Korowai Trekking

12 DAYS / 11 NIGHTS

Trekking and adventure tours in West Papua. Korowai is a tribe found around 35 years ago in the remote part of Papua. Up until the 1970s, there had been no previous recorded contact between them and the western world.  Some of them still have probably never seen a white person in their life.

One of the most remarkable engineering feats of the isolated and primitive tribe is their ability to construct great treehouse which sit 140-feet high in the jungles. And also the Korowai tribe is one of the last known tribes in the world to have been cannibals.  Meet the Korowai tribe will be one of the most fascinating experiences of your life. Experience the most exciting West Papua trekking adventure

Arrival flight: Jayapura

Departure flight:  Jayapura

DAY 1: WELCOME TO JAYAPURA- DEKAI/YAHOKIMO

Arrive at Sentani airport of Jayapura,  meet by tour guide and catching regular flight to Dekai/Yahokimo with schedule ETD 10:00, it will be depend on weather. (baggage allowed for these flight is 15kg only per passenger, as you can leave your unnecessary baggage in Jayapura with us before leaving. (please note: the flights are delayed very often due bad weather, technical problem, operational of flight). Make more preparation in Dekai for the next day by  charter motorized canoe. Rest of the day you may walk around Dekai villages  to explore Dekai small town. Lunch and dinner will be provided by our cook. These flight very often delayed or canceled due to bad weather. If canceled you shall be transfer to hotel and overnight stay (baggage allowance for this flight is 15kg per person)

Meals included: dinner

DAY 2: DEKAI – BRAZA RIVER – MABUL/BAYGON

Transfer by Jeep to Lokpon and today travel by motorized canoe through Brazza River for approx 6-8hours. From Brazza river up to Kolf River on destination to Mabul or baygon. Depends with rivers high condition, sometime the water river down to 1 meter (low tide), the boat have to be slower. Arrive at afternoon or at night. Dinner and overnight in the village of Mabul or upper of Mabul (Baygon)

Meals included: breakfast, lunch and dinner

DAYS 3- 4- 5- 6- 7: KOROWAY ADVENTURE 

We will spend these 05days adventure is some of the most pristine lowland rain forest in the world. Along the way we will try and stay with the various tribes those inhabit the region.

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 4-6 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 3 or 4 Tree houses 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. Stay and overnight at tents. While the Canoe with their crews waiting us in this village while we doing adventure till we return.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch and dinner

DAY 8: JUNGLE – MABUL  

Today we will continue pur Trekking to the last Koroway Village, Mabul. We expect walking for 4 – 5 hours and we will camping at Mabul Village.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch and dinner

DAY 9: MABUL – DEKAI

After breakfast we will depart by canoe from Mabul to Dekai. This trip we will take us a  7 to 8 hours, depending of the river conditons. Arrive at Dekai and accomodations at local house.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch and dinner

DAY 10: DEKAI - JAYAPURA

Breakfast and  transfer to the airport for your flight by Trigana ETD 11:00 leaving for Jayapura. Upon your arrival at Sentani airport of JayapuraTransfer to The Hotel.

Meals included: breakfast and lunch

DAY 11: JAYAPURA

Spare day in case the flight from Dekai is cancelled today, Whole day is free. Stay overnight at Swiss Belhotel or similar.

Meals included: breakfast

DAY 12: JAYAPURA-OUT

After breakfast at your hotel, transfer to the airport for your flight to Jakarta. Arrival and transfer to the hotel. Accommodation.

Meals included: breakfast,

Note: All of our itineraries can be tailored to your requirements, allowing us to create the perfect tailor-made tour in West Papua  just for you. Contact us with your holiday ideas and we’ll start planning your unique personalized trip!