Boroko Location Profile

Overview

Buy$1M - $5M

Rent$0 - $0

For Sale11 Homes

For Rent33 Homes

Boroko, named after the local word for "gumtree," harkens back to a time when the suburb was covered in these trees before development took hold. From its tranquil beginnings near Jacksons Airport, Boroko has transformed into one of Port Moresby’s vibrant city suburbs, each with its own distinct character, attractions, and rich history. It’s a melting pot of diverse ethnicities, offering a unique cultural experience.

Navigating Boroko can be both exciting and overwhelming, with an abundance of choices—whether it’s shops, schools, sports facilities, or the local community. When searching for a place to live, everyone seeks affordability, accessibility, versatility, security, and aesthetic appeal. It’s important to carefully consider the suburb and its neighborhoods before making a decision in a city like Port Moresby.

Boroko’s prime location offers the convenience of multiple shopping centers within a five-minute drive, regardless of where you are in the suburb. This makes it an ideal location for families, especially with the variety of public and private schools available. The suburb is also home to major sporting venues, including Bisini Parade sporting facilities and the National Football Stadium, which regularly hosts international rugby league matches.

Once the heartbeat of Port Moresby’s city life in the '80s and '90s, Boroko has a history as vibrant as the red, black, and white colors of Papua New Guinea's flag. Though it has ceded some of its former glory to Waigani’s Vision City Mega Mall, Boroko has persevered, maintaining its status as a desirable and livable suburb.

You may find it overwhelming with all the choices; shops, schools, sport facilities, wantoks and of course the road conditions, whether it’s accommodation to rent or buy. We all want our abodes to be effectively affordable, accessible, versatile, secure and have aesthetic appeal, followed by carefully considering the suburb and indeed the neighborhood in a city like Port Moresby, before you even begin your search.

With a smemorable past, Boroko was once the epicenter of Port Moresby’s city life between the ‘80s and ‘90s. The suburb, though it has lost most of its appeal to Waigani’s Vision City Mega Mall, it has come a long way to maintaining its dignity as a livable suburb to date.

Key Information

Boroko is considered to be a well established suburb for families as various public and private schools, medical clinics, sporting facilities and shops can be found here. With popular schools including the Port Moresby International High School and St Josephs International Catholic College, Boroko caters for the main private highschools in Port Moresby.

Things To Do in Boroko

Boroko, being one of the well established suburbs during the mid to late 1900's has a balance of small shopping arcades particularly around Tabari Place and Okari Street.

Popular centres to visit include Trophy Haus Boroko and just across the road is Garden City which has liquor stores, print shops and food outlets nearby.

Further down Angau Drive, you will come across Brian Bell Shopping Centre and Tango, offering multiple levels of shopping for household items and clothing.

Popular landmarks in Boroko include the National Football Stadium, Tabari Place and Okari Street.

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Okari Street in Boroko offers popular food outlets including Big Rooster, King Kakaruk and DFC while new and trendy outlets are opening up such as Dirty Kitchen, just at the corner of Hagwa Street and Vaivai Avenue.

Dirty Kitchen has a small menu but has returning customers with it's salvating beef burgers or crispy fried chicken burgers. A milktea bar is also within this outlet making this a great spot for the weekend brunch with friends.

The well known fast food outlets such as Big Rooster and DFC offer the popular lunch packs for a quick and tasty meal.

If you're looking for fine dining, City Point Restaurant offers yummy Asian food, while the Cellar Restaurant is just around the corner on Taurama Road offering the popular curry nights on Friday.