Itineraries and Schedule

We offer maximum care to our clients. Your satisfaction is secondary to the priority we put on your safety. This is a reason why our guides, and perhaps the only guides in Papua to take this precaution, bring on each one of our Papuan expeditions a GPS, and a satellite telephone. Our office is equipped with several satellite telephones. Our clients can use the satellite telephone for private calls (though this requires your guide’s consent). It depends on the battery condition. Allowing, or not allowing a private call, fully lies within your guide’s authority.

Custom-prepared trip itineraries

We also prepare custom trip itineraries for individuals or groups – a visit to any tribe which is described on our website. Please contact our travel agency for further information. The same applies to etymological or other scientific expeditions.

Standard itineraries

Schedule for 2012 already available – see at the bottom of this page

All itineraries, which are in our standard offer, are suitable for the general public. Physical strain on these trips is not extreme. On our treks we walk for about 4 – 5 hours a day, during the maximum of 2 – 3 longer transfers we may exceptionally walk for 8 hours. We know the target areas very well, therefore we take the shortest paths and visit the “well-established” villages. We do not play “superman”, and we do not break records. What matters to us is that our clients enjoy a beautiful holiday with unforgettable primitive cultures.

Our trips are suitable for healthy sportsmanlike people who are used to going outdoor at least during the weekend; and for people who, despite their office job, find time to go biking, have a walk, or do some exercise. The trips in our standard offer are suitable for people 18 – 65 years of age. Younger people in from 13 – 15 years old can participate, but only if accompanied by one of the parents. A participation of a person younger than 18, must be consulted with our travel agency beforehand.

Schedule of New Guinea Expeditions

The dates of individual trips and expeditions usually start on Saturday and end on Sunday. The exact schedule of a trip can therefore differ from those in the schedule about +/- 2–3 days. We update the schedule 4–6 weeks before the departure.

Carstensz Pyramid – Puncak Jaya

4 – 6 expeditions per Year – this schedule can be found at CarstenszPaupu­a.com.

Schedule for year 2012

Tree people, Korowai and Kombai – 2 weeks
(Best selling and very well prepared trip)
25.Feb. – 11.Mar.2012, price 7375 USD – code – strom-2–0120225
14.Jul. – 29.Jul.2012, price 7990 USD – code – strom-2–0120714
29.Sep. – 14.Oct.2012, price 7375USD – code – strom-2–0120929
3.Nov. – 18.Nov.2012, 7375 USD – code – strom-2–0121103

Tree people, Korowai and Kombai – 3 weeks
13.Oct. – 3.Nov.2012, price 7980 USD – code – strom-3–0121013

Asmat & Korowai Tree People – 3 weeks
23.Jun. – 15.Jul.2012. price 6650 USD – code – asmat-3–0120623

Yali – dwarf cannibals from the mountains – 2 weeks
7.Apr. – 22.Apr.2012, price 6605 USD – code – yali-2–0120407
28.Jul. – 12.Aug.2012, price 7690 USD – code – yali-2–0120728
13.0ct. – 28.0ct.2012, price 6605 USD – code – yali-2–0121013

Mysterious Mamberamo – 2 weeks
11.Aug. – 26.Aug.2012, price 9850 USD – code – mam-2–0120811
13.Oct. – 28.Oct.2012, price 8530 USD – code – mam-2–0121013

Papua Tribe Festival Goroka – 1 – 2 weeks
2.Sep. – 11.Sep.2012, price 4799 USD – code – gorf-1–0120902

Papua Tribe Festival Mount Hagen – 1 –2 weeks
9.Aug. – 17.Aug. 2012, price 4799 USD – code – hagf-1–0120809

Papua Tribe Festival Wamena – 1 week
30.Jul. – 7.Aug.2012, price 4420 USD – code – wamf-1–0120730

Africa – other trips in our offer, not only to the aboriginal tribes

Pygmies, lowland gorillas and forest elephants – Central African Rebulic – 2 weeks

We do not know some exact date of this expedition for the time being.

Wild tribes of Ethiopia – Eastern bank of River Omo – 2 weeks
7.2. – 22.2.2012 More info is available at absolutadventu­re.com.
14.11. – 28.11.2012 More info is available at absolutadventu­re.com.