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Papua New Guinea Travel

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WHY TRAVEL TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA? A trip to New Guinea is always specially, but it is perhaps more so during a festival. Here are two of our favorites:
Our wilderness lodges, scattered throughout Papua New Guinea, provide a high level of service, quality touring programs and professional guides. With nearly 800 languages and mountains over 14,000ft high – Papua New Guinea is an extraordinary destination.
Ambua Lodge is an inspired mixture of local architecture, spectacular views and modest luxury off the beaten track. Located at 7000 feet (2100 meters) in the PNG Southern Highlands, homeland of the Huli clan with their human hair wigs adorned with colourful flowers. Recipient of the 1991 Pacific Asia Travel Association's "Pacific Heritage Award" which sighted Ambua Lodge as "superb example of culturally sensitive and ecological responsible tourism". Ambua Lodge has thirteen species of birds of paradise close by and an amazing array of orchids. Lists of birds, orchids and other plants of the Ambua and Tari Gap area are available.
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Karawari Lodge, on a ridge overlooking the Karawari River, in the Sepik region, is a time-warped mixture of pre-technological and technoloical architecture - is the perfect base for some old-fashioned jungle, river and village exploration. You are in the middle of Arambak country-- locals pole dug-out canoes, the drums throb, the wild birds call, and, traditional village lifestyles continue largely unchanged. "Something like a National Geographic expedition. No roads. Thick jungle. Locals poling dugouts. Crocodiles. You wind up at the surprising Karawari Lodge. All kinds of comfort amidst a thousand miles of jungle." - Robin Kinhead, Chicago Tribune. Comprehensive lists of bird and orchid life of the Karawari area are available online.

 
The Gogodala Canoe Festival:
 
 
 
They recognize spirits, deities, totems and ancestors unique to their clans.
 

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Karawari LodgeThe Gogodala Canoe Festival: Unescorted tour This is where you are met by our guides at each of the towns or areas that you will travel to. Our guides will accompany you on your daily tours or treks and safely return you back to your accommodation. They will also accompany you back to your point of departure from that town or area. Basically you change guides as you change locations. At no time will you be left unaccompanied except whilst in the accommodation
29 April to 10 May 2010  
2 nights Airways Hotel, Port Moresby
3 nights Ambua Lodge, Southern Highlands
2 nights Karawari Lodge, Sepik Region
1 night Rondon Ridge, Western Highlands
2 nights MV Bensbach Wildlife Lodge, Western Province
   
ITINERARY IN BRIEF  
Thu, Upon your arrival in Port Moresby you will be met by Trans Niugini Tours staff and transferred to the Airways Hotel.
  Overnight Airways Hotel
Fri, In the morning you are transferred to Air Niugini and fly to Tari. The Tari Valley home of the Huli, a colourful and proud people still largely living the same way that their ancestors did. Ambua Lodge is high on the slopes of the Tari Valley with magnificent views of the valley below the surrounding peaks. The afternoon is spent exploring the area surrounding Ambua high mountain forests with roaring waterfalls beckon the intrepid traveler.
Overnight Ambua Lodge
Sat, Sun, A full day of ecological and culturally based touring are sure to satiate those yearning for discovery. The Tari area is home to an incredible 13 species of the birds of paradise, as well as numerous orchid species. Learn how the Huli live and they interact with their environment. Witness a colourful Huli dance.
  Overnight Ambua Lodge
Mon, Fly by charter aircraft to Karawari over some of the most rugged and impressive landscapes in the world. The country between Ambua and Karawari is an amazing array of jagged limestone that seems to rise and drop at impossible angles. sitting on a ridge above the Karawari River, Karawari Lodge boasts a spectacular view over hundreds of kilometers of dense tropical jungle. Inspired by local architecture and built with traditional materials, the Lodge provides modern comforts. After lunch, visit a traditional village and learn about the Karawari people.
Overnight Karawari Lodge
Tue, Wake up to the chattering of Lorikeets and Eclectus Parrots. After breakfast enjoying touring programs that provide Insight into the amazing ecology and culture of the Karawari area. Today, you will witness a traditional sing sing.
Overnight Karawari Lodge
Wed, Fly by charter aircraft from Karawari to Mount Hagen, vast tracts of dense tropical rainforest, eventually relent to the mountains, which reach towards the sky. Mount Hagen town is in the upper Wahgi Valley a valley with some of the oldest evidence of agriculture in the world. Half day tour of the Wahgi Valley.
Overnight Rondon Ridge
Thu Fly by charter aircraft from Mount Hagen to Balimo. Balimo, situated on the western banks of the Arima River is home to the Gogodala cultural group, known for their artistic skills in carving huge wooden canoes. The larger of these canoes can carry over 40 grown men at any one time to travel the massive waterways of the Papuan Delta. The Gogodala people also carve unique wooden images, plant and harvest yams, hunt wild game, fish in the tranquil waterways to live and remain a strong and vibrant culture. Full day at the spectacular Gogodala Canoe Festival. Board your charter aircraft and fly to Bensbach in the afternoon.
Overnight Bensbach Wildlife Lodge
Fri, Enjoy a full day of touring in the Bensbach Area.
  Overnight Bensbach Wildlife Lodge
Sat, . Fly by charter aircraft from Bensbach to Mount Hagen, to connect with your onward Air Niugini flight to Port Moresby. You will be met by Trans Niugini Tours staff and transferred to your hotel.
  Overnight Airways Hotel
Sun, You will be met by Trans Niugini Tours staff and transferred to your international departure flight.
  Overnight Airways Hotel
LAND COST DOES NOT INCLUDE: Domestic and international flights, gratuities, visa fees and services of a personal nature such as beverage, laundry charges, phone and fax bills etc. ADDITIONAL AIR CHARTER COST: US$1560.00;Special Note Regarding Charters: Maximum baggage allowance is 10kg per person and a maximum of 5kg carry on baggage per person. Large, hard sided suitcases are not permitted on charter aircraft. IMPORTANT NOTE: You are only to book and ticket the domestic Air Niugini flights together with your international flights. We will book the Air Charter flights. The Air Niugini flights you are to book and ticket

Papua New Guinea Travel - The Alotau Canoe & Kundu Festival tour is an unescorted 11-days/10-nights program.
Ambua Unescorted tour This is where you are met by our guides at each of the towns or areas that you will travel to. Our guides will accompany you on your daily tours or treks and safely return you back to your accommodation. They will also accompany you back to your point of departure from that town or area. Basically you change guides as you change locations. At no time will you be left unaccompanied except whilst in the accommodation . November 5th to November 15, 2010
The Morobe Show is one of the oldest festivals in Papua New Guinea. Originally a purely agricultural show, it is now Papua New Guinea's largest festival, maintaining its agricultural focus, but with a large cultural component. The agricutural component of the show allows visitors to learn about the modern PNG economy and to learn about how various agricultural products are grown and processed. The Morobe Show has perhaps the greatest variety of sing sing groups of any of Papua New Guinea's cultural festivals with in excess of 80 sing sing groups, representing 13 of Papua New Guinea's 19 provinces at the 2006 show. October 14 to October 26, 2010

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Axe and shopping net bagMount Hagen Show: Perhaps the most famous cultural show in Papua New Guinea!
The Mount Hagen Show brings together singsing groups from all over the country in an amazing conglomeration of color, beauty and culture. The Hagen show is held in August every year
Discoverer is an escorted 13 day/12 night program, featuring the Hagen Show. This programme includes a journey aboard the MV Sepik Spirit. 12 to 22 August 2010

Highlights is an unescorted 12 day/11 night program including the Mount Hagen Cultural Show. Beginning with attendance at the Mount Hagen show. A visit to the Karawari River and the Tari Valley showcase to the traveller two amazingly different parts of Papua New Guinea. 06 August - 17 August, 2010

Panorama - 6 to 17 August 2010- is a fully escorted 13 day/12 night program with the highlights being a three night journey on the mighty Sepik River, an area famous for its intricate carvings and infamous for its head hunting. The grand finale is the famous Mount Hagen Cultural Show which brings together sing sing groups from all over the country together in a bonanza of culture.

Vista -5 to 17 August 2010- is a fully escorted 14 day/13 night program including the Mount Hagen Cultural Show and a special 5 night expeditionary journey aboard the custom designed and built MV Sepik Spirit, to the Middle-Sepik Region and the rarely visited Upper-Sepik region.

The Gogodala Canoe Festival: The Gogodala Canoe Festival is a celebration of a great tradition amongst the Gogodala -- canoe racing. Held in the remote town of Balimo in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea, an unforgettable experience awaits, where a large fleet of colourfully decorated canoes, manned by up to 50 paddlers will compete for glory to be the fastest canoe amongst the Gogodala. The Balimo Gogodala Festival Tour is a 11 day/10 night programme which features a day at the Gogodala Canoe Festival. It also features stays in the Sepik Region, the Highlands and the extremely remote Bensbach (Torassi) region.


The Alotau Canoe & Kundu Festival Tour: November 5th to November 15, 2010 The Alotau Canoe & Kundu Festival Tour is an unescorted 11 day/10 night program. The highlight of the program being attendance at the War Canoe & Kundu Festival, a small and friendly cultural show, allowing attendees to interact with the performers. The Canoe & Kundu Festival is a celebration of culture and tradition of War Canoes and inherited Kundu drums. After the Canoe and Kundu Festival you will get a chance to discover other parts of Papua New Guinea, especially the highlands and the Sepik areas.

The Wahgi Sing Sing Program3 to 14 June 2010 is a 12 day/11 night program that takes you to some of the most remote and isolated parts on spaceship Earth. From the colourful Huli People of Tari Valley the program takes guests to Mt Hagen. Mount Hagen Town is in the upper Wahgi Valley - a valley with some of the oldest evidence of agriculture in the world. The program then takes guests to stay in a village guest house in Nondugl. Guests will be able to witness a genuine celebration of Wahgi culture and heritage which is the highlight of the program. This is a cultural show that allows intimacy, with a people who still live a subsistence lifestyle - much the same as they have for thousands of years.

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