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18DAYS - 17NIGHTS BALIEM VALLEY & KOROWAY
ADVENTURE
OUTLINE ITINERARY
Day 01 : Jayapura Arrival – Wamena (D)
Arrival in Jayapura Airport and continue your
flight by Trigana Air for wamena at 10:00.,
Transfer to Hotel. Dinner at Hotel. Rest of the
day is free program.
Day 02 : Wamena –Sogokmo – Kurima Anjelma –
Kilise (B,L,D)
Walk to city then you have 35 minutes drive to
sogokmo with accompanied also by your porters
and cook, the starting point of the trekking to
Kurima and Anjelma for abour 3-4hours. After
lunch continue from Anjelma trek 3 hours to our
destination village of Kilise, Along the trails,
you will meet local people in their activities
and yet the scenery is very beautiful around. In
the afternoon you may explore the traditional
villages and learn about the people way of life.
Dinner and stay at local guest house of Kilise
or local house
Day 03 : Kilise – Userem (B,L,D)
After breakfast, you are proceed to descend the
steep hill down to traditional hanging bridge
across Baliem river. Today's walk is a little
harder with narrow and slippery paths. But you
may also enjoying the nature' s beauty. Trek
will be around 3-4 hours.
Day 04 : Userem – Syokosimo (B,L,D)
After this part, the path gets smaller and
tricky until you find another river with no
bridge to cross. The village to stay overnight
called Syokosimo. Dinner and overnight in local
guest house provided by the teacher of Syokosimo
village. (Walk approx. 3-4 hours)
DAY 05 : Syokosimo – Hitugi (B,L,D)
The trekking today is the shortest one. After
breakfast you are proceed to continue the trek
up to a village called Hitugi. Climbing up the
hill all the way to the village is something
different, but the scenery is incredibly
beautiful combined with small villages and local
people working in the field You arrive to the
village by noon where the cook is ready to serve
lunch. Explore Hitugi village in the afternoon
and interacted with the locals. Dinner and
overnight stay at Hitugi village. (Walk
approx.3-4 hours)
Day : 06 : Hitugi –Seima - Sogokmo – Wamena (B,L,D)
After breakfast, walk for about 5-6 hours then
cross another hanging bridge over Baliem River.
Then from Baliem river 1 hour till the village
of Sogokmo where the car ready to take you back
to Wamena. Lunch served en route Dinner at local
restaurant in town. O/N : Baliem Pilamo Hotel or
similar. (Walk approx 6-7 hours)
Day 07: Wamena – Dekai (B,L,D)
After breakfast at hotel, transfer on time to
the airport for your flight to Dekai, Arrival at
Dekai making preparation for the next trip to
Senggo and tree house people. Afternoon walking
around Dekai to learn about local people and
surrounding. Lunch and dinner at small guest
house.
Day 08: Dekai – Senggo (B,L,D)
Early morning start your adventure by motorized
canoe to Senggo is sub district of Asmat area.
Will take about 6-7hours. Lunch and dinner is
prepared by your cook and overnight at tents.
Day 09: Senggo – Yaniruma (B,L,D)
Continue by motorized canoe sailing up through
Sirejt river to reach Yaniruma as home base of
Koroway tree house people. ay is the time to
arrange everything before we start our
adventure, porters and canoe. After lunch walk
around the village and swim to the river. Dinner
and stay at Mission house.
Day 10. Yaniruma – Koroway (B,L,D)
Breakfast, prepare all the stuff and walking to
the Sokom river on board the local paddle canoe
to cross the Backing Dairam river. Start our
adventure by walking through the dense jungle,
swampy, and we sometime walking up the single
log. Our porter will free their hand to help you
in the hard or difficult trail. After 4-5 hours
walking we arrive the first Koroway camp (where
some Koroway tribes life). The Koroway tribes
live in the jungle only with their family or
relatives, as they never stay in one big
compound. We can found 2 or 3 Tree house in one
camp only. Caused they are nomad peoples and
they never life for such a long time in the one
places, they have to moved to one and another
places to get more food and animals to be hunt.
We will stay with Koroway in their bevak or we
build a tent or up the tree house if permitted.
Day 11. Koroway (B,L,D)
Breakfast, today we will join with Koroway tribe
to their Sago field to gathering the Palm tree
and process for their main food. Lunch will be
provide by boxes in the jungle. Walking to the
deeper jungle for hunt and make the trap of Wild
pig and Cassuary bird. Late afternoon return to
our camp for dinner and stay overnight.
Day 12. Koroway (B,L,D)
Breakfast, we moved to find another Koroway camp
by walking to the deeper jungle. In this, we
deal through our translator with Koroway tribe
to show us how to built their tree house and to
find the fish in the small river. Lunch will
serve by boxes. Dinner and stay at Bevak or
tent.
Day 13. Koroway – Yaniruma (B,L,D)
Breakfast, walking back to Yaniruma for about
5-6 hours, lunch will serve by boxes en route.
Before we arrive in Yaniruma we will stop at the
river for a fresh swim and clean up our body
from the muddy. Afternoon arrive in Yaniruma,
dinner and stay at Mission house.
Day 14. Yaniruma – Senggo (B,L,D)
Breakfast, by motorized canoe ride down the
Backing Dairam river for about 8 – 10 hours to
Senggo. Senggo is one of the big places in
Southern region, this place is originally
occupied by Citak Mitak tribe, but now there
some peoples from outsider come to traders and
also the government settlement. Along the way we
will see some the tree houses and local peoples
catching the fish by local canoe. Lunch will be
provided by boxes. Afternoon arrive in Senggo,
dinner and stay at simple losmen.
Day 15. Senggo – Dekai (B,L,D)
By motorized canoe drive up to brazza river back
to Dekai. you will be arrive at afternoon.
Lunch en route and dinner at small guest houses.
Day 16: Dekai – Wamena (B,L,D)
Walk to Deai Airfield to wait the plane to
Wamena, sometime the flight delay cause the
weather, usually at 10.00am. Arrive in Wamena,
transfer to the hotel for lunch, dinner and
overnight stay.
Day 17 : Wamena Jayapura ( B,L,D )
Breakfast at hotel, then transfer to Wamena
airport for a flight departure to Jayapura on
Trigana. Upon arrival at Sentani airport of
Jayapura, transfer to Sentani Indah hotel then
touring the area. You will view some of the WW
II memorial sites, e.g. : Mc. Arthur Monument at
Ifar Gunung, and 21 hour boat excursion in the
lake of Sentani to see the local tribe life in
the village. Lunch at Yougwa restaurant in the
side of lake, afternoon continue touring and
visit the museum Abepura and Hamadi market.
Dinner and accommodation at Sentani Indah hotel
and similar.
Day 18. Jayapura – Departure (B)
Breakfast at hotel, transfer to the airport for
fly to Next destinations
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