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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:
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Gogodala Canoe Festival:
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They recognize spirits, deities, totems and ancestors unique to their clans.
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Papua New Guinea Travel
The 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 |
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| 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 |
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| ITINERARY IN BRIEF |
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| Thu, |
Upon your arrival in Port Moresby you will be met by Trans Niugini Tours
staff and transferred to the Airways Hotel. |
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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. |
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Overnight Ambua Lodge |
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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. |
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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. |
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Overnight Karawari Lodge |
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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. |
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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. |
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Overnight Rondon Ridge |
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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. |
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Overnight Bensbach Wildlife Lodge |
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Enjoy a full day of touring in the Bensbach Area. |
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Overnight Bensbach Wildlife Lodge |
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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. |
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Overnight Airways Hotel |
| Sun, |
You will be met by Trans Niugini Tours staff and transferred to your
international departure flight. |
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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.
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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Mount 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.
Ask for deatils on the Papua New Guinea Sing. |