TREKKING IN THE HIGHLAND

Trekking is certainly the best way to see particular scenery, witness special ceremony and visit more remote people. With the increasing number of place to stay in the valley and more transport along new and improving, roads, visitors will be able to see most of the traditional people, villages and customs, mummies, markets, scenery, Hanging bridges and wild pigs they want during day trips from Wamena, Jiwika and Kurima.

Wondering around the valleys and hills brings you into close contact with the Dani and makes even Wamena seem a distant metropolis! This outstanding hiking country, but travel light because the trails are often muddy and slippery. You have to climb over stiles, may be cross rivers by dugout canoe or log raft, and traverse creeks or trenches on quaint foot bridges or a single rough plank or slippery log. Go for longer treks around the Baliem Valley staying in villages or camping as you go, depending on the remoteness of the area.

ADVENTURE IN THE LOWLAND

This region, and inconceivably huge area or mangroves, pandanus and rivers with huge tides, remains undeveloped and one of the few truly unexplored regions left in the world. These people are justifiably famous for their woodcarvings, and less so fat their past head-hunting exploits. They are semi-nomadic and their lives are dictated by rivers, which are a necessary source of transport and foot.

To appreciate what the lowland region has to offer will definitely take a lot of time and money. Individuals with a limited budget and no real interest in the particular regional culture may be very disappointed with how little they can see. The lowland regions is nowhere as developed or accessible as highland and Baliem Valley.

THE WEATHER

As the island large with a variety of different terrain, the weather can vary considerably based on upon location. Papua island is generally hot, wet and humid. Rainfall tends to be heavy throughout the year, with only minor seasonal variations.  On north coast rainfall is about 2,500 mm/year, in the mountain (highland) it can be exceed 8,000 mm/year, making this one of the wettest spots on the earth. also one the cloudiest (which poses a major problem for air transport). However, there areas where rainfall is markedly less than 1,500 mm; also drier are section of the North West and North (Jayapura). Temperatures, except at altitude average a fairly constant 29 C - 32 C.

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