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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Transfer from your hotel to the airport for your onward international flight.