Trek Papua

About West Papua & Korowai tribe

West Papua is the western half of the island of New Guinea, bordering the independent nation of Papua New Guinea. It lies just 200km north of Australia. The land comprises a large mountainous interior, forest lowlands, large areas of coastal mangrove swamps and is surrounded by numerous small islands and coral reefs.

South of the Jayawijaya mountain range of Papua Indonesiais a large area of lowland. The area accommodates a myriad of rivers forming swamps, wetlands and mangrove forests. It’s the habitat of the Korowai, a tribe that until the early 1970s, believed that they were the only humans on earth. The Korowai are one of the few Papuan tribes that do not wear the Koteka, a penis gourd. Instead, the men ‘hide’ their penises in their scrotum, to which a leaf is then tightly tied. They are hunter-gatherers, living in tree houses. They adhere to strict separatism between men and women.
Homes of the tree house tribe : Amazing images show rickety structures built 140ft up by secretive Korowaian. (who were unaware of anyone else on earth until now). Read more, call me on mobile: +6281247628708. E-mail: trekpapua@gmail.com

Suku Korowai mempunyai populasi 3.000 orang dan merupakan salah satu suku paling aneh di dunia. Mereka tinggal di Papua New Guinea dan budaya mereka masih tetap terisolasi dari peradaban modern. Mereka memiliki banyak kebiasaan aneh dan beberapa dari mereka juga ada yang kanibal. Seperti kenyataannya bahwa mereka hidup dengan cara suku mereka sendiri yang cukup aneh, mereka membangun rumah mereka di pohon-pohon yang sangat tinggi supaya tidak diganggu oleh binatang. Di sini Anda dapat melihat beberapa foto yang menunjukkan beberapa rumah mereka yang megah dan beberapa foto yang menunjukkan proses pembangunan bangunan tersebut. Seperti kenyataannya bahwa mereka hidup dengan cara suku mereka sendiri yang cukup aneh, mereka membangun rumah mereka di pohon-pohon yang sangat tinggi supaya tidak diganggu oleh binatang. Di sini Anda dapat melihat beberapa foto yang menunjukkan beberapa rumah mereka yang megah dan beberapa foto yang menunjukkan proses pembangunan bangunan tersebut.

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Amat/Korowai: 15 days
Day 1
Flight originates in Denpasar, Bali to Timika, Papua on Garuda Airlines.
Accommodations in Timika in a medium priced hotel.
Pick up required travel permits (surat jalan) at the police station.
Day 2
Flight on a Twin Otter airplane from Timika to Agats.
Accommodation in Agats at a medium priced hotel.
Day 3
Leave from Agats up river to Senggo in a chartered longboat with motor.
Accommodation in Senggo.
Day 4
Travel from Senggo to the Korowai area via chartered long boat with motor.
We have a special place in the Korowai to visit.
Spend the night in a village house on the side of the river.
Note: Not in Yanirumah, where all the other companies go, but a much better place
to see real Korowai people living in amazing tree houses.
Day 5
Trekking in the Korowai area; at the border of the Citak and Korowai tribes.
Camp close to a Korowai Tree house.
Days 6-10
Trekking in the Korowai area. Each night we will make camp near a Korowai Tree house.
Day 11
Trek back to the village on the river and spend the night
Day 12
Charter a long boat with motor and travel back downstream toward Agats.
Spend the night in an Asmat village on the side of the river.
Day 13
Continue with the chartered long boat back to Agats. If we reach Agats with time to spare we can do a tour around the area or visit Suruh village, which is close by.
Accommodations in Agats at a medium priced hotel.
Day 14
Travel back to Timika by Twin Otter airplane.
Accommodations in Timika at a medium priced hotel.
Day 15-End