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16Days and 15Nights Korowai and Asmat Program

Length: 16 Days 15Nights
Start / Finish: Timika Airport, Ewer Airport
Condition: Hard Expedition

D01: JAKARTA – TIMIKA – EWER – AGATS (BLD)
Arive at Mozes Kilangin airport in Timika, then take the next flight to Ewer, arrive at Ewer then by boat continue to Agats, short walk 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 hotel restaurant
D02: AGATS – SUATOR  (BLD)
After breakfast at hotel, by boat heading to Suator in about 9hours, arrive in Suator check in to a local simple accommodation for Dinner and overnight at the accommodation. Traveling is approximately 8-9 hours by boat.

D03: SUATOR – MABUL – KOROWAI VILLAGE (BLD)
After breakfast continue by boat upriver heading to Mabul village, arrive in Mabul having lunch in boxes and then pick up porters and then we begin our 5 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 were 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 Koroway 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.

D04: KOROWAI (B,L,D)

After breakfast continue walk to another village, lunch at the village, after lunch with the Korowai people setting fish trap in the river for Sago worms. Dinner and overnight in tents set in long house.

D05: FULLDAY EXPLORING THE LIFE OF KOROWAI (BLD)
Whole day learn the way of Korowai build a tree house
D06: KOROWAI (BLD)

Whole day watching the Korowai building a tree house

D07: KOROWAI (BLD)
Whole day watching the Korowai building a tree house
D8: KOROWAI (B,L,D)

Today we enjoy the feast called SAGO WORM FEAST

D09:  KOROWAI – MABUL – MUARA SIRETS (B,L,D)

Today we trek back to Mabul then continue by boat to Muara Sirets (Pepera) .

 D10: MUARA SIRETS  – OMANDESEP (BLD)

From Muara Sirets we continue by boat down river to Omandesep village, lunch will serve on the boat, arrived in Omandesep check in to the local accommodation dinner and overnight stay.

D11: OMANDESEP (B,L,D)
Today we enjoy Satanic Mask ceremony in Omandesep, after the ceremony we can visit the long house to have chat with the people.

 D12: OMANDESEP (B,L,D)

Today we will enjoy the birth enactment ceremony to peace between 2 hostile villages.

 D13: OMANDESEP – PER (B,L,D)

In the morning continue by boat to Per arrived in Per check in to long house for our accommodation, dinner and over night stay.

D14: PER (B,L,D)

Whole day enjoy the canoes and Mbis pole ceremony.

D15: PER –AGATS (B,L,D)

In the morning we continue by boat to Agats arrive in Agats check in to hotel.

D16: AGATS – TIMIKA – JAKARTA (B,L,D)

In the morning by boat within 15 minutes to Ewer and then by flight heading to Timika

And then continue the flight back to Jakarta by Batik air.

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