Itinerary
- Day 1
Goroka
- Start point
- Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (Port to Hotel )
- Meals
- Dinner
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Bird of Paradise Hotel or similar )
Included Activities
- Visit to Asaro Valley
- Learn about Asaro Mudmen history and clay masks
- Storytelling about Mudmen origins
- Introduction to village life
Landmarks Asaro Valley - Day 2
Goroka
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Bird of Paradise Hotel or similar )
Included Activities
- Noko Moko cultural presentation
- Mudmen performance with masked warriors
- Guided trek to Mudmen mountain cave
- Storytelling about tribal history and spiritual beliefs
Optional Activities
- Cane swallowing performance
Landmarks Asaro Village Mudmen mountain cave - Day 3
Goroka to Simbu Province
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
- Accommodation
- Lodge (Betty's Lodge or similar )
Included Activities
- Travel through Highlands landscapes
- Traditional singing performances
- Traditional fire making demonstration
- Courtship songs performance
- Bachelor men performances
- Symbolic burning head ritual demonstration
- Guided village walk
- Taste fresh fruits offered by villagers
Landmarks Mount Wilhelm - Day 4
Mindima
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
- Accommodation
- Lodge (Betty's Lodge or similar )
Included Activities
- Skeleton Men village tour in Mindima
- Learn about Skeleton Men tradition origins
- Insect hunters performance
- Dust shakers performance
- Traditional storytelling
- Guided village walk
- Learn about daily life and local customs
Landmarks Mindima Skeleton Men Village - Day 5
Jiwaka Province
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Highlander Hotel or similar )
Included Activities
- Two Flute Men ceremony welcome
- Body decoration demonstrations
- Learn about traditional face and body paint meanings
- Singing and dancing performances
- Tribal fighting demonstration with traditional weapons
- Explanation of tribal conflicts and land disputes
- Traditional courtship and marriage exchange demonstration
Landmarks Jiwaka Province - Day 6
Mount Hagen
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Highlander Hotel or similar )
Included Activities
- Meet the Melpa people
- Melpa cultural dance performances with Kundu drum
- Traditional singing and dancing
- Storytelling about Melpa history and traditions
- Waterfall performance by Melpa dancers
Landmarks Mount Hagen - Day 7
Tari
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
- Accommodation
- Lodge (Ambua Lodge or similar )
Included Activities
- Huli Wigmen decoration and preparation
- Traditional singing and dancing performances
- Fortune teller demonstration
- Widow woman storytelling
- Bachelor boys performances
- Learn about Huli social roles and structure
Landmarks Tari - Day 8
Tari
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
- Accommodation
- Lodge (Ambua Lodge or similar )
Included Activities
- Forest path walk
- Visit ceremonial cave
- Wigmen chanting rituals
- Explanation of spiritual traditions
- Waterfall performance by Huli Wigmen
- Learn about tribe's connection to environment
Landmarks Huli ceremonial cave Huli waterfall - Days 9 - 11
Mount Wilhelm
- End point
- Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (Hotel to Port )
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
Optional Activities
- Mount Wilhelm summit trek
- Safety briefing and preparation
- Climb through forest and alpine environments
- Early morning summit ascent for sunrise viewing
- Descent and return to Highlands region
Landmarks Mount Wilhelm









