Day 1: Upon Arrival in Jayapura (L + D)Arrive sentani airport then meet your guide. Carlos Drop you to your hotel. After check in hotel then go to Police Office of Papua for Permit Letter. The remains Day you will make sightseeing tour around down town Jayapura. Overnight in sentani. And catching regular flight to Dekai/Yahokimo, (This is a
flexible plan depending on your arrival and the availability of flight tickets to Dekai. But recommended to fix the flight for the next day because: flights are very often delayed due to weather conditions and we strongly recommend carrying baggage as needed for your trip in the Korowai. We will help you to arrange it and keep it with us before leaving). Make more preparation before leaving to Dekai.
While preparing for the trip, lunch will be served at local restoran in the town and we will visit floating Resto for dinner. Overnight stay at the hotel.
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Day 2: Jayapura – Dekai (B + L + D)
After morning breakfast, you will catch your flight to Dekai and we will prepare and make sure that things are being
fixed with the foods supplies, boat etc. Rest of the day you may walk around Dekai villages to explore Dekai small town. Lunch and dinner will be served at street restaurant. Overnight stay Hotel in Dekai.
Day 2: Dekai – Korowai Tribe Teritory (B + L + D) After morning breakfast, take a short transfer by Jeep to Lokpon and today travel by motorized canoe through Braze River for approx. 8-10hours. From Braze river up to Kolf River on destination to Mabul or baygon. Depends with rivers high condition, sometime the water river down to 1 meter (low tide), the boat has to be slower. There is a lot of wildlife to be seen on the way – sometimes the world’s biggest crocodiles lurking in the water, sometimes water turtles, sometimes just birds and parrots.
Late in the afternoon you shall reach the village of Mabul – a starting base for all expeditions to Korowai Proceeding with all necessary preparations for further expedition to the jungle – negotiation with a chief of the village, getting more supplies, selecting the porters and scouts – these moments are always memorable for the expedition’s participants. From now on forget about privacy – the Papuan kids will be following your every single step and watching you closely. Westerners are probably bigger attraction for Papuans than Papuans for Westerners. Lunch is provided in lunchboxes but Dinner prepared by a cook and night spent in the local house.
NOTE: These is a small chance that we’ll reach Mabul during two days trip – all depends on weather conditions. In such case we’ll spend one night in one of
the Citak tribe’s villages on the way.
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Day 3 Korowai Tribe / Rainforest ( B + L + D )We will spend these 3 days adventure is some of the most pristine lowland rain forest in the
world. We will visit several “rumah tinggi” and its inhabitants. We will choose the most
accommodating spot to spend more time there thus we’ll be able to take a closer look at the daily
life of Korowai and learn their – sometimes shocking – customs. Be ready for getting wet and
dirty! Our way will go through huge swamps and rainforest and will cross many bigger and
smaller rivers. Sometimes to cross the river we’ll chop down a tree and build a provisional
bridge. The group will be at all times accompanied by porters and a local guide / hunter hired in
the first village.
we will visit several “rumah tinggi” and its inhabitants. We will choose the most accommodating
spot to spend more time there thus we’ll be able to take a closer look at the daily life of Korowai
and learn their – sometimes shocking – customs.
Everyday we’ll be marching approximately 4 to 6 hours a day taking into account many stops
and “photo breaks”,it will probably beafull day trekking
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Day 4: Still with Korowai Tribe / Rainforest (B + L + D)Be ready for getting wet and dirty! Our way will go through huge swamps and rainforest and will
cross many bigger and smaller rivers. Sometimes to cross the river we’ll chop down a tree and
build a provisional bridge. The group will be at all times accompanied by porters and a local
guide / hunter hired in the first village. During the 3 days in the jungle, we will not only visit
several settlements cut off from civilization, but also have a unique chance to experience the
beauty and menacing power of one of the wildest stretches of rainforest in the world.
You will meet remarkable people from a completely different world. The tribes of Korowai is
one of the most isolated and least known ethnic groups of Melanesia, still steering clear of the
missionaries who have been more and more successful at converting other tribes in the past three
decades. The Korowai is so rarely visited by groups of white people that it is hard to tell who
will be a greater attraction – our expedition for them, or the other way around
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Day 5: Still with Korowai Tribe / Rainforest ( B + L + D )we will not only visit several settlements cut off from civilization, but also have a unique chance
to experience the beauty and menacing power of one of the wildest stretches of rainforest in the
world. We may spend the time in one or two place if there is something unusual. The participants
of the expedition will get an opportunity to admire the untouched flora and fauna, learn a few
basic rules of survival in the jungle, possibly with a chance of going hunting. We’ll also see how
to make sago, build a trap for a wild pig.
The participants of the expedition will get an opportunity to admire the untouched flora and
fauna, learn a few basic rules of survival in the jungle, possibly with a chance of going hunting.
We’ll also see how to make sago, build a trap for a wild pig.
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Day 6: Still with Korowai Tribe / Rain Forest ( B + L + D )More closer to them, learn their way of life and culture. What you might see is how they make
their main food from a long process, how to make sago, hunt or how to make baskets made from
leaves around them.
Learn more about their way of living – The tribes of Korowai is one of the most isolated and
least known ethnic groups of Melanesia, still steering clear of the missionaries who have been
more and more successful at converting other tribes in the past three decades. The Korowai is so
rarely visited by groups of white people that it is hard to tell who will be a greater attraction –
our expedition for them, or the other way around
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Day 7: Retur To Dekai ( B + L + D )Early in the morning return to the Mabul village. Farewell to the porters and repacking our
equipment. All-day-long boat trip on the Brazza and Siret River back to Dekai. Pick up from the
harbor and drive back to town. Accommodation in a local hostel (very basic conditions). Lunch
and dinner will be in the small Warung (Food Stalls).
During the trip back to the city through the Brazza River there are some wild animals to be seen;
crocodiles, various species of birds, wild boar, turtles. These animals usually appear on
riverbanks during certain seasons.
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Day 8: Flight To Jayapura (B + L + D )Simple breakfast at Hotel and lunch will be in the small Warung (Food Stalls). By IL2210 at
11:00 AM flight to Jayapura (baggage allowance for this flight is 10kg per person only). This
flight will depend on the weather conditions. We will transfer you to the hotel that you have
booked. Rest of the day is free to relax after an exhausting expedition.
Day 9. Jayapura – Next Destination (B)After morning breakfast, you will be tranfered to the airport and check in and wait your flight for
your next destination.
TOUR ENDS
