Itinerary

1. Day 1: Explore Goroka Town

   • The meeting point will be in Goroka town. After breakfast, the car will pick you up at 9 am.
   • We will tour around by road transport.
   • We'll have a tour of Goroka Town, so you'll have a good view of our small city.
   • After our tour in Goroka Town, we will be driving  25 minutes out from the city to a village called Komunive for our first visit to our first traditional tribe, the Famous Tribe in Papua New Guinea, The Famous Asaro Horosa Mudmen.
   • 9:15 am: So our first tour will be the Museum center 30-minute tour inside the Museum.
   • 9:45 am: Finish from the museum. Drive 15 minutes to our main market, where our local farmers sell their organic fruits and vegetables.
   • We have 40 minutes to tour the main market you can buy anything you would like to taste but let your guide know for his guide.
   • 10:45 am: Leave main market for our tribe visit.
   • So, leaving town, drive 25 minutes out from the city. It will be a great experience travelling on our National Highlands Highway.
   • 11:30 am: Arrival at the venue.
   • 30 minutes of touring the Asaro Horosa Mudmen nature, a detailed history telling of how Asaro Horosa Mudmen has come into exist by the grandson of the Chief Mr Ruipo Okoroho, Junior Ruipo Okoroho.
   • 12:01 pm Lunch: Tasting the traditional cooking method in bamboo cooking for an experience of PNG taste. 20 minutes of lunch.
   • 12:21: A site visit in the village, a coffee plantation visit 10 minutes.
   • 12:31 pm: 2 hours Asaro Horosa Mudmen performance. This is the part where the Famous Asaro Horosa Mudmen will come out from their hiding place, coming out slowly, showing their true colours with their unique performance while being escorted by their spies, the Korokuwo Mask spies.
   • Activities that will be seen. You'll even take part in activities like target shooting with a bow and arrows.
   • Traditional fire-making at the same venue. Our ancestors used this traditional method with bamboo to start the fire and make a fire to cook or for any other use. 
   • Watching Mudmen moulding using special Mudmen clay. One of the performers will demonstrate the moulding of the Mudmen mask with the special clay. You can feel the clay, too.
   • 2:30 pm: 1 hour  30 minutes to take pictures with them and explore the arts and crafts market. 
   • After 1 hour and 30 minutes, at 3:30pm, leaving the famous Asaro Horosa Mudmen tribe.
   • Our tour ended at 3:35 p.m.
   • 20-minute drive back to the city of Goroka. 
   • 4:00 pm: Arrival at the hotel, wash, eat and relax.
   • End of day 1 tour.

2. Day 2: Tribes Visiting

   • The meeting point will be in Goroka town; after breakfast, the car will pick you up at 9 am.
   • 40 minutes drive to Kenetisaro Tribe.
   •  9:45 am: Village site visiting, coffee plantation, gardens, and village life. 
   • 10:00 pm The Kekepa- traditional Funeral Ceremony performance, taking photos with the tribe finished 40 minutes.
   • 15-minute drive to our next tribe and a mountain to climb and see a cave.
   • 10:15 pm: leaving the tribe to continue to the other village which is Gurupoka Cave, and look out 30 minutes of climbing up, 20 minutes on the top. The lookout and 20 minutes climb down.
   • 11:25 am: witnessing our own Victory Traditional dance.
   • 30 minutes of taking photos, questions, and arts and crafts marketing.
   • 11:55 am: Finishes
   • 5 minute's drive to our new location, the Luhuka tribe.
   • 12:00 pm: Arriving at Luhuka tribe, we will have 20 minutes of walking to our venue our lunch for 30 minutes.
   • 2 hour of witnessing the traditional tribe.
   • Traditional welcome dance in traditional customs performance.
   • Traditional face painting for 4 minutes.
   • Traditional tribal fighting and target shooting 5 minutes.
   • Knitting of the traditional bag (bilum).
   • Traditional dating performance.
   • Kundu Dram sings and dances in their traditional costumes.
   • 2 pm: Show finishes.
   • 1 hour of asking questions, taking photos.
   • 3:00 pm: Finishes from Luhuka.
   • 15-minute walk to the car park.
   • 3:15 pm: At the car park.
   • 20 minutes drive into town.
   • 3:35 pm: Arrived at the hotel.
   • Get some rest, relax.
   • End of day 2 Tour.

3. Day 3 Tumbuna Singsing performance

   • Pickup: 9 am at the hotel after breakfast.
   • 35 minutes drive out from Goroka Town.
   • 9:35 am: Arrive at the venue.
   • It will be 2 hours 30 minutes of village experience. 
   • Welcome performance to their place.
   • Arunumuna women's traditional performance.
   • Burning head by young boys.
   • Cane Swallowing.
   • 11:35 pm: Finishes. 
   • So our last performance will be at Komunive Village where you will experience the Papua New Guinean's ground oven cooking.
   • We'll have our lunch with PNG taste of food cooking and it will bring to the end our day 3 day tour around 4 pm. 
   • Head back to the hotel, get rest and relax.
   • Day 3 tour ends.

   Next day, transport to the airport for departing, farewell day.