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Traditional guest house, with 10 rooms
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Traditional guest house, with 10 double rooms
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Traditional guest house, with 8 rooms
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creeks
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•Floating down the smooth, fast Mambare River on large rubber tubes. (Transport required.)

•2-day walk to Naro, an historic WW2 Australian artillery post site overlooking the valley, not otherwise accessible as it's on private land. (Transport required.)

•Gold panning near Ebei (transport required)
•Fish farming •Visit Kokoda Museum and Station
•Four day mini-Trail trek taking in Misima, Abuari, Isurava, Deniki and Kevelo villages. Includes a plane crash site and Maeka waterfall.

•Queen Alexander birdwing butterflies at Felai village.

•Walk to waterfall (50 minutes, easy walk)

•Fish ponds featuring gardens and shelter to relax in.

•Mountain climbing (1 hour)

•Handcrafts (string bags, beads, building houses)

•Singing and dancing

•Climbing coconut trees

•Bird watching & butterflies

•Stone axe use

•Making string bags from bark

•Swimming

•Kokoda Museum is nearby

•Traditional customs, especially dancing group

•Fish farm and gardens

•Cocoa plantations

•Three schools

•Butterflies

•Mountain walks

•Climbing coconut trees

This village is located near the northern end of the Kokoda Trail and its people are experienced guides of that area.

Kebara is an ideal place to use as a starting or finishing point for walks along the northern end of the Trail.

 

•Short trekking to Kovelo, Hoi and Deniki villages (5 hours return) for fit people.

•Short trekking to see WW2 relics.

•Rafting

•Cultural dancing group

•Artifacts

•Climbing for coconuts

•Birds include bird of paradise, hornbill, etc.

•Many butterflies, including Alexander birdwing

•Day walk to a recently discovered cave where an Australian soldier hid from the enemy. While there he wrote a letter praising the "fuzzy wuzzy" people who came to guide him back to his unit. Very few people have ever visitied this spot.

•Crafts

•Short bushwalks
(3-7 hours, reasonable fitness required)

•Caves, waterfalls

•Short trekking to see WW2 relics

•Bird watching

•Butterflies

•Mountain top scenery

•Possible sightings of tree kangaroos

•Walk to village gardens (about 25 minutes).

•Crafts such as bilums, beads, building houses.

•Fresh coconuts to drink.

•Butterflies (depending on flowers in season)

•Kokoda Museum is nearby

4 km to Kokoda school
Savaia school is nearby
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1 km to Kokoda school
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two classrooms

Weaving palm leaf articles, baskets. Making tapa cloth

Tusk necklaces*
bilums (string bags)
Tapa cloth, spears, bilums (string bags) Tapa cloth, bilums, mats, pig tusks*, traditional beads*, etc. bilums for sale. Armlets, grass skirts, pig tusk ornaments*.
We prefer that visitors do not use alcohol here. Definitely NO drugs. Moderate use of beer & wine permitted. Definitely NO drugs Moderate use of beer & wine permitted. Definitely NO drugs Moderate use of beer & wine permitted. Definitely NO drugs NO alcohol or drugs. Moderate use of beer & wine permitted. Definitely NO drugs.
Gardens, lawn Traditional dancing, mountain climbing. Great views. The enormous Alexander butterflies are found around the village.

Dancing group, river, butterfiles.

Long experience in taking visitors to parts of the Trail.

The village is close to Kokoda Station (store, museum, hospital, PO), and offers a cultural entertainment group. Untouched mountain bushwalking environment Gardens
There is a small store that sells basic items.

Foke has 11 fish ponds. There's a huge stone in the nearby river, a great place for cooling off and swimming.

There is a small store that sells basic items.

For visitors seeking a challenge, Kebara offers many Trail-related options. More details...

Guests are asked to respect local customs and beliefs, and to maintain a decent standard of clothing.

We suggest neck to knee coverage at all times, if only to protect against UV exposure.

Misima is open every day, all year. Savaia has several fish ponds.
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Accommodation
K100 per person per night

Food included

Porter included

Traditional dancing group performance K500 (group fee)

 

Accommodation
K100 per person per night

Food included

Porter included

Short treks up mountains included

Bird & butterfly watching included

Traditional dancing group performance K300 (group fee)

Accommodation
K100 per person per night

Food included

Porter included

Registered large traditional dancing group performance K500 (group fee)

Accommodation
K100 per person per night

Food included

Porter included

Accompanied walks into Kokoda Station to visit museum, memorials, etc. included

Traditional dancing group performance K300 (group fee)

Accommodation
K100 per person per night

Food included

Porter included

Short treks up mountains included

Waterfall visit included

WW2 relics visit included

Bird watching included

Traditional dancing group performance K250 (group fee)

Accommodation
K100 per person per night

Food included

Porter included

Short treks up mountains included

Bird & butterfly watching included

Traditional dancing group performance K250 (group fee)

* Think ahead! In most countries quarantine regulations forbid the importation of animal and plant products, seeds and shells.

One kina is worth about...

 K1= AUD$0.40
   K1= EUR €0.27
   K1= USD$0.36
   K1= GPB £0.23

AUD$1= K2.48  
EUR €1= K3.77  
USD$1= K2.77  
GPB £1= K4.29
 
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