Kokoda Treks - Battlefield Tours
The Kokoda Track is by far the most popular Kokoda trek in Papua New Guinea and takes between 6-9 days to complete. It is a physical and mental challenge and the difficulty of the track should not be underestimated.
The long days include river crossings, steep and gradual ascends and descends. The 96 kilometre trek is predominately through rain forest. Usually conditions are wet and slippery as rain can be expected on most days. Temperatures range from 24-30 degrees celcius during the day and 16-24 degrees celcius at night.
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This track was made famous during WW11 and still bares the scars of a fierce campaign. For those of you who had loved ones fighting in PNG during WW11, this walk can be a very spiritual and emotional experience. Trekking in mud up to your knees and tricky river crossings indicates exactly the conditions under which our diggers fought.
Our guides are extremely knowledgeable about the WW11 history across the track. They have all spent time exploring battlefields and found interesting side trips for our trekkers to see ammunition pit, war artifacts and areas where the Japanese and Australians dug in to fight.
Trekkers need not have an Australian connection with the track. It is the most beautiful walk, the scenery is stunning, we get to camp out and integrate with our PNG boys working for us. There is a lot of singing and telling of stories around camp fires in the evenings. Our boys are so good in this department that they have just put out a Kokoda Track CD.
When we stay in villages your guide will take you for a walk around the village so you get to meet all our friends. They will talk to you about the PNG culture and maybe organize a village sing a long that evening.The local people who live along the track are Koiaris. They are warm, friendly and generous people who welcome trekkers onto their land.This is a complete learning experience.
You learn about the WW11 History, the culture, the people, the flora and fauna and will walk away from our country a better person for having this experience. Although ideally suited to walkers who are of reasonable fitness, training for this trek is necessary. Please try and be as fit as you possibly can. Remember the fitter you are the more enjoyable the trek will be. The best time to do the track is between the end of April and the beginning of November.
We have two different Kokoda treks available:
Kokoda Battlefied Treks
Kokoda Extreme Treks
Take advantage of one of the worlds most unique Cultural Shows. Trek Kokoda and attend the famous Mount Hagen Cultural Show.
Kokoda Battlefield Trek 3-10 August 2012
Mount Hagen Cultural Show 11-12 August 2012
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