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Duration
6 Days · 5 Nights
The route
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Style
Wigmen and highland birds-of-paradise
Best season
May – October · best
The route
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What you're tracking

What you'll see

King of Saxony bird-of-paradise
King of Saxony bird-of-paradise
With its head-wires.
Blue bird-of-paradise
Blue bird-of-paradise
A highland jewel.
Stephanie's astrapia
Stephanie's astrapia
In the cloud forest.
Lawes's parotia
At its display court.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Port Moresby → Tari Valley

Arrive Tari Valley

The journey begins.

Arrive in Tari Valley, met and transferred to your accommodation. Nowhere fuses extraordinary culture and extraordinary birds like the Tari Valley.

02Tari Valley

Tari Valley

A full day in the field.

Visit a Huli wigmen village, then the highland display trees. Arrive at Port Moresby and transfer to Tari Valley. Bird the cloud forest for King of Saxony and blue birds-of-paradise.

03Tari Valley

Tari Valley

A full day in the field.

Work the high forest for astrapias and parotias. Dawn at the BoP display trees and a full highland birding day.

04Tari Valley

Tari Valley

A full day in the field.

Dawn at the BoP display trees and a full highland birding day. Bird the cloud forest for King of Saxony and blue birds-of-paradise.

05Tari Valley

Tari Valley

A full day in the field.

Bird the cloud forest for King of Saxony and blue birds-of-paradise.

06Depart Tari Valley

Departure

The journey ends.

A final morning in Tari Valley — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

May – October

Peak season

Drier highland season — best for the forest trails and displays.

Year-round

Good season

Highland birds display in most months; expect cool, wet spells.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Wildlife you may see
Birds

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

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