Suzanne Noakes

Australian Suzanne Noakes has been traveling in Melanesia for the last two decades, leading trips in Papua New Guinea for private groups, university alumni and conservation associations, and has developed a deep understanding of Papua New Guinea's people, culture, language, flora and fauna.

She is a share holder of a sustainable tourism company that lobbies overseas governments to alleviate poverty through tourism initiatives, and is pursuing her master's degree in this field. She sponsors such initiatives as mosquito net distribution, teacher scholarships, first aid distribution along with improved water collection projects throughout the country. Her expertise, energy, rapport with the local people and warm personal style receives the highest praise from our travelers, making Suzanne an unsurpassed tour leader in the Land of the Last Unknown.