River Houses

River Houses

The town of Kiunga is very close to the border between Papua New Guinea and West Papua, which is part of Indonesia. Today, we travelled by boat along the Fly River and its tributaries deep into forested areas. Many people live along the river in houses built on stilts. The water levels in the area can change significantly from one day to the next as we were to find out.

Country: Papua New Guinea
Location: Kiunga
Date taken: 15/07/2012