Day 1London
Fly from London to Singapore with Singapore Airlines.
Day 2Singapore
Arriving in Singapore you will be met and transferred to your hotel with the rest of the day to relax.
Day 3Singapore
You have most of the day at leisure before you are transferred back to the airport for your overnight flight to Port Moresby with Air Niugini.
Arrive in to Port Moresby at 5am where you will be met by your guide and taken on a short city tour followed by an early lunch in town. (You may be joined by other travellers on the same flight schedule).
You will be taken back to the airport in time for the Air Niugini flight to Mount Hagen.
You will be met off your flight for the 45 minute shared transfer to your lodge in the hills above town where you have the remainder of the day free.
Spend the day exploring the area with your small group and guide. Visit local tribes and go in search of Birds of Paradise.
Spend another day around Mount Hagen where you will visit small tribal villages and stunning woodland areas famed for their birdlife.
Transferring back to Mount Hagen you will board a light aircraft for an stunning flight over PNG's dense jungles to the Sepik area.
Your transfer from the airstrip to Karawari Lodge is by boat - the only practical means of transport in this extremely isolated part of the world.
Once you have settled in to your lodge you will head out to a nearby village to meet some of the indigenous tribes.
Day 8Karawari
You may like to get up before dawn today to see the resident Bird of Paradise as it makes it's daily appearance at around 6am on a tree stump some 20mins boat journey away. This is the best time to see plenty of other birdlife in the area as it swoops over the rivers.
Today you will spend most of the day travelling by boat to remote villages only accessible in this way. Pass by many locals in dug out canoes and see how day to day life goes on in this tribal area.
Day 9Karawari
Explore the Sepik area by land and river today and see villages you didn't visit yesterday.
Day 10Karawari - Ambua
Today you transfer from the Karawari to Ambua on your second spectacular light aircraft flight. The country between Ambua and the Sepik region is an
amazing array of jagged limestone that seem to rise and drop at impossible angles.
Ambua Lodge is high on the slopes of the Tari Valley - home of the Huli, a colourful and proud
people, still largely living the same way that their ancestors did.
Enjoy the rest of the afternoon in search of the Birds of Paradise in the area with your guide.
Day 11Ambua
Spend the full day with your group and guide visiting the famous tribal regions of the Southern Highlands. Close up encounters with Huli Men or the Wigmen mean this will be one of the most memorable experiences of your trip.
You will be taken to the airport after breakfast for the flight back to Port Moresby by Air Niugini. You have an afternoon tour with your guide before spending a night in the capitol.
After another short tour of the city today you will be taken to the airport for your flight to Singapore with Air Niugini.
In Singapore you will need to collect your luggage and check in for your overnight flight back to London with Singapore Airlines.
Day 14London
Arrive back in to London Heathrow early this morning.