Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
How Do eSIM Plans Work?
Step 1: Purchase Your eSIM Data Pack
You'll receive an email with your eSIM after purchase, no matter where you are in the world.
Step 2: Receive Activation Details
You'll get a QR code or manual installation instructions via email and WhatsApp to activate your eSIM.
Step 3: Install And Activate Your New eSIM
Set up your eSIM before your trip, and once you reach your destination, enable the data plan to start using the internet.
Is My Mobile Phone eSIM Compatible?
- iPhone XR, XS, XS Max
- iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (2nd & 3rd gen)
- iPhone 12, Mini, Pro, Pro Max
- iPhone 13, Mini, Pro, Pro Max
- iPhone 14, Plus, Pro, Pro Max
- iPhone 15, Plus, Pro, Pro Max
- iPhone 16, Plus, Pro, Pro Max, 16e
- iPhone 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, 17e
- iPhone Air (eSIM only, no SIM tray)
- iPhone 18 Pro, 18 Pro Max
- iPhone Duo (foldable, eSIM only, no SIM tray)
- iPad Pro 11″ (2018+) & 12.9″ (2018+)
- iPad Air (2019+)
- iPad (2019+)
- iPad Mini (2019+)
- iPad 10th Gen (2022)
*Two eSIMs can be active at the same time on iPhone 13 and later. *iPhones from mainland China do not support eSIM. *Hong Kong/Macao models (except 13 mini, 12 mini, SE 2020, XS) lack eSIM. *US models of iPhone 14 and later do not have a physical SIM tray. *iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max are eSIM only in the US, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Guam, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. *iPhone Air and iPhone Duo have no SIM tray in any country. They run on eSIM only.
Explore Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea eSIM: Landed at Jacksons, Online Before the Hotel Shuttle Pulls Out
A prepaid tourist eSIM for Papua New Guinea travel, paid once, from USD 8.98 for a week of high-speed mobile data on an eSIM-ready iPhone or Android phone. Land at Port Moresby Jacksons from Brisbane, Cairns, Singapore or Manila, switch on data roaming and your phone is online before the hotel shuttle pulls out of the car park, with no roaming fees from home and no SIM registration queue at a carrier counter. It runs on the Digicel network, so your phone should automatically pick the strongest signal wherever you are, the QR code arrives by email within minutes and there is no physical SIM card to buy, register or swap. Install your eSIM on Wi-Fi at home and it activates the moment it connects in Papua New Guinea.
Coverage across Papua New Guinea
Coverage on the Digicel network takes in Port Moresby from Waigani and Boroko to Ela Beach and the Harbourside, Lae, Mount Hagen and Goroka in the Highlands, Madang, Alotau in Milne Bay, Kokopo and Rabaul in East New Britain, Kimbe and Wewak, with 4G in the towns and the provincial capitals. Connectivity thins on the Kokoda Track beyond Owers Corner, along the Sepik river, at the Tufi fjords and on the dive boats off Kimbe Bay and Milne Bay, as it does on every network, so save the offline map and the lodge pin before the charter flight and let the lodge Wi-Fi handle the big photo backups.
Which Papua New Guinea eSIM plan to choose
A week in Port Moresby runs on the 1 GB for 7 Days data plan at USD 8.98. Two weeks through the Highlands shows fits 2 GB for 15 Days at USD 16.98, and 5 GB for 30 Days at USD 33.98 covers a month of maps, WhatsApp and photos to the cloud, with 10 GB for 30 Days at USD 59.98 for the trip where the phone doubles as the hotspot for a laptop. Activation happens the first time the eSIM connects in Papua New Guinea, the clock on the days starts then, and if the data allowance runs low a top-up takes a minute online.
Beyond Papua New Guinea on the same trip
Carrying on to the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu or Fiji on the same Pacific loop? The Oceania eSIM covers Papua New Guinea on the same Digicel network along with the neighbouring islands and Australia and New Zealand on one install, from USD 2.98 for 1 GB over 7 days, so one QR code carries you from Port Moresby to Honiara and Port Vila. Based in Papua New Guinea the whole time? The country plan is the better value.
Choose a plan, check out and the QR code is in your inbox before the packing is finished; switch on data roaming at the gate and stay connected from the arrivals hall.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, but every SIM in Papua New Guinea has been registered in person since 2016 against your passport with a photograph, a local address and your occupation on the form, and the regulator is moving registration onto a digital ID scheme that visitors do not hold. The eSIM needs none of that: it is installed on Wi-Fi at home with nothing to register, and the hotel shuttle is confirmed before the luggage belt starts.
Yes at the start and finish and in every provincial town: Port Moresby, Owers Corner, Popondetta, Wewak and the Tufi airstrip all carry a signal on the Digicel network, with 4G in the towns. On the track itself between the villages, along the Sepik beyond Wewak and out at the Tufi fjords, connectivity thins, as it does on every network, so save the offline map and the lodge pin before you set off and plan the big uploads for the lodge Wi-Fi.
An eSIM is a digital SIM built into your phone. Instead of swapping a plastic card, you scan a QR code, or tap one link on a recent iPhone, and the plan installs in about a minute alongside your existing SIM. Your home number stays exactly as it is, and you can switch between plans in Settings whenever you like.
You pay once, from a few dollars, instead of a daily roaming charge, and there is no airport kiosk, no ID check and no card to swap. Buy it at home, install it on Wi-Fi, and you land with maps, ride apps and WhatsApp already working in the arrivals hall. If plans change, every eSIM tops up online in about a minute.
As a guide: 1 GB covers a week of maps, messaging and a few photos a day; 5 GB over a month suits social media and daily browsing; 20 GB or unlimited suits streaming, video calls and working on the road. If in doubt, start small: every plan tops up online in about a minute, so you never pay for data you will not use.
Yes. Our regional plans cover many destinations on one eSIM, so a multi-stop trip needs nothing new at each border: Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America, Africa, Oceania and a World eSIM for trips that cross regions. The countries included are listed on each regional plan page, and you can combine a regional plan with a country plan for the best value.
No. Most people are done in under two minutes: scan the QR code from the activation email, or on iPhone with iOS 17.4 or later simply tap the Direct Installation link in the same email and the eSIM installs itself. Step-by-step guides are here for iPhone guide and Android guide, our support team is on hand, and a refund guarantee covers you if the eSIM cannot be installed on your device.
Most phones from the last five years support eSIM, including every iPhone from the XR onwards and recent Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel models. Check your model in our compatibility guide before you buy. If your phone was bought on a carrier contract it may need to be unlocked first, which your carrier can do.
Open the activation email, then on iPhone go to Settings, Cellular, Add eSIM and scan the QR code, or tap the Direct Installation link on iOS 17.4 or later. On Android go to Settings, Connections, SIM Manager and scan. Most phones can scan the QR code straight from a screenshot in your photo gallery, so no second phone is needed. Once the eSIM appears in your cellular settings it is installed and ready. Full walkthroughs: iPhone guide and Android guide.
Install it any time before you travel, on Wi-Fi at home: the eSIM does not expire while it sits on your phone. When you land, switch it on and enable data roaming, and your days start counting from that first connection abroad, not from the day you bought it. You can also install on arrival, as long as you have Wi-Fi to download the eSIM.
Yes. Your phone runs as a dual SIM, with your home SIM and the travel eSIM side by side, and most phones store several eSIMs at once with one active for data at a time. Keep a plan for each country on your trip and switch between them in Settings as you cross borders.
Yes. Tethering is included on every plan, so your laptop or a second phone can share the connection whenever you need it.
Your connection pauses rather than charging you more. Top up online in about a minute using the link in your activation email, or in the Yabb app, and you are back online with the same eSIM.
The activation email includes a link to a live usage page for your eSIM, so you can see exactly how much data is left at any time and top up before it runs out.
Top local carriers at up to 5G speeds. The network for this destination is shown above the plans on this page, and the eSIM connects to it automatically when you land.
Choose a 90-day plan where one is offered, or top up your existing plan as you go. Either way the eSIM stays on your phone for the whole trip.
Travel eSIMs are data only, which is exactly why there is no ID or address check to buy one. Everything you normally use runs on the data: WhatsApp, FaceTime, iMessage, Uber, maps and your bank app. If you want a real phone number for calls and SMS abroad, our Yabb app gives you calls, texts and a temporary local number without roaming charges. In a few countries we also sell plans that include a local number, minutes and texts, shown in the plan name; those minutes and texts are for local calls and local texts within that country only.
Yes. WhatsApp, iMessage and Signal stay on your existing number with every chat intact; there is nothing to re-register. The eSIM simply supplies the data they run on.
Yes, with your home SIM left in the phone. The eSIM carries all your data, and most carriers deliver incoming text messages to your home number abroad at no charge, so one-time codes from your bank, Google, Airbnb and the rest arrive exactly as they do at home. Keep the home SIM switched on with data roaming turned off, and only the eSIM uses data. Two things to know before you fly: making a call or sending a text from the home SIM is what triggers roaming charges on most carriers, so leave calling and texting to WhatsApp and the like, and a few carriers do charge for incoming texts or block them abroad, so a quick check with your carrier before you leave settles it.