Baliem Valley Culture & Trekking Tours
5 Days 4 Nights include Pig Festival
Baliem Valley culture tours experience with us. Tour Location is in the Baliem Valley, Wamena, Papua.
Your tour Focus: Culture + short trekking + villages. Traditional pig ceremony is one of the most unique tribal experiences in Papua.
Tour Level: Easy to moderate (4–6 hours trekking/day)
Itinerary Day by Day : Detail Tour activities and full service from arrival in Wamena airport until finish. We will get you back to the airport when you depart from Wamena.
Day 01: Jayapura to Wamena
On the day your arrival in Wamena Airport our local guide and driver, they will pick you up and shorter drive to the Baliem Pilamo Hotel and quick checking room. After that pack your small back pack and back to the car. Your guide and driver, they will take you to the north visit Mummy in Sonpaima village Jiwika with societies. The villagers welcome you with full greetings (wah wah wah). Mummy is one of Dani big chief for in this area. His Name is Wimontok Mabel. You will listen and understand of his history when he was alive when you are at the village.
After finish visit Mummy, one of next interest you have to know is Salt water wells in tropical rain forest. So from Jiwika you will hiking by your foots. It takes more less 2 hours. You will watch and know how Dani people produce Banana Salt or banana cultivation salt in Danis traditional skill. Here you can see from your eyes and understand how Dani people make salt from Banana Trees. During the salt processing you can make unlimited photos / Video.
Mummy in Sonpaima Village Baliem Valley
Salt Water Wells (ElueAimo)
All the tour activities finish walk down by same road and back to Wamena.
Lunch on the Way (Lunch Box) Dinner in the restaurant Sleeping in the Hotel.
Day 02: South Baliem Trekking Tour | Wamena to Klise
After breakfast drive to Dani Traditional village visiting culture celebration performances. You meeting friendly people in the village, stay there enjoy watching all the activities when they start to finish.
Here is a list of feature:
- Performances tribal fighting and singing tribal songs
- Traditional folks dance
- Fire light friction
- Kill a pig by bow and bamboo arrows
- Cooking sweet potatoes in hole ground with hot rocks.
The first they will performance of tribal war in front of you. They will use traditional weapon tools such as long spear, bow and arrows, and other things stick or special bone knife tools. According the Dani cultures Fighting many different problems Stealing ladies, stealing pigs, and Map of lands etc.
After finish in this part, continue singing tribal songs, traditoinal folks dances from different histories. Fire creating from Rotan, kill a pig bow bow arrows, burning all rocks on the fire.
Cooking in earth oven by burned rocks. This is working in the group . You don’t be hesitate for making photos and views while enjoy this party unlimited photos and free.
Cooking in traditional skill during pig festival
Full video pig festival
After all the activities finish pack your backpack walk back to the car, drive back to Wamena.
Lunch in the Village, Dinner in the Restaurant and overnight in the Hotel.
Day 03: South Baliem Trekking Tour | Wamena to Klise
Trekking to the south. Today we can go to south of Wamena the valley. From Hotel to Sogokmo by car. You will start trekking after get off from transport. Therefore from Sogokmo you will pass to Jetni River, Kurima to Klise.
Klise is where you will accommodation in traditional grass roof huts. All through the long way you will hike on the hills and a road is foots path.
At 3 pm you will still hill hike Stunning Ibiroma views with other villages you will see from road.
Authentic Hiking South Baliem Valley
Historical bridge near Sogokmo Village
Lunch on the trip (Lunch Box). Dinner in the Restaurant and sleep in the Hotel.
Day 04: South Baliem Trekking | Return to Wamena
After breakfast back to Wamena, we will start trekking from Klise to walk down hill to Kurima. You will crossing a suspension bridge to Seima, Hulesi, Sogokmo.
Historical bridge, which one foreigner & Dani Porter get fall and drowned. Their body was not found
Before arrival Sogokmo, you will cross a Baliem suspension bridge. A suspension bridge which is a small memorial to a Japanese tourist and his dani guide who drowned and get die. Then 20 minute walk to Sogokmo. Sogokmo by car to Wamena.
Lunch on the trip (Lunch Box), Dinnner in the Restaurant, sleep in the Hotel.
Day 05: Wamena to Jayapura
After breakfast, guide and driver get you back to the Wamena Airport. You can fly to Sentani and your next own destination
Group size and price
Solo Traveler
$ 2.100 USD
Price solo traveler
2 People
$ 1.100 USD
Price per person
3-6 People
$ 900 USD
Price per person
7-10 People
$ 800 USD
Price per person
Price includes
- Local experienced guide and porter
- Sleeping 4 nights | 3 nights sleep in the Hotel and 1 night in the village
- Full foods board
- Transportation
- Tours entrance fee according itinerary
- Traditional pig festival
- Arrange travel permit
Price does not include
- All plane ticket & airport tax
- any person needs
- Laundry service
- Personal shopping
- Tips