Oceania

Solomon Islands

Location

Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea.

Permission is required before the use of beaches, footpaths, etc. Personal security, general travel, navigation, hot weather injuries, personal hygiene, sanitation / sterilisation, clothing & equipment, emergency first aid, cultures / customs, communications, emergency shelters. Swimming not advised around the sea at Honiara, due to sharks, bristle-worms, stinging coral and sea urchins.

Use bottled water only.

Mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls.

Tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather.

Typhoons, but rarely destructive; geologically active region with frequent earth tremors; volcanic activity. Tidal waves can occur.

Hepatitis A, malaria, meningitis, polio, typhoid.
Hospital: Central hospital, Honiara. Tel: 23 600

Deforestation; soil erosion; many of the surrounding coral reefs are dead or dying.

Very few roads, most are heavily potholed and in some areas bridges have collapsed. Standards of driving and vehicle maintenance are poor.

For more in-depth general information please download our Preparation and Training document.