 Papua New Guinea Eco-tours |
EM34 MAINLAND NEW GUINEA
SIGHTSEEING TOUR - 21 days for INDEPENDENT
TRAVELLERS (FIT 1-4 people) |
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 Hanuabada stilt village, Port Moresby |
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1 PORT MORESBY Arrive Port Moresby. Ecotourism Melanesia staff will meet you on arrival and transfer you to your hotel, followed by a short tour of Port Moresby if time allows; the national museum and the botanical gardens are popular for sightseeing. Overnight Gateway Hotel (includes meals). Day 2 PORT MORESBY / GOROKA Morning flight from Port Moresby to Goroka. Check in at the Bird of Paradise Hotel followed by a short familiarisation tour of Goroka town. After lunch, a half-day tour to the beautiful Asaro Valley to see a performance of the Asaro Mud men. Overnight Bird of Paradise Hotel, Goroka (includes meals). |
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 Eastern Highlands village house |
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3 Day trip from Goroka to the Henganofi district for a visit
to Menehave village. Here, you will be hosted by a village family for
the day that will show you the ins and outs of daily life in this village.
This will include a walk to the gardens, lunch in your host's house,
and demonstrations of cooking, making handicrafts, house building and
other traditions. Includes village-style lunch. Overnight Bird of Paradise Hotel, Goroka Day 4 Today you will be transferred by road from Goroka to Mt Hagen via the magnificent green Daulo Pass and the very scenic Chimbu Province. Photo stops will be made en route. Arrive at Haus Poroman Lodge in time for lunch, and afterwards a visit to the beautiful orchid garden. Overnight Haus Poroman Lodge (roundhouse room, includes meals). |
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5 Full day tour of Mt
Hagen and district including Waghi Valley coffee and tea plantations,
scenic views and village cultural centre, includes packed lunch. Overnight
Haus Poroman Lodge. Day 6 In the morning, visit a nearby village in a relaxed setting. After an early lunch, transfer to the airport for your scheduled flight to Madang with Airlink. Madang Resort Hotel will meet you and transfer you. The rest of the day is free for you to explore the waterfront market and handicraft stalls in this friendly tourist town. Overnight Madang Resort Hotel (includes meals). Day 7 Full day tour of Madang including Balek wildlife sanctuary, Bilbil pottery village, historical Alexishafen Mission and a harbour cruise. Overnight Madang Resort Hotel (includes meals). |
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 Muschu Island |
Day 8 Morning flight to Wewak with Airlink. On arrival, you are met and escorted to the nearby beach to board your boat transfer to Kairiru Island, arriving in time for lunch at the Polen Guest House. Here, local villagers have worked hard to prepare a menu of cultural activities which both entertain and teach visitors about the culture of the wewak Islands (Kairiru, Muschu and Walis), through traditional singsings, music and drama. By day you will explore this scenic island, site of a Japanese military outpost in World War 2 and home to hot springs and explorable caves. In the evenings, the village cultural groups will fill the night with dance and song – and some very funny drama about courtship practices – on the lawns in front of the guest house. Ovenight Polen Guest House (includes local style meals). | ||||||||||||||
 Sepik artifacts |
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9 At Kairiru Island. Late afternoon boat transfer to Wewak,
dropoff and overnight Windjammer Beach Hotel (includes meals). Day 10 Today, a full day excursion to the Sepik River. Departing from the hotel at 4am you will be driven four hours to Angoram on the Lower Sepik River. Here you will transfer to a motor canoe and travel up the Keram River to Chimondo, a tributary of the Sepik, arriving in time for lunch, a traditional Sepik feast prepared for you. The people here have established a village cultural centre which will be your base for the day as the villagers take you around their village, demonstrate their various customs and show how they carve artifacts to decorate their men’s spirit houses. Late in the afternoon you will return down river to Angoram where your vehicle will be waiting to drive you back to Angoram, arriving approximately 10pm. The hotel will keep dinner hot for you. |
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 Dali beach, Vanimo |
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11 After a late breakfast, transfer to Wewak airport for your
flight along the northern coastline to Vanimo. An overnight stay in
Vanimo will be necessary to allow time to obtain a visa from the Indonesian
consulate for your visit to
Jayapura. Check in at the
Vanimo Beach Hotel and spend the rest of the afternoon on beautiful
Dali Beach right outside your front door. Swim or stroll along the beach,
or explore the Vanimo chinese shops for the afternoon while your visa
is being processed. Overnight Vanimo Beach Hotel (meals not included:
pay as you go). Day 12 After an early breakfast and with your freshly stamped passport in hand, a transfer vehicle and guide will drive you westward for about an hour to the border with Indonesia’s Papua Province, also known as Irian Jaya. |
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 Coastal scene near Vanimo |
The border is located near Wutung village on the PNG side and is known as Wutung border post. After passport formalities on the PNG side you will walk through the boom gate where your Indonesian guide will be waiting for you. He or she will assist you to pass through Indonesian customs and immigration and then take you on board an Indonesian-registered vehicle for the scenic three hour drive to Jayapura city. After check in at the Matoa Hotel your guide will suggest a good place for lunch (pay as you go) and show you the best places for shopping in the central market area. Overnight Matoa Hotel, Jayapura (includes breakfast only: for lunch and dinner take your pick of one of the many interesting eating houses available and sample the tastes of Indonesia.) | ||||||||||||||
 Street stalls, Jayapura |
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13 A full day sightseeing tour of Jayapura and nearby areas.
Overnight Matoa Hotel (includes breakfast only). Day 14 Free day in Jayapura for exploring the artifact markets, shopping for cheap consumer goods or trying out the local foods. Jayapura is a very safe city for wandering around, due to the militarys tight rein. Overnight Matoa Hotel (includes breakfast only). |
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 Milne Bay dancers |
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15 Early morning road transfer from Jayapura to Wutung border
post. Have your passport stamped (watch out for the duty free limits
on the PNG side or you’ll be charged duty on consumer goods brought
from Jayapura) and board your PNG vehicle for transfer back to Vanimo.
Check in at the airport for your Air Niugini flight to Port Moresby.
Overnight Gateway Hotel (includes buffet dinner and breakfast). Day 16 Morning or afternoon flight to Alotau: if there is no morning flight today you will have the morning at leisure in Port Moresby while awaiting the afternoon flight. Ecotourism Melanesia will be happy to take you sightseeing or artifact shopping if you wish. On arrival at Alotau's Gurney Airport you will be met and transferred to Napatana Lodge overnight (includes dinner and breakfast only). |
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 Picture of Samarai or Kwato |
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17 Full day tour by road with driver and guide to East Cape,
see skull caves, villages, war relics and enjoy a picnic on Biwa Beach.
Includes brief visit to WW2 battlefields and memorials. Overnight Napatana
Lodge. Day 18 Full day tour by boat with guide to Samarai and Kwato Islands, the cradle of Milne Bay civilisation. Samarai is the old provincial capital, a now crowded little island that was once an important trading port in colonial days. Kwato Island was the site of a philosophical rebellion against the London Missionary Society which resulted in the establishment of a breakaway church known as the Kwato Mission. Overnight Napatana Lodge (includes dinner and breakfast) |
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 Picture of Wagawaga Beach |
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19 Full day tour across the bay to Wagawaga village where a
picnic area and snorkelling wreck are popular with visitors. See the
“moonstones” - meteorites for which the village is known,
and feed the tame eels in the village stream. Overnight Napatana Lodge
(includes dinner and breakfast) Day 20 Morning or afternoon flight from Alotau to Port Moresby. If today’s flight is in the afternoon, you will have the morning at leisure in Alotau. Overnight Gateway Hotel (includes dinner and breakfast). Day 21 Fly out of Papua New Guinea. |
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| TOUR INCLUSIONS: • meet and greet at Port Moresby airport • short tour of Port Moresby if time allows • three nights premier room accommodation at the Gateway Hotel in Port Moresby (or equivalent), including buffet dinner and cooked breakfast • economy class domestic flights from Port Moresby to Goroka, Mt Hagen to Madang, Madang to Wewak, Wewak to Vanimo, Vanimo to Port Moresby, Port Moresby to Alotau and return. • short tour of Goroka town • half day tour of Asaro Valley and Asaro Mudmen • full day Menehave village tour including lunch • two nights premier room accommodation at the Bird of Paradise Hotel, Goroka including meals • road transfer from Goroka to Mt Hagen • two nights roundhouse accommodation at Haus Poroman Lodge in Mt Hagen, including meals • orchid garden visit near Haus Poroman Lodge • full day tour of Mt Hagen including village cultural centre and packed lunch • village visit near Haus Poroman Lodge • Mt Hagen airport transfer • Madang airport transfers •two nights deluxe accommodation at Madang Resort Hotel including meals • full day sightseeing tour of Madang including harbour cruise, with packed lunch or lunch stop at hotel • return boat transfers from Wewak to Kairiru Island • one night village guest house accommodation at Polen Guest House, Kairiru Island, including local-style meals • sightseeing, cultural and entertainment activities at Kairiru Island • two nights deluxe accommodation at Windjammer Beach Hotel, including meals • full day trip to Chimondo village, Lower Sepik including packed breakfast, village lunch, road and boat transfers, village sightseeing and cultural tour • one night best available accommodation at the Vanimo Beach Hotel (room only, pay as you go for meals) • Indonesian visa assistance at Vanimo • return road transfers between Vanimo and Jayapura, with guide • three nights best available accommodation at Matoa Hotel, Jayapura including breakfast only • full day sightseeing tour of Jayapura and nearby areas • guide in Jayapura, as required • four nights private bungalow accommodation at Napatana Lodge, Alotau including buffet dinner and continental breakfast, airport transfers • three full day tours ex-Alotau to East Cape, Samarai/Kwato and Wagawaga. East Cape and Wagawaga trips only include picnic lunch. • Port Moresby airport transfers • PNG country map • Ecotourism Melanesia souvenir polo shirt |
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EXCLUSIONS: international airfares bottled water (BYO or ask village hosts to boil water for you) tips (not essential, but appreciated for exceptional service) souvenirs and items of a personal nature bar drinks lunches on some travelling days (purchase snacks from shops en route) visa fees |
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