PUI is the airport code for Pureni, a small airstrip and settlement in the Hela Province of the highlands of Papua New Guinea, in the country's rugged and remote interior. This is part of the Southern Highlands region, the homeland of the Huli people, famous for their striking traditional dress, including the decorated wigs of the Huli wigmen, made from human hair and adorned with feathers and flowers. The area is one of dramatic mountains, valleys and gardens, densely populated in places yet hard to reach, and in recent times shaped by major natural-gas development in Hela. It is not a conventional tourist destination and has minimal services. Pureni is reached by light aircraft to its airstrip and by rough highland roads, and travel here needs local arrangements and current advice on conditions. The climate is cool and wet, typical of the New Guinea highlands, with heavy rainfall.
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