About This Tour
This 5 days/4 nights private tour from/to Timika, brings you to the famous Asmat tribe in the southern lowlands of Papua. The former headhunters and cannibals. You will visit several Asmat villages and experience the daily life of the people up close. Of course, Asmat ceremonies are also planned, where the ancient spirit of the Asmat comes to life.
Description
- Duration : 5 Days – 4 Nights
- Accommodation : Basic Hotel & Community House of Asmat
- Type of Tour : Nature, Culture & Way Of Life
- Trip Level : Very easy, Easy, Moderate, Challenge, Hard
Tour Price
- 4-5 People =IDR.24.000K Per Person
- 6-7 People =IDR.23.500K Per Person
Included:
✓ Internal Flights; Timika – Agats – Timika
✓ English speaking local guide
✓ 1x Night in the Basic Accommodation in Agats
✓ 3x Nights in tent
✓ Cook & its Basic Equipment (cooking, dishes etc)
✓ Meals & Drinking Water during stay in Asmat Area
✓ Motorized Canoe/Speedboat & crew
✓ Sago Processing & Traditional mask dance with Asmat People
✓ Necessary Travel Permit
- All Domestic Flights, Extra Meals & Beverages❌
- All Insurance, Personal Expenses ❌
- Accommodation & Meals in Timika ❌
- Cost for excess luggage From Timika – Ewer- Timika (Hand Baggage only Max. 7 kg) ❌
What should I bring?
- Prepare the camera according to your needs.
- Protection from the sun, please provide a long-sleeved shirt and hat, Sun block, Sun Glasess
- Protection from Rain, please provide Raincoat or Umbrella.
Not suitable for
- Children under 10 years old
- With Back Problems
- Pregnant Travelers
- Luxury Lifestyle Travelers.
Important Information
- Booking via email at least 30 days before arrival
- Tour Program and itinerary are subject to change in accordance with local situation and condition. In general: Infrastructure, Flights, Weather and etc.
- Baggage allowance for the flight Timika – Ewer – Timika = Max 7 kg/Passenger.
- Travelling to remote areas of Papua is difficult, the conditions are harsh, there is no comfort at all. If you can handle such conditions, you will enjoy this trip.
Flight Schedule
- Timika – Asmat; Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday ETD 11:40pm – ETA 12:25pm
- Asmat – Timika; Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday ETD 12:45pm – ETA 13:30pm
Responsibility:
Jefalgi Papua Tours acts only as agent for transportation companies, hotels and all of other contract and will therefore have disclaim responsibility for any loss, damage, accident, or other irregularities caused for arising from circumstances beyond of our control.
Itinerary
Day 01: Timika – Ewer/Agats – Asmat Vaillage (-/L/D)
- Fly from Timika to Ewer by flight. Ewer is the name of the airstrip in the Asmat region.
- From Ewer by motorized straigh on board the motorized canoe for about 3-4 hours to Beriten village. Lunch will have at a longhouse in Beriten village or somewhere in the river bank.
- Dinner and overnight stay at longhouse. (use a tent)
Day 02: Asmat Tribe (B/L/D)
- After breakfast, prepare for leaving then heading Omandesep for 3 hours by motorized canoe ride through the ocean, we will pass 2 big rivers.
- Arrive at the village, walk to the longhouse for check-in and then as usual when the guest arrives the Asmat people will welcome the guest by direct the guest to their longhouse.
- After lunch paddle or walk into the swampy jungle with the Asmat people to see the sago processing (sago is the main food in Asmat). The process to make pure Sago can be one day and some of the locals also take the sago worm for protein. You will have the chance to taste the local food.
- Late afternoon walks or paddling back to the village for dinner and overnight. (use a tent)
Day 03: Asmat Tribe (B/L/D)
- After breakfast, We get back on the boat and head for another Asmat settlement. Today we want to see another Asmat ceremony. Ceremonies cannot be planned in advance, they have to be arranged on the spot.
- The carving of an ancestor pole or a traditional mask dance are among the ceremonies we would like to see today. It is sure to be another day full of impressions.
- Late afternoon back to the village for dinner and overnight stay at longhouse. (use a tent)
Day 04: Asmat Tribe - Agats (B/L/D)
- After Breakfast, back to Agats by motorized canoe.
- Lunch serves on the boat or need to stop somewhere.
- Arrive at Agats and you may walk around the town of Agats. Overnight at Basic accommodation
Day 05: Agats/Ewer – Timika (B/-/-)
- After Breakfast, by motorized canoe to Ewer airport for flight back to Timika.
