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THE KOKODA TRACK
ONE OF THE TOP 10 TREKS OF THE WORLD
The Kokoda Track is by far the most popular trek in Papua New Guinea and takes between 6-9 days to complete. It is a physical and mental challenge and the difficulty of the track should never be underestimated.
The long days include river crossings, steep and gradual ascends and descends. The 96 kilometre trek is predominately through rain forest. Usually conditions are wet and slippery as rain can be expected on most days. Temperatures range from 24-30 degrees celcius during the day and 16-24 degrees celcius at night.
This track was made famous during WW11 and still bares the scars of a fierce campaign. For those of you who had loved ones fighting in PNG during WW11, this walk can be a very spiritual and emotional experience. Trekking in mud up to your knees and tricky river crossing indicates exactly the conditions under which our diggers fought.
Our guides are extremely knowledgeable about the WW11 history across the track. They have all spent time exploring battlefields and found interesting side trips for our trekkers to see ammunition pit, war artifacts and areas where the Japanese and Australians dug in to fight. They have a wonderful to story to tell. On the track you will be shown video clips of the actual 1942 sites and battles that we have obtained after many hours of research from the Canberra War Museum. How interesting it is to be standing at Eora Creek watching what was happening there in 1942. This truly brings our story to life.
Trekkers need not have an Australian connection with the track. It is the most beautiful walk, the scenery is stunning, we get to camp out and integrate with our PNG boys working for us. There is a lot of singing and telling of stories around camp fires in the evenings. Our boys are so good in this department that they have just put out the “Kokoda Trax” CD.
When we stay in villages your guide will take you for a walk around the village so you get to meet all our friends. They will talk to you about the PNG culture and maybe organize a village sing a long that evening.
The local people who live along the track are Koiaris. They are warm, friendly and generous people who welcome trekkers onto their land.
This is a complete learning experience. You learn about the culture, the people, the flora and fauna and will walk away form our country a better person for having this experience.
Although ideally suited to walkers who are of reasonable fitness, training for this trek is necessary. Please try and be as fit as you possibly can. Remember the fitter you are the more enjoyable the trek will be.
As operators who live in Papua New Guinea please take into consideration when you are booking your trip that your money is staying in this country and is benefiting the people of this country.
We are involved with many community projects along the track and will only invest in sustainable tourism, meaning that whatever projects we get involved in there is adequate training provided and that it is income generating.
We work along side the Papua New Guinea Tourism Authority and consult and liaise with the Australian Government in regards as to where we would like to see the Kokoda Trail and its people in the future.
If you would like further information on our projects and future ideas for Kokoda please do contact us.
Trip Highlights
- Trek the legendary “Owen Stanley Ranges”
- Stay in local villages and integrate with our PNG friends and families.
- Meet one of the few “Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels’ (WW11 carrier) still alive today
- Enjoy the varied eco systems.
- Learn about PNG Cultural and hear our story of the WW11 history along the track
- You are being guided by and looked after during your stay here in PNG by an extremely passionate and experienced team.
- Our knowledge of the Kokoda Trail and Papua New Guinea cannot be matched by any overseas based operator.
Trip Length: 6 days, 7 days, 8 days
Start/Finish: Kokoda Village to Owers Cnr OR Owers Cnr to Kokoda Village
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