HIGHLANDS TRIBES TOUR
7 nights - $3420 USD
HIGHLAND TRIBES ESCORTED MT HAGEN, ASARO, AND GOROKA TOUR
8 nights 14 - 22 September 2026
$3694 - including flights, single supplement $490. Includes the Goroka Festival.
Escorted by Best of PNG's founder, Christopher Bartlett, we meet in Port Moresby the day before before flying to Mount Hagen to meet the Huli Wigmen, the Hagen warriors, and visit one of the largest markets in the country. We have a morning birding walk, and an afternoon birdwatching from the comfort of a lodge, looking for Birds of Paradise and other endemic species. We then travel through the provinces of Jiwaka and Chumbu, stopping to see a Chimbu coffee roaster, en route to Goroka. You will love our unique Asaro Mudmen Sing-Sing on the Friday, and then it's time for the Goroka two-day festival with four nights' accommodation in a comfortable guest house close to the show grounds. We end with another cultural day in the Eastern Highlands, visiting two more trines for private sing-sings, and spent the last night at the Asaro Mudmen village in a rustic lodge. Includes meals except lunches in Goroka, internal flights, show entry, activities, transfers, Sing Sings, guiding. Full itinerary here.
Add on a six-night Sepik River guided tour after the festival, 22-28 September 2026, $2695 per person. Full itinerary here.
8 nights 14 - 22 September 2026
$3694 - including flights, single supplement $490. Includes the Goroka Festival.
Escorted by Best of PNG's founder, Christopher Bartlett, we meet in Port Moresby the day before before flying to Mount Hagen to meet the Huli Wigmen, the Hagen warriors, and visit one of the largest markets in the country. We have a morning birding walk, and an afternoon birdwatching from the comfort of a lodge, looking for Birds of Paradise and other endemic species. We then travel through the provinces of Jiwaka and Chumbu, stopping to see a Chimbu coffee roaster, en route to Goroka. You will love our unique Asaro Mudmen Sing-Sing on the Friday, and then it's time for the Goroka two-day festival with four nights' accommodation in a comfortable guest house close to the show grounds. We end with another cultural day in the Eastern Highlands, visiting two more trines for private sing-sings, and spent the last night at the Asaro Mudmen village in a rustic lodge. Includes meals except lunches in Goroka, internal flights, show entry, activities, transfers, Sing Sings, guiding. Full itinerary here.
Add on a six-night Sepik River guided tour after the festival, 22-28 September 2026, $2695 per person. Full itinerary here.