Papua Tribe Festival Mount Hagen – 1 –2 weeks

We usually combine trips to Papuan festivals with our expeditions – the expedition dates were chosen to reflect this. Please, refer to schedule, and check if you are not interested in some combination.

More information is available on our dedicated page on Goroka and Mount Hagen shows

Schedule

2016

Aug 20. – Aug 27.2015, code – hagf-0160820

Itinerary

0. day: The arrival to Port Moresby and meeting of participiants in hotel.
1. day: In the morning deparature to Mount Hagen, accomodation than Goroka sightseeing and collective dinner.
2–5 day: Mount Hagen festival.belongs to the most beautiful world festivals. It takes place directly in the city centre on a large university stadium with stands protected against the sun. A mixture of sound and colors. A possibility to enter the playing field and talk to groups, or take photos. The Festivals take 3 – 4 and it usually take from Thursday to Sunday. It is possible faculative leave out one day in festival and visit some native village.
6. day: Morning or afternoon deparature to Port Moresby. Consequently deparature home from Port Moresby.

6. day: A possibility of starting fakulatative program – 7 days Huli Land + Mudmans – 3500 USD (7 days = visit Huli Land and Mudmans too) We prefer for this fakultative program 8–10 days and the price is 3500 USD too.
Sepik river – 10 days 5400 USD include flytickets and charter.

Include price: Acomodation, flyticket Port Moresby-Goroka and back, all transport, entrance fees to festival for all days and and an English speaking guide with a very good knowledge of the local environment (all the time).

Exclude price: food and drinks, visa, eventually some extra fees for photographing and philming and eventual faculative trip to native village.

Variation 2:

Day –5: Participants meet at Jakarta airport (Indonesia) in the late evening hours. Then depart to Papua.
Day –4: The rest of the participants jopin the group in Sentani (Jayapura) and they continue to Vanimo (Papua New Guinea).
Day –3 – 1: Arrangement of the necessary visas to enter Indonesia, sunbathing and swiming at a snow white beach in a pleasently warm sea, eventually snorkel diving and a short trek to watch big vampire bats (Flying Foxes).

Day 1: A departure to Mount Hagen, last participants who will fly on the same day from Port Moresby join the group. Moving into a hotel, Mount Hagen Goroka sightseeing.
Day 2 – 6: Mount Hagen Festival, is one of the world’s most beautiful. It has the advantage that it takes place on a grassed area near the city, which is interesting especially for photographers. A mixture of sound and colors… A possibility to enter the playing field and talk to groups, or take photos…
Day 7: Departure back to Vanimo or Port Moresby

Day +1: Crossing of the border back to Indonesia.
Day +2: Departure to Jakarta – participants who have connecting flights leave, the others spend the night in Jakarta and leave the following day (Day +3).

OPTIONALLY: A possibility to extend the stay for 7 days and visit tribes living on the Sepik river (manufacturers of beautiful wood-carvings and traditional masks), alternatively a visit to the Hagahaj tribe with a hired plane. The Hagahaj tribe was discovered in 1988, and lives in the mountains near Goroka – also 7 days.

The price includes: The flight ticket from the Papua province Indonesia to Papua New Guinea and back (i.e. the flight from Jayapura – Sentani to Vanima and back, and the flight from Vanima to Mt.Hagen and back), all accommodation in local mid-range quality hotels, inland transportation, entrance fees to the festival, and an English speaking guide with a very good knowledge of the local environment.

The price does not include: The price of the flight to Asia (Jakarta) and back, the flight from Jakarta – Papua province Indonesia (Jayapura – Sentani) and back to Jakarta (we will make the booking upon request), food, entrance fees to other attractions apart from the festival, and possible fees for taking photos and filming. However, taking photos and filming should be included in the festival entrance fee. Transport to Hagen and back. The trip start in Hagen and transport to Hagen is possible to order. The trip from Jayapura to Hagen is with a guide but it is not include price too.

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