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Ecotourism Melanesia
WOITAPE VALLEY EASY TREKKING - 2 days 2 nights
Includes airfares, accommodation, meals and guides - ex-Port Moresby
E-MAIL US info@eco-melanesia.8k.com
DAY 1
6.00 am transfer from hotel to Port Moresby airport
7.00am Airlines of PNG Twin Otter flight (30 min) to Ononge airstrip in the mountainous oilala District of Central Province. Met by guide. (Baggage can be forwarded on to Woitape airstrip.)
6-hour easy hike (mainly downhill) through Woitape Valley to Woitape station. Pass by local villages, gardens, freshwater streams, picturesque scenery, meet local people. (Packed lunch and refreshments supplied.)
Rest and dinner at Woitape Lodge. Overnight Woitape Lodge. (Private rooms with common bathrooms).
DAY 2
Day hike with guide along missionary pathways from Woitape to Kosipe Mission and return (6 hours total). Pass through villages and gardens. Meet local people. (Packed lunch and refreshments supplied).
OR
Gentle river rafting on inner tubes down the Udava River which runs behind Woitape Lodge.
OR
Easy walking tour of Woitape station and environs.Overnight Woitape Lodge
DAY 3
9am Airlines of PNG return flight to Port Moresby.
Transfer back to hotel.
Additional days can be added.
PHOTO ALBUM
Ononge's
ridgetop dirt airstrip - note the dogleg halfway along. Landing at Ononge is
tricky but the pilots are very experienced.
Villagers eagerly meet the plane at Ononge airstrip to see who has arrived
Easy hiking, downhill most of the way.
Woitape station in the beautiful Woitape Valley