Papua New Quinea – A Million Different journeys
The Kokoda Track is one of the world's great treks – the last frontier that echoes the true heroic nature of the Australian Army's battles fought in 1942 as they defended Port Moresby at extraordinary odds from the advancing forces of the Japanese.
Generations of Australians have set themselves the goal of tracing this 96 km historic journey through some of the most remote regions of PNG while sharing a part of Australia's history that will become an important part of their own life journey.
Today this track remains a classic as you retrace the steps in the company of expert guides, following trails deep within tropical rainforests. Along the way you will stay in traditional villages and be immersed in Papua New Guinean culture, all the while experiencing the spirit of true Aussie mateship and feeling of accomplishment as you complete the Kokoda.
Whether you call one friend, gather a group, or come yourself - there has never been a better time to make this the year that you enjoy the rewards of engaging the Kokoda.
The Kokoda Trail was a path that linked Ower's Corner, approximately 40 km north-east of Port Moresby, and the small village of Wairopi, on the northern side of the Owen Stanley mountain range. From Wairopi, a crossing point on the Kumusi River, the Trail was connected to the settlements of Buna, Gona and Sanananda on the north coast. Its name was derived from the village of Kokoda that stood on the southern side of the main range and was the site of the only airfield between Port Moresby and the north coast.
Troops from South Seas Detachment land at Gona, a full-scale offensive advance soon develops.
The first fighting occurred between Papuan Infantry Battalion and the 39th Australian Infantry Battalion at Awala, the Australians were unable to hold back the Japanese.
The Australia's finally stop at Imita Ridge, 8 km from the junction with the road to Port Moresby. The Japanese held the opposite ridge.
Australian troops of the 25th Brigade began to edge forward from Imita Ridge.
The Japanese withdrew from Ioribaiwa. In the course of their retreat the Japanese fought delaying actions every bit as determined as those of the Australians.
Costly battles were fought before the 16th and 25th Brigades crossed the Kumusi at Wairopi heading for even more bitter fighting.
Australia's victory on the Kokoda Trail - this ensured that Allied bases in northern Australia, vital in the coming counter-offensive against the Japanese, would not seriously be threatened by air attack.
The Kokoda Trail fighting was some of the most desperate and vicious encountered by Australian troops in the Second World War.
Supplied by the Australian War Memorial.
Adventure Kokoda - We lead, others follow
Kokoda Track
Package from AU$3795pp ex Port Moresby
Lonely Planet guide on Kokoda:
"This high-profile company is led by Charlie Lynn, son of a WW2 Kokoda digger. This company has featured on many TV programmes. One of the best operators…"
Adventure Kokoda is the company of choice for trekkers who want to follow the original wartime trail and get expert briefings at the various battle sites along the way. Experienced Australian trek leaders and a 24 hour radio link back to Port Moresby ensure a safe and rewarding journey for their trekkers.
Valid for travel in 2010.
Back Track Adventures - We came from all walks of life, for the walk of a lifetime
Life Changing Kokoda Track
11 days AU$3,390pp ex Port Moresby
Brisbane: AU$4,050
Sydney: AU$4,490
Melbourne - no direct flights to PNG
For 26 years, Back Track Adventures' professional Australian Trek Leaders and local crews have made the difference, ensuring safety, health, fun and enjoyment. Walk the war time Track. Visit and be comprehensively briefed at all the major battle and historic sites. Our sensible 9 day, 8 night trekking itinerary provides the right balance of exercise and recreation. Our itinerary is arranged to meet the day's objectives in a relaxed fashion. There's always time to meet the locals or explore a village. Good wholesome food and quality equipment supplied.
Valid for travel: 1 April to 30 November 2010
Win prizes at "Kokoda-Life Changing" Information nights in Melbourne & Sydney.
Chessell Adventures - Kokoda GOLD level history trek
Kokoda GOLD level history trek
Micro groups 8-12 trekkers with historical emphasis gold level Kokoda track challenge.
Featuring Australian Army officers as trek leaders and offering an “All in One” package taking the hassles out of the trip for you.
Ideal for corporate or mates groups.
Custom dates to suit your needs.
Frontline Kokoda - The Ultimate Trek
Kokoda Track
10 or 12 days, including 2 nights in Port Moresby, AU$6500pp ex Sydney or Brisbane
Frontline Kokoda provides the most comprehensive guided trek package with NO hidden costs. They provide you with flights, personal travel insurance, individual pre-trek physical training programme and military history material, ALL your camping and hiking gear, an Australian trained medic on every trek with our trek guide giving daily battle site briefings covering the full military history. Included is your own trek documentary dvd edited from footage and interviews taken on your trek. Frontline Kokoda's professional Australian guides enhance your trek, not dominate it!
Valid for travel in 2010 and advanced bookings for 2011
Getaway Trekking - The Journey…and the Destination
Kokoda Adventure
14 days AU$4,375pp ex Port Moresby
Getaway Trekking is the only company to follow the original route of our diggers. Extend to northern beaches and take the opportunity to hear the whole story. The campaign did not conclude at Kokoda, but continued to Buna, Gona & Sanananda where Australia lost twice as many diggers. Getaway Trekking provide culturally and ecologically sensitive treks with sound historical commentary. They provide assistance with fitness preparation and the opportunity to join regular walks. All inclusive pricing ex Australia; when comparing, make sure you include all extras! The 14 days, includes 8 nights on track, 2 nights Port Moresby and 3 nights northern beaches. Shorter tour lengths are also available.
Valid for travel until 30 November 2010.
Imofat Trekking & Tourism: Unique grave site of both combatants - Oivi Battlefield (new trekking site)
8 days @ AU$3000
Captain Templeton & his Australian soldier's graves, War relics, Radio station & Hospital sites, waterfalls, Japanese fox holes & graves.
3 sites:
- Oivi – Templeton and other Aussie soldier's graves, Japanese fox holes, Radio station site & waterfalls.
- Gorari – Japanese graves, 1st shots exchanged sites, Plane crash (war relics)
- Waju/Harika – Aussie Scouts killed, Captain Barne, site where Australian corpses were piled & Hospital site.
Point of route:
- From Kokoda to Oivi – 15km by PMV or hire car
- From Oivi to Sisireta – 3 hours walk
- From Sisireta to Gorari – 15-20mins walk
- From Gorari to Waju/Harika – 3 hours walk
- Alternate transport to/fro can be arranged by the Tour Operator.
Valid for travel: March 2011
Kokoda Brothers
Trek Package 8 days / 7 nights $2950 Ex Port Moresby
Travel & Accommodation Package From $1690 Ex Brisbane
Inclusions: 2 nights hotel in Port Moresby, return international flight, charter flight Port Moresby – Kokoda, personal travel insurance.
Call +61 421467228 or visit www.kokodabrothers.com.au
Take the challenge of a lifetime to remember their sacrifices…
Kokoda Brothers are committed to ensuring you experience every aspect of the captivating Kokoda Track.
- Our passionate Australian Guides will provide accurate historical information to ensure you understand the incredible sacrifices and suffering that the Australian soldiers endured.
- We are committed to safety and making sure you are well prepared to tackle the mountainous terrain on the track. We provide a pre trek training program with expert support and advice.
- Inclusions: Fresh cooked nutritious meals, Trekking permit, visit to Bomana War Cemetery, on track accommodation, all camping equipment + eating utensils, nutritious snack pack, Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt and awesome memories!
Proud Sponsors of KTF Adopt An Angel program.
Kokoda Carriers Tracking Limited - Adopt an Angel Tour
Range from day tours to over nights stay to 8 days on the kokoda track; all packages include Guest House, Open Air Camp site, Cultural Performance, meals. You can see Battle Field Site Tours all this Priced from $3,200.00 per person
Tour is a charity Package tour this package is to assist (KTF) Kokoda Track Foundation with their Scholarship program to assist the Children of the Kokoda Track. Kokoda Carriers Tracking Limited KCTL will Donate AUD$500.00 to Kokoda Track Foundation for Trekkers booked under this package.
Travel Period Between March to November Bookings 3 Weeks before the commencement of the trekking date
Kokoda Carriers Tracking Limited - Culture and WWII Historical Tour
Tour is a WWII Historical Tour that provides site tours to the battlefield sites follow the footsteps of the diggers meet the last of the remaining Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel with traditional welcome and hospitality for all ages and organization. Enjoy the tropical surroundings and abundance of Tropical wildlife.
Tour is a WWII Historical Tour that provides site tours to the battlefield sites follow the footsteps of the diggers meet the last of the remaining Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel with traditional welcome and hospitality for all ages and organization. Enjoy the tropical surroundings and abundance of Tropical wildlife.
Travel Period Between March to November Bookings 3 Weeks before the commencement of the trekking date
Kokoda Historical: Live the History – Kokoda Track & Beachheads Tour
14 days - $5430 from BNE
Trek the famous Kokoda Track and tour the northern Beachheads: Buna, Gona and Sanananda where the Kokoda Campaign began. This is the complete Kokoda experience touring the Kokoda Track and northern beachhead battlefields with experienced guides both from Australia and PNG.
Valid for travel: 2011
Kokoda Spirit - In the footsteps of heroes
Kokoda Track Historical Trek 9 days from AU$2695pp ex Port Moresby
Trekking the Kokoda Track with Kokoda Spirit is an experience not just a holiday. We see things as an explorer, historian and adventurer. When you trek Kokoda, you're participating in a personal discovery experience; you are truly living and participating in an historic and monumental adventure. Kokoda Spirit has unlocked some of the great mysteries associated with the Kokoda Track, including the lost and forgotten Kokoda battlefields and the 68 year old mystery of the disappearance of Captain Sam Templeton. Our Australian and PNG Guides are professional and knowledgeable and have an absolute passion and knowledge of the battles, history and culture along the Kokoda Track.
Valid for travel: March 2010 - November 2010
KOKODA TRAIL MOTEL & SOGERI LODGE - Pre & Post Trek Packages
Rates Kokoda Trail (re-opening early April 2010):
Single room from K250pn & K350pn twin share for fan-cooled rooms and K270pn single and K370pn twin share for air-conditioned rooms. Third person additional K50.
Rates Sogeri Lodge:
Single room from K150pn & K250pn twin share for fan-cooled rooms. Family room (4 beds) K300pn. Two bedroom S/C flat at K350 and 4 bedroom S/C annexe at K600pn.
Comfortable affordable accommodation at the start of the Depo to Owers' Corner Road. The Kokoda Trail Motel offers 17 fan cooled self-contained units and 4 air-conditioned two-bedroom self-contained cottages for up to 60 guests. Sogeri offers 12 fan cooled bedrooms with communal bathrooms facilities, a 2 bedroom self contained flat and a 4 bedroom self contained annexe for up to 30 guests. Both are situated on secure landscaped grounds. Rates valid year around.
Courtesy coaches available for transit between Port Moresby and Kokoda Trail Motel and transport to/from Owers' Corner can be arranged.
Kokoda Trekking (KTL) - An Adventure of a Lifetime
9 Day 8 Night Trek (Kokoda - Owers' Corner) (Ex-Port Moresby)
8 Day 7 Night Trek (Kokoda - Owers' Corner) (Ex-Port Moresby)
6 Day 5 Night Trek (Kokoda – Owers' Corner) (Ex-Port Moresby)
Local Guided trek Packages Ex Pom: $2550.00 per person.
Australian Guided Trek Package Ex Pom: $3350.00, per person.
Personal Porter: $580.00, Per Porter
Discounts apply for more than 10 trekkers.
Kokoda Trekking is the most highly regarded Kokoda Track operator in Papua New Guinea.
We employ local guides to provide you with a rich cultural as well as an historical experience. We also offer Australian guided treks. In the past six years over 4,000 trekkers have completed the Kokoda Track with us.
Kokoda Trekking organises and offers set trekking itineraries as well as custom made treks.
9 Day 8 Night Trek (Kokoda - Owers' Corner) (Ex-Port Moresby)
8 Day 7 Night Trek (Kokoda - Owers' Corner) (Ex-Port Moresby)
6 Day 5 Night Trek (Kokoda – Owers' Corner) (Ex-Port Moresby)
Alternate directions available.
Valid until November 2011.
Kokoda Treks & Tours Pty Ltd - We Show The Way
14 days Aud $3550.00 ( no airfares )
We offer 9 nights and 10 days guided travel along the 96 kms of The Kokoda Track. We provide a detailed historical experience, at a pace and with the time to study, absorb and explore. To complete the experience we follow the 10 days on the Track with a visit to the beach battle areas, where the campaign finished. Our detailed small group programme operates for some 14 days in total in the safer dryer months.
We have been operating safely and successfully since 1983, offering an unsurpassed depth of experience and detailed knowledge appreciated by all our clients - including major documentary film makers and military history authors such as Peter Brune, Paul Ham, Phillip Bradley, Peter Williams. That detailed knowledge and experience has also assisted many fellow Australians in understanding the origins, the operations and the follow on of this iconic campaign; including, for relatives of the soldiers who fought and endured, their own places and events of personal significance.
Valid: Early June to October
KoTrek - Personalising Your PNG Adventure
Standard 6 or 9 Day Treks (prices per person):
$3,000.00 Ex POM
$3,700.00 Ex BNE
$4,000.00 Ex SYD/MEL
*$550 extra for personal porter
Tailor made tours to suite every type of trekker – ranging from 48hr extreme treks to 14+ day scenic/historic treks. KoTrek is a PNG/Aussie partnership offering personalised adventure tours with qualified, experienced professional PNG guides & staff.
Immediate feedback & personalised training advice offered to all trekking clients including pre-Kokoda training treks in Australia with an experienced Kokoda Guide.
We have safe, comfortable KoTrek family owned & operated properties on both sides of the track & look forward to sharing with you the beauty, excitement & adventure of PNG & the Kokoda Trail. 100% of any profit made stays in PNG.
Valid for travel: 1st July 2010 – 30th June 2011
Naoro Kokoda Treks: NKTreks - Bridging Cultures, Building Futures
Kokoda Track 10 days ex POM, $3,300 includes personal porter and contribution to village education & health fund for trek along full 96 km Kokoda Track, or $3,000 for trek & cultural visit for village stays. See website for more details.
Both the 96km Kokoda Track trek is offered along with another shorter, less physical trek, focusing on PNG culture and village stays. Our small group Kokoda Track treks are undertaken over 10 days allowing for a short day one, whichever end you begin. This allows you to acclimatise and ensure you are ready for the challenge ahead. Private treks can be arranged to suit your group or club. All treks allow you to appreciate the military history of the track, provide the opportunity to meet the locals and soak up the culture of PNG and the beauty of the jungle.
End April through to October each year , departures can be organised on demand
NIUGINI HOLIDAYS: Kokoda – A very special Journey
From Melbourne $3760, Sydney $3680, Brisbane $3500, Cairns $3140. 10Night/11 Day package including airfare.
Join one of our regular departures or let us plan your own group trip. Our offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Cairns and Port Moresby help you prepare and provide reliable logistical support while you are on the track. Prices are inclusive of:
- Airfare from Australia
- 2 nights hotel at Port Moresby
- 8 nights on the Trail
- All trek food
- Leadership
- Ground transport and sightseeing
- Trek permit
"Walk the Walk" with the re—assurance of our 28 years operating experience on the Kokoda Trail.
For departure dates email kokoda@ngholidays.com
Valid for travel: Until 30 June 2011
No Roads Expeditions - Keeping the Spirit of Adventure Alive!
Australian led Kokoda Track
10 days AU$3290pp ex Port Moresby
Locally led Kokoda Track
10 days AU$2590pp ex Port Moresby
Short Kokoda Track
The Kokoda Track, with its awesome jungle and vast mountain vistas, provides the best backdrop for one of the best adventure expeditions on the planet. Our expert team will bring the history of the Kokoda Track alive in your mind so you can truly understand what Australian diggers went through. And our local team will ensure you do this in comfort with excellent meals each day and some of the best campsites imaginable. Why wait? Do Kokoda in 2011!
Our Spirit Pty Ltd - Kokoda is Our Spirit
10 or 12 days. Packages start at $3495
Our Spirit's adventure walk is the ultimate Kokoda Track trekking experience. Guided by experienced Australian leaders with comprehensive local knowledge and customs and an unwavering passion for the Kokoda Track history, hidden battle sites, treasures and most importantly its legacy. Our clients are given the opportunity to experience the highs and lows of the treacherous Kokoda Track with a sense of courage, endurance and mateship without the ultimate sacrifice that our digger's made before us.
"Our Spirit are incomparable with their leadership of groups trekking the Kokoda Track", says 2/14th Battalion Veteran, Stan Bisset.
Valid for travel: 2010/2011
PNG Trekking Adventures - Discover now and remember forever
Kokoda Track PNG Trekking Adventures are inbound tour operators based in Papua New Guinea. Our extensive experience in trekking combined with knowledgeable guides and appreciation of local cultures make them the Kokoda specialists Valid: July 2010 - April 2011
$3395.00 per person 10 days
RWB Adventure PNG Ltd. - REACHING THE WILDERNESS AND BEYOND
11 Days departing from Sydney or Canberra. $4,200 all inclusive. (min. 6 trekkers).
An all inclusive trekking experience on the Kokoda Track. TR1013- Kokoda to Owers Corner and TR1014 -Owers Corner to Kokoda. Package includes all air fares(domestic & international), PNG Guide, Personal Porter, all meals & accommodation on the Track, all ground transport in POM, meals in POM & insurance package (as detailed on our web site), accommodation in Port Moresby (based on twin share).
Valid for Travel:
Trek TR1013 - 22nd October to 1st November, 2010
Trek TR1014 – 5th November to 15th November, 2010
Bookings terms and conditions may vary, please refer to the specific tour operators websites for more information.
- Adventure 35
- Adventure Kokoda / Kokoda Experience
- Adventure Kokoda
- Chessell Adventures
- David Baker Treks
- Executive Excellence
- Getaway Trekking
- Investa Treks
- Kokoda Frontline
- Kokoda Historical
- Kokoda Legends
- Kokoda Spirit
- Kokoda Track Experience
- Kokoda Trekking Limited
- Kokoda Treks and Tours Pty Ltd
- Komplete Kokoda
- Naoro Kokoda
- Niugini Holidays
- No Roads Expeditions
- Northern DisTRACtions
- Nuigini Adventure Tours
- Nuigini Holidays
- Peregrine Adventures
- Back Track Adventures
- Southern Cross Trekkers
- Team Kokoda Queensland
- Toogee Treks
- South Sea Horizons
- Brigade Hill Mission Tours
- Ecotourism Melanesia Ltd
- Fuzzy Wuzzy Expeditions Ltd
- Fuzzy Wuzzy Spiritours Ltd
- Sogeri Enterprises
- Historic Kokoda Tracking Limited
- Kokoda Brothers
- Kokoda Dreams Tours Limited
- Kokoda Experience Ltd
- Frontline Kokoda
- Kokoda Historical Tracking Ltd
- Kokoda Holidays / Kokoda Track Holidays Pty Ltd
- Kokoda Icon Ltd
- Kokoda Memorial Black Angels
- Kokoda Oro Tours
- Kokoda Spirit Ltd (PNG)
- Kokoda Trail Bushwalking Expeditions
- Mt Victoria Trekking Adventure
- No Roads Expeditions (PNG)
- Owers Corner Trek & Tours
- Pacific Travel Ltd / South Pacific Tours Ltd
- PNG Magic Tours Kokoda
- PNG Trekking Adventures
- Tropic Tours
- Tubuna Legacy Tours
- Vioribaiva Adventure Tours & Entertainers
