EM3d – TASTE OF THE SEPIK PACKAGE FOR INDEPENDENT TRAVELLERS 4 nights ex-Wewak To see prices, trip notes and detailed list of inclusions, click here to download the itinerary for EM15 in Acrobat (PDF) format.
Wewak market	DAY 1: WEWAK On arrival at Wewak airport you will be met by the hotel transfer vehicle and driven to the hotel for check-in. If arriving on a morning or early afternoon flight, a guide from the hotel will be made available to show you around Wewak town (walking). The hotel is situated close to the main commercial area, market and foreshore. The market has a wide variety of fresh produce and a selection of artefacts for sale. Overnight In Wewak Boutique Hotel, Wewak (standard single or twin room, includes breakfast only)
Angoram Lodge Chimondo culture house Sepik River transport	DAY 2: WEWAK / LOWER SEPIK 0700 Breakfast 0800 depart Wewak by private vehicle for the road trip to Angoram, a small river town on the Lower Sepik, a 2.5 hour drive. The drive features interesting scenery as the vehicle climbs via Passam through the Prince Alexander Range featuring high montane forest, and then down on to the Sepik plains, passing through grasslands interspersed with light tropical rainforest, gradually descending in altitude down to the river basin. At Angoram you will check in at Angoram Lodge and before departing on your day trip up the river. (Depending on the time, you may have an early lunch at the lodge or otherwise a picnic lunch will be provided by the lodge). From the lodge you will walk with your guide through the little Angoram township, past the police station and market down to the riverfront where your large motorised canoe will be waiting. Your upriver journey commences on the main Sepik River and then you will turn off to the left and motor up the Keram River, a major tributary of the Sepik. The first village up the Keram River is Chimondo, which has a large culture house with carved posts and ceiling decorated with painted traditional designs. Your canoe will stop here to enable you to examine the culture house before continuing upstream to Kambot. At Kambot the village people will be prepared with artefact displays and demonstrations of the traditional lifestyle. A unique artefact called the storyboard is produced in this village. A village cultural group will perform a sing-sing for you. Late afternoon, motor downstream back to Angoram. Overnight Angoram Lodge (includes all meals)
Village Guest house	DAY 3: LOWER SEPIK / WEWAK ISLANDS After breakfast, return to Wewak by road transfer. Stop at the Windjammer Beach Hotel for lunch (pay as you go). Your motor boat transfer to the Wewak Islands will be waiting for you at Windjammer beach at 1300 (1.00pm), Kairiru is a mountainous, forest-covered island with waterfalls and hot springs, a true tropical paradise. The Japanese had an operations base here during World War 2 and there are relics to see. Muschu is a low-set island surrounded by pretty beaches with great snorkelling reefs. You will stop at Muschu Island for an hour’s snorkelling (BYO mask and snorkel) before proceeding on to Kairiru Island. On arrival at Shagur village on the north (seaward) side of the island, there will be a village tour, rainforest walk, cultural entertainment and traditional style food for dinner. Overnight Polen Guest House, Kairiru Island (basic but comfortable accommodation, no electricity, all bedding and amenities supplied, includes all meals).
Dancers at Kairu Island	DAY 4: WEWAK ISLANDS Spend the day at Kairiru Island enjoying the beach, hot springs, rainforest, paddle a canoe, inspect the Japanese war relics, take a hike around the coastline from Shagur village to the waterfall and hot springs, go fishing with the village people etc. Late afternoon, water transfer back to Wewak, including a snorkelling stop at Muschu Island if desired. Overnight In Wewak Boutique Hotel, Wewak (standard single or twin room, includes breakfast only).
Kairu Island village	DAY 5: Fly out of Wewak.