Trekking
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TREKS & ADVENTURE TOURS Papua New Guinea has a vast range of trekking and adventure tours on offer. Unspoilt rainforests, rushing rivers, mountainous regions and breathtaking coastlines have made the country a popular option for both amateur and professional bushwalkers, trekkers, surfers, kayakers, birdwatchers, rock climbers, cave explorers and mountaineers. PNG offers adventures to suit everyone, be it a short tour around a local village or weeks of rafting and trekking. Tour operators can take you from the Sepik River to Milne Bay
and all over the Highlands . At the luxurious Rondon Ridge eco-lodge, high in the mountains above Mt Hagen, Trans Niugini Tours can introduce you to up to 10 different species of birds of paradise and show you hours of walking trails that offer stunning views of the incredible Wahgi Valley. With its exceptional biodiversity and natural landscape, thousands of trekkers experience the physically-challenging 96km walk every year, making the iconic Kokoda Track PNG’s most visited land- based tourism attraction and an important source of national and local income.
Each year trekkers brave the mountainous terrain, meet with Koiari and Orokaiva people living a traditional lifestyle, explore the dense rainforests and follow in the footsteps of Australian soldiers and the Papua New Guinean “Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels” who guided them during WWII. The Kokoda Track and surrounding region are owned by the local landowners. Their interests are looked after by the Kokoda Track Authority, responsible for managing the track and trekking industry. For further information, contact: Kokoda Track Authority on ph. 323 6165 or visit www.kokodatrackauthority.org
Trekkers cross a river on the Kokoda Track with tour company Kokoda Tribute. Photo: Stephen Smith
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