Brief description: Korowai Tree House Tribe adventure
The Adventure – The walking tour is mostly through the dense jungle, swampy, and we sometime walking up the single log. Sometime our porter will free their hand to help you in the hard or difficult trail. The Korowai tribes live in the jungle only with their family or relatives, as they never stay in one big compound. We can found 2 or 3 Tree house in one camp only. Caused they are nomad peoples and they never life for such a long time in the one places, they have to moved to one and another places to get more food and animals to be hunt. We will stay with Korowai in their bevak or we build a tent or up the tree house if permitted.
Korowai People always moves from one place to another in order to be close to the foods and hunted animals provides by nature. Korowai and Kombai are hunter and gatherer who move and build a new tree house once every 3 years. For this reason we do not fix the place of our destination or what activities we do day by day. Once we arrive in Mabul or Upper Mabul, our contact person will telling us and update all the information in Korowai and Kombai area including the people and their tree house or if there is any sago grub feast take place while we 
are in the area. Sago grub feast is the main ritual ceremony in Korowai Batu tribe to re-new their world and relation with God/Spirit and among their own people in the clans or groups. We will arrange our visit to the place where the feast will serve a lot of foods including the most delicacy “Sago Grub” to the invited guests and every one will put on their best wear and dancing. Traditional wear of Korowai is very simple; men wear a piece of leave or a small penis gourd to cover their penis and women wear the skirt made of woven sago leafs. Compared Kombai tribe wears the same with Korowai but some of Kombai men wear hornbill head instead of the gourd during the feast time.
THE TRAIL; the trail is going through the swampy lands so you will get wet and could be very slippery and muddy when it rains. The weather is very unpredictable here. During the dry season (May – Oct) it can be very dry. So, prepare your self to the wet or hot weather condition with humidity from 65 – 99% or may be more. The surface of our trail into the forest is almost flat, no hike 
and we likely walk under the canopy of the forest’s trees most if the time. Tropic rain forest provides varies of wild life, beautiful and exotic fauna and flora, but you have to concentrate and watch carefully your steps especially when you have to walk on logs or fallen tree in the small river or sago swamp. For that we will always take 15 to 30 minutes break every time you need to drink water after one or two hours walk.
NIGHT CAMP; We overnight a tent near the tree house, but should you want to sleep on a tree house with Korowai Batu family bring your own mosquito net or you can use our own. We sometime 
spend 1-2 nights in one place of the tree house of there are some interesting event in the place and the family would like to host us that we can joining their daily activities. We really think that by joining the local daily activities is the best way to understand and experience the local life and culture. If there is no sago grub feast take place while we are in the area, we will join the local people daily life activities (e.g. gathering foods/sago, fishing, hunting or put on the trap for animal like pig or birds). We sometime watch people build a new tree house.
#Day by Day program-Detail is down:
Korowai Tribe Trekking & Extension to Dani Tribe (February 5th – 14th’ 2018)
FEBRUARY 5th (Monday): Day 1
JAYAPURA – FLIGHT TO YAHOKIMO/DEKAI (-/L/D)
You may arrive in Papua by today latest at 08:00 am but very recommended to be arrive one day earlier in Papua at Sentani Airport (February 4th).
Morning arrival to Jayapura – the capital of Papua province. Meet us and catching regular flight to Dekai/Yahokimo (baggage allowed for this flight is 10kg only per passenger, as you can leave your unnecessary baggage in Jayapura with us before leaving.
FEBRUARY 6th (Tuesday):
DEKAI – MABUL (B/L/D)
You will not be sleeping on bed for next 5 days. Late in the afternoon you shall reach the village of Mabul a starting base for all expeditions to Korowai Proceeding with all necessary preparations for further expedition to the jungle – negotiation with a chief of the village, getting more supplies, selecting the porters and scouts – these moments are always memorable for the expedition’s participants. From now on forget about privacy – the Papuan kids will be following your every single step and watching you closely. 
Westerners are probably bigger attraction for Papuans than Papuans for Westerners. Dinner prepared by a cook and night spent in the local house.
Note:These are a small chance that we’ll reach Mabul during two days trip – all depends on weather conditions. In such case we’ll spend one night in one of the Citak tribe’s villages on the way.
FEBRUARY 7th – 10th (Wednesday – Saturday):
TREKKING THROUGH KOROWAI TERRITORIES (B/L/D)
We will spend these 04 days adventure is some of the most pristine lowland rain forest in the world. Depending on weather conditions and the pace of the march (this is always adapted to the slowest person in the group). During the 5 days in the jungle, we will not only visit several settlements cut off from civilization, but also have a unique chance to experience the beauty and menacing 
power of one of the wildest stretches of rain forest in the world. The participants of the expedition will get an opportunity to admire the untouched flora and fauna, learn a few basic rules of survival in the jungle, possibly with a chance of going hunting.
FEBRUARY 11th (Sunday):
RETURN TO DEKAI (B/L/D)
Early in the morning return to the Mabul village. Farewell to the porters and local guides and repacking our equipment. All-day-long boat trip on the Brazza and Siret River back to Dekai. Accommodation in a local hostel (very basic conditions). Dinner and overnight in the hotel.
FEBRUARY 12th (Monday):
FLIGHT TO WAMENA (B/L/-)
(baggage allowance for this flight is 10kg per person only). this flight will depend on the weather conditions. The rest of the day is free to relax after an exhausting expedition. Stay overnight in the hotel.
FEBRUARY 13th (Tuesday):
MUMMY, MOCK WAR/TRADITIONAL DANCE WITH DANI PEOPLE (B/L/-)
By private car to Aikima village. The Tribe chief will stand on a Traditional Observation and give the order to his people to celebrate. Lunch will be served inside the hamlet. You will see and experience the local culture and have an opportunity to interact with local villagers while you can buy their handicraft as your souvenir. We return to the Hotel in the late afternoon.
FEBRUARY 14th (Wednesday):
WAMENA – JAYAPURA – DEPARTURE (-/-/-)
Early in the morning we’ll transfer you to the airport where you’ll board the first flight to Jayapura by IW1630 at 06:15 AM.
Above program and itinerary is flexible or depend on local conditions, flights, weather, etc.
INCLUDED IN THE EXPEDITION COST ABOVE:
~ Internal Flight: Jayapura – Yahokimo/Dekai – Wamena – Jayapura return
~ English Speaking Guide
~ Porters at Airport & Porters during Trek
~ Cook during Trek with basic equipment
~ Meals/Foods during Trek
~ All Land Transports / Airport Transfers
~ Motorized canoe charter
~ Stay at tents in the jungle, with standard mats & blankets.
~ 2 Nights stay in very simple accommodation in Yahokimo
~ All Necessary Travel Permit of Papua
Payment can be transferred to bank account
Bank Central Asia (swift code: CENAIDJA)
Account no : 8140187616
Bank Holder : Demianus Mac Wasage
Bank address : Jl. Samratulangi, Jayapura, Papua- Indonesia.
Or via Mandiri Bank Account:
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Bank : Mandiri
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Account no : 154-00-10434-61-5
Bank Holder : Demianus Wasage
Bank address : Jl. Trikora Wamena, Papua, Indonesia
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Papal account : trekpapua@gmail.com
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