Papua New Guinea: Mount Hagen Festival
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Arrive in Brisbane, where you are met and transferred to your hotel. Refresh from your travels and prepare for the exciting journey ahead. This evening, enjoy a welcome dinner served at the hotel.
Meals Provided : Dinner
Fly to Papua New Guinea, an island chain of undisturbed Indigenous tribes and sweeping natural beauty. Arrive in Port Moresby and visit the Port Moresby Nature Park, where you are introduced to the nation’s distinctive cultures and hundreds of rare native animal speci...
Early this morning, head out to the Sogeri Plateau and Varirata National Park. Enroute visit the Bomana War Cemetery, the largest World War II cemetery in the Pacific, where those who lost their lives fighting on Bougainville Island and the former territory of Papua a...
Fly to Mount Hagen. Upon arrival, embark on a visit to the highlands area, stopping at a local settlement of the iconic Huli tribe. These highland people are admired for the practice of bilas (elaborate body decoration), face painting and colorfully-decorated wigs of ...
Continue your explorations of the gorgeous highlands area of Mount Hagen in the fertile Wahgi Valley. Take a moment to admire the surrounding area filled with mountain ranges, covered with lush tropical rainforest, rugged limestone bluffs and valleys dotted with small...
This morning, board your charter flight to a private airstrip secluded deep within the riverine wilderness of the Sepik region. Upon arrival, Ride Like a Local by small boat to your lodge, where you are greeted with lunch. After settling in, embark on a river safari e...
Today, board ‘Sepik Spirit,’ your floating home for the next three nights. Settle into life aboard this three-level, 98-foot river cruiser. Onboard amenities include a lounge, dining room, bar, screened-in observation deck, air conditioning and nine comfortable cabins...
After breakfast aboard, disembark for a full-day excursion to the remote villages of Black Water Lake. Bask in your warm island welcome as you observe a way of life that has remained largely unchanged for centuries. Learn about the local rituals, warfare, ceremonies a...
Disembark onto the banks of Mumeri, a remote village whose people have preserved their ancestral traditions for centuries. Take in the same warm village welcome enjoyed here by pioneering anthropologist Margaret Meade over 80 years ago. Next, cruise to the confluence ...
This morning, fly by private charter to Mount Hagen. On approach, watch the mountains rise and then fall away as you descend into the verdant Wahgi Valley. Upon arrival, enjoy the first of two days at the Mount Hagen Cultural Show, a festive gathering of more than 50 ...
Enjoy another day experiencing the sing sing festival. Marvel as the participants engage in sing sings, lively ancestral songs and dances displaying their diverse and distinctive cultural heritages. Witness an unmatched spectacle of color, music and motion as heirloom...
Today, fly to Brisbane. Tonight, enjoy a farewell dinner and recap your amazing experience with your fellow travellers.
Meals Provided : Breakfast, Dinner
After breakfast, you are transferred to the airport for your departure.
Meals Provided : Breakfast
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