Experience the highlands - the Baliem Valley day tours
Please browse through our day tours and find your personal choice. All tours can be freely combined, for your individual experience. Contact us!
Day tour 1:
Wamena, Sinakma, Wesaput and surrounding

In the morning, trip to the large local market outside the town. Every day hundreds of Dani tribespeople meet here to sell their products. As in many Papuan regions traditional handicrafts, such as stone axes… (more)
Day tour 2:
Salt spring, Kurulu mummy, traditional Dani hamlet

In the morning, one-hour trip to Jiwika, in the middle of the Baliem Valley. Start of a one-hour uphill hike (approx. 1,000 feet altitude difference) through stunning mountain rainforests to the traditional salt spring of… (more)
Day tour 3:
Traditional pig festival (Highlight!)

Traditional one-day pig festival in a traditional Dani village, either in the Resort grounds or in the Jiwika region. Many adorned people from the Dani tribe in traditional clothing will take part in the festival… (more)
Day tour 4:
Journey to the Habema Lake

Early in the morning about 3-hour drive from the resort to the lake at about 50,000 feet altitude. We will pass all the vegetation zones of Equatorial New Guinea. The often savannah-like landscape… (more)
Day tour 5:
Trekking Sekan Mountain

In the morning we set off on a one-hour hike to the summit of the nearby Sekan mountain range, which forms the northern border of the Resort. The summit region is characterised by giant slabs of rock… (more)
Day tour 6:
Trekking South Baliem Gorge

In the morning, drive to the southern Baliem Valley past Wamena. By the village of Sogogmo, not quite 2 miles outside Kurima, the road ends. This is where our hike along the huge Baliem river starts… (more)
Day tour 7:
Trekking Pugima Valley

In the morning, drive to the Siepkosi church. From here we set off on an easy hike to the Pugima Valley. On the way there we pass the area where the Yuan River comes to the surface in a big cave… (more)
Day tour 8:
Pass Valley, Kotilola Cave, Meagaime Mummy

After breakfast we take a drive to the northern part of the Baliem Valley via Jiwika and Kurulu. A few miles beyond Kurulu we visit the famous Kotilola Cave with gigantic stalactites and stalagmites… (more)
Day tour 9:
The Pyramid Region in the north-western Baliem Valley

In the morning, drive to the big indigenous market of Wamena and then to the well-built road along the western side of the valley. The landscape in the west of the valley significantly differs from the eastern side… (more)
ADD-ON programs: Book these add-ons in combination with one of our Resort's special tours.
ADD-ON: 4 day trekking
From Lake Habema to Baliem Valley

During this spectacular 4 day trekking tour we first drive up to Lake Habema, Indonesias highest lake at about 3,200 meters altitude (50,000 feet). The next day, our trekking back to… (more)
ADD-ON: 4 day trekking
Southern Baliem Valley

With this trekking add-on we drive into the Kurima area until the road ends. From there our trekking starts far away from the roads, through untouched landscape, past many villages and fields of the Dani…(more)
ADD-ON: Bird of Paradise
Bird of Paradise of the North Coast

In the morning, arrival in Jayapura (from Wamena, subsequent one of our special tours). Direct transfer to Nimbokrang (1,5 hour drive) to a small guesthouse with neighbouring bird sanctuary… (more)
ADD-ON: Raja Ampat for non-divers
Relax in Paradise

Visit one of Indonesia's newest destinations. Beautiful beaches, boat trips, snorkling, spotting birds of paradise: Raja Ampat is often considered one of the most beautiful destinations in Indonesia and it is yet not often visited… (more)