9-Day Goroka Cultural Exhibition 2025 Tour From Papau
Highlights
Kokopo, Goroka
nature, cultural, Tribal
Private Tour
9 Days
Medium
English
Description
Explore Port Moresby and travel to Bulolo’s scenic Pine Lodge. Witness the fascinating Aseki Smoked Mummies after a hike through breathtaking mountain scenery. Journey to Goroka for a town tour, visiting the museum, markets, and the University of Goroka. Experience the Goroka Cultural Festival, engaging with performers, the Asaro Mudmen, and traditional village life. Participate in cultural dances, fire-making, and cave hikes. Observe face painting, tribal war re-enactments, bilum weaving, and dating ceremonies.
Itinerary
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14-09-2025: Arrive in Papau New Guinea
- Overnight in the Capital City Port Moresby
- Make sure to change Dollar or Euro in Port Moresby have enough money in your pocket for any personal expenses or Guide tips.
- You can get new SIM Cards for internet access,communication if not we can always help you in Lae the same time you have arrived.
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15-09-2025: Pom-Lae-Bulolo
- Fly from Port Moresby to Lae Morobe Province pickup at the airport drive 4 hours to the Bulolo, checking in at the beautiful Bulolo Pine Lodge have a good wash settle into your rooms ready for dinner at 7pm.
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16-09-2025: Aseki Smoked Mummies
- Getting up early at 7am for breakfast wear flexible clothes to be comfortable for our tour at 8:30am we will be leaving for the mountain range to Aseki Smoked Mummies.
- 4 hours drive up to blue mountain range.
- 12:30 pm arrived at the venue have lunch before we start our 20 minutes hiking up the hill. The scenery from the top down is breathtaking. Finally with the Mummified bodies it is forbidden to touch the Mummified bodies. 4 minutes for the tribes man to introduce you to the mummified bodies after that you can ask questions take pictures. 30 minutes along time with the Aseki Tribes man.
- 1:25 pm finishes 20 minutes walk down from the hill to the car park 1:45pm leaving Aseki Tribe for Bulolo Pine Lodge 5:45pm arrived at the Lodge. Go to your rooms freshen up ready for dinner at 7pm. After dinner sleep early get some good rest.
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17-09-2024: Bulolo - Goroka
- 8:00 am breakfast pickup
- 9:00 am get ready for your next trip which we will be leaving Lae Morobe Province which is the coast of Papau New Guinea we will be entring into another Province, which is the Highlands of Papua New Guinea Goroka.
- So Lae, Bulolo to Goroka is 8 hours drive up through our Highlands highway.
- 5:00 pm arrived in Goroka town drop into a hotel/lodge get settled into your rooms have dinner and rest well for tonight.
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18-09-2025: Goroka Town Tour
- After breakfast we will buy VIP Entry PASS for tomorrow's Festival we will start our Goroka town town so you will have a good view of Goroka. It is not a big town just walking distance to and from around the town. Museum,Local main market with pure organic foods, University of Goroka, 3pm drop off at the hotel/lodge.
- Settle into your rooms relax refresh and have dinner rest early for tomorrow's Festival.
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19th-09-2025: 1st day Goroka 2025 Exhibition
- Breakfast in the morning make sure to get your VIP Entry PASS Badges before we leave for the Cultural Festival.
- 9:00 am arrived at the arena there will be a lot of people in there people from all over PNG will be attending the Fair people from the Highlands to the coast.
- International tourist will be the first to enter and witness the culture fair after the everyone will be allowed. Show will be finishes at 2 pm in the afternoon.
- 1:30 pm we will be leaving for culture and village visit. So 40 minutes drive out of the town to the Village of the Famous Asaro Horosa Mudmen be part of the locals there, observing the traditional PNG way of cooking under the ground(ground oven) (Mumu), bamboo cooking, Korokuwo Mask Performance, traditional fire making, molding of Mudmen clay mask etc for 2 hours
- 3:30 pm finishes 20 minutes drive back to town hotel drop off rest,relax dinner.
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20-09-2024: 2rd day Goroka Festival
- Breakfast,pickup 9am attend the show explore and interview the traditional performers take pictures enjoy and be part of the Festival because it will be only tourist allowed so it's free.
- After that we will be visiting a village and do little hiking to a cave and observe a traditional victory dance finishes heading back to town 20 minutes drive back to the hotel get rest, refresh,relax and have dinner rest well for the night.
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21-09-2025: Last day Goroka Culture Festival
- Breakfast, transfer to the arena enjoy the last day of the culture festival.
- Visiting a village out from the town arrive at the venue we will be doing abit of hiking up the hill to observe a tribe with its traditional welcome dance, actual face painting with traditional paint,tribal war, target shooting, bilum weaving weaving intricate plant material and dating ceremony.
- Have lunch and head back to the hotel get some rest and pack up for depart tomorrow have dinner rest well.
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22-09-2025: Depart for Port Moresby
- Make sure to pack all your belongings get them ready and prepare for breakfast before we leave for the airport Goroka airport.
- After breakfast packing all the cargos in the truck transfer to the Airport for checking in this is the time we say farewell and safe flight back to Your Country God be with You.
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Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price
Adult | |
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1 to 10 | /person |
Child | |
1 to 10 | /person |
This is a private tour |