Hillcrest International School is located in Papua, Indonesia, on the top of a grassy plateau overlooking Lake Sentani and shadowed by Mt. Cyclops. Though close to the capital of Papua, Jayapura, the HIS campus is spacious and isolated from the traffic of everyday life.

Despite its rural surroundings, the school is equipped with the modern technology that's available to most first-world schools. The faculty is multicultural: American, Canadian, Australian, French, British, Korean, and Indonesian teachers and administrators come together to create a diverse academic and social mosaic. Students come from nations scattered across the globe, and, combined with the distinctive staff, create a culture of their own. Caught between contrasting worlds—city and jungle, advanced and developing—HIS provides a dynamic educational experience.