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15 Days, 14 Nights Korowai & Baliem Valley Adventure

Duration : 15 Days,  14 Nights Korowai & Baliem Valley Adventure
Start / Finish : Jayapura Sentani Airport
Condition : Hard Expedition
Tour code : P. J. T – 14
Tribe: Dani and Korowai Tree house

D01: JAYAPURA ARRIVAL (LD)
Arrive at Sentani airport of Jayapura met by the guide and short transfer to hotel, lunch will have at hotel, The rest of the day is free you may walk to market of Sentani to see the Sentani people selling their garden products. Dinner at hotel in Sentani

D02: JAYAPURA – DEKAI (BLD)
After breakfast, transfer by cars to airport for the 50 minutes flight to Dekai, arrive at Dekai airport short transfer to hotel, after check in you may walk around the town while the guide preparing the needs for the trip next day. Lunch and dinner at a local restaurant.

D03: DEKAI – LOGPON – SEPANAP (BLD)
After breakfast, by car to Logpon (harbor) then by motorized canoe go up river to Muara Siretj village, lunch will have on the way. Arrive at SEPANAP village check in to the accommodation ( school) then explore the village surrounding. Dinner and overnight at school, but if the time still permitted we continue sail to MABUL village for about 2 more hours. O/N local accommodation.

D04: SEPANAP (MABUL) – KOROWAI VILLAGE (LEVILAGAI) (BLD)
Still by motorized in about 2 hours and then We begin our 2 hours trek passing through the swamps, sometimes walk over the log or fallen tree and crossing the river with or without bridge. This is the tropical rain forest in the vast-green lowland of South Irian Jaya or Papua, there are many exotic things to be discovered and experienced but with a great deal with mosquito, swamp, heat and high humidity (85 – 100%). Our trek in the forest will support by our local porters who carry our bags or gears and will love to help you to do some difficult section of the trip when you need. Korowai is a nomad people who always move from one place to another at least once every 3 years. They are not live in large group, that at every location of the tree house we only see 2-4 tree houses built side by side. The Korowai also a great hunter who hunted pigs, Cus-Cus, birds most of their time in life. After we met the Korowai and family on their tree house, we may interact with them help by our guide and experience their life. Overnight at our tent or at shelter we build near the tree house soon after we arrive. During the time with Korowai we can follow their daily activities: hunting, setting trap of wild pigs, gathering Sago flour, fishing in traditional way and also may have opportunity to see the tribe building their own house about 25-30 above the ground.

D05: LEVILAGAI – AWOP (BLD)
After breakfast we continue to another Korowai village name AWOP in about 2hours, in Awop we will see people setting animal and fish trap.

D06: AWOP – ONI (BLD)
After breakfast in Awop we continue to Oni village within 4-5 hours arrive in Oni village we arrange our sleeping tents or mosquito net, after lunch we see the Korowai process Sago process, making tree house.

D07: ONI FULLDAY (BLD)
Fullday mingle with Korowai people searching for Sago Worm as their protein source setting trap etc.

D08: ONI – MABUL – SEPANAP (BLD)
We will trek back to MABUL and then by our motorized canoe back to SEPANAP Muara Siretj village,

D08:SEPANAP MUARA SIRETJ – LOGPOND – DEKAI (BLD)
After breakfast, by our charter motorized canoe back to LogPond about 7-8 hours, then by car within 1 hour transfer to hoten in Dekai, upon arrival check in to hotel. The rest of the day is free dinner and overnight at hotel.

D09: DEKAI – WAMENA (BLD)
After breakfast at hotel drop by car to airport, within 10 minutes then by Trigana flight to Wamena within 20 minutes, arrive in Wamena check in to hotel, after check in visit local market, late afternoon back to hotel, dinner at local restaurant.

D10: WAMENA – SOOGOKMO – KILISE (BLD)
After breakfast at hotel transfer in 45minutes by car to Sogokmo (Yetni river), from Yetni we start the Baliem valley trekking to Kilise village by passing Kurima district, the trek will be 2-3 hours.

D11: KILISE – SYOKOSIMO (BLD)
Continue the trek about 4-5 hours to Syokosimo, arrive in Syokosimo check in to local accommodation after lunch explore the villages surrounding.

D12: SYOKOSIMO – PIG FEAST – UGEM (BLD)
Half-day in the morning enjoy the Dani pig feast, after lunch continue trek in 4 hours to Ugem village, stay overnight in Ugem

D13; UGEM – WAMENA (BLD)
After breakfast we trek down to Sogokmo (Yetni) then by car to back to Wamena.

D14: WAMENA – JAYAPURA (BLD)
After breakfast transferred to airport for the flight back to Jayapura. Upon arrival in Jayapura sightseeing
after lunch make sightseeing tour to visit: Ifar Gunung to see the monument of WW II, and then visit Asei island of the Sentani lake to see the Sentani people making bark paintings, lunch at Yougwa restaurant on the lake side, and then drive around to Jayapura town. afternoon drive back to hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

D15: JAYAPURA – DEPARTURE (B)
In the morning transfer to airport for flight to next destination

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