Driving in Papua New Guinea: licence, roads and tolls

Not a self-drive country. Vehicles come with drivers, and the reasons are security rather than paperwork.

• Official travel advice warns against driving alone, particularly at night and in Port Moresby, Lae and the Highlands. Carjacking is the specific risk named.
• Hire almost always comes with a driver through a hotel or tour operator, and that is the normal arrangement for residents too.
• There is no road link between Port Moresby and Lae or most of the country: internal flights are the transport network.
• Traffic drives on the left and the roads outside towns are unsealed and rough.
• The Highlands Highway is the one long route and it is driven in convoy and in daylight.