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from 26. November until 18. December 2011 Price of tour per person:
EUR 5.400,-- in 1/2 double room/-tent
EUR 450,-- single supplement
(Prices are subject to change - depending on the fuel surcharges!)
Minimum:
6 persons
Level
of difficulty ***
| Expedition into the up to now rarely visited northwestern Asmat. The tour leads us through the upper reaches of the rivers Unir (Northwest River), Pomats and Dumas, still areas with intact Asmat tradition and culture. There the tribes Asame, Asomor and Asamat are living. Especially their marvelous handicraft (Initiation masks and Omos) is world-famous. |
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Planned itinerary:
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Day 1
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Departure from Frankfurt around noon.
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Day 2
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Around 12.00h local time arrival in Denpasar/Bali. Welcome by our representant and transfer
to our hotel IDA. Rest of day no program.
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Day 3
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Around 01.00h at night transfer to airport. Towards 02.30h a. m. flight to
Jayapura/Papua, operated by Garuda Indonesia. Arrival in Jayapura at 08.30h a. m. After short
transit, connecting flight to Wamena in the central highlands. Arrival
around noon time.
Welcome by our Resort staff and transfer toTHE
BALIEM VALLEY RESORT .
Lunch and free day until dinner.
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Day 4
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Full day at the Baliem Valley for acclimatization. We will drive to Wamena to do the last
preparations for our expedition.
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Day 5
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In the morning transfer to airport. For mission flights, all luggage will be strictly weighed and
distributed to the aircrafts. Our flight time to JIFAK will be around 45 minutes. Until the early
afternoon, our complete group should be in Jifak. Tent camp at the teacher. Our boats from
Agats should also be there already. We will provide some more food, due to most of the
small, isolated hamlets on our tour will rarely have vegetables and fruits for sale.
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Day 6
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Today is the start of our expedition by long-boats on the upper reaches of the Unir (in old
maps, still named Northwest River). We want to get to the village Tomor. Magnificent cruise
on the jungle river through absolute natural wilderness. Tent camp in Tomor at a proper
point.
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Day 7
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Today we go upstream the Dumas River to the isolated settlement
Surusuru. Here we stay for 2 days to look at the everyday life of the habitants. We want to
listen to their traditional music and see their complete artistically producing at a
bazaar.
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Day 8
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Whole day in Surusuru. During a traditional dance festival, we experience the ancient
culture and tradition of the Asame tribes.
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Day 9
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Today we are guests at the village Munu. The river cruises on the isolated an rarely
visited jungle rivers enthuse us. Lunch break on the way at a suitable point.
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Day 10
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Crossing the settlement Komor (tent camp over here), we reach Saw-Erma.
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Day 11
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Today camp at Saw-Erma. This place is the biggest settlement of this region and
stretches out on both banks of the Unir. Famous area for handicrafts. At the old village
Saw, we will view the local handicrafts at a bazaar.
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Day 12
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Today we start our cruise on the upper reaches of the Pomats River. We
require…
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Day 13
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... 2 full days before we reach the famous settlement Mumugu. Tent camp on the way in...
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Day 14
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...Bugani, another isolated Asmat hamlet of the Asomor tribes. In Mumugu...
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Day 15
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... we stay for 2 nights. This tribe is famous for his initiation masks and curious carvings, the
so-called Omos. These long human figures, used as monstrous traditional musical
instruments for inaugurations of the men houses, are the most famous carving arts of
the Asmat. In Mumugu we want to take part in a mask festival and experience the ancient
Asmat with his unique music and tradition.
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Day 16
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Today downstream
back to Saw-Erma.
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Day 17
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Today to Agats. In the afternoon, we will arrive at this administrative centre of the
province Asmat. We stay at the small Losmen Pado-Elo for one night. Our boat crew
needs time to arrange fuel and food for the continuation of our tour to Timika. We visit
the Asmat Museum in the afternoon, where we will find and see a lot of what we
experienced ourselves during the last days.
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Day 18
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Departure early in the morning. Today we cruise along the coast line for
about 6 hours.
We want to reach our destination, the lonely island Otagwa, around noon, due to the
huge sandbanks would cause extreme problems at low tide. Tent camp on this island in a small
Casuarine wood. The beautiful beach and the wild, untouched nature invite us to expanded
walks in the afternoon.
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Maybe there are some fishermen from the coastline nearby, which might supply us with some delicious
fish! Anyway, our boat crew knows well how to
organize it! In the evening we will have a meal of delicate mussels and fried
fish.
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Day 19
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Today it will take us about 4 hours to get to the island Puriri. This small island is the
absolute mother-of-all, tropics, South Seas, Robinson Crusoe! Tent camp at the
magnificent palm woods. We enjoy our last day in beautiful nature. Here on the
island, some natives are living and will provide us with fresh fish. On that day we will be
really indulged by our cooking crew. The wonderful evening mood on this island, which you can circle in around 40 minutes by walk, you will never forget. It’s a little paradise!
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Day 20
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Today cruise to Timika. The first part leads us through wide-stretched Mangrove woods to the river Mimika. Then upstream for about 3 hours to Mapurajaya, the harbour of
Timika. From there we go by truck to our Hotel GUEST HOUSE in the city. In the
afternoon, there is time to pack our Asmat souvenirs properly to travel on.
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Day 21
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In the morning transfer to the airport. Flight with Garuda Indonesia non-stop to
Denpasar/Bali. Transfer to Hotel IDA. Rest of day free.
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Day 22
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Transfer to airport and flight to Frankfurt.
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Day 23
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Arrival in Frankfurt in the morning.
End of the journey!
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Price inclusions:
NOT included:
Please
note:
Passport
has to be valid minimum 6 months at entry. Please
check with your embassy about the visa procedure. At entry to Papua, each
participant must bring 2 pass photos for the surat jalan (travel permit
for West-Papua). At departure from Bali you require IDR 150.000,-- airport
tax.
It is possible to extend your stay in Bali on request. We are
pleased to make an offer for you. Please note at your registration.
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