Baliem Valley Culture 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 (3–5 hours walking/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 English speaking guide and driver they will pick you up in Airport and short transfer to the Baliem Pilamo Hotel. After checking-room you explore wamena tour visit local morning market. A local morning market business running by local people.
After tour visit local market, you will continue drive to Pugima visit local coffee plantation running by dani Family.
Back to Wamena city drop you to Hotel. Free/ Rest time. Dinner in the restaurant. Overnight in the Hotel.
Day 02: Hiking South Baliem Valley
After breakfast leaving to Sogokmo or Jetni and then end of the transport you start walk by your own foots and you will pass Jetni, Kurima, cross suspension bridge to Seima.
Authentic Hiking South Baliem Valley
Historical bridge near Sogokmo Village
That means a Hanging Bridge beside which is a small memorial to a Japanese tourist and his local Dani Guide who drowned and get die. From the bridge 40 minute to Sogokmo. Sogokmo to wamena.
Lunch on the trip (Lunch Box). Dinner in the Restaurant and sleep in the Hotel.
Day 03: Hiking North Baliem Valley
After breakfast start drive to the northern of Wamena there are some remarkable you should visit they are Mummy in Aikima village including with rural community. The villagers will accept you and to welcome you.
Next one is you can continue hiking to salt water wells; you will visit how Dani people make salt from Banana tree in Traditional way. And explore more north direction visit cave and to Wamena.
Salt Water wells in the Baliem Valley
Mummy in Aikima village
Lunch on the Trip (Lunch Box), Dinner in the Restaurant and sleep in the Hotel.
Day 04: Traditional Pig Fesival
After breakfast drive to Dani Traditional village watch culture celebration tour.
The feature of the activity: Mock tribal flight and sing songs, Traditional dances, Fire friction, Kill a pig by bow and bamboo arrows, Cooking sweet potatoes in hole ground with hot rocks.
Tribal Mock Fighters
Cooking Procedure during pig festival
After finish all culture activities finish you will return to Wamena.
Lunch in the village (Lunch Box), Dinner in the Restaurant, Sleep in the Baliem Pilamo 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
$ 2.150 USD
Price solo traveler
2 People
$ 1.100 USD
Price per person
3-6 People
$ 1.050 USD
Price per person
7-10 People
$ 900 USD
Price per person
Price includes
- Local experienced guide and porter
- Sleeping 4 nights in the Hotel
- 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