7 Days – 6 Nigths Adventurous trip Asmat tribes
Traveling
- Start : Timika
- End : Timika
Day 1
ARRIVE TIMIKA – ASMAT/AGATS
Arrive by early morning flight from Jakarta or Makasar, meet the guide in the airport and waiting for the next/ connecting flight to Asmat/EWER by Wings air at 10.40am, you will arrive in Ewer airport around midday then by boat 30 minutes to Agats/ capital city of Asmat, where you will stay overnight in a simple Mutiara hotel or similar. Lunch and dinner in a local restaurant in Agats ( typical Indonesia foods stalls ).
Note :
Flights schedule : Jakarta/ UPG – Timika : daily by three airlines.
Flights schedule : Timika – Ewer/Asmat – Timika : 4 days a week : Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday only
Please schedule the flight to and from Asmat at these available schedule
To day in the afternoon you will visit the Asmat Museum in Agats to get a closer look and appreciation of Asmat Culture and its development specifically the famous Asmat wood carvings which have been world famous since the 80s. if time permitted, Still by foot you may continue to visit Syuru village at the end of the small narrow road in Agats and see up close the life of Asmat people, whose daily lives are gatherers and fishermen in the river and in the sea.
Note :
Asmat land is a muddy and swampy area in the lowlands of the southern coast of Papua. Asmat villages are located on the coast and riverbanks and can only be visited by rowing a canoe or using a boat. While the forest is almost impenetrable by visitors, only local hunters can sometimes able to walk through this dense swampy forest.
DAY 2
AGATS – SAWA ERMA
Today we depart to Asmat villages by chartered a boat, we visit the villages in Sawa Erma district in the north west of Agats. Depends on whether and distance we will arrive in the village before midday and stay overnight in Asmat Men House or Jew under permission of the local chief and we stay with local in the village where we have chance to explore and interact with them during this two days/two nights visit before we continue to the next Asmat villages in another different area/district.
Note :
Foods will be prepared by our local cook, consisting of rice, noodles, green vegetables and canned meat to taste.
Drink water is mineral water in bottles
Sleeping in the men House or Jew : we will provide a plastic mats laying on the floor with a mattress and a mosquito net.
DAY 3
SAWA ERMA : Explore Asmat Daily lives
Stay and explore the Asmat daily lives in the village , the guide will talk and discuss with the local people how we can see or even participate in their daily routine and you are able to interact with local people in the village for your better experience of Asmat lives and culture.
Day 4
SAWA ERMA – AMBOREB
From Sawa Erma district we continue our trip in Asmat territory to the next Jetsy District and stay another two days two nights in the village of Amboreb ( 3 to 4 hours by boat ). Stay overnight in Men’s House or Jew
Day 5
AMBOREB –AGATS : Explore more of the Asmat Daily lives and Culture
Stay in the village or walk into the nearby walkable forest to see more of the Asmat daily lives, and in the afternoon return to Agats.
Day 6
AGATS – EWER – TIMIKA
After breakfast in hotel, transfer by speed boat ( 20 minutes ) to Ewer airport of Asmat and fly to Timika by Wings Air. Arrive by noon in Timika, check-in at Cenderawasih 66 hotel. Lunch and dinner in Hotel’s restaurant.
Day 7
TIMIKA – JAKARTA OR DENPASAR/Bali ( DEPARTURE )
Breakfast in hotel, then transfer to airport for your flight to Makasar/ Jakarta.
Day 8
Jayapura – dept (B)
Breakfast at hotel, transfer to Sentani airport for your flight to next destination…
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
HEALTH RESTRICTION
- Not recommended for Travelers with Back Problems
- Not recommended for Traveler with heart problems or other serious medical conditions
TOUR FARES
- Price is based on USD. Per Person (Twin Share Bedroom).
- Price is subject to change with or without prior notice.
PRICE INCLUDED
- All transfers by vehicle/boat.
- Tour by charter a boat.
- All foods and water drinks during the trip.
- Accommodations as per itinerary ( hotel room and local houses during in the Villages )
- Local English guide
- Local cook.
- Local helper.
- 1 x dance and drumming in one of Asmat village and entrance fees or donations to local people.
PRICE EXCLUDED
- Personal Expenses; Tipping, Beverages, Laundry, Photography fees for local people, etc
- Excess luggage’s
- Optional tour
- And insurance’s coverage.
TRAVEL PERMIT
For travellers to Papua need a travel Permit. After you confirmed the trip with us, please be your kind to send us by email the scan of your copy passport and color photos, included your Visa on Arrival or Stay permit. We need to apply these documents prior to your arrival in Jayapura/Papua.