Mt Hagen Festival Tour Package

A group of people in traditional Papua New Guinean dress, body paint and headdresses parade across a green field with mountains in the background.

A group of people dressed in traditional Papua New Guinean attire, including colorful face paint, headdresses, and decorative necklaces, are participating in the Mt. Hagen Festival.

A line of men in traditional attire with black face paint and large headdresses are holding drums, likely at the Mt. Hagen Festival in Papua New Guinea.

Certainly! Here's a description of the image in one sentence:A group of people in Mt. Hagen, Papua New Guinea, are adorned in intricate body paint resembling skeletons for the Mt. Hagen Cultural Show.

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A woman poses with performers in ceremonial dress at the Mt. Hagen Festival in Papua New Guinea.

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Duración: 4 Days (approx.)
Código de producto: hagenshow

2025 - Mt. Hagen Festival Package Papua New Guinea

Mount Hagen Show Package Papua New Guinea - August 16th - August 17th, 2025

Day 1, August 14th: Welcome to Mount Hagen

Today you arrive to Mt. Hagen from Port Moresby, upon arrival you will be picked up from the airport to your hotel. ** NOTE You must book the morning flight into Mt Hagen.

After check in, you depart for Harvey village, strolling through the small village, of traditional huts dotting the mountain sides, surrounded by coffee plantation, vegetable gardens, immersing in the lush rainforest before reaching the Kamdika waterfall. Go for a swim in the waterfall pools. Return to your hotel for the evening.

Day 2, August 15th: Paiya Mini Show

After breakfast you travel by land to Paiya Village, meet the village chief and his wives. Enjoy a "mumu" lunch, a local delicacy of food cooked in hot stones.

In the comfort of the village you get a personal encounter with traditional dancers as they line up ancient songs and dances. A friendly and relaxing setting in the village as you enjoy local hospitality in the heart of Paiya village. Your land transfers bring you back to your lodge to overnight.

Day 3, August 16th and Day 4 August 17th: Mt Hagen Cultural Festival

You must rise early for breakfast and board your bus for the trip to Mt Hagen show grounds. Tribes from all over the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea and neighboring tribes from the Jiwaka, Chimbu and Enga Province will congregate to display their unique ‘sing sing’s (cultural dances). The Mount Hagen Cultural Show is world famous and a once in a life time experience.

Take photographs of singsing group performers, participate in the song and dance. Each of the customs, costumes and dances on display at the Mt Hagen festival has its origins deep in the region’s history.

From dancers decked out as skeletons who mock stalk members of the audience, to performances punctuated by brightly painted faces and ornate headgear, many costumes evoke ancient ancestors.

The festival presents an opportunity to engage with each of these traditions in a display that is immersive, utterly awe inspiring, and one of the rare opportunities to get up close and personal with some of the oldest intact cultures in the world.

After the show closure on Sunday, you go to visit the KUK UNESCO site area, enjoy local hospitality before returning to the hotel.

Day 5, August 18: Depart Mt Hagen

Transfer from the hotel to the airport for youe departing flight.

Includes:

Accommodation as listed
Land Transfers as listed
Meals in Hagen
Tours as listed
Cultural activities as listed
Show passes

Exludes:

Visas
Travel/medical/cancellation insurance (100% required)
Flights (domestic and international)
Personal items such as sunscreen, insect repellent, souvenirs, etc
Gratuities

**Domestic flights NOT INCLUDED - POM - HGU - POM

Important Advisories:

**ACCOMMODATION IN MOUNT HAGEN

We wish to highlight further that accommodation is high premium in Hagen over the Festival days!!!

Book Far in Advance!!

We use several different lodges to fill all our tour slots, as well as guide's own accommodation and villages, to house you for this. At the time of booking you will be placed into one of these budget but comfortable local lodges. You can ask which one beforehand and we can tell you where you can or will be lodged. For comfort, and we still beat every price out there even on the higher end accommodation, we can also book slots at Highlander Hotel (Coral Sea Group) for an upgraded price (several hundred more USD supplement.)

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“Hi, Jasmine.Here are a few of my favorite moments...and my photos (public Facebook albums)Hogave, Lufa

Day 1: I am warmly greeted by David Kima, who recounts the story and conservation movement of Hogave. We arrive in the middle of the local village mourning of a recently deceased member, a very rare and local experience, totally unplanned. After 3 hours of very rocky road driving, I arrive at the Hogave Conservation Centre welcomed by two villagers who performed a traditional wind instrument that very few locals can play, and incredibly, I become only the second (or third) tourist ever to stay here.
Day 2: I trek through a truly "virgin" rain forest, one of very few remaining in the world (Congo, Amazon, and PNG), guided by three locals bushwhacking the way with machetes, climb a very wild and steep mountain side equivalent of 200 floors (according to my iPhone) to become the first tourist to reach the top of Mt. Michael. (The way down in the pouring rain was our least favorite moment.) As someone who has summited Mt. Kilimanjaro, I can truthfully say this was a much more challenging level of difficulty - There the most I've climbed in one day was 134 floors, 3-4 hours max, with a different day dedicated to a descent, but in Michael, it was 200 floor, up and down in one day, for 10-12 hours, with far steeper and unpaved paths without camps. This hike/trek is only for the fittest of the fit!
Day 3: I become the first tourist to visit and stay overnight at Hogave Village, an isolated and remote hour-and-a-half walk from HCC, and join the villagers in peeling potatoes and taro, preparing, and eating mumu. I stay overnight with David (another David) and his family.
Day 4: I join the villagers gathered to enjoy a traditional hunting performance
Day 5: I get cellular reception for the first time since I arrive in PNG and get to upload and share my first batch of photos with my friends. https://www.facebook.com/grace.forker.7/media_set?set=a.837672754956.1073741876.3501655&type=3

Rabaul/Kokopo

Day 1: I ride a local bus (!) with my guide Pauline Puipui to Ratavul where I visit to stay with her family. I visit the local beach, listen to the stories of Pauline's parents, and join them for dinner which is mumu with the biggest giant claims I've ever seen in my life! I stay overnight at an authentic hut and bed made of woven coconut leaves.
Day 2: I try weaving coconut leaves, scraping coconuts, etc. in preparing mumu that we enjoy with the family and neighbors, then string together local currency of shells. https://www.facebook.com/grace.forker.7/media_set?set=a.836154502546.1073741875.3501655&type=3
Day 3: I am amazed by the first day of Mask Festival with the early morning Kinavai and nighttime Baining Fire Dance. https://www.facebook.com/grace.forker.7/media_set?set=a.837870833006.1073741880.3501655&type=3 In between during the day, I snorkel and sail with dolphins on the way to/from Duke of York Islands where I explore and picnic at the beach. https://www.facebook.com/grace.forker.7/media_set?set=a.836148634306.1073741874.3501655&type=3
Days 4-5: More amazing moments at the Festival
Day 6: I climb to the top Mt Tavurvur volcano and explore Rabaul, including the Japanese bunker and barge tunnels, and Rabaul Museum/Rabaul Hotel. What a history! https://www.facebook.com/grace.forker.7/media_set?set=a.837875388876.1073741881.3501655&type=3

I hope this is helpful. Please feel free to contact me if I can add more information for future visitors.Thank you for the one-of-a-kind memories!"

-Grace Forker, Comprehensive Multi-Destination PNG Expedition

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