5 Days Trek in Dani Tribe:
In brief:
The tours start in Wamena & end in Wamena. It takes 4 or 5 hours per
day or more, depend on how fast our quest walk per day. The tour is a
round trip, thus many difference things can be seen along the trip. Moreover, food is served for (B.L.D) along the treks. More details are described below:
Day (1) Wamena-Wisilimo (L.D)
The tour starts at the hotel at 08:00 or 09:00 am, The taxi will drop
us in Yetni river, and we start to walk about 30 minutes to Kurima to
stamp your travel permit (=Surat Jalan) at the Military bases. Here, we
will walk up the siep kossay hill for about twenty minutes. You are
going to see the spectacular scenery of the Baliem valley and Dani tribe
huts along the path. Not only that, you are also going to see the local
people with traditional-penis gourd for men and Sali or Yokal for
ladies along the Dani compounds. Lunch is served on the way. At the end
of the first day we will have dinner at the traditional village Wisilimo
at around 08:00. In Wasilimo you have the chance to see the traditional
Dani huts and the people living here with their traditional live style.
Day (2) Wisi limo-Wuserem B.L.D
After breakfast, we will walk down to the Baliem river bank, passing
through sweet potatoe gardens also called “hipere-ubi manis”. The path
might be a little bit slippery and muddy after rain, thus watch your
step. Your balance is needed, but do not worry, as long as the
trek-papua trekking team will assist you at any case also for first
aid-please enjoy! We will walk along the river bank until we get to the
suspension bridge of the Baliem River. It’s save, but your balance is
needed – and in case of troubles do not watch to the water, but watch
your step; but in any case the bridge is save. Lunch is served en-route.
After crossing the Baliem River the tour lead you to the next hanging
wooden bridge across the Mugi river. Below the lovely wooden bride of
the Mugi river we will take a rest and you will have the chance to take a
bath or washing your shoes. We will walk up to Wuserem village and stay
overnight in the hut called “Honai/Pilamo. (B.L.D)
Day (3) Wuserem-Syokosimo (B.L.D)
In the morning activities, here is the most dramatically beautiful
compound to who as a photographer or anyone who wants to make up your
memory for your life time with Stone Age life people and to show up to
your friends which mean you have been to the most remotest area Papua
with natural beauty and its people also the scenery. Here we are going
to passing the muddy and slippery areas, but definitely easy to pass.
There are two ways to pass, so is better choose low land path rather
than upper path that which has muddier as well here you are going to
walk along the Mugi river bank until you arrive in Syokosimo, the
village known as “Siep and Kossay”. Here you will see the old men with
its penis gourd “Koteka”, but be careful while you taking picture. Is
better we ask first before we take picture than they ask money after
all. But no worries, we can give them cigarette per picture that you
take. In the afternoon, we can small walking along the villages to see
people and you are also can enter the huts, seat with huts owner,
share/ask whatever about culture, life style, daily foods, marriage
that’s why pig is too important for Dani tribe, many more you want to
get to know from them.
Day (4) Syokosimo-Ugem-(B.L.D)
After breakfast, we walk through Mugi river bank, cross two wooden
hanging traditional bridges. From here, we walk up a bit through rocky
patch but clean. Here you can see many huts compounds; you also see the
waterfall from the distance, and savanna along the patch. Lunch is
served along the path; otherwise the ugem village is not really far from
these villages. You can see many rock orchids, endemic Papuan bird’s
sounds, but they are too seeing them. If need to see the bird of
paradise bird, we can take you a special place in coastal area called
“Raja ampat or to Yali-Elelim, here you can see red tail bird of
paradise along the wild rain forest there. In the afternoon, we are
going to visit ugem village and the big chief. He has more than 5 wives
and they live in one big hut with her pigs in the same huts but share
room on the corner. Day 5 Ugem-Wamena-(B.L)
Today is the last
day, be happy because the tour leading to see the Baliem river gorge
from the hills down. Its looks amazing like the anaconda in the wild
rain forest flowing along the villages. We walk down, and cross another
hanging brige of Baliem and arrive in Kurima at the previous arrival.
Here we can walk or if you feel tired, you can take motor bike services
to take you to the Yetni River.
Finally, the public car or charged
taxi brings us back to Wamena-Hotel-and to do some souvenirs shopping,
packing. The next day is the end of service & departure-
SAYONARA!
Trek Papua Tours & Travels
Demianus Mac Wasage, S.S
Managing Director
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