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# Most untouched areas of png ? Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Papua New Guinea
poondoon 17:02 UTC 15 Mar 2011 | Heading to png with child dreams of staying for a bit with hunter gatherers in head. Even if not doable, where should i be headed to get the closest experience ? WIch city reachable by road is closest ? Thx ! Antoine. |
owenlucas 20:52 UTC 17 Mar 2011 | Depends what are your specific interests and what time you have to spend in PNG?. What do you really want to see, PNG is still big land mass and accessibility and infrastructure is a problem but if you have big time, there are remote locations that you can get in there and wait around to get the next schedule flight back or walk to catch the next flight back. Again it depends on what you want to do, fly in or get drop off by vehicle and trek or walk to the nearest get on point etc. There are many places to recommend unless you indicate your duration of stay or trip in PNG, we will know where to nominate a place for you. Over to you then. Owen Lucas | 1
poondoon 16:57 UTC 18 Mar 2011 | Well, i should enter vanimo by road from west papua with a 60 days visa. From there i'm ready to head anywhere as long as it's reachable by road or flights up to 50 dollars one way Then, i'm used to trekking in jungle and a 15 days trek doesn't scare me. I'm used to trekking alone as long as the path is clear enough. I usually ask in villages for a place to sleep and local food. I'm looking for a village, a camp or a settlment of papuans living in and from the jungle, not used to seeing tourists. The most interesting for me would be hunter-gatherers but slash'n'burn forest agriculture is fine also, as long as the people are as untouched as possible by our western world... | 2
pakoban 15:03 UTC 04 Apr 2011 | for experiencing traditional village life with some good scenery on a longer trek from wamena a trip to yali country could fit. I enjoyed it and there are some remoter villages (without air strip) in the area where you still can see quite a lot traditionally "dressed" men and women. the best primary jungle scenery I've ever seen including birds of paradise was in the untouched hunstein range of PNG (just south of wagu lagoon in the upper sepik area). people in that area live a traditional life but they are 'westernized' in terms of dresscode | 3
liorarzi 08:59 UTC 09 May 2011 | Hi Where are those yali people located? I couldn’t find them? What about the Mt. Bosavi area? I can catch an MAF flight there from Tari or Mt. Hagan. I have a similar question. We are 2 experienced travellers, and we also want to get to untouched places, people that still dressed in traditional clothes, and live traditional lives. I will go all over PNG in the next 2 month, so the exact place in PNG is not a problem. I’m also willing to pay for a flight to get there or to charter a 4 seater from MAF (willing go above the 50$ one way limit mentioned above :-). Any good recommendations? Thanks Lior | 4
pakoban 10:36 UTC 11 May 2011 | the yali tribe lives east of wamena in west papua which is part of indonesia. | 5
mayaya 17:40 UTC 09 Jul 2011 | hello, lior i'm traveling alone around png for the next few months, i read your email it looks like we are interested in the same things, can i meet you guys. and even if you're not interested in traveling with some one else i'd still like to know what you're plans are..... i'm interested in hiking, diving and in the traditional local life/ i'm interested in meeting other travelers either for traveling together or exchanging information maya. | 6