{"id":3243,"date":"2025-12-22T20:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyagesenpapouasie.com\/sejours\/self-drive-tour-highlands-discovery\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:15:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:15:59","slug":"self-drive-tour-highlands-discovery","status":"publish","type":"sejours","link":"http:\/\/voyagesenpapouasie.com\/en\/travels\/self-drive-tour-highlands-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-drive tour &#8211; Highlands Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":" <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This 8-day trip is a <strong>FAM Trip<\/strong> (Familiarization Trip) specially designed for tour guides and travel professionals wishing to discover Papua New Guinea. It offers an intense Highlands experience with an excellent balance of culture, nature and authentic village experience. <\/p>  <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This compact tour allows you to discover the highlights of the Highlands: birdwatching at Kumul Lodge, immersion in a Kuman village at Kagai, Asaro Mudmen show, visit to the beautiful coastal town of Madang, and exploration of Port Moresby. Ideal for a first in-depth discovery of PNG in a limited time. <\/p>  <ul class=\"wp-block-list\">  <li>Birds of paradise at Kumul Lodge and Varirata<\/li>    <li>Rainforest waterfall hike<\/li>    <li>Kimdika Natural Park: endemic flora and fauna<\/li>    <li>Overnight in a Kuman village in Kagai<\/li>    <li>Skeletons show in Mindima<\/li>    <li>Mudmen of Asaro and visit to Goroka<\/li>    <li>Madang discovery and private beach at the Jais Aben Hotel<\/li>    <li>Port Moresby National Museum and Botanical Gardens<\/li>  <\/ul>  <hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>  <figure class=\"wp-block-table tour-page-info-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Starting point<\/td><td>Port Moresby &#8211; International Airport<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Physical level<\/td><td>Easy to moderate &#8211; Short hikes, village walks<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Accommodation<\/td><td>Comfortable hotels (Mt Hagen, Goroka, Madang, Port Moresby) + Authentic guesthouse (Kagai)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Best period<\/td><td>All year round (avoid the December-March rainy season)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Price includes<\/td><td><i class=\"fa-solid fa-check\"><\/i>  Accommodation in double room<br\/><i class=\"fa-solid fa-check\"><\/i> Meals as per program (breakfast, lunch)<br\/><i class=\"fa-solid fa-check\"><\/i> Private guides in each region (Port Moresby and Highlands)<br\/><i class=\"fa-solid fa-check\"><\/i> All transfers by private vehicle<br\/><i class=\"fa-solid fa-check\"><\/i> All entrances, access rights and permits<br\/><i class=\"fa-solid fa-check\"><\/i> All ceremonies and sing-sings described<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Price does not include<\/td><td><i class=\"fa-solid fa-xmark\"><\/i>  Domestic flights Air Niugini to be booked<br\/><i class=\"fa-solid fa-xmark\"><\/i> International flights<br\/><i class=\"fa-solid fa-xmark\"><\/i> Papua visa<br\/><i class=\"fa-solid fa-xmark\"><\/i> Tips<br\/><i class=\"fa-solid fa-xmark\"><\/i> Alcoholic beverages and soft drinks<br\/><i class=\"fa-solid fa-xmark\"><\/i> Personal expenses<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 8-day trip is a FAM Trip (Familiarization Trip) specially designed for tour guides and travel professionals wishing to discover Papua New Guinea. It offers an intense Highlands experience with an excellent balance of culture, nature and authentic village experience. This compact tour allows you to discover the highlights of the Highlands: birdwatching at Kumul [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3242,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3243","sejours","type-sejours","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/voyagesenpapouasie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sejours\/3243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/voyagesenpapouasie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sejours"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/voyagesenpapouasie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/sejours"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/voyagesenpapouasie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/voyagesenpapouasie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sejours\/3243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3244,"href":"http:\/\/voyagesenpapouasie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sejours\/3243\/revisions\/3244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/voyagesenpapouasie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/voyagesenpapouasie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}