DAY 01 : JAYAPURA ARRIVE ( D )
Arrive at Sentani airport of Jayapura, meet by Grand Irian tours guide or representative and transfer to Sentani Indah hotel for accommodation with dinner.

DAY 02 : JAYAPURA WAMENA SYOKOSIMO HITUGI (B,L,D)
Breakfast at hotel, then transfer  5 minutes to Sentani airport for your departure to Wamena by Trigana flights. Upon arrival at Wamena airport , transfer to Baliem Pilamo hotel for a short briefing  by guide about the tour and trekking. From hotel you will drive 30 minutes to Sogokmo where the trekking begins with guide, cook and porters. Walk and crossing the metal suspension bridge on Baliem river near Sogokmo then hike 5 hours through the beautiful countryside and Dani village to Hitugi. You will encounter and greeted by the Dani people who work in their step sweet potato garden, arrive in Hitugi in the afternoon, accommodation at the head of the village house. Lunch and dinner will provide by our cook.

DAY 03 : HITUGI - IBIROMA ( B,L,D )
Today we hike up and down, the trail is steep and could be very sleeper if it is rains. The first 2 hours hike to the village of Userem is through the steep sweet potato garden near the Baliem river, but the scenery is spectacular. In Userem village we cross another metal suspension bridge on the mugi river, and after 30 minutes walk from mugi river we will encounter and crossing another longer ( 40 m ) width traditional suspension bridge on Baliem river. From the Baliem river the trail is going up and takes 2.5 hours to arrive in the village of Ibiroma. Our accommodation is at a local traditional guesthouse.

DAY 04. IBIROMA – TANGMA (BLD)
Breakfast, then trek about 30 minutes down to Wesangma village, another 1.5 hours trek through a small forest down to Tangma village. Explore the village and it’s community. Provided lunch serve at the teacher house where we overnight stay. The rest is the day is spend to explore and experience more about the local people daily life activities.

DAY 05. TANGMA – WANEM (BLD)
From Tangma from bottom of small valley. We hike about 2.5 hours up to the village of Wanem and enjy the beautiful panoramic of the baliem gorge. Arrive in Wanem, lunch will be provided by our cook while we walk to the houses closed by to the compound. Afternoon we walk around about an hour to another village and view more of the dani daily life activities. Dinner and overnight at the local house.

DAY 06: WANEM KURIMA JIWIKA ( B,L,D )
From Wanem village in the southern of Baliem Gorge, we hike down 1.5 hours to Kurima. The still traditional Dani village are very close and can be briefly explore during the hike to Kurima. The local people life and tradition remain unchanged here, and the sophisticate agriculture system has been practiced along time ago. Arrive in Kurima  by noon, we drive 1.5 hours to Jiwika in the north of the valley via the town of Wamena. Lunch at a local restaurant in the town, afternoon we may walk and visit the Dani villages near Jiwika, including the 250 years old mummy at sumpaima village and view the Dani Pig feast and dance in the village of Anemoigi. Accomodation at Lauk Inn ( a very basic tourist accommodation ). 

DAY 07: JIWIKA PIG FEAST WAMENA ( B,L,D )
After breakfast we hike 1 hour up to Iluerainma to see the Dani make salt by soak banan stalks into the brines pool, dry and carry them home. Lunch today is in the village of Anemoigi where we can view the Dani Mock battle and Pig feast. We will see how the Dani make fire traditionally, kill a pig with bow and arrow and cook them into the hot-burned stone with vegetable and sweet potatoes. Late afternoon we drive 40 minutes back to wamena, dinner at local restaurant in town, accommodation at Baliem Pilamo hotel.

DAY 08. WAMENA – YANIRUMA (BLD)
Breakfast at hotel, on it’s time transfer to Wamena airport to catch the charter flight to Yaniruma for 1 hour. (Yaniruma is the starting point to see the Koroway tribe). Up on arrive walk out to the Mission house for our accommodation. Today is the time to arrange everything before we start our adventure, porters and canoe. After lunch walk around the village and swim to the river. Dinner and stay at Mission house.

DAY 09. YANIRUMA – KOROWAY (BLD)
Breakfast, prepare all the stuff and walking to the Sokom river on board the local paddle canoe to cross the Backing Dairam river. Start our adventure by walking through the dense jungle, swampy, and we sometime walking up the single log. Our porter will free their hand to help you in the hard or difficult trail. After 4-5 hours walking we arrive the first Koroway camp (where some Koroway tribes life). The Koroway tribes live in the jungle only with their family or relatives, as they never stay in one big compound. We can found 2 or 3 Tree house in one camp only. Caused they are nomad peoples and they never life for such a long time in the one places, they have to moved to one and another places to get more food and animals to be hunt. We will stay with Koroway in their bevak or we build a tent or up the tree house if permitted.

DAY 10. KOROWAY (BLD)
Breakfast, today we will join with Koroway tribe to their Sago field to gathering the Palm tree and process for their main food. Lunch will be provide by boxes in the jungle. Walking to the deeper to explore the tribes and vicinity. Late afternoon return to our camp for dinner and stay overnight.

DAY 11. KOROWAY (BLD)
Breakfast, we moved to find another Koroway camp by walking to the deeper jungle. In this, we deal through our translator with Koroway tribe to show us how to built their tree house and to find the fish in the small river. Lunch will serve by boxes. Dinner and stay at Bevak or tent.

DAY 12. KOROWAY (BLD)
Breakfast, today remind with korowai tribes to ho for hunt make a traps for Pig or Cassuary, etc. lunch will be provided, late afternoon return to your accommodations.

DAY 13. KOROWAY – YANIRUMA (BLD)
Breakfast, walking back to Yaniruma for about 5-6 hours, lunch will serve by boxes en route. Before we arrive in Yaniruma we will stop at the river for a fresh swim and clean up our body from the muddy. Afternoon arrive in Yaniruma, dinner and stay at Mission house.

DAY 14. YANIRMA – WAMENA (BLD)
Breakfast, walking to the airstrip at Yaniruma, then fly on charter mission flight to Wamena on it’s time, up on arrive transfer to Baliem Pilamo hotel for check in, after lunch at hotel, free program or you may walking around the town. Dinner and stay at hotel.

DAY 15. WAMENA – JAYAPURA (BLD)
Today you will fly to Jayapura on Trigana flight, arrive in Sentani air port and touring the city. You will visit Mc. Arthur Monument of WW II up hill of Ifar Gunung then drive down to Sentani lake where you take a boat to visit the village of Assey. After lunch at Youqwa restaurant in the side of the lake, continue drive to the direction of Jayapura visit Hamadi market and arts shops. Overnight at Sentani Indah hotel with dinner.

DAY 16. JAYAPURA – DEPARTURE (B)
Breakfast transfer to the airport for fly to next destinations.

Remarks :

• B,L,D (B : breakfast, L : Lunch, D : Dinner)

• Hotel Accommodation in Papua based on local standard with modern facilities and amenities specially in Jayapura & Wamena, however visitors should aware that these areas are new developed region.

• Missionary flight charter service. We do not guarantee any availability of the space before receiving any details of your departure date and return.

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