Vanimo is a small township with an economy based around the timber
industry. Logging company Vanimo Forest Products, which is owned by
Malaysian company Rimbunan Hijau, is the chief employer.
Vanimo
is known to be a great surfing destination. It has a reputation of
having the most consistent waves in Papua New Guinea. Surfing season is
mid October through to late April.
Vanimo also is a popular
destination for foreign workers in Papua/Indonesia who need to leave the
country in order to renew their visas. In this case they come over for a
day to visit the Indonesian consulate, stay in one of the hotels along
the "sundaun-road" and head back to the border 24 hours later.
The boardriders' club at Lido Village were the subject of a report on Australia's Dateline current affairs program
