PAPUA NEW GUINEA
June 12 - 20, 2026
Tour
Papua New Guinea

Dates: June 12 – 20, 2026

Duration: 9 days / 8 nights

Number of participants: 7 – 12

Cost per person:
– 3 650 USD, subject to 12 participants, or
– 3 790 USD, subject to 10 – 11 participants, or
– 4 150 USD, subject to 9 participants.
– 4 290 USD, subject to 7 – 8 participants.


10% early booking discount (in case you book before December 12, 2025)

Everything is included (including full board) except from:
- international flight to Port Moresby roundtrip,
- 2 domestic flights: Port Moresby – Mount Hagen and Lae – Port Moresby,
- medical insurance,
- Papua New Guinea visa (e-visa at USD 50 for Russians).

Estimated cost of international flight Singapore – Port Moresby – Singapore: 800 – 1000 USD.
Estimated cost of international flight Moscow – Port Moresby – Moscow (via Singapore or Manila): 1400 – 1800 USD.
Estimated cost of international flight Port Moresby – Mount Hagen and Lae – Port Moresby: USD 250 – 500.
(Usually bought on your own, we consult you).

Single supplement: 540 USD (single accommodation is provided throughout the entire itinerary)




TRAVEL PROGRAM: tour Papua New Guinea

Day 1. June 12, 2026 (Friday). PORT MORESBY – MOUNT HAGEN – PANGA VILLAGE (HULI WIGMEN TRIBE) – MOUNT HAGEN

Departure from Port Moresby at 8:30 am for Mount Hagen, with the flight PX180 with Air Niugini.
Arrival in Mount Hagen at 09:30. Meet the guide and transfer to the hotel Highlander 4*. Check-in and briefing on afternoon’s activities.
Early lunch in Kopi Kai Cafe, and at 13:00, depart for a 30 minutes scenic Waghi valley drive to Panga village to see the Huli Wigmen tribe and the rest of the afternoon will be spent at the Wigmen village. The Wigmen are famous for their ceremonial wig made out of human hair. They do distinctive face paintings and body decorations for special occasions like marriage and compensation or other special rituals. Their dance is very unique and they imitate the Bird of Paradise mating dance.
We attend Huli Wigman ceremonial singsing, wig growing rituals, Huli women and lectures on their daily life and activities in the Huli society. After private photo session with the Wigmen, we drive back to the hotel.
Briefing on the next days’ activities. Dinner. Overnight at Highlander Hotel 4*.

Meals included: lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: Highlander Hotel 4*

Recommended flights to Port Moresby:
– direct flight from Singapore with Air Niugini, departure from Singapore at 20:35 on June 11, arrival in Port Moresby at 5:15 am on June 12,
– or any other flight from Singapore, Hong Kong, Manila or any other city, arriving in Port Moresby no later than at 5 am on June 12.

Recommended flights from Port Moresby to Mt Hagen:
- direct flight PX180 with Air Niugini, departure from Port Moresby at 8:30 am on June 12, arrival in Mt Hagen at 09:30 am on June 12,
- or any other flight arriving in Mt Hagen no later than at 9:30 am on June 12.


Day 2. June 13, 2026 (Saturday). MOUNT HAGEN – PIMAGA VILLAGE (FOE-FASU TRIBE) (175 km, some 4,5 hours driving)

Today we drive to Pimaga village in the upper Highlands of the Lake Kutubu region.
Upon arrival at the village, the Foe-Fasu Tribesmen will perform a traditional warrior's singsing to welcome travelers into the village. Then we will settle into guesthouse and have lunch.
In the afternoon, touring of the men's long house. All the traditional ceremonies, rituals and culture of the Foe-Fasu tribesmen lie in the very heart of the traditional men's long house. This unique men's house holds about 12 subclans in the Foe-Fasu tribe. Here we will explore and discover some of their sacred traditional customs and beliefs like the tribal warfare meetings, marriage rituals and celebrations, as well as initiation rituals, funerals and worshipping of ancestral spirits etc. All the said is done inside the men's long house and is still practiced until nowadays.
Men's long house itself is designed using traditional architectural techniques and knowledge and the house purely built out of bush materials having parameters of 30 m length and 14 m width.
Come back to the guesthouse for dinner and accommodation.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: local guest house in Pimaga village


Day 3. June 14, 2026 (Sunday). PIMAGA VILLAGE – LAKE KUTUBU – PIMAGA VILLAGE (FOE-FASU AND KALULI TRIBES)

Today is full day of cultural activities with Foe-Fasu tribe in Pimaga village. We are going to see and take part in the following activities: Foe-Fasu tribe men's singsing, Kaluli tribe men's singsing, Foe-Fasu women singsing, sago (staple food) making and cooking ceremony, women's house and initiation, Kundu (wooden drum) making, traditional ceremonial oil harvesting.
The Foe-Fasu and Kaluli tribes are neighbors sharing the same land border, intermarriage and culture in general. Even though Foe-Fasu tribe is reached by road, some of their cultural traditions are still primitive and intact.
Kaluli people inhabit the rain forests of Great Papuan Plateau near Mount Bosavi and number some 2000 people. Famous as real people of Bosavi, the live in 20 longhouse communities, that represent the clan’s identity.
In order to avoid expensive charter flight, Kaluli people come to Lake Kutubu area to give their singsing performance.
Foe-Fasu populate the catchment of lake Kutubu, the Foe ethnic group in the south and the Fasu in the north.
Later scenic drive tour to Lake Kutubu. Lake Kutubu is the second-largest lake in Papua New Guinea, situated at 800 m.a.s.l. Lake Kutubu includes 13 endemic fish species, making it the most unusual lacustrine habitat for fishes in the New Guinea-Australia region. That is the main reason why this lake forms an ecoregion of WWF’s Global 200, as one of the most important natural zones for conservation on Earth.
Overnight in the local guest house in Pimaga village.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: local guest house in Pimaga village


Day 4. June 15, 2026 (Monday). PIMAGA VILLAGE – POGLA VILLAGE (MELPA TRIBE) – MOUNT HAGEN (175 km, some 4,5 hours driving)

After breakfast, we drive back to Mt.Hagen via Pogla village of Melpa tribe. Today we visit traditional village of Melpa tribe, where we will know more about traditions of Papuan tribes of this region and will see the traditional Melpa woman singsing performance.
Melpa people are famous for their well-preserved old traditions for building special female houses (and we will witness this tradition in more details) and for their so-called Pandanus language – an elaborate avoidance language among several of the peoples of the eastern New Guinea Highlands, used when collecting nuts. Annually, people camp in the forest to harvest and cook the nuts of Pandanus. Many normal words are thought to be unhealthy for the plants, as they carry associations inimical to the proper growth of the nuts. An elaborate vocabulary of up to a thousand words and phrases has developed to replace the taboo vocabulary. The language is often spoken to control the claimed magical properties of the higher elevations where the pandanus grows, and to placate dangerous nature spirits. Pandanus language generally should never be used outside the area where the trees grow, for fear of mountain spirits hearing it and coming down to investigate.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: Highlander Hotel 4*


Day 5. June 16, 2026 (Tuesday). MOUNT HAGEN – MINDIMA VILLAGE (CHIMBU SKELETON TRIBE) – VILLAGE OF ASARO MUDMEN TRIBE – MOKO-MOKO DANCE – CANE SWALLOWING RITUAL OF BENABENA – GOROKA (130 km, approx. 3.5 hours driving)

Today, with packed breakfast, well before sunrise, we depart hotel for a 4 hours’ drive on the Highlands Highway to Goroka via the home of the famous Asaro Mudmen and Chimbu Skeleton villages. The view along the Highway is very spectacular with unique landscape of the valley, rivers and mountains.
Our first stop is Mindima village, where we meet Chimbu Skeleton people and hike together to the mountains in order to attend the photo session in the dark limestone cave with very authentic environment. Hiking to the cave takes some 45 minutes.
Upon arrival from the cave back in Mindima village, we attend an amazing Omo Masalai performance of Skeleton people in natural environment.
Drive further to the Asaro Mudmen village, where we will be greeted with a welcome dance into the heart of the village. At the village, we will spend time with the Asaro Mudmen tribe photographing their rituals from preparation stage to the end.
According to Asaro Mudmen mythology, once upon a time 2 neighboring tribes live in the Asaro valley. One day the two tribes disputed over land boundary issue and eventually that resulted in tribal fight. The first tribesmen were stronger in the battle and chased the other tribesmen who were weaker up into nearby mountains. The stronger tribe then took their land and settled there. One day, the weaker tribesmen who were living up in the mountains, came up with a plan to take revenge in getting their land back from stronger tribesmen, but not through tribal fight again. Early in the morning, the weaker tribesmen went down to the nearby creek, collecting white mud clay and making ugly looking masks. The following day, very early in the morning, they covered themselves with mud and wore the ugly masks that they made and went down to the village and hid in nearby woods, grasses and graveyards. At first day light, the wives of the stronger tribesmen when to collect firewood and suddenly they were confronted by the ugly looking Mudmen Spirits, and were chased back into the village. The wives quickly went and told the husbands and children that they were attacked by the Spirits, and they were still following them, so they must leave the village immediately, because the Spirits were coming in full force to attach the whole village. The stronger tribesmen eventually left the village and this was how the weaker tribesmen came back to their village down in the Asaro valley.
After photo session, on the way back we will stop at the village of Gurupoka tribe, where we have our breakfast, and also witness the remarkable Moko-Moko dance.
After lunch, visit the BenaBena tribe in order to see famous Cane swallowing ritual.
Cane Swallowing is a traditional initiation ceremony performed exclusively by men in this part of Eastern Highlands. The ceremony requires that a cane of about 2 to 3 meters in length be inserted into the throat. It is believed that upon initiation, young men will be good leaders in their community, attract beautiful women to marry and live a healthy and long life. The cane swallowing ritual is for boys at puberty and young men. There is the sacred understanding that this ritual clears the mind and enlightens the heart and body.
It is considered as a purification of the body after a man takes and eats food from a menstruating woman, or engages in coitus with a woman. Generally, the ritual is seen as a way to restore the inner strength of a man and inspire him to live a happy and successful life.
However, with the arrival of Christianity in the 1950s, many practices like this have been banned by churches and are now close to extinction. In recent years, the cane swallowing ceremony has been revived with the help of village elders who hope to pass on these traditions to future generations.
Checking in at the Bird Of Paradise Hotel 4* in Goroka. Dinner and rest.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: Bird Of Paradise Hotel 4*


Day 6. June 17, 2026 (Wednesday). GOROKA – BULOLO-ASEKI (190 km, approx. 6,5 hours driving)

Today we drive down to Bulolo-Aseki. We will enjoy the drive because of its magnificent views of the landscape and scenery along the way. We will make several stops enroute at roadside markets for buying fruits, photo shootings and interacting with the locals.
Dinner and overnight in Pine Lodge.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: Pine Lodge


Day 7. June 18, 2026 (Thursday). BULOLO-ASEKI – ASEKI VILLAGE (ANGA TRIBE) – BULOLO-ASEKI

Today we will visit the Anga tribesmen of Aseki village to see their smoked mummies. We will allow time for viewing of the smoked mummies, photo sessions, discussions on traditional rituals and stories behind the smoked mummies.
The Anga tribe in Morobe Province is the only known living culture to practice anthropogenic mummification to present day. The background of physical context of the Anga tribe of the Bulolo-Aseki region, as well as their oral context related to the smoked body tradition, can only be heard, discovered and collected by an intimate dialog with the local natives. This dialog includes the description of the role of the smoked bodies in the past and current contexts, its spiritualism related to the smoked body tradition and its origins.
While in the village, after sightseeing of the village, the Anga tribal men and women will perform a traditional singsing.
Dinner and overnight in Pine Lodge.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: Pine Lodge


Day 8. June 19, 2026 (Friday). BULOLO-ASEKI – GABENSIS – LAE (130 km, some 3,5 hours driving)

Today after breakfast, we will depart from Bulolo for Lae via Gabensis village, where we have a contemporary traditional dance performance.
Afternoon scenic sightseeing tour of Lae city, second largest city in PNG, and its surroundings.
Dinner and overnight in Lae International Hotel.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation included: Lae International Hotel


Day 9. June 20, 2026 (Saturday). LAE – PORT MORESBY

Today, after early breakfast, transfer to Lae airport to catch your flight to Port Moresby and subsequent connecting flight out of the country.

Meals included: breakfast
Accommodation included: no

Recommended flights from Lae to Port Moresby:
- direct flight PX101 with Air Niugini, departure from Lae at 7:35 am on June 20, arrival in Port Moresby at 8:30 am on June 20,
- or any other flight departing from Lae any time on June 20.

Recommended international flights back from Port Moresby:
– direct flight to Singapore with Air Niugini, departure from Port Moresby at 14:50 on June 20, arrival in Singapore at 19:20 on June 20,
– or any other flight from Port Moresby to Singapore, Hong Kong, Manila or any other city, departing from Port Moresby no earlier than at 14:30 on June 20 (should be connected with your flight Lae – Port Moresby).


*** The participant of expedition to Papua New Guinea must be motivated to be respectful to the culture of local tribes, be aware of the objectives of the trip and possible program changes depending on weather conditions, security conditions and any other reasons, be able to adapt to the new environment and culture.