Wed, 13th Sep 2023                             Mon, 18th Sep 2023

• Duration: 7 days

• Age: Open

• Locations: Goroka & Port Moresby

• Experiences: Culture, History & Nature

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• 3 days at the Goroka Cultural Festival

• 1 tour day in Goroka (Guided tours/optional day trips)

• 3 days Port Moresby/Goroka (transit/overnights to catch flights)

• Price includes two domestic airfares

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Day 1: Wednesday 13th September, 2023

Arrive in Papua New Guinea

• Pepeta tour staff will warmly welcome you at Jackson's International Airport, Port Moresby. They will assist with your luggage and transfer to your hotel, the Holiday Inn Express, Port Moresby.

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Day 2: Thursday 14th September, 2023

Domestic flight to Goroka

• Your Pepeta tour guide will assist with hotel check out, arrange your airport transfers and check in to your Goroka accommodation.    

• Our first day trip in Goroka starts after lunch with a visit to Goroka J.K. McCarthy Museum. This visit will give you an opportunity to see the combination of local
  tribe artifacts, World War 2 Memorabilia and a vast collection of photographs tracing local history. It gives you a perspective of Goroka then and now.

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Day 3: Friday 15th September, 2023

Attend the Goroka Show day 1

• Attend Goroka show day 1 with your Pepeta PNG tour guide.

• Where else in the world can you experience such colorful, lively and magnificent headdresses, face paintings, masks and body paintings that come alive at one venue. The colors, chants and rhythmic movements are a proud display of the cultural diversity of tribes in Papua New Guinea who still live their traditional ways, they call it "pasin tumbuna" (the ways of our ancestors).

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Day 4: Saturday 16th September, 2023

Attend the Goroka Show day 2

• Attend Goroka show day 2 with your Pepeta PNG tour guide.

• Where else in the world can you experience such colorful, lively and magnificent headdresses, face paintings, masks and body paintings that come alive at one venue. The colors, chants and rhythmic movements are a proud display of the cultural diversity of tribes in Papua New Guinea who still live their traditional ways, they call it "pasin tumbuna" (the ways of our ancestors).

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Day 5: Sunday 17th  September, 2023

Half day tour of Goroka region

• Group trip to local attractions:

  • Village tour

  • Asaro Mudmen

  • Traditional Mumu cooking

  • Goroka town and surroundings tour

 

Day 6: Monday 18th September, 2023

Flight to Port Moresby

• Breakfast at your hotel then a morning flight to Port Moresby. 

• Pepeta PNG staff will assist with transfer to your hotel accommodation.

• Optional afternoon tour: Nature park, city tour followed by evening dinner by Fairfax Habour.

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Day 7: Tuesday 19th September, 2023

Depart for home

• Depart for International destination.

• Hotel check-out and airport transfers assisted by Pepeta PNG staff.

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A detailed itinerary will be provided at the time of booking.

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