Day 1 PORT MORESBY – GOOD WATER CAMP-DUMP 66- 4 hours
walk. Daily ascent 50m Daily descent 315m
Today we travel by road from Port Moresby via the Bomana War
Cemetery to pay our respect to the fallen soldiers.
Day 2 GOOD WATER CAMP DUMP 66 – IORABAIWA- 8 hours
walk. Daily ascent 660m Daily descent 550m. The first full day
of the Kokoda Trail walk includes the ascent up Imita Ridge.
Day 3 IORABAIWA – NAORO AREA- 9 hours walk. Daily
ascent 1117m Daily descent 952m. We have an early start today as
we leave Iorabaiwa Village and make our climb up to the top of
Iorabaiwa Ridge.
Day 4 NAORO VILLAGE AREA – MENARI VILLAGE 5 hours
walk. Daily ascent 385m Daily descent 330m. The Naoro area was
also the scene for some aerial supply drops, better known as
biscuit bombing.
Day 5 MENARI VILLAGE – BRIGADE HILL- EFOGI VILLAGE 7
hours walk. Daily ascent 960m Daily descent 460m. From Menari
the next major climb is up Brigade Hill, this will takes us 4
hours.
Day 6 EFOGI VILLAGE – MT BELLAMY 1900 CAMP 9 hours
walk. Daily ascent 900m Daily descent 300m. Our journey today is
a day of steep ups and downs. We start by walking up to Efogi 2,
down to main creek and up to Naduri Village.
Day 7 MT BELLAMY MYOLA 4 hours walk. Today is a very
easy day as we break camp and trek towards Myola. We visit the
crash site of the US bomber. We then trek on the original track
to our camp at Myola. Myola was a strategic logistic base and
the place famous for the biscuit bombing.
Day 8 IORA CREEK 9 hours walk. Daily ascent 860m Daily
descent 1335m. From the night’s campsite we then start upward to
the highest point of the track on Mt Bellamy at 2190m.
Day 9 IORA CREEK – ISURAVA BATTLEFIELD 5 hours walk.
Daily ascent 375m Daily descent 482m. Our trek today takes us
across Iora Creek and up to the Japanese defensive position.
Day 10 ISURAVA BATTLEFIELD – KOKODA 7 hours. Daily
ascent 57m Daily descent 1025m. A long day as the track unwinds
into a long one, but it is nearly all downhill.
Day 11 KOKODA - PORT MORESBY - After breakfast our
flight departs for Port Moresby. We arrive in Port Moresby
around lunchtime and our transport returns us to the Gateway
Hotel for welcome showers.
Dinner in the restaurant, before an early night, or a
night of celebrations!