15-Day Tribal Trekking Tour in Papua with Dani and Korowai Villages

• Arrive at Jayapura's Sentani Airport and take a short flight to Wamena.

• Transfer to the Baliem Valley Resort.

• After lunch, visit a Dani village.

• See the mummy and the traditional market.

• Return to the hotel.

• After breakfast, transfer by car to Kurima with your guide, porters, and cook, to begin the trek to Kilise, a sub-district of the tribe. The route starts on level terrain before continuing with a climb up Hesegem Hill toward Kilise.

• Along the trails, meet local people going about their daily activities and take in the surrounding scenery.

• Pause for lunch served en route.

• In the afternoon, explore the traditional villages and learn how the locals go about their daily lives.

Dinner and overnight stay at a local guesthouse in Kilise. (Walk approx. 4 hours).

• After breakfast, descend the steep hill to Wanem village via Ibiroma.

• Meet local people working in their sweet potato gardens.

• From the mountains of Wanem, enjoy the spectacular view of Baliem Gorge.

• Arrive at Wanem village, join the local people, and gain insight into their community life.

Dinner and overnight stay at a local Dani house.

• Spend the full day at the traditional pig festival in Dani Village and take pictures of each event.

• The traditional pig cooking with hot stones is one of the most exciting events in the highlands of Irian Jaya.

• After breakfast, leave Wamerek for Wanem via Tangma and then hike up Husegem Mountain.

• Arrive at Wanem in the late afternoon and settle into camp for an overnight stay in a tent.

• After breakfast, continue trekking to Sogokmo via Kurima, where your car will take you back to the

• After breakfast, transfer to Wamena Airport and fly to Dekai, a remote airstrip in the Korowai area.

• Upon arrival, transfer directly to Lotpon Harbour.

Overnight stay in a tent.

• Start your day with a simple breakfast.

• Ride by longboat for about 7 hours to Sipanap, the village of the Jinak tribe.

• Overnight stay at a school. Meals will be provided by your Jayapura tour guide.

• Board a longboat and travel up the Braz River for about 4-5 hours, with lunch possibly served on the riverbank.

• Arrive late in the afternoon, meet the Korowai tribe at Omohol, and meet your local porters for the expedition.

• Spend the next three days in some of the most pristine lowland rainforests in the world.

• Along the way, stay with the various tribes that inhabit the region.

• Try to make camp each day by a treehouse. Two nights will be spent organizing the sago worm attraction or watching sago processing demonstrated by the Korowai people.

• The Korowai usually live in isolated treehouses, and sometimes 2-3 families live in one treehouse. These treehouses are generally 4-6 hours of walking apart and range in height from 8-20 meters. The remarkable thing is that they use nothing from the outside world, and everything is made from plants, vines, and tree bark. These are some of the only actual

• Try to make camp each day by a treehouse and spend two nights organizing the sago worm attraction or watching sago processing demonstrated by the Korowai people.

• Reach Mabul by longboat and continue riding downstream to Pepera.

• Overnight stay at a teacher's house or a school.

• After breakfast, continue traveling up the Brazz River by longboat to Dekai for about 7 hours.

• In the afternoon, arrive at Lotpon Harbour and then transfer by car to Dekai.

Overnight stay by tent at the police office or local government office.

• The chartered Pilatus Porter airplane will arrive in the morning to pick you up and take you back to Jayapura.

• Check in to your hotel.

• Free program.

• After breakfast at the hotel, transfer comfortably back to the airport for your onward journey.

• End of Papu Tours.