Joint ethnographic expedition inspired by the research of Miklouho-Maclay in search of the "content people":
to the construction of a treehouse in the highlands of the Eilanden river among the Korowai tribe and to the Asmat ceremony on the Pulau river, accompanied by a Russian Geographical Society expert and a scientist from the Kunstkamera
to the construction of a treehouse in the highlands of the Eilanden river among the Korowai tribe and to the Asmat ceremony on the Pulau river, accompanied by a Russian Geographical Society expert and a scientist from the Kunstkamera
PAPUA
March 29 — April 11, 2026
New Guinea Island, Papua, Indonesia
Tour New Guinea Island, Papua, Indonesia
* TOGETHER WITH RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
PAPUA
March 29 — April 11, 2026
New Guinea Island, Papua, Indonesia
Tour New Guinea Island, Papua, Indonesia
* TOGETHER WITH RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
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We continue the legacy of Nikolai Nikolaevich Miklouho-Maclay in exploring the beloved island of this great Russian scientist. It was in Western Papua that Miklouho-Maclay undertook his second expedition, choosing the Papua-Kowiai Coast as one of the least studied areas of the island at that time. While many scholars and traders avoided landing on Papua-Kowiai due to rumors about the bloodthirsty and cunning nature of the local tribes, this only drew Miklouho-Maclay in—he sought to study peoples less influenced by European contact and external forces.
Our expedition will head into Western Papua, east of the regions once explored by the scientist. We will venture even deeper into the swampy jungles of New Guinea.
Two days by plane, two days navigating fast-flowing rivers by boat through untouched rainforest, and another day on foot through waterlogged jungle—sometimes waist-deep in muddy water—all for a single goal: to witness people who still build their homes high up in the trees and continue to use traditional tools.
Through the lands of the Asmat—once feared headhunters and fierce warriors—we’ll set out in search of nomadic Korowai camps in terrain so remote that large parts of it remain unmapped. This is a true discovery and a serious test of endurance.
Our unique expedition journey involves full immersion in and study of the traditional culture of the Korowai people in the upper reaches of the Eilanden River during their clan migrations and the construction of a high treehouse.
This joint expedition by MZUNGU EXPEDITIONS and the Russian Geographical Society will be guided by an RGS expert and an ethnographer from the Kunstkamera – Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, both practicing specialists in the cultures of New Guinea.
Participants will gain hands-on experience with anthropological fieldwork, including methods for collecting ethnographic materials, writing observational field notes, and understanding how to document traditional societies. Author-led seminars will introduce the material and spiritual culture of the Papuan peoples, providing deeper insight and context for interpreting what we observe in the jungle. The journey will also help explore how traditional culture is transforming within the Korowai community.
The results of the expedition and participants' impressions are planned to be presented at a seminar at the RGS Headquarters in St. Petersburg.
Our expedition will head into Western Papua, east of the regions once explored by the scientist. We will venture even deeper into the swampy jungles of New Guinea.
Two days by plane, two days navigating fast-flowing rivers by boat through untouched rainforest, and another day on foot through waterlogged jungle—sometimes waist-deep in muddy water—all for a single goal: to witness people who still build their homes high up in the trees and continue to use traditional tools.
Through the lands of the Asmat—once feared headhunters and fierce warriors—we’ll set out in search of nomadic Korowai camps in terrain so remote that large parts of it remain unmapped. This is a true discovery and a serious test of endurance.
Our unique expedition journey involves full immersion in and study of the traditional culture of the Korowai people in the upper reaches of the Eilanden River during their clan migrations and the construction of a high treehouse.
This joint expedition by MZUNGU EXPEDITIONS and the Russian Geographical Society will be guided by an RGS expert and an ethnographer from the Kunstkamera – Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, both practicing specialists in the cultures of New Guinea.
Participants will gain hands-on experience with anthropological fieldwork, including methods for collecting ethnographic materials, writing observational field notes, and understanding how to document traditional societies. Author-led seminars will introduce the material and spiritual culture of the Papuan peoples, providing deeper insight and context for interpreting what we observe in the jungle. The journey will also help explore how traditional culture is transforming within the Korowai community.
The results of the expedition and participants' impressions are planned to be presented at a seminar at the RGS Headquarters in St. Petersburg.
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©️ MZUNGU EXPEDITIONS / Alexey Kolbov, 2020 - 2023
©️ МЗУНГУ ЭКСПЕДИШЕНС / Алексей Кольбов, 2020 - 2023
©️ МЗУНГУ ЭКСПЕДИШЕНС / Алексей Кольбов, 2020 - 2023
SCHEDULE & COST:
Dates: March 29 — April 11, 2026
Duration: 14 days / 13 nights
Number of participants: 7 — 10
Cost of participation per person:
10% early booking discount (in case you book before September 29, 2025)
Everything included (also 2 flights and full board in the expeditional part) except for:
Estimated cost of flight Moscow – Jakarta – Moscow: 1200 — 1600 USD. Usually bought on your own.
Single supplement in hotels: 200 USD (single accommodation provided in the hotels along the entire itinerary).
Single supplement in tents: 200 USD (single accommodation in tents provided along the entire itinerary).
TRAVEL PROGRAM: TOUR TO PAPUA
Day 1. March 29, 2026 (Sunday). TIMIKA — AGATS
Arrival in Timika before 7 am from Jakarta or from another city. Meeting with the guide and catch up for the short breakfast in the airport.
At 11:40 am (the flight schedule may change) flight with Wings Air from Timika to Agats (Ewer airport), Asmat province.
Arrival in Agats at 12:25 am.
Check-in at the guest house Asmat Permai Hotel or similar.
Walking tour around Agats town.
Agats is wonderful town which is fully built on the stilts. It is kind of Papuan Venice, but while high tide the navigation by boats is not possible.
All bikes in the town have an electro engine and move soundless. It all surrealistically looks like numb movie.
Dinner in local karaoke cafe or Rumah Makan Muslim canteen, at your choice.
Meals included: breakfast
Accommodation included: Asmat Permai Hotel or similar
* Recommended flights from Moscow to Jakarta:
— with Turkish Airlines, departure from Moscow VKO at 20:10 on March 27, arrival in Jakarta at 18:00 on March 28 (stopover in Istanbul 2 hours 20 minutes),
— with Etihad Airways, departure from Moscow SVO at 12:20 on March 27, arrival in Jakarta at 9:05 am on March 28 (stopover in Abu Dhabi 2 hours 55 minutes),
— with Qatar Airways, departure from Moscow SVO at 16:50 on March 27, arrival in Jakarta at 15:10 on March 28 (stopover in Doha 4 hours 20 minutes),
— or any other flight with arrival in Jakarta not later than at 18:00 on March 28.
* Recommended flights from Jakarta to Timika:
— from Jakarta direct with Lion Air, departure from Jakarta at 22:00 on March 28, arrival in Timika at 6:05 am on March 29,
— or any other flight with arrival in Timika no later than at 7 am on March 29.
Day 2. March 30, 2026 (Monday). AGATS — AWAK VILLAGE OF ASMAT
After having breakfast in our guest house, we make the last preparations and start our expedition by open motorised long boats up to the swamps of Agats and further to upstream river, up to the village of Awak (or another Asmat village on the way). It may take some 5 — 6 hours.
Enroute, we stop in famous Asmat villages situated on the right bank of Surets river – Yaosakor and Kaimo. In the latter, we can find not only traditional long house, but also ceremonial statues with elaborative wood carving.
In the afternoon, walk around the village to get into acquintance with Asmat people who live here.
Swimming in Surets and meeting sunset on the river bank.
After dinner, mingle with locals around the fire and sleep under our mosquito nets right in the Asmat long house.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: Asmat longhouse under mosquito nets
Day 3. March 31, 2026 (Tuesday). AWAK VILLAGE OF ASMAT – BINAM VILLAGE OF CITAK
Today morning, we attend traditional Asmat ceremony, both on the water and on the land.
Right after breakfast, we will be delivered by boat to the river island where we meet Asmat people in full dress and by traditional canoes.
We together float downstream to comeback to Awak village in order to further perform there. This staged ceremony lasts up to 3 hours and showcases the Asmat culture.
Asmat tribe in the past well known for traditional carving and also for being severe headhunters and cannibals, nowadays live close to rivers or swamps and practice fishing and hunting, and in the last years also trading.
After ceremony we drive further upstream rivers Surets and Eilanden, up to the village of Binam. It may take some 5 — 6 hours. We can enjoy the beauty of the wild and the people who live on the river bank.
Midway of our journey we stop for lunch for 40 min in Asmat village (Fos or another one) and our cook will prepare everything. Here we will also get into acquaintance with valuable kind of wood produced here – gharu, also known as wood of gods.
Arrive late in Binam modern village, also mounted on the stilts, where we will meet the family of our captain. Binam is mainly populated by Citak Mitak people. Citak have traditions close to Asmat culture, but they speak their own language.
Walk around Citak village to see what is their nowadays lifestyle.
Dinner and overnight in local house of our captain under our own mosquito nets.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: local house under mosquito nets
Day 4. April 1, 2026 (Wednesday). BINAM VILLAGE — BAIGON MODERN VILLAGE OF KOROWAI
After breakfast, we continue our journey to the first village of Korowai – missionary village called Baigon (or another one, depending on the information about Korowai traditional villages at the moment).
By motor boat through Eilanden River it takes around 6 — 7 hours (packed lunch enroute), overcoming challenging stream and rapids, which is big adventure in itself. The upper-heads of Eilanden are wild with old rainforest on the banks and remote tribes living deep in the jungle.
Upon arrival to the first (modern) village of Korowai (motor boat crew waits for us in this village or upper/lower of the stream until we return), while engaging our porters, getting information about the itinerary and villages in the jungle, our cook prepares food and we have a dinner.
Mingle with locals around the fire. Overnight all together in long house of modern Korowai people under our own mosquito nets.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: local house under mosquito nets
Day 5. April 2, 2026 (Thursday). MODERN VILLAGE OF KOROWAI — KOROWAI TRADITIONAL VILAGE
After breakfast and getting all information about Korowai villages in the jungle*, together with porters we set off on foot into the jungle to Korowai traditional village deep in the rainforest. Walk about 3 to 5 hours before reaching the traditional Korowai village Aleaton with tree houses built high up on the trees (or another village).
First getting into acquaintance with Korowai traditional village and its inhabitants.
Dinner and overnight in tents.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: tents
* Depending on the information about Korowai villages in the jungle (distance, direction etc.), that we get in the Missionary village and depending on availability of local guides and porters, the team leader can take a decision to immediately set off on foot into the jungle the same day upon arrival by boat.
Days 6 – 10. April 3 — 7, 2026 (Friday — Tuesday). KOROWAI TRIBE IN 3 DIFFERENT NOMADIC CAMPS
Within these days we live in 3 different Korowai villages deep in the jungle (Aleaton, Baylom and Marcus nomadic villages or others), engaging porters from each new village in order to find the further way or correct our itinerary.
We walk approx. 3 to 7 hours a day when we are changing location, overcoming rivers and swamps – a very big adventure! We sleep in our tents on the earth or in the traditional tree houses together with Korowai people.
Tribal Korowai are commonly called tree house people because they build houses high on the trees to avoid the threat from another tribe or from evil spirits. They used to practice cannibalism less than decade ago, and people say that in some villages it is still the case. Some of Korowai still live in the Stone Age almost having no any appliances made of metal, but this is something which is passing away rapidly.
In the jungle in each village (nomadic camp), we can see one or two families. Each Korowai family has the territory to find food. Korowai are nomadic people and they always move from one place to another looking for the food. Hunting animals in the wild, fish in the creek or in the swamp is their lifestyle, which is considered the work for men. Korowai women are responsible for gathering such kind of food like insects, sago (sago is one of the palm trees they process to get starch – Korowai's staple food) etc. They eat everything what lives in the jungle and if they serve food on you, then you should eat it, as saying "no" may really offend Korowai people. In every village, if Korowai want to make something special, they can invite their neighbors to join.
In one particular village (nomadic camp) we can stay 1 or 2 days and see what their activity is and join them. On different days we participate in following activities of Korowai tribe: experience the full process of extracting sago starch from sago palm tree and collecting sago grubs, go with Korowai to hunt wild pigs or cassowary, traditional way of fishing with Korowai, traditional folklore and storytelling around fireplace in the tree house, having meals etc.
We will have big chance to witness the process of building tree house. This procedure gathers together people from different families who always help each other in such an important event.
The building of traditional tree house high up on the tree (some 20-25 meters) is a true quintessence of Korowai lifestyle, when one can witness all important activities and real life of the tribe.
Our purpose is to find the most interesting Korowai villages deep in the jungle as possible within this timeframe and to find traditional habitable tree houses built high up on the trees (up to 20-30 meters high) and also participate the main event – building the traditional Korowai treehouse high up on the tree. If building the treehouse requires more days staying at the same place, the team leader may take such decision.
While staying with Korowai tribe, we sleep in our tents on the earth or can stay in tree houses.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: tents or Korowai traditional tree houses
Day 11. April 8, 2026 (Wednesday). KOROWAI TRADITIONAL NOMADIC CAMP — MODERN VILLAGE OF KOROWAI — BINAM VILLAGE
After breakfast, we start walking towards the first modern village or another place on the riverbank (some 4 — 7 hrs walking).
Upon return from the jungle, we load everything to the boat and continue the journey by open motor boat downstream Eilanden River until the village of Binam (it takes around 5 – 6 hours) *.
Here we stay in lovely family of our captain.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: local house under mosquito nets
* Depending on the distance from the jungle nomadic camp to the Missionary village and the time it takes to get there, the team leader can take a decision to come back to Baigon or another missionary village 1 day earlier and stay overnight in Missionary village.
Day 12. April 9, 2026 (Thursday). BINAM VILLAGE — AGATS
After breakfast, we continue the journey by boat from Asmat village to Agats. It takes some 6-8 hours.
Lunch in Fos and swimming in the river en route.
Transfer to the hotel. Check-in at the guest house Asmat Permai Hotel or similar, having rest.
Dinner in local cafe, at your choice.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch
Accommodation included: Asmat Permai Hotel or similar
Day 13. April 10, 2026 (Friday). AGATS — TIMIKA
After breakfast, visit Museum of Asmat culture, as Agats represents the center of Asmat people, very famous for their elaborative wood carving culture and forgotten practices of headhunting and cannibalism. Amazing museum with a lot of unique artefacts and unexpected athmosphere.
By boat transfer to the airport of Ewer (40 minutes).
Flight from Ewer to Timika at 12 pm with Wings Air.
Arrival in Timika at 12:50 pm.
Transfer to the hotel Swiss Belinn Timika 4*.
Well deserved rest after expedition and farewell dinner in Swiss Bistro.
Meals included: breakfast
Accommodation included: Swiss Belinn Timika 4* or similar
Day 14. April 11, 2026 (Saturday). TIMIKA — FLIGHT BACK VIA JAKARTA
Morning after breakfast, private transfer to Timika airport for return flight.
* Recommended flights from Timika to Jakarta:
— to Jakarta with Lion Air, departure from Timika at 10:55 am, arrival in Jakarta at 14:45,
— or any other flight with departure from Timika at any time on April 11 and connecting with the flight from Jakarta to Moscow.
* Recommended flights from Jakarta to Moscow:
— with Turkish Airlines, departure at 21:00 on April 11, arrival in Moscow VKO at 11:00 am on April 12 (stopover in Istanbul 2 hours 15 minutes),
— with Etihad Airways, departure at 19:35 on April 11, arrival in Moscow SVO at 7:20 am on April 12 (stopover in Abu Dhabi 2 hours 35 minutes),
— or any other flight with departure from Jakarta no earlier than at 19:00 on April 11, connecting with the flight from Timika to Jakarta.
Meals included: breakfast
Accommodation included: no
* The participant of the expedition to the Korowai people should be motivated, respect the culture of the Korowai and Asmat, be aware of the purpose of the trip and possible adjustments to plans depending on weather conditions, be in a good shape (physical conditions) and the ability to adapt in a strange environment and culture.
** The itinerary can be changed in the course of expedition by team leader for the sake of the interests of the expedition team and due to safety reasons.
*** Activities schedule on days in the Korowai tribe may be changed depending the weather conditions or subject to the local’s will.
Duration: 14 days / 13 nights
Number of participants: 7 — 10
Cost of participation per person:
- 7 290 USD subject to 10 participants,
- 7 690 USD subject to 9 participants,
- 8 090 USD subject to 8 participants,
- 8 490 USD subject to 7 participants.
10% early booking discount (in case you book before September 29, 2025)
Everything included (also 2 flights and full board in the expeditional part) except for:
- International flight to Timika (Indonesia) and back
- Medical insurance,
- Indonesian visa (35 USD),
- lunches and dinners in the cities.
Estimated cost of flight Moscow – Jakarta – Moscow: 1200 — 1600 USD. Usually bought on your own.
Single supplement in hotels: 200 USD (single accommodation provided in the hotels along the entire itinerary).
Single supplement in tents: 200 USD (single accommodation in tents provided along the entire itinerary).
TRAVEL PROGRAM: TOUR TO PAPUA
Day 1. March 29, 2026 (Sunday). TIMIKA — AGATS
Arrival in Timika before 7 am from Jakarta or from another city. Meeting with the guide and catch up for the short breakfast in the airport.
At 11:40 am (the flight schedule may change) flight with Wings Air from Timika to Agats (Ewer airport), Asmat province.
Arrival in Agats at 12:25 am.
Check-in at the guest house Asmat Permai Hotel or similar.
Walking tour around Agats town.
Agats is wonderful town which is fully built on the stilts. It is kind of Papuan Venice, but while high tide the navigation by boats is not possible.
All bikes in the town have an electro engine and move soundless. It all surrealistically looks like numb movie.
Dinner in local karaoke cafe or Rumah Makan Muslim canteen, at your choice.
Meals included: breakfast
Accommodation included: Asmat Permai Hotel or similar
* Recommended flights from Moscow to Jakarta:
— with Turkish Airlines, departure from Moscow VKO at 20:10 on March 27, arrival in Jakarta at 18:00 on March 28 (stopover in Istanbul 2 hours 20 minutes),
— with Etihad Airways, departure from Moscow SVO at 12:20 on March 27, arrival in Jakarta at 9:05 am on March 28 (stopover in Abu Dhabi 2 hours 55 minutes),
— with Qatar Airways, departure from Moscow SVO at 16:50 on March 27, arrival in Jakarta at 15:10 on March 28 (stopover in Doha 4 hours 20 minutes),
— or any other flight with arrival in Jakarta not later than at 18:00 on March 28.
* Recommended flights from Jakarta to Timika:
— from Jakarta direct with Lion Air, departure from Jakarta at 22:00 on March 28, arrival in Timika at 6:05 am on March 29,
— or any other flight with arrival in Timika no later than at 7 am on March 29.
Day 2. March 30, 2026 (Monday). AGATS — AWAK VILLAGE OF ASMAT
After having breakfast in our guest house, we make the last preparations and start our expedition by open motorised long boats up to the swamps of Agats and further to upstream river, up to the village of Awak (or another Asmat village on the way). It may take some 5 — 6 hours.
Enroute, we stop in famous Asmat villages situated on the right bank of Surets river – Yaosakor and Kaimo. In the latter, we can find not only traditional long house, but also ceremonial statues with elaborative wood carving.
In the afternoon, walk around the village to get into acquintance with Asmat people who live here.
Swimming in Surets and meeting sunset on the river bank.
After dinner, mingle with locals around the fire and sleep under our mosquito nets right in the Asmat long house.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: Asmat longhouse under mosquito nets
Day 3. March 31, 2026 (Tuesday). AWAK VILLAGE OF ASMAT – BINAM VILLAGE OF CITAK
Today morning, we attend traditional Asmat ceremony, both on the water and on the land.
Right after breakfast, we will be delivered by boat to the river island where we meet Asmat people in full dress and by traditional canoes.
We together float downstream to comeback to Awak village in order to further perform there. This staged ceremony lasts up to 3 hours and showcases the Asmat culture.
Asmat tribe in the past well known for traditional carving and also for being severe headhunters and cannibals, nowadays live close to rivers or swamps and practice fishing and hunting, and in the last years also trading.
After ceremony we drive further upstream rivers Surets and Eilanden, up to the village of Binam. It may take some 5 — 6 hours. We can enjoy the beauty of the wild and the people who live on the river bank.
Midway of our journey we stop for lunch for 40 min in Asmat village (Fos or another one) and our cook will prepare everything. Here we will also get into acquaintance with valuable kind of wood produced here – gharu, also known as wood of gods.
Arrive late in Binam modern village, also mounted on the stilts, where we will meet the family of our captain. Binam is mainly populated by Citak Mitak people. Citak have traditions close to Asmat culture, but they speak their own language.
Walk around Citak village to see what is their nowadays lifestyle.
Dinner and overnight in local house of our captain under our own mosquito nets.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: local house under mosquito nets
Day 4. April 1, 2026 (Wednesday). BINAM VILLAGE — BAIGON MODERN VILLAGE OF KOROWAI
After breakfast, we continue our journey to the first village of Korowai – missionary village called Baigon (or another one, depending on the information about Korowai traditional villages at the moment).
By motor boat through Eilanden River it takes around 6 — 7 hours (packed lunch enroute), overcoming challenging stream and rapids, which is big adventure in itself. The upper-heads of Eilanden are wild with old rainforest on the banks and remote tribes living deep in the jungle.
Upon arrival to the first (modern) village of Korowai (motor boat crew waits for us in this village or upper/lower of the stream until we return), while engaging our porters, getting information about the itinerary and villages in the jungle, our cook prepares food and we have a dinner.
Mingle with locals around the fire. Overnight all together in long house of modern Korowai people under our own mosquito nets.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: local house under mosquito nets
Day 5. April 2, 2026 (Thursday). MODERN VILLAGE OF KOROWAI — KOROWAI TRADITIONAL VILAGE
After breakfast and getting all information about Korowai villages in the jungle*, together with porters we set off on foot into the jungle to Korowai traditional village deep in the rainforest. Walk about 3 to 5 hours before reaching the traditional Korowai village Aleaton with tree houses built high up on the trees (or another village).
First getting into acquaintance with Korowai traditional village and its inhabitants.
Dinner and overnight in tents.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: tents
* Depending on the information about Korowai villages in the jungle (distance, direction etc.), that we get in the Missionary village and depending on availability of local guides and porters, the team leader can take a decision to immediately set off on foot into the jungle the same day upon arrival by boat.
Days 6 – 10. April 3 — 7, 2026 (Friday — Tuesday). KOROWAI TRIBE IN 3 DIFFERENT NOMADIC CAMPS
Within these days we live in 3 different Korowai villages deep in the jungle (Aleaton, Baylom and Marcus nomadic villages or others), engaging porters from each new village in order to find the further way or correct our itinerary.
We walk approx. 3 to 7 hours a day when we are changing location, overcoming rivers and swamps – a very big adventure! We sleep in our tents on the earth or in the traditional tree houses together with Korowai people.
Tribal Korowai are commonly called tree house people because they build houses high on the trees to avoid the threat from another tribe or from evil spirits. They used to practice cannibalism less than decade ago, and people say that in some villages it is still the case. Some of Korowai still live in the Stone Age almost having no any appliances made of metal, but this is something which is passing away rapidly.
In the jungle in each village (nomadic camp), we can see one or two families. Each Korowai family has the territory to find food. Korowai are nomadic people and they always move from one place to another looking for the food. Hunting animals in the wild, fish in the creek or in the swamp is their lifestyle, which is considered the work for men. Korowai women are responsible for gathering such kind of food like insects, sago (sago is one of the palm trees they process to get starch – Korowai's staple food) etc. They eat everything what lives in the jungle and if they serve food on you, then you should eat it, as saying "no" may really offend Korowai people. In every village, if Korowai want to make something special, they can invite their neighbors to join.
In one particular village (nomadic camp) we can stay 1 or 2 days and see what their activity is and join them. On different days we participate in following activities of Korowai tribe: experience the full process of extracting sago starch from sago palm tree and collecting sago grubs, go with Korowai to hunt wild pigs or cassowary, traditional way of fishing with Korowai, traditional folklore and storytelling around fireplace in the tree house, having meals etc.
We will have big chance to witness the process of building tree house. This procedure gathers together people from different families who always help each other in such an important event.
The building of traditional tree house high up on the tree (some 20-25 meters) is a true quintessence of Korowai lifestyle, when one can witness all important activities and real life of the tribe.
Our purpose is to find the most interesting Korowai villages deep in the jungle as possible within this timeframe and to find traditional habitable tree houses built high up on the trees (up to 20-30 meters high) and also participate the main event – building the traditional Korowai treehouse high up on the tree. If building the treehouse requires more days staying at the same place, the team leader may take such decision.
While staying with Korowai tribe, we sleep in our tents on the earth or can stay in tree houses.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: tents or Korowai traditional tree houses
Day 11. April 8, 2026 (Wednesday). KOROWAI TRADITIONAL NOMADIC CAMP — MODERN VILLAGE OF KOROWAI — BINAM VILLAGE
After breakfast, we start walking towards the first modern village or another place on the riverbank (some 4 — 7 hrs walking).
Upon return from the jungle, we load everything to the boat and continue the journey by open motor boat downstream Eilanden River until the village of Binam (it takes around 5 – 6 hours) *.
Here we stay in lovely family of our captain.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: local house under mosquito nets
* Depending on the distance from the jungle nomadic camp to the Missionary village and the time it takes to get there, the team leader can take a decision to come back to Baigon or another missionary village 1 day earlier and stay overnight in Missionary village.
Day 12. April 9, 2026 (Thursday). BINAM VILLAGE — AGATS
After breakfast, we continue the journey by boat from Asmat village to Agats. It takes some 6-8 hours.
Lunch in Fos and swimming in the river en route.
Transfer to the hotel. Check-in at the guest house Asmat Permai Hotel or similar, having rest.
Dinner in local cafe, at your choice.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch
Accommodation included: Asmat Permai Hotel or similar
Day 13. April 10, 2026 (Friday). AGATS — TIMIKA
After breakfast, visit Museum of Asmat culture, as Agats represents the center of Asmat people, very famous for their elaborative wood carving culture and forgotten practices of headhunting and cannibalism. Amazing museum with a lot of unique artefacts and unexpected athmosphere.
By boat transfer to the airport of Ewer (40 minutes).
Flight from Ewer to Timika at 12 pm with Wings Air.
Arrival in Timika at 12:50 pm.
Transfer to the hotel Swiss Belinn Timika 4*.
Well deserved rest after expedition and farewell dinner in Swiss Bistro.
Meals included: breakfast
Accommodation included: Swiss Belinn Timika 4* or similar
Day 14. April 11, 2026 (Saturday). TIMIKA — FLIGHT BACK VIA JAKARTA
Morning after breakfast, private transfer to Timika airport for return flight.
* Recommended flights from Timika to Jakarta:
— to Jakarta with Lion Air, departure from Timika at 10:55 am, arrival in Jakarta at 14:45,
— or any other flight with departure from Timika at any time on April 11 and connecting with the flight from Jakarta to Moscow.
* Recommended flights from Jakarta to Moscow:
— with Turkish Airlines, departure at 21:00 on April 11, arrival in Moscow VKO at 11:00 am on April 12 (stopover in Istanbul 2 hours 15 minutes),
— with Etihad Airways, departure at 19:35 on April 11, arrival in Moscow SVO at 7:20 am on April 12 (stopover in Abu Dhabi 2 hours 35 minutes),
— or any other flight with departure from Jakarta no earlier than at 19:00 on April 11, connecting with the flight from Timika to Jakarta.
Meals included: breakfast
Accommodation included: no
* The participant of the expedition to the Korowai people should be motivated, respect the culture of the Korowai and Asmat, be aware of the purpose of the trip and possible adjustments to plans depending on weather conditions, be in a good shape (physical conditions) and the ability to adapt in a strange environment and culture.
** The itinerary can be changed in the course of expedition by team leader for the sake of the interests of the expedition team and due to safety reasons.
*** Activities schedule on days in the Korowai tribe may be changed depending the weather conditions or subject to the local’s will.
EXPEDITION'S LEADERS AND EXPERTS
EXPEDITION LEADER
Ideologist and team leader of many expeditions, including the first Russian expedition in Niger for Cure Salée festival, the first Russian dog sleds expedition to Cape Dezhnev.
Photographer, author of numerous publications in Discovery and Vokrug Sveta, member of the Russian Geographical Society.
The invincible optimist and tireless heart and brain of MZUNGU EXPEDITIONS!
Ideologist and team leader of many expeditions, including the first Russian expedition in Niger for Cure Salée festival, the first Russian dog sleds expedition to Cape Dezhnev.
Photographer, author of numerous publications in Discovery and Vokrug Sveta, member of the Russian Geographical Society.
The invincible optimist and tireless heart and brain of MZUNGU EXPEDITIONS!
EXPERT OF RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
PhD candidate in Historical Sciences, Associate Professor at the Higher School of Economics.
Specializing in the phenomenon of the "Other," the history of tourism, and cultural appropriations.
Research interests: cultural anthropology and semiotics of travel, marketing, and medialandscape of destinations.
A member of the Council for Sustainable Development of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Also, a part of the Union of Scientists of St. Petersburg.
PhD candidate in Historical Sciences, Associate Professor at the Higher School of Economics.
Specializing in the phenomenon of the "Other," the history of tourism, and cultural appropriations.
Research interests: cultural anthropology and semiotics of travel, marketing, and medialandscape of destinations.
A member of the Council for Sustainable Development of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Also, a part of the Union of Scientists of St. Petersburg.
EXPERT OF RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. EXPERT ETHNOGRAPHER
Member of the Russian Geographical Society, PhD in History, Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Southeast Asia, Australia, and Oceania, Head of the Laboratory for Digital Studies of the Contemporary East at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Member of the Russian Geographical Society, PhD in History, Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Southeast Asia, Australia, and Oceania, Head of the Laboratory for Digital Studies of the Contemporary East at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
EXPERT ETHNOGRAPHER
Anthropologist, ethnographer, documentary photographer. Junior Researcher at the Department of Australia, Oceania, and Indonesia at the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences. Specializes in the ethnography of New Guinea's traditional societies with extensive fieldwork experience in Papua. Research interests: cultural transformation, intercultural interaction, body modifications, visual anthropology, medical anthropology.
Anthropologist, ethnographer, documentary photographer. Junior Researcher at the Department of Australia, Oceania, and Indonesia at the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences. Specializes in the ethnography of New Guinea's traditional societies with extensive fieldwork experience in Papua. Research interests: cultural transformation, intercultural interaction, body modifications, visual anthropology, medical anthropology.
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Alexey KOLBOV aka MZUNGU
"This is my most anticipated and, perhaps, deepest expedition for the last couple of years.
Where it became possible to combine in a scolarly format two completely different nomadic cultures, both of which are at the peak of my professional interest." -
Natalia BELYAKOVA
"The tour from the northern to the southern nomads is a great scientific ambition, challenging logistics and high emotional research intensity. Joining this ethnographic and cultural immersion involves an exceptional experience. Personal transformation is inevitable - welcome to travel to yourself."
EXPERTS' PORTFOLIO
Antropologist, ethnographer, practicing scientist&
Specialist in Papuan peoples, with descent experience on the field among local Papuan communities
PhD in Historical Sciences, Associate Professor at the Higher School of Economics.
Specializing in the phenomenon of the "Other," the history of tourism, and cultural appropriations. Research interests include cultural anthropology and semiotics of travel.
A member of the Council for Sustainable Development of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Also, a part of the Union of Scientists of St. Petersburg.
Director of the Department of Expeditionary Activities and Tourism Development at the Russian Geographical Society.
Brief Biography
Born in Leningrad. Earned a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Ecology at RSHU in the field of "Ecology and Environmental Management." Since 2009, has been interested in ethnography and ethnology, engaging in independent studies in these disciplines. Since 2011, has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in New Guinea, in the Indonesian province of Papua. Studied Indonesian and Papuan Malay languages, as well as the languages of local communities. From 2018 to 2020, attended courses as a free listener in medical anthropology, social anthropology, communicative interaction analysis, and ethnographic cinema at the Faculty of Anthropology at EUSPb. In 2021, worked with N.N. Miklouho-Maclay collections under a contract with the MAE RAS. In 2023, earned a master's degree in "Anthropology and Ethnology" from the European University at St. Petersburg. Since January 2024, has been a Junior Researcher in the Department of Australia, Oceania, and Indonesia at the MAE RAS.
Main Research Topics
Ethnography of the peoples of New Guinea, transformation of traditional culture, and adaptation mechanisms of studied communities in the context of globalization; visual anthropology; medical anthropology; body modifications.
Major Expeditions
2016, January – February: Indonesia, Papua Province, Asmat and Yahukimo Regencies. (Field research among the Korowai: the impact of ethnographic tourism on traditional environmental management, concepts of justice and duty, reproductive health, mobility, material culture; recording of folklore narratives.) 2015, December: Indonesia, Papua Province, Jayawijaya Regency. (Field research among the Dani: kinship and social connections compared to settlement systems.) 2015, February – March: Indonesia, Papua Province, Yahukimo and Asmat Regencies. (Field research among the Korowai: cultural transformation, transformation of traditional environmental management, human ecology (infectious and parasitic diseases, hygiene, adaptation), perceptions of disease and death, treatment methods, the concept of khakhua, animistic beliefs; collection of arrows.) 2015, January: Indonesia, Papua Province, Jayawijaya Regency. (Field research among the Dani: funeral rites, human ecology, concepts of disease and death, methods and means of treatment.) 2014, March: Indonesia, Papua Province, Jayawijaya Regency. (Field research among the Dani: traditional culture, traditional environmental management, use of communication tools and new media, musical folklore.) 2014, February: Indonesia, Papua Province, Asmat and Yahukimo Regencies. (Field research among the Korowai: transformation of traditional culture, settlement system changes, animistic beliefs, body modifications.) 2013, March: Indonesia, Papua Province, Jayawijaya Regency. (Field research among the Dani: material culture, kinship terminology, musical folklore.) 2013, February: Indonesia, Papua Province, Tolikara Regency (Lani people). (Observation of the 50th anniversary celebration of Christianity in Bokondini.) 2013, January – February: Indonesia, Papua Province, Asmat and Yahukimo Regencies. (Field research among the Korowai: material culture, animistic beliefs, body modifications.) 2011, February: Indonesia, Papua Province, Jayapura and Jayawijaya Regencies. (Field research among the Dani: traditional culture, intercultural interaction.)
Presentations at Scientific Conferences and Seminars
2024, January: "From SIM Card to Smartphone: The Use of Digital Devices in Non-Literate Papuan Communities," Radlov Readings — 2024, MAE RAS, St. Petersburg. 2023, December: "Bark, Orchids, and Nylon: New Guinean Woven Bags in Collections and Everyday Life," Miklouho-Maclay Readings – 2023, MAE RAS, St. Petersburg. 2023, March: "Challenges in Accessing Notions of Malicious Agents (Based on Fieldwork Among the Korowai)," IX All-Russian Conference with International Participation of Young Scientists "Folkloristics and Cultural Anthropology Today," Center for Typology and Semiotics of Folklore, RGGU, Moscow. 2023, January: "Papuan Woven Bags of New Guinea: Materials, Manufacturing Technology, Functionality, and Cultural Significance," Radlov Readings — 2023, MAE RAS, St. Petersburg. 2021, December: "Practical and Aesthetic Aspects in Korowai Drawings: First Attempts at Representing Reality," Miklouho-Maclay Readings – 2021, MAE RAS, St. Petersburg. 2021, July: "Modern Practices of Preserving and Transmitting Folklore Knowledge Among the Papuans of the Korowai Group (Based on Fieldwork in New Guinea 2013-2016)," Roundtable "(Un)Real Heritage: Heritage We Preserve, Construct, and Practice," XIV Congress of Anthropologists and Ethnologists of Russia, Tomsk. 2020, May: "Features of the Communicative Culture of the Korowai: Preliminary Analysis of Field Observations," Research Seminar "Linguistic Anthropology," ILI RAS / MAE RAS, St. Petersburg. 2019, November: "Practices of Using Digital Devices and Features of Online Interaction in Non-Literate Papuan Communities," Research Seminar "Digital Anthropology," HSE St. Petersburg. 2019, May: "Korowai and the Outside World: Intercultural Interaction," Miklouho-Maclay Readings – 2019, MAE RAS, St. Petersburg. 2019, May: "Folklore Narrative as a Source in the Study of Korowai Culture," Miklouho-Maclay Readings – 2019, MAE RAS, St. Petersburg. 2018, April: "Experience of Fieldwork Among the Korowai in the Indonesian Province of Papua During Expeditions 2013-2016," Miklouho-Maclay Readings – 2018, MAE RAS, St. Petersburg.
Membership in Scientific Organizations
Member of the Scientific Society "Nusantara."
Specializing in the phenomenon of the "Other," the history of tourism, and cultural appropriations. Research interests include cultural anthropology and semiotics of travel.
A member of the Council for Sustainable Development of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Also, a part of the Union of Scientists of St. Petersburg.
Director of the Department of Expeditionary Activities and Tourism Development at the Russian Geographical Society.
Brief Biography
Born in Leningrad. Earned a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Ecology at RSHU in the field of "Ecology and Environmental Management." Since 2009, has been interested in ethnography and ethnology, engaging in independent studies in these disciplines. Since 2011, has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in New Guinea, in the Indonesian province of Papua. Studied Indonesian and Papuan Malay languages, as well as the languages of local communities. From 2018 to 2020, attended courses as a free listener in medical anthropology, social anthropology, communicative interaction analysis, and ethnographic cinema at the Faculty of Anthropology at EUSPb. In 2021, worked with N.N. Miklouho-Maclay collections under a contract with the MAE RAS. In 2023, earned a master's degree in "Anthropology and Ethnology" from the European University at St. Petersburg. Since January 2024, has been a Junior Researcher in the Department of Australia, Oceania, and Indonesia at the MAE RAS.
Main Research Topics
Ethnography of the peoples of New Guinea, transformation of traditional culture, and adaptation mechanisms of studied communities in the context of globalization; visual anthropology; medical anthropology; body modifications.
Major Expeditions
2016, January – February: Indonesia, Papua Province, Asmat and Yahukimo Regencies. (Field research among the Korowai: the impact of ethnographic tourism on traditional environmental management, concepts of justice and duty, reproductive health, mobility, material culture; recording of folklore narratives.) 2015, December: Indonesia, Papua Province, Jayawijaya Regency. (Field research among the Dani: kinship and social connections compared to settlement systems.) 2015, February – March: Indonesia, Papua Province, Yahukimo and Asmat Regencies. (Field research among the Korowai: cultural transformation, transformation of traditional environmental management, human ecology (infectious and parasitic diseases, hygiene, adaptation), perceptions of disease and death, treatment methods, the concept of khakhua, animistic beliefs; collection of arrows.) 2015, January: Indonesia, Papua Province, Jayawijaya Regency. (Field research among the Dani: funeral rites, human ecology, concepts of disease and death, methods and means of treatment.) 2014, March: Indonesia, Papua Province, Jayawijaya Regency. (Field research among the Dani: traditional culture, traditional environmental management, use of communication tools and new media, musical folklore.) 2014, February: Indonesia, Papua Province, Asmat and Yahukimo Regencies. (Field research among the Korowai: transformation of traditional culture, settlement system changes, animistic beliefs, body modifications.) 2013, March: Indonesia, Papua Province, Jayawijaya Regency. (Field research among the Dani: material culture, kinship terminology, musical folklore.) 2013, February: Indonesia, Papua Province, Tolikara Regency (Lani people). (Observation of the 50th anniversary celebration of Christianity in Bokondini.) 2013, January – February: Indonesia, Papua Province, Asmat and Yahukimo Regencies. (Field research among the Korowai: material culture, animistic beliefs, body modifications.) 2011, February: Indonesia, Papua Province, Jayapura and Jayawijaya Regencies. (Field research among the Dani: traditional culture, intercultural interaction.)
Presentations at Scientific Conferences and Seminars
2024, January: "From SIM Card to Smartphone: The Use of Digital Devices in Non-Literate Papuan Communities," Radlov Readings — 2024, MAE RAS, St. Petersburg. 2023, December: "Bark, Orchids, and Nylon: New Guinean Woven Bags in Collections and Everyday Life," Miklouho-Maclay Readings – 2023, MAE RAS, St. Petersburg. 2023, March: "Challenges in Accessing Notions of Malicious Agents (Based on Fieldwork Among the Korowai)," IX All-Russian Conference with International Participation of Young Scientists "Folkloristics and Cultural Anthropology Today," Center for Typology and Semiotics of Folklore, RGGU, Moscow. 2023, January: "Papuan Woven Bags of New Guinea: Materials, Manufacturing Technology, Functionality, and Cultural Significance," Radlov Readings — 2023, MAE RAS, St. Petersburg. 2021, December: "Practical and Aesthetic Aspects in Korowai Drawings: First Attempts at Representing Reality," Miklouho-Maclay Readings – 2021, MAE RAS, St. Petersburg. 2021, July: "Modern Practices of Preserving and Transmitting Folklore Knowledge Among the Papuans of the Korowai Group (Based on Fieldwork in New Guinea 2013-2016)," Roundtable "(Un)Real Heritage: Heritage We Preserve, Construct, and Practice," XIV Congress of Anthropologists and Ethnologists of Russia, Tomsk. 2020, May: "Features of the Communicative Culture of the Korowai: Preliminary Analysis of Field Observations," Research Seminar "Linguistic Anthropology," ILI RAS / MAE RAS, St. Petersburg. 2019, November: "Practices of Using Digital Devices and Features of Online Interaction in Non-Literate Papuan Communities," Research Seminar "Digital Anthropology," HSE St. Petersburg. 2019, May: "Korowai and the Outside World: Intercultural Interaction," Miklouho-Maclay Readings – 2019, MAE RAS, St. Petersburg. 2019, May: "Folklore Narrative as a Source in the Study of Korowai Culture," Miklouho-Maclay Readings – 2019, MAE RAS, St. Petersburg. 2018, April: "Experience of Fieldwork Among the Korowai in the Indonesian Province of Papua During Expeditions 2013-2016," Miklouho-Maclay Readings – 2018, MAE RAS, St. Petersburg.
Membership in Scientific Organizations
Member of the Scientific Society "Nusantara."
SCIENTIFIC JUSTIFICATION OF EXPEDITION
Expedition participants will be involved in the inner workings of anthropology, including learning about fieldwork, collecting ethnographic materials and keeping a scientific journal of observations.
The original lectures by scholars will delve into the material and spiritual culture of contemporary nomads, allowing a deeper understanding and accurate interpretation of what is observed in the tundra and jungles.
The scientific objective of the expedition is a comparative study of nomadic traditions in the North and South. In particular, we will discover our own influence on the societies in question: how the tourism industry is integrated into the lives of the groups under study and what place it takes in their economic practices. Participants will try to see culture through the eyes of locals, but not just as an outside observer.
The results of the research and impressions are planned to be presented at the RGS Headquarters in St. Petersburg.
Main research directions:
Research methods:
The original lectures by scholars will delve into the material and spiritual culture of contemporary nomads, allowing a deeper understanding and accurate interpretation of what is observed in the tundra and jungles.
The scientific objective of the expedition is a comparative study of nomadic traditions in the North and South. In particular, we will discover our own influence on the societies in question: how the tourism industry is integrated into the lives of the groups under study and what place it takes in their economic practices. Participants will try to see culture through the eyes of locals, but not just as an outside observer.
The results of the research and impressions are planned to be presented at the RGS Headquarters in St. Petersburg.
Main research directions:
- Ethnographic tourism;
- The phenomenon of mutual influence of the "Alter" (tourist, guest, traveler) and local residents. Interaction of local residents with tourist groups/tourists;
- Ethnographic studies of the traditional material culture of the Nenets and Khanty peoples and its transformation. Traditional and "new" tools, materials, technologies. Interconnection of the transformation of things and methods of conducting economic activitie
Research methods:
- Participant observation;
- Photography and video recording;
- Conducting interviews and conversations with community representatives (local residents/tourist group/guides/tour leaders).
Cost includes:
- flight Timika — Agats — Timika, including the hand luggage and 20 kg of checked-in baggage
- 3 times a day meals in expeditional parts except for cities
- breakfasts in the cities
- twin/double accommodation in the hotels in the cities
- twin/double accommodation in tents in Korowai tribe (accommodation under the mosquito net in Korowai tree house is also possible, however not every day)
- common accommodation in local houses
- drinking water for expeditional parts of itinerary (except for the cities)
- all transport and airport transfers according to the program throughout the whole itinerary
- motor boat, motor drivers
- cook and porters
- hiking equipment (tents, dishware)
- Special Permission fees
- permits for entering border area
- entrance fee to protected areas
- all activities and workshops as per the program
- photo and video shooting
- visa support
- very experienced local guide
- Korowai local guides and porters in the jungle
- Russian and English speaking team leader throughout the entire itinerary
- professional scientist from Kunstkamera – Museum of Antropology and Ethnography of Russian Academy of Sciences throughout the entire itinerary
- expert from Russian Geographical Society throughout the entire itinerary
- lectures of scientists throughout the entire itinerary
- participation in scientific work: touching the “anthropological kitchen”, learning how to work “in the field”, collecting ethnographic materials (diary entries, photographs, interviews etc)
Cost excludes (to be additionally paid):
- International flight to Timika (Indonesia) and back
- international medical insurance
- Indonesian visa
- lunches and dinners in the cities
- excess baggage charge
- alcohol and drinks, personal expenses
- single supplement in hotels and tents
To take with:
- two wear sets (trousers, long sleeve shirt, T-shirt, underwear, socks, sun hat
- comfortable and hard wearing shoes:
- light ones for the city
- HIGH rubber boots (waterproof) for jungles
- trekking snickers or shoes for time in the tribe
- light trekking jacket
- raincoat
- swimsuit
- sun glasses and sun protection cream
- personal medical kit (analgesic, antiseptic, antibiotic, antiviral, intestinal, multivitamins, rehydration, court plaster, your personal medicine)
- personal hygiene items (towel, dry paper tissues, soap)
- forehead torch (is a must!)
- travel backpack (better waterproof), not more than 70 liters capacity
- small backpack for personal stuff and photo-, videocameras (waterproof)
- sleeping bag for warm weather (+15 C comfort temperature)
- tourist sleeping mat
- anti mosquito net (is a must!)
- various anti mosquito repellents (is a must!)
- anti malaria prevention medication (up to you to decide but recommended)
- waterproof case for the documents
- dry bag (up to you, but recommended)
- photo and video camera
- drone
- tripod
- additional batteries for cameras and powerbank
- waterproof case for camera would be appropriate
TESTIMONIALS OF OUR CLIENTS
FROM PREVIOUS EXPEDITIONS:
FROM PREVIOUS EXPEDITIONS:
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KEY FEATURES:
TOUR TO KOROWAI
Papua, Indonesia
Best season: March – October
A 5-day trip on several airplanes, boats and on foot in rubber high boots across swamps of the Western part of the New Guinea island, which still remains the one of the last islands on Earth where people live in Stone Age. People from small tribe of Korowai build their houses high up in the canopy, hunt cassowaries, believe in spirits and in some remote parts of the jungle still practicing cannibalism.
Hunting with Korowai people, fishing in a traditional way by means of drying river bed, together with the whole village getting sago starch from sago palm tree trunk (which forms up to 90% of their ration!) and Korowai favorite treat – Capricorn beetle larvae, something which you may not refuse :)
Overnights in tents or together with the indigenous people in their house on iron tree built with no nails at 40 meters height!
Overnight in Asmat people village, who half century ago were known as headhunters and held in fear all neighbor tribes (including Korowai), and nowadays peacefully fish in Brazza river and visit Protestant Church.
Tracking on wet inhospitable jungles, wading rivers through or on fallen trees, sinking up to waist level in swamps, losing the way, orienting with the help of local guides by the sun at daytime and by stars at night time.
Papua, Indonesia
Best season: March – October
A 5-day trip on several airplanes, boats and on foot in rubber high boots across swamps of the Western part of the New Guinea island, which still remains the one of the last islands on Earth where people live in Stone Age. People from small tribe of Korowai build their houses high up in the canopy, hunt cassowaries, believe in spirits and in some remote parts of the jungle still practicing cannibalism.
Hunting with Korowai people, fishing in a traditional way by means of drying river bed, together with the whole village getting sago starch from sago palm tree trunk (which forms up to 90% of their ration!) and Korowai favorite treat – Capricorn beetle larvae, something which you may not refuse :)
Overnights in tents or together with the indigenous people in their house on iron tree built with no nails at 40 meters height!
Overnight in Asmat people village, who half century ago were known as headhunters and held in fear all neighbor tribes (including Korowai), and nowadays peacefully fish in Brazza river and visit Protestant Church.
Tracking on wet inhospitable jungles, wading rivers through or on fallen trees, sinking up to waist level in swamps, losing the way, orienting with the help of local guides by the sun at daytime and by stars at night time.
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