Day 1. Jayapura – Wamena
Arrival at Sentani Jayapura airport, meet and greet with our representative then continue the flight to Wamena, the highland of Papua. Arrive in Wamena you will directly go to the hotel for check-in. You will enjoy your lunch at the hotel or local restaurant. After lunch, you will have tour surroundings the town of Wamena, visit local market and also traditional villages nearby town. Then, late in the afternoon you will go to the accommodation for dinner and rest.
Day 2. Dani Tribe – Sumpaima Village
After breakfast, you will visit several traditional villages of Dani Tribe, an indigenous people who live in the central highlands of Papua, specifically in the Wamena region. They are known because their unique traditions, culture, and way of life.
Furthermore, you will go to visit the Mummy in Sumpaima village. The Mummy is estimated to be around 400 years old. The Sumpaima mummy is believed to have been a member of the Dani tribe and was mummified using traditional methods, it is said that the mummy was found with its arms crossed, because it is a common burial practice among the Dani people.
Lunch box and refreshments will be prepared in time. Then late in the afternoon you will go back to your accommodation for dinner and rest.
Day 3. Obia Village – Cooking Ceremony
After breakfast, you will go by car to visit the Obia village or Anemaugi village to attend one of the most famous traditional Dani cooking ceremonies, locally known as “Mamajap.” This involves digging a pit in the ground and lining it with hot stones. The food, usually chicken, cassava, corns, or vegetables that wrapped in leaves and placed on top of the hot stones, which covered with more leaves. Because the food is left to cook slowly for several hours, so it has a delicious taste and smoky flavor. You may also try to eat sweet potatoes after cooking. The locals of Dani will set and display down mini market to selling the traditional Souvenirs.
Then late in the afternoon you will go back to the accommodation for dinner and rest.
*Optional, you can have pig feast in cooking ceremony.
Day 4. Sentani Airport – Sentani Lake – Museum – Hamadi Market
Today after early breakfast, you will go to the airport and catch the flight to Sentani Airport of Jayapura. Arrive at Sentani Airport, you will check in at the accommodation. Then you will visit Lake Sentani by boat, Museum Anthropology of Cendrawasih University, Hamadi Central market, souvenirs shop and afterwards you will go to the Welcome Hills, where you can see the beautiful Jayapura scenery. Then you will back the accommodation for dinner and rest.
Day 5. Wamena – Sentani Airport Jayapura
After breakfast, you will go to the airport of Wamena to catch your flight and continue your trip to the next destination.
End of Tour.
