15 days 14 nights Korowai & Raja Ampat Program
Duration: 15days / 14nights Korowai &Raja Ampat Program
Start / Finish: Jayapura and Sorong airport
Condition: Hard
Tour code: PJ T – 25
D01: JAYAPURA ARRIVAL (LD)
Arrive at Sentani airport of Jayapura met by the guide and short transfer to Horex hotel, lunch will have at hotel, The rest of the day is free you may walk to market of Sentani to see the Sentani people selling their garden products. Dinner at hotel in Sentani
D02: JAYAPURA – DEKAI (BLD)
After breakfast, short transfer by car to airport for the 50 minutes flight to Dekai, arrive at Dekai airport short transfer to hotel, after check in you may walk around the town while the guide preparing the needs for the trip next day. Lunch and dinner at a local restaurant.
D03: DEKAI – LOGPON – MABUL (BLD)
After breakfast, by car to Logpon (harbor) then by motorized canoe down up river to MuaraSiretj village, lunch will have on the way. Arrive at Mabul village check in to the accommodation ( school) then explore the village surrounding. Dinner and overnight at local accommodation.
D04: MABUL – NGGUARI VILLAGE (BLD)
We begin our 4 hours trek passing through the swamps, sometimes walk over the log or fallen tree and crossing the river with or without bridge. This is the tropical rain forest in the vast-green lowland of South Irian Jaya or Papua, there are many exotic things to be discovered and experienced but with a great deal with mosquito, swamp, heat and high humidity (85 – 100%). Our trek in the forest will support by our local porters who carry our bags or gears and will love to help you to do some difficult section of the trip when you need. Korowai is a nomad people who always move from one place to another at least once every 3 years. They are not live in large group, that at every location of the tree house we only see 2-4 tree houses built side by side. The Korowai also a great hunter who hunted pigs, Cus-Cus, birds most of their time in life. After we met the Korowai and family on their tree house, we may interact with them help by our guide and experience their life. Overnight at our tent or at shelter we build near the tree house soon after we arrive. During the time with Korowai we can follow their daily activities: hunting, setting trap of wild pigs, gathering Sago flour, fishing in traditional way and also may have opportunity to see the tribe building their own house about 25-30 above the ground.
D05: NGGUARI – HALIGANOP (BLD)
After breakfast we continue to another Korowai village name Haliganop in about 3hours, in Haliganop we will see people setting animal and fish trap.
D06: HALIGANOP FULLDAY (BLD)
After breakfast in Haliganop we see the Korowai process Sago
D07: HALIGANOP FULLDAY (BLD)
See the locals fixing a tree house. Afternoon we follow the locals searching for sago worms, putting the fish trap in the river.
D08: HALIGANOP – MABUL – PEPERA (BLD)
We will trek back to MABUL and then by our motorized canoe back to PEPERA MuaraSiretj village. Overrnight at teacher house.
D09:PEPERA MUARA SIRETJ – LOGPOND – DEKAI (BLD)
After breakfast, by our charter motorized canoe back to LogPond about 6 hours, then by car within 30 minutes transfer to hotel in Dekai, upon arrival check in to hotel. The rest of the day is free dinner and overnight at hotel.
D10: DEKAI – JAYAPURA (BLD)
After breakfast at hotel dropped by car to airport,then by Trigana flight to Jayapura within 50 minutes, arrive in Sentani check in to hotel, dinner at hotel.
D11: JAYAPURA-SORONG-WAISAI –YENKORANU (BLD)
In the morning fly to Sorong, arrive in sorong airport before we go to the port we have lunch at local restaurant, and then to the harbor and continue the trip to waisai for 2 hours with the fast boat. Waisai is the central of the raja ampat region, from waisai port we will pick you up to Kri island and stay at the yenkoranu home stay. Enjoy the sunset at the jetty or you can snorkeling in front of the home stay jetty. (Lunch and Dinner)
D12: YENKORANU-ARBOREK (BLD)
After breakfast 8.00 am then go for snorkeling at Yenbuba jetty After that snorkeling for the second time at the sawandarek reefs and then continue to Arborek village check in the homestay. In the afternoon snorkeling in the Arborek jetty` dinner at the homestay.
D13: ARBOREK (BLD)
After breakfast at 7.30 from the home stay and by boat we in 90 minutes to Piaynemo and trek up to the hill top the photograph the small islands and then trek down to the boat then continue to Melisa garden in 20 minutes for more snorkeling spend 1hour there then we continue to Fam for 30 minutes for another snorkeling and we continue to Kabuy island in about 1 hour and in the afternoon by boat back to Arborek. Dinner and overnight stay.
D14: ARBOREK-WAISAI-SORONG (BLD)
From Arborek by speed boat to Waisai on the way we visit Pasir Timbul and then continue to Friwen for last place for snorkeling and then by fast boat to Sorong, check in to Swiss belhotel, the rest of the day walk around town. Dinner at local restaurant overnight at hotel.
D15: SORONG-DEPARTURE (B)
Transfer to airport on its time. End of service
