WTPNG Issue 28

Trekking

Getting Active

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

rainforests and follow in the footsteps of Australian soldiers and the Papua New Guinean “Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels” who guided them during WWII.

Crossing a river on the Kokoda Track, Buna Tours Photo: Jackson Groves

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

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

The BNG Group of Companies includes BNG Trading, Papua Niugini Freezers (PNF) and Wimble & Co. BNG Trading imports and distributes a wide variety of foods throughout PNG and some of the world’s largest consumer products into the retail, food service, bakery and mining camp sectors. Papua Niugini Freezers (PNF) is PNG’s largest manufacturer and supplier of smallgoods and meat based products as well as it is HACCP accredited and recognised as a good corporate ci i zen; Wimble & Co supplies to the graphics and prin n ng sectors throughout PNG. Based in Port Moresby, Lae, Kokopo, Kiunga, Manus, Mt Hagen and Alotau, BNG Trading is the oldest and largest importer and distributor in Papua New Guinea opera a ng since 1924.

Port Moresby: 303 6500 Fax: 323 3355 Lae: 71097272 Kokopo: 9828561/70314137/71005691 Kiunga: 71909926 Manus: 70314137/72138561 Buka: 3036565/70227221/71226660 Mt Hagen: 71926969 Alotau: 3036536/71160402/70735438 email: info@bngtrading.com.pg | web: www.bngtrading.com.pg

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