11 Days / 10 Nights Australian Led Kokoda

Start and end in Port Moresby. With the Hiking & Trekking tour Australian Led Kokoda, you have a 11 days tour package taking you through Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea and 3 other destinations in Papua New Guinea. Australian Led Kokoda includes accommodation, flights, an expert guide, meals, transport and more.

We now refer to walking the Kokoda Track as “The Great Pilgrimage”, a journey that will take you to one of Australia’s most important WWII battle sites and immerse you that history. Walking the Kokoda Track will transport you to another time, when Australia was in danger of being invaded by the seemingly unstoppable Imperial Japanese Army.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Walk one of the most famous tracks in the world
• Understand what Australian soldiers endured during WWII
• Amazing terrain and river crossings (great swimming)
• Walk through the most pristine rain forests in the world
• Wonderful people with beautiful singing voices
• Undertake something that will push your body and spirit to new levels

We now refer to walking the Kokoda Track as “The Great Pilgrimage”, a journey that will take you to one of Australia’s most important WWII battle sites and immerse you that history. Walking the Kokoda Track will transport you to another time, when Australia was in danger of being invaded by the seemingly unstoppable Imperial Japanese Army. You will gain a great appreciation of the conditions endured by Australian Diggers as well as gain an understanding of local living conditions and cultures as well as the natural wonders of the Owen Stanley Ranges.

Walking the Kokoda Track involves 50 hours of hiking over 90km of sharp, timbered ridges, steep-sided valleys and fast flowing rivers. Vantage points along the Track reveal magnificent mountain landscapes, and a wide variety of flora and fauna is encountered. Trekkers pass through local villages where descendants of the wartime “fuzzy buzzy angels” continue to live simple traditional lifestyles while providing a warm welcome to passing trekkers. The best time of the year to walk the Kokoda Track is the dry season, from April to October.

A popular time to trek is over the ANZAC Day period where many Australians attend ANZAC Day Ceremonies either along the Kokoda Track or at Bomana War Cemetery, a very moving event indeed. Walking during the wet season is also possible but is much more challenging because the Kokoda Track is muddy and slippery, and river crossings may even be impassable after rain. No Roads Expeditions offers guided Kokoda Track expeditions which can be booked for any week of the year. We also have scheduled departures that anyone is welcome to join.

All food, equipment and guides (including an Australian guide) are provided. You only need to bring your personal gear and bedding. No Roads Expeditions utilizes both tents as well as engages village guest houses along the Track to supply accommodation and some meals for our trekkers and porters, thus not only reducing the amount of food and equipment carried by the trekking party, but also injecting greater economic benefits into the micro-economies of the village communities along the Track.

Our food includes coconut milk curries, vegetarian pastas, fried rice, prawn crackers, damper etc. We do not use rehydratable vegetables and we don’t supply baked beans, just delicious and nutritious meals. No Roads also supplies a portable shower tent so you can either wash in the rivers without soap or in our shower with soap which is kept away from water courses. We supply the soap. We can even provide a hot shower anywhere along the Kokoda Track.

Our Porters are well paid, well fed and motivated to provide you with a great experience. They set up tents, boil water, help you along the Track and at night, sing songs. On our trek you will have the choice each night of sleeping in village guest houses or in tents.

Note: This 9 day 8 night trek is a demanding walk that requires an above-average level of fitness.