Trekking season: April – October Six guests max per departure
Plan Your Trip · Safety
Remote highlands mean real limits on medical care, weather and terrain. Here is how each trek is planned around them.
Quick answer
Yes, with precautions. The Surat Jalan permit is mandatory and we handle it, you travel only with experienced local guides, and every trek carries satellite communication and a medical kit.
We secure every guest’s Surat Jalan travel permit before arrival, together with the permissions needed from the regional government and local police.
The permit fixes your route, dates and guide — part of what keeps highland travel accountable.
Guides speak Bahasa Indonesia and often local languages, so they read situations as well as translate them. Porters and cooks come from local communities and know the terrain and customs.
There is limited 4G in Wamena and no signal in remote villages, so every trek carries satellite communication and stays in contact with our base team.
Leave your family the emergency contact details for your guide team before you fly.
Every trek carries a medical kit. Wamena has clinics and Jayapura has larger hospitals; serious cases are evacuated by air, subject to weather.
That is why travel insurance with evacuation cover is mandatory.
Talk to your doctor about vaccinations and any personal medical needs before you travel. Altitude is moderate — Wamena sits at 1,500 m — so drink water and pace the first days.
Village partners pass on real-time information about local conditions and cultural events. We monitor the weather, political developments and health advisories, and adjust itineraries when needed.
Meals are cooked from fresh, local ingredients, and drinking water on trek is purified spring water or filtered and treated before you drink it.
Your Part
Safety FAQ
What remote travel in the Papua highlands really involves.
Yes, with precautions. The Surat Jalan permit is mandatory and we handle it, and you travel only with experienced local guides. Remote villages still carry real limits on medical access, weather and terrain.
Your guide gives first aid from the trek’s medical kit and calls for help by satellite. Wamena has clinics; serious cases go by air to larger hospitals in Jayapura, weather permitting.
Yes. Travel insurance with trekking and medical evacuation cover is mandatory for our trips.
Not by phone. There is limited 4G in Wamena and none in remote villages; the trek’s satellite communication is for emergencies.
Papua has had political tensions, which is one reason the Surat Jalan permit exists. We monitor local developments and adjust itineraries when needed.
Plan Your Trip
Getting there
Jakarta or Bali to Sentani, then one hour inland to Wamena. Routes, fares and booking windows.
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Seasons
Dry season runs April to October, with peak trail conditions from June to September.
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Permits
The highland travel permit every international visitor needs — and we handle the paperwork.
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Packing
Layers for warm days and cold nights, broken-in boots and modest clothes for village visits.
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Gateway town
Hotels, food, the museum, the market and day trips from the valley’s gateway town.
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FAQ
Short, straight answers on seasons, permits, flights, fitness, health and packing.
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