island cruise port
Driving to the port
No road town or airport on the islet. Passengers on any future direct call would follow the ship’s own landing plan; historically this stop was paired with Samarai. No town-to-quay passenger routes apply.
Eating in Deka Deka Island
No visitor dining venues researched on the islet; bring water and food from the ship if going ashore.
About Deka Deka Island
Deka Deka Island is a tiny, uninhabited forested islet in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, off the southeast tip of Logea (Rogeia) Island in East Channel near Samarai. It belongs to the Logea group within the Samarai Islands of the Louisiade Archipelago — not the Trobriand Islands farther north.
The islet is only a few hundred metres across, fringed by coral and sand, among a cluster of larger islands that once made Samarai a colonial trading town. There is no conventional cruise terminal on Deka Deka itself. Expedition programmes have historically paired time here with Samarai; no current first-party cruise-line page lists an upcoming call.
- Climate
- Papua New Guinea's Department of Foreign Affairs describes the country as basically tropical but varied. In the lowlands, mean annual maxima are about 30–32 °C and minima about 23–24 °C, with little seasonal temperature change. Rainfall rather than temperature defines the seasons and depends on southeast trade winds and the northwesterly monsoon, plus latitude, elevation and exposure. On the extreme southeast of the country (Milne Bay), the southeasterlies blow for about seven months (May to November). Scoped as official national lowland / Milne Bay regional climate — not island-specific station normals (PNG National Weather Service published no usable Deka Deka or Samarai normals table for this research).
- Time zone
- Papua New Guinea Time
- Currency
- PGK