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Ambua Valley Expedition

Ambua Valley
Duration
6 Days · 5 Nights
The route
Ambua Valley
Style
High cloud-forest birds-of-paradise
Best season
May – October · best
The route

5 nights, 1 stop — high cloud-forest birds-of-paradise.

Ambua Valley.

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What you're tracking

What you'll see

Black sicklebill
At altitude.
Ribbon-tailed astrapia
The longest-tailed bird relative to body.
Superb bird-of-paradise
The black 'smiley' display.
Brown sicklebill
In the moss forest.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Port Moresby → Ambua Valley

Arrive Ambua Valley

The journey begins.

Arrive in Ambua Valley, met and transferred to your accommodation. Ambua's altitude adds the upper-montane birds-of-paradise and the most beautiful forest setting in PNG.

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Ambua Valley

A full day in the field.

Work the Tari Gap for superb bird-of-paradise and montane species. Arrive at Port Moresby and transfer to Ambua Valley. Bird the high mossy forest for sicklebills and astrapias.

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Ambua Valley

A full day in the field.

Cloud-forest trails and waterfalls at altitude. Bird the high mossy forest for sicklebills and astrapias.

04Ambua Valley

Ambua Valley

A full day in the field.

Bird the high mossy forest for sicklebills and astrapias.

05Ambua Valley

Ambua Valley

A full day in the field.

Work the Tari Gap for superb bird-of-paradise and montane species.

06Depart Ambua Valley

Departure

The journey ends.

A final morning in Ambua 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 high forest trails.

Year-round

Good season

Montane birds display in most months; cool and damp at altitude.

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.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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