Papua Explorer's
Papua Tours
Whether it's a culture tour with comfort or an adventure tour with overnight stays in tents: experience the Baliem Valley in great day tours, go on a jungle trekking to the Korowai, climb Mount Trikora or visit the famous Asmat. Our Papua tours offer something for everyone and are organised exclusively for you. Of course, every programme can be adapted to your wishes.
Bookable all year round
Culture Tours in
the Baliem Valley
- Stay in The Baliem Valley Resort
- Discover the home of the Dani and Lani tribes in private excursions
- Intensive programmes with variety
Baliem Valley Culture Tour
4 Days/3 Nights
From/to Wamena
On this trip in Papua you go on a hike in the authentic south of the Baliem Valley. You also attend a traditional pig festival, which is one of the most amazing experiences of a trip to New Guinea.
USD 1.110
Baliem Valley Culture Tour
4 Days/3 Nights - without pig festival**
From/to Wamena
The 4 days/3 nights program without the pig festival.
**All our programs can be organised with a sweet potato harvest & traditional cooking instead of a pig feast. Please let us know if this is your preference.**
USD 980
Baliem Valley Culture Tour
5 Days/4 Nights
From/to Wamena
Same program as for the 4 days/3 nights.
Additionally, you visit Kotilola cave and take a scenic hike to see the mummy of Meagaima.
USD 1.430
Baliem Valley Culture Tour
6 Days/5 Nights
From/to Wamena
Same program as for the 5 days/4 nights.
Additionally, you go on an excursion to Indonesia's highest altitude lake, Lake Habbema.
USD 1.780
Baliem Valley Culture Tour
7 Days/6 Nights
From/to Wamena
Same program as for the 6 days/5 nights.
Additionally, you visit an ancient salt spring and see the famous mummy of Jiwika.
USD 2.070
Baliem Valley Culture Tour
8 Days/7 Nights
From/to Wamena
Same program as for the 7 days/6 nights.
Additionally, you hike in the Sekan Mountains through remote Dani villages in search of a famous delicacy.
USD 2.280
Adventure Tours
- For those who want to be more active
- For those who want to go further
- With nights in tent
- Various intensity levels
4-day South Baliem Trekking
6 Days/5 Nights, with 3 nights in tent
From/to Wamena
This brisk but intense outdoor adventure takes you to the southern Baliem Valley, an area that is difficult to reach and can only be explored on foot. For 4 days, we hike through the wild nature of the Papua Highlands and explore the territory of the Dani tribes.
USD 1.480
4-day lake habbema trekking
6 Days/5 Nights, with 3 nights in tent
From/to Wamena
This challenging outdoor adventure starts at the highest lake in Indonesia, Lake Habbema. From here we follow the ancient path of the Baliem Valley’s first explorers. We hike through pristine cloud forest until we reach the first settlements of the Baliem Valley
USD 1.720
Baliem Valley Culture Tour with 4-day South Baliem Trekking
8 Days/7 Nights, with 3 nights in tent
From/to Wamena
This tour combines the 4-day south Baliem Trekking with a cultural program in the Baliem Valley during which you also experience a pig festival.
USD 2.190
Mount Trikora Trekking
9 Days/8 Nights, with 6 nights in tent
From/to Wamena
During this outdoor tour you experience the Baliem Valley and climb Mount Trikora, Papua's third highest peak at 4,370 meters. We start this 7-day trek to Trikora from Lake Habbema, the highest lake in all of Indonesia.
USD 3.390
Korowai Tree House Nomads
10 Days/9 Nights, with 7 nights in tent
From/to Jayapura (2 flights included)
During this tour you go on a true adventure journey to the Korowai, who still live in tree houses up to 30 metres high. This tour is a real jungle outdoor adventure and brings you far away from modern civilization.
USD 4.590
Korowai Exclusive Adventure
7 Days/6 Nights, with 4 nights in tent
From/to Wamena (2 charter flights included)
This tour takes you far away from modern civilization in the most time-efficient way possible. From Wamena, we charter a flight to the lowlands, which will drop us at the Yanirumah airfield, situated within the Korowai territory.
USD 6.640
Asmat Headhunters
10 Days/9 Nights, with 5 nights in tent
From/to Timika (2 flights included)
This tour brings you to the famous Asmat tribe in the southern lowlands of Papua. The former headhunters and cannibals of the Asmat were once very feared and have only been safe to visit for a few decades. Until today many Asmat villages are wild and culturally intact.
USD 5.950
Baliem Valley, Korowai, Asmat
15 Days/14 Nights, with 9 nights in tent
From Jayapura/to Timika (2 flights included)
During this adventure tour in Papua, you first experience the Baliem Valley in selected excursions before embarking on an intense journey to the tree house nomads of the Korowai, and subsequently to the former head hunters of the Asmat.
USD 7.980
Add-ons & Raja Ampat Combinations
- Think about combining Raja Ampat with the Baliem Valley!
- Various combinations are possible. We will help you in finding the best itinerary
Birds of paradise in Nimbokrang
2 Days/1 Night, or longer, in guesthouse
From/to Jayapura
This is the tour extension that takes you to a bird of paradise sanctuary on the north coast with guided bird tours.
USD 290
Whale Sharks of Nabire
4 Days/3 Nights, with 2 nights in secret location
From/to Nabire
This tour extension is your chance to encounter whale sharks, the gentle giants of the sea, in a setting where they're seen all year.
USD 790
Birds of paradise in Klasow Valley
4 Days/3 Nights, in hotel & guesthouse
From/to Sorong
This tour extension takes you to the heart of Klasow Valley, where you have the chance to explore one of West Papua’s rich birding regions.
USD 990
Baliem Valley & Raja Ampat
12 Days/11 Nights, example program
From Wamena/to Sorong (1 flight included)
First do an active program and experience the unique culture of the Papua Highlands, and then spend relaxing days in the dreamlike picture book scenery of the Raja Ampat archipelago.
USD 3.470
Baliem Valley Highland Festival
6 Days/5 Nights, starting every 5th of August
From/to Wamena
Our special tour to the Baliem Valley during the Baliem Valley Highland Festival. This tour is organised around the festival, but you also go on selected excursions in the home of the Dani. This program is only available during the festival period, every year in August.
USD 2.290