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EM30 SOUTHERN NEW GUINEA BATTLE SITES TOUR: (Minimum
4 people) Port Moresby, Alotau, Lae, Popondetta, Kokoda: 10 days 9 nights Price Package To print out this itinerary, download in Adobe Acrobat PDF format first |
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Day 1-PORT MORESBY: Arrive Port Moresby from Cairns on flight PX093 at 1325. You will be met on arrival by the Gateway Hotel Courtesy bus that will transfer you to your hotel to check in. At 1430 Ecotourism Melanesia will take you on a tour of the city including the botanical gardens and Bomana War Cemetery. Overnight Gateway Hotel, Port Moresby (room only) |
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Day 3-ALOTAU:
Day trip by motor boat to Wagawaga Village across the bay from Alotau
for beachwalking, snorkelling or swimming, walk to the
waterfall, feed tame giant eels in the village stream, walk around
the village, meet the locals. Includes picnic lunch.
OR Day trip by road to the East Cape stopping at villages, points of interest, skull caves and picnic lunch on Biwa Beach. Overnight Napatana Lodge (includes dinner). |
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4-ALOTAU/PORTMORESBY/LAE: Transfer to Alotau’s Gurney Airport for flight PX155 departing at 0725hrs arriving in Port Moresby at 0825hrs. Connects with PX102 to Lae departing at 1130hrs and arriving 1215hrs. Nadzab is 45 minutes by road from Lae city. You will be met on arrival at the airport by Morobe Tours who will transfer you and check you in at the Melanesian Hotel before taking you on a tour of Lae city including the Lae War Cemetery and the Melanesian Arts Centre where books on PNG and artifacts from all over the country can be viewed and purchased. Overnight Melanesian Hotel, Lae (room only). |
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5-SALAMAUA: Today you will visit Salamaua, the scene of the Battle of Salamaua and the site of an important Coastwatchers position during WW2. This will be an enjoyable coastal jaunt aboard the local charter boat MV Emven Joy and includes morning tea and lunch on board. At Salamaua a local guide will lead you to a variety of war relics and for anyone feeling fit enough there is a hike up Coastwatchers Ridge to see the commanding view of the coast. Overnight Melanesian Hotel, Lae (room only). |
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6-PORT MORESBY: Early morning flight to Port Moresby and check your baggage in for storage at the Gateway Hotel. Ecotourism Melanesia will take you on a day trip by heavy vehicle up the majestic Sogeri Gorge and along a bumpy access road to Owers Corner, the southern end of the Kokoda Track. Here you may meet weary trekkers arriving along the Track from Kokoda and study the informative memorials normally only witnessed by those who walk the Track. Here you can walk a few minutes along the path to get a taste of the Kokoda Track experience even if you are unable to ever walk the whole Track, which is a gruelling experience only for the very fit. If time allows you may even walk with our guide down to the first water crossing at Goldie River and back, which takes about thirty minutes down and an hour to walk back up. Tour includes picnic lunch. Overnight Gateway Hotel, Port Moresby (room only) |
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Day 7-POPONDETTA: |
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8-KOKODA: Today, Pol will accompany you from Popondetta to Kokoda on a chartered PMV truck. This is a three hour trip and the road is bumpy in places, but there are stops along the way and plenty to see. You will arrive at Kokoda in time for a late lunch and a swim in the beautiful crystal clear river. Hospitality is at Kokoda Mountain View Lodge with local identity Priscilla Ogomeni. There are a number of memorials to visit and there will be time to walk a short distance up the Kokoda end of the Track. |
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9-PORT MORESBY: Today you will travel back to Port Moresby, either by direct flight from Kokoda to Port Moresby or by return road trip to Popondetta in the morning with afternoon flight to Port Moresby. Direct flights from Kokoda to Port Moresby are only on Wednesday mornings and Sunday mornings. Overnight Gateway Hotel, Port Moresby (room only) Day 10-DEPARTURE PNG: Fly from Port Moresby to Cairns on Air Niugini flight PX090 departing Port Moresby 0930, arriving Cairns 1055. |
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INCLUSIONS: - all economy class airfares ex-Cairns (CNS POM GUR POM LAE POM PNP POM CNS) (all docs) – strict airfare conditions apply - meet and greet at Port Moresby airport on arrival and during each transit - three nights Gateway Hotel Port Moresby (premier twin rooms) with transfers, room only (pay as you go for meals, cash or credit card) - Port Moresby city familiarisation tour including Bomana War Cemetery - two nights at Napatana Lodge, Alotau (deluxe twin rooms) with transfers, includes dinner - one day Milne Bay battlefields tour and choice of one day Wagawaga Village trip OR one day East Cape trip - two nights Melanesian Hotel, Lae (premier twin rooms) with transfers, room only - Lae city familiarisation tour including War Cemetery and WW2 sites, and airport transfers - day trip by charter boat from Lae to Salamaua including picnic lunch and morning tea, local guide at Salamaua - day trip by road from Port Moresby to Owers Corner, includes picnic lunch - one night at Lamington Lodge Hotel, Popondetta, with airport transfers, room only - guided day tour of Popondetta battle sites including Peace Park, Buna, Gona, Girua and lunch at Siremi Village. - return road transfers from Popondetta to Kokoda - one night accommodation at Kokoda Mountain View Lodge, includes lunch, dinner, breakfast - one way flight from Kokoda to Port Moresby in lieu of return Popondetta-Port Moresby sector, if available |
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