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

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

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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