Geima Guesthouse
Setting off from Kambama village
Jene Village
With the chief at Mapuma Village
Tiwai's communities preserving their forest heritage
There are eight village communities around Tiwai Island, all part of the scheme to preserve the forest and its wildlife. You can visit them all on a walk around the Tiwai Heritage Trail.
Each village has its own distinctive character. They have small farms growing staple foods including rice, coffee and a range of vegetables. They produce kola nuts and sell some to Karma Kola for the production of soft drink. Some of the villages have artisanal mines.
Boma is notable for having a woman chief. Geima is notable for its new guesthouse. The eight villages are:
You can visit all the villages on foot walking the Tiwai Heritage Trail. And you can travel between some of them along the river: the picture above shows people waiting for an early morning ferryboat. There's more information about the trail and details of it are available here.