Papua New Guinea: The Goroka Festival
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Upon arrival in Brisbane, you are met by an Abercrombie & Kent representative and transferred to your hotel. Refresh from your travels and prepare for the exciting journey to come. This evening, enjoy a welcome dinner served at the hotel.
Meals Provided : Dinner
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight to Papua New Guinea, an island chain of undisturbed Indigenous tribes and sweeping natural beauty. Arrive in Port Moresby and connect to Mount Hagen.
Meals Provided : Breakfast, Dinner
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...
Fly by private charter to Karawari, where you Ride Like a Local from shore to board ‘Sepik Spirit,’ your floating home for the next three nights. Settle into life aboard this three-level, 98-foot river cruiser featuring a lounge, dining room, bar, screened-in observat...
After breakfast on board, disembark for a full-day excursion to the remote villages of Black Water Lake. Bask in a warm island welcome as you observe a way of life that has remained largely unchanged for centuries. Learn about the local rituals, warfare, ceremonies an...
Disembark to visit 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 of the Kr...
This morning, fly by private charter to Mount Hagen. Upon arrival, travel overland through the upper Wahgi Valley, a rich, fertile farmland that witnessed some of the world’s earliest agriculture. Continue to Rondon Ridge for spectacular panoramas of the verdant valle...
After breakfast at the lodge each of the next two days, transfer to the airport for your convenient, privately chartered flight to the Goroka Show, a two-day celebration of Papua New Guinea’s independence. This vibrant kaleidoscope of song and dance draws over 100 loc...
Enjoy another opportunity to immerse yourself in the dazzling spectacle of the Goroka Show. This afternoon, fly to Port Moresby, a capital of sprawling suburbs scattered throughout the hills, and transfer to your accommodations nestled in a lush botanical garden. Toni...
Fly to Brisbane, where tonight you 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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