The Mount Hagen Vista provides a wide perspective on Papua New Guinea, from the mighty Sepik River, to shaking hands with a Huli Wigman, to experiencing the Mount Hagen Show. The Mount Hagen Show brings together sing-sing groups from throughout Papua New Guinea. The variety of cultures and groups represented by the Mount Hagen Show, in turn, reflects the diversity of Papua New Guinea’s landscapes. From lowland tropical rain forests to alpine forests and grasslands, Papua New Guinea possesses a huge variety of rugged landscapes, exotic ecosystems, and pre-technological cultures.
The Mt. Hagen Show Tour Vista is fully escorted. An escort guide will be with you throughout the trip.
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The most spectacular ceremonial cultural extravaganza I have ever seen.
Bob S.
Arrive in Port Moresby, where you will be met and transferred to the Airways Hotel. You will meet your guide and other group members, and the rest of the day is free.
Meals
Dinner
Lodging
Airways Hotel
BDay 2Port Moresby / Karawari
Transfer to the airport for your Air Niugini flight to Mt Hagen and then on to Karawari. (PX 180 & charter flight) Sitting on a ridge above the Karawari River, the lodge boasts a spectacular view over hundreds of miles of dense tropical jungle. Inspired by local architecture and built with traditional materials, the Karawari Lodge still provides modern comforts. You are now in the middle of “Arambak” country, where local people pole dugout canoes along the river, the drums throb, the wild birds call, and traditional village lifestyles continue unchanged. A half-day excursion along the jungle-fringed waterways of the Karawari River will be your discovery today.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Lodging
Karawari Lodge
CDay 3Sepik Region
After breakfast transfer from Karawari Lodge to the air-conditioned comfort of the MV Sepik Spirit. Inspired by the architecture of the “haus tambaran,” or spirit house, the MV Sepik Spirit has a truly unique design. After lunch tour the local villages.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Lodging
MV Sepik Spirit
DDays 4-5Sepik River
Enjoy two full days tour with picnic lunched to the remote Black Water Lakes. While touring you will visit villages where the people are prolific carvers. Here you can purchase many interesting items such as masks elaborately carved hooks, ancestral figures, hand drums, baskets, bilums, and gourds. On return from tour, the Sepik Spirit will cruise back to Karawari for your early morning departure the following day.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner daily
Lodging
MV Sepik Spirit
EDay 6Karawari / Lake Murray
Transfer to the airport for your charter flight to Lake Murray. On arrival enjoy a sit-down lunch at the lodge and then proceed on an afternoon walk around the island which includes a visit to a local village-maybe by boat or a walk. There is also an option of a 2-3km hike (walk) to the station and the local market if you need to stretch your legs.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Lodging
Lake Murray Lodge
FDays 7-8Lake Murray
Spend these two full days of cultural and ecological touring. Visit the Kuni and Pari tribes. Demonstrations will include traditional bilas display, traditional weaving, tribal warriors and a traditional sing-sing and chance to share stories with the villagers.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner daily
Lodging
Lake Murray Lodge
GDay 9Mt. Hagen
Head to the airstrip to catch your charter flight to Mt. Hagen. During the flight, mountains rise up to startling heights out of the flatlands of the Sepik Basin. Mt. Hagen Town is located in the upper Wahgi Valley. Upon arrival at the airport, you will be met and transferred to the Highlander Hotel. In preparation for the Mt. Hagen Cultural Show, there will be a pre-show program in the afternoon at Rondon Ridge.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Lodging
Highlander Hotel
HDays 10-11Mt. Hagen Show
Spend the next couple days enjoying the Mount Hagen Show. The show is famous for its vibrant color and culture. The diversity of the coastal, lowlands, and highlands sing sing groups at the Hagen show reflects the unbelievable diversity of Papua New Guinea’s landscape.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner daily
Lodging
Highlander Hotel
IDay 12Port Moresby
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Port Moresby. (PX181) Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. After a break for lunch, enjoy a tour of Port Moresby, including visits to the National Museum, Botanical Gardens, PNG Arts Shop, and the National Parliament House (outside view only).
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Lodging
Airways Hotel
JDay 13Port Moresby / Onward
Transfer from your hotel to the airport for your onward international flight.
Meals
Breakfast
Lodging
None
Anticipated plan; actual route and program may vary.
Dates & Price
Dates
Customized for you on your dates, or join a group on the following dates:
For dates and customization options for this adventure, please contact us.
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The Mount Hagen Vista provides a wide perspective on Papua New Guinea, from the mighty Sepik River, to shaking hands with a Huli Wigman, to experiencing the Mount Hagen Show. The Mount Hagen Show brings together sing-sing groups from throughout Papua New Guinea. The variety of cultures and groups represented by the Mount Hagen Show, in turn, reflects the diversity of Papua New Guinea’s landscapes. From lowland tropical rain forests to alpine forests and grasslands, Papua New Guinea possesses a huge variety of rugged landscapes, exotic ecosystems, and pre-technological cultures.
The Mt. Hagen Show Tour Vista is fully escorted. An escort guide will be with you throughout the trip.
Arrive in Port Moresby, where you will be met and transferred to the Airways Hotel. You will meet your guide and other group members, and the rest of the day is free.
Meals
Dinner
Lodging
Airways Hotel
BDay 2Port Moresby / Karawari
Transfer to the airport for your Air Niugini flight to Mt Hagen and then on to Karawari. (PX 180 & charter flight) Sitting on a ridge above the Karawari River, the lodge boasts a spectacular view over hundreds of miles of dense tropical jungle. Inspired by local architecture and built with traditional materials, the Karawari Lodge still provides modern comforts. You are now in the middle of “Arambak” country, where local people pole dugout canoes along the river, the drums throb, the wild birds call, and traditional village lifestyles continue unchanged. A half-day excursion along the jungle-fringed waterways of the Karawari River will be your discovery today.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Lodging
Karawari Lodge
CDay 3Sepik Region
After breakfast transfer from Karawari Lodge to the air-conditioned comfort of the MV Sepik Spirit. Inspired by the architecture of the “haus tambaran,” or spirit house, the MV Sepik Spirit has a truly unique design. After lunch tour the local villages.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Lodging
MV Sepik Spirit
DDays 4-5Sepik River
Enjoy two full days tour with picnic lunched to the remote Black Water Lakes. While touring you will visit villages where the people are prolific carvers. Here you can purchase many interesting items such as masks elaborately carved hooks, ancestral figures, hand drums, baskets, bilums, and gourds. On return from tour, the Sepik Spirit will cruise back to Karawari for your early morning departure the following day.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner daily
Lodging
MV Sepik Spirit
EDay 6Karawari / Lake Murray
Transfer to the airport for your charter flight to Lake Murray. On arrival enjoy a sit-down lunch at the lodge and then proceed on an afternoon walk around the island which includes a visit to a local village-maybe by boat or a walk. There is also an option of a 2-3km hike (walk) to the station and the local market if you need to stretch your legs.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Lodging
Lake Murray Lodge
FDays 7-8Lake Murray
Spend these two full days of cultural and ecological touring. Visit the Kuni and Pari tribes. Demonstrations will include traditional bilas display, traditional weaving, tribal warriors and a traditional sing-sing and chance to share stories with the villagers.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner daily
Lodging
Lake Murray Lodge
GDay 9Mt. Hagen
Head to the airstrip to catch your charter flight to Mt. Hagen. During the flight, mountains rise up to startling heights out of the flatlands of the Sepik Basin. Mt. Hagen Town is located in the upper Wahgi Valley. Upon arrival at the airport, you will be met and transferred to the Highlander Hotel. In preparation for the Mt. Hagen Cultural Show, there will be a pre-show program in the afternoon at Rondon Ridge.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Lodging
Highlander Hotel
HDays 10-11Mt. Hagen Show
Spend the next couple days enjoying the Mount Hagen Show. The show is famous for its vibrant color and culture. The diversity of the coastal, lowlands, and highlands sing sing groups at the Hagen show reflects the unbelievable diversity of Papua New Guinea’s landscape.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner daily
Lodging
Highlander Hotel
IDay 12Port Moresby
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Port Moresby. (PX181) Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. After a break for lunch, enjoy a tour of Port Moresby, including visits to the National Museum, Botanical Gardens, PNG Arts Shop, and the National Parliament House (outside view only).
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Lodging
Airways Hotel
JDay 13Port Moresby / Onward
Transfer from your hotel to the airport for your onward international flight.
Meals
Breakfast
Lodging
None
Anticipated plan; actual route and program may vary.
Air Niugini – 2 international legs r/t from Australia and 2 internal legs:
Friday 07 August 2020-PX180 Port Moresby to Mt. Hagen
Monday 17 August 2020-PX181 Mt Hagen to Port Moresby
Charter flights:
Friday 07 August 2020-Mt. Hagen Karawari
Tuesday 11 August 2020-Karawari to Lake Murray
Friday 14 August 2020-Lake Murray to Mt. Hagen
Special Note Regarding Charter Flights: Maximum baggage allowance is 10 kg / 22 lbs per person and a maximum of 5 kg / 11 lbs for carry-on baggage per person. Large, hard-sided suitcases are not permitted on charter aircraft.
While traveling in Papua New Guinea, please keep in mind that although PNG is situated relatively close to other well developed South Pacific and Asian nations, such as Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti, Indonesia, and Singapore, PNG is somewhat isolated, and, as a result, most services and facilities, including transportation and tourism, are relatively underdeveloped by comparison. Unlike these countries, you are visiting a country with a tourist trade in its infancy, and thus you may have to deal with different situations along the way. PNG also has a culture that is completely different from others. Although these factors make for a unique experience, it may at times create circumstances that may become frustrating if the visitor does not remain patient and keep an open mind. If you come to Papua New Guinea with a spirit of adventure and a positive, flexible attitude, you will surely have only good memories to take home with you.
Air Niugini – 2 international legs r/t from Australia and 2 internal legs:
Friday 07 August 2020-PX180 Port Moresby to Mt. Hagen
Monday 17 August 2020-PX181 Mt Hagen to Port Moresby
Charter flights:
Friday 07 August 2020-Mt. Hagen Karawari
Tuesday 11 August 2020-Karawari to Lake Murray
Friday 14 August 2020-Lake Murray to Mt. Hagen
Special Note Regarding Charter Flights: Maximum baggage allowance is 10 kg / 22 lbs per person and a maximum of 5 kg / 11 lbs for carry-on baggage per person. Large, hard-sided suitcases are not permitted on charter aircraft.
Please note that this trip operates under different payment and cancellation policies than those described in our complete Terms & Conditions as noted on our website and elsewhere. Please review the complete Terms & Conditions prior to submitting a deposit.
Expenses covered
Normally, our stated land costs include the cost of all guides, leaders, permits obtained after arrival, lodging accommodations, food and entry fees as specified, and all surface transportation associated with the planned itinerary. We do our best to avoid increasing prices after receipt of your deposit, but, rarely, factors beyond our control might require us to change our prices without prior notice, even after you have signed up.
Expenses not covered
Costs not included in the price may include: meals not indicated as included in itineraries; meals prior to arrival in starting cities; transfers, if not arriving or departing on the scheduled group flights; soft drinks, bottled water, and alcoholic beverages; medical expenses, costs of hospitalization, or evacuation from remote areas; laundry; airport departure taxes not included on your airline ticket; accommodations en route to starting cities; visas; airfares; gratuities; and insurance.
Deposit and payment schedule
An $800 non-refundable per person deposit is due upon booking. A second deposit of $1000 per person is due 180 days prior or at the time of booking for reservations made fewer than 120 days before departure. Final payment for land arrangements is due 120 days prior to departure. (Note: this schedule supersedes that listed in the general Terms and Conditions.) Airlines require full payment when tickets are issued. The deposit may be made by Visa, Master Card or check, and the Reservation Form may be submitted via our website. Full payment schedule and cancellation penalties are described in our Terms and Conditions as noted on our website and elsewhere. Please request these if you do not have them before advancing a deposit.
Airfare
We can help you secure air travel arrangements to correspond with land travel booked through Journeys International. We work with an airfare consolidator to assist in booking the flights that suit your needs. If you decide to make your own flight arrangements, you must provide Journeys International with a complete copy of your itinerary showing departure and arrival flights and times. You should plan to arrange your own air travel if you are using mileage credit or originating outside North America, but please be in touch with our office before you finalize ticketing so that we can help you to coordinate the correct arrival and departure dates and times.
Insurance
When you make your reservation, we strongly recommend the purchase of comprehensive travel insurance in case of emergency situations. Please contact us for a recommended policy.
Itinerary Change Fee
There will be a $40 fee for changes once an itinerary has been confirmed and approved. Additional cancellation penalties or change fees may apply as per our terms and conditions. The passenger is responsible for such fees.
Duration 13 Days
The number of days, or duration, in a destination corresponds with the itinerary as published. This is the time period covered by the land cost.
Group Size 15 - 18
The stated range indicates minimum required for guaranteed departure and maximum accepted on the scheduled dates. Exceptions can often be made for private departures.
Comfort Level
Superior
Superior lodges and hotels
Activity Level
Active
Why Journeys International
Our purpose is to understand the journey you are on – not just the vacation you want to take – and to help you on your way.
We are here to help you plan the trip that will move you closer to your goals and help you fulfill your dreams.
We are here to help you plan a more inspiring, more provocative, more breathtaking, more transformational adventure.
We say “adventure” and not “trip” because, for us, a trip is just going someplace else, but an adventure is an experience that takes you someplace beyond your comfort zone – and therefore maximizes the potential for wonder, discovery, and potentially transformation.
Why trust Journeys to plan that kind of experience with you?
Journeys is an award-winning industry-leader with more than 40 years in business planning creative and thoughtful adventures in interesting places around the world
Our staff is professional and devoted, with adventure specialists in Ann Arbor and guides in the field who take pride in traveler satisfaction; many stay with us for decades
Our Ecological Code of Ethics has long stood as a model for others, and our Earth Preservation Fund puts our money where our mouth is
We go to the farthest corners of the earth – you’ll see some pretty remote destinations on our list, and if you want to challenge us with something new, we’ll likely be willing (though we’ll make sure you know if we’ve never experienced it firsthand)
We’re real people like you, starting with the real person who will answer the phone, right through the owner, Robin Pollak, who you can talk to any time you want (or even her parents, Joan & Will Weber, who started the company!)
We ask lots of questions and get to know you as well as possible to we can design the best experience for YOU
Your unique itinerary includes sites, accommodations, activities, and meetings with people hand selected for personal goals, passions, interests and abilities
Your personal adventure specialist stays with you from trip planning through departure to answer all your questions – promptly – and make sure every detail is handled so you are well prepared for your trip
Our partners on the ground in your destination will welcome you as a friend of a friend; we’ve been working with many of them for ages
We’re open and clear, and offer a complete picture of what you can expect while traveling. We don’t want to make an easy sale; we want to make an honest one.
24-hour emergency phone support while traveling
We’ll be excited to hear about the trip when you get back, and take all feedback seriously
Our travelers come back again and again, for five, ten, or more adventures — and they trust us enough to send their friends to us, too
We love what we do, and we love sharing our common passion with you.
Match the trip’s intensity to your ability and motivation.
Gentle
Easy walking, with opportunities for low-key physical activity.
Active
Energetic exploration with optional day hikes, leisurely cycling, or light canoeing.
Vigorous
Day-long active excursions and options for demanding activity in varied environments.
Challenging
Strenuous hiking or other intense activity that may be at high altitude or over rough terrain.
Demanding
Multi-day trekking and other activities requiring endurance or strength. Steep trails. No technical expertise necessary.
Comfort Level
Choose accommodations and amenities that fit your personal style
Simple
Our most natural accommodations. Bath facilities often shared, sometimes rustic.
Delightful
Comfortable and especially personal. Small to mid-sized lodges, typically with private bath.
Superior
Lodges and hotels with additional amenities, refined artistry, or extra-special settings.
Deluxe
Exclusive or luxury lodges, hotels, or safari camps with fine dining options.
Uncommon
The most indulgent accommodations arranged specially for private trips.
Single Supplement
The single supplement is applicable if a roommate is not available or if single accommodation is specifically requested. While single accommodation is not available on all trips, we will try and honor this request whenever possible.