9 nights, 2 stops — lowland and foothill western png.
Kiunga → Tabubil.
Round trip · returns to Kiunga
Arrive in Kiunga, met and transferred to your accommodation. Kiunga's birds-of-paradise are among the most coveted lowland species in all of New Guinea.
Search the lowland forest for the king bird-of-paradise and bowerbirds. Arrive at Port Moresby and transfer to Kiunga. River and forest birding for the greater and twelve-wired birds-of-paradise.
Boat the Fly River tributaries into pristine rainforest. Dawn leks and a full day of lowland forest specialities.
Dawn leks and a full day of lowland forest specialities. River and forest birding for the greater and twelve-wired birds-of-paradise.
River and forest birding for the greater and twelve-wired birds-of-paradise.
Transfer to Tabubil. Bird the foothill forest for the flame bowerbird and Carola's parotia. Arrive at Port Moresby and transfer to Tabubil.
Work the Ok Tedi roads for forest birds across elevations. A full day of foothill specialities between the showers. Tabubil's mid-elevation forests fill the gap between lowland Kiunga and the high valleys, adding species found at neither.
A full day of foothill specialities between the showers.
Bird the foothill forest for the flame bowerbird and Carola's parotia.
A final morning in Tabubil — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
Drier season — best for river travel and forest birding.
Lowland birds display in most months; expect rain any time.
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.