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We have put together a comprehensive package offering exceptional value for money. Back Track Adventures has special “Group Airfares” for our trekkers departing from Brisbane, Sydney and Cairns. Our Group Airfares, combined with the Trek Package, offer value for money.

Budgetting

Personal Porter Cost

Spending Money

All Inclusive Flight & Trek Package includes...

Budgeting

To assist your holiday budgeting, following is a list of necessary and possible expenses not included in the Flight and Trek package.

Visa ($35), Personal travel Insurance ($91), Additional meals in Port Moresby (allow $50), any personal expenses including drinks, laundry, phone calls, souvenirs etc..

Personal clothing & equipment requirements are detailed in the Confirmation Pack. Many items you may already have. Do not purchase clothing or equipment till you receive your Confirmation pack. Back Track can arrange discounts from professional Outdoor Shops in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide for any necessary purchases.

Personal Porter Cost

For an additional cost of $550, you can obtain the services of a porter who will carry all your gear on the Track. We strongly recommend this service if you are unsure of your ability to carry a heavy 15kg pack over steep and treacherous terrain, in uncertain weather conditions. By hiring a personal porter you are providing good paying work to a grateful villager and you will only have to carry a small day pack with your water and daily needs. Your day pack will only weigh 5kgs. Remember, this is a holiday as well as a physical and mental challenge. Putting too much pressure on yourself by attempting to carry a heavy pack without pack carrying fitness or experience may seriously detract from your enjoyment. HIRE PACK: For trekkers requesting a Personal Porter, you can hire a pack for an additional $40 paid in Australia before departure. Your hire pack will be available in Port Moresby the day before we commence the trek. Another option is for two trekkers who are travelling and booking together to share a personal porter therefore lessening your individual pack weights by half and sharing the cost. Important note: By hiring a porter you still must train as intensively as if you were carrying all your own gear. The fitter you are the more you will enjoy the experience. Even with a porter the trek is physically and mentally challenging.

Spending Money

As an overall guide past trekkers have managed comfortably on AUD $200 - $500 to cover all costs while in PNG.

*ALL INCLUSIVE COVERS:

• Professional Trek Leader accompanying from Australia
• return international flights from Sydney, Brisbane or Cairns – (international flights included in Flight & Trek Packages only)
• comprehensive history briefings at all war sites
• local Head Guide and support crew from villages along the Track
• private international airport arrival and departure transfers in Port Moresby
• 2 nights twin share accommodation at the very comfortable and friendly Holiday Inn
• private charter flight to Kokoda village to commence trek
• all necessary land transport in PNG including private transport from Ower’s Corner to Port Moresby at conclusion of trek
• all fresh meals on trek hygienically prepared by our crew, plus daily trail snack pack including Gatorade
• all personal eating utensils
• 9 days/8 nights accommodation along the Track in your choice each day of either 2 person mossie proof tent, carried, erected and taken down by support crew, or stay in a village guest house
• individual self inflating sleeping mat
• all camp fees
• trek permit costs
• trek insurance and all meals and camp fees for trek crew
• travel allowance for crew returning to villages on conclusion of trek
• a rubbish porter to carry our group rubbish from the Track
• all emergency equipment including ropes, bush knives and axe, plus, UHF radios and satellite phone linked 24 hours to Port Moresby base
• visit to Bomana War Cemetery at conclusion of trek
• men’s or women’s commemorative trekking shirt
• Certificate of Achievement suitable for framing
• comprehensive confirmation pack issued on booking which includes a detailed Information Guide
• $5,000,000 Public liability insurance for your peace of mind
• professional travel support.
• Back Track Adventures is a fully licensed Travel Agent and Tour Operator.
  
• Hot Shower. Though this is not a prepaid inclusion in the tour package, the team porters have developed a small business enterprise for the 2009 trekking season. For a small fee, per person, per shower, paid directly to the crew, they will erect a hot shower tent at each nights camp for your enjoyment.  The free alternative is to have a traditional cold plunge in the nearest creek or use the cold washing facilities if available in the camp site area.

In addition you have access to a Kokoda Travel Consultant at any time via our ‘1300’ Kokoda Assist line. Trek Leaders and head guide have Level 1 first aid certificates and a basic group first aid kit is carried. All trekkers are expected to provide their own small personal first aid kit with suggested contents detailed in your Confirmation Pack.