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# Sepik trip/Mt Wilhelm hike - anyone keen to join me? Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Papua New Guinea
carolynh 07:27 UTC 20 Jul 2011 | Hi I'm going to be in Mount Hagen for the show over the weekend of the 13/14th August. After this I'm very much hoping to do a trip up the Sepik but due to costs would probably only able to afford this if I could get some people to join me (would like to organise through a local guide) I have two thoughts at the moment 1) On Monday 15th fly to Wewak via POM, I'll then have about 2 weeks available for a river trip and maybe a few days on the beach afterwards. 2) Climb Mt Wilhelm from 15th - 19th and then get direct flight from Hagen to Wewak on the 20th. I would then have about 9/10 days available for a trip. If anyone is keen to try oraganise something with me, please let me know. And if not for the Sepik trip if I go with the second option to join me for the Mt Wilhelm trip. Cheers Carolyn |
unturist 03:25 UTC 24 Jul 2011 | Hello Carolyn, Just a piece of info, in case you were not ware - Wewak is linked to Mt. Hagen by Airlines PNG. They have better prices than Air Niugini and you can book ticket online. There is no need to fly to Wewak via POM. Best regards, Romanian traveller | 1
tpmtpm56 09:39 UTC 13 Sep 2011 | Don't know how far along your plans are, but if you're still considering climbing Mt. Wilhelm, I highly recommend going through Betty Higgins, and staying at her lodge up near Keglsugl. I climbed Wilhelm in 2009, and stayed there. It's fabulous, just beautiful. Betty is great, and she's been getting people up to Wilhelm for years. Can't recommend her highly enough. | 2
carolynh 17:53 UTC 15 Sep 2011 | Hi, I have been, climbed, and am now back home :-( I stayed at the East Keglsugl (although they seemed to spell it differently) Guesthouse. Betty's guesthouse gets used by all the tour companies so besides being a whole lot cheaper, I was very happy to support someone else. I was very well looked where I stayed, there was hot water for the shower and got fed and cooked great meals with fresh veges from the garden. So no complaints at all and would definitely recommend them. Now I'm not by any means saying that Betty's is not good, I wouldn't know, just saying that there are other (cheaper) options. There is also another lodge that has recently opened, near Betty's at the top of the road. I can't remember it's name unfortunately, but looked okay. | 3