Sepik Spirit
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Boats & Cruises
The Sepik Spirit takes our guests on a voyage along the waterways of Papua New Guinea’s Sepik region. Currently, the Sepik Spirit primarily journeys on the Karawari River, the storied tributary of the Sepik River, and on to the Krosmeri River which allows entry to the mysterious Blackwater Lakes.
Few visitors reach the Karawari, Krosmeri and Blackwater villages. Travelers can look forward to warm welcomes and genuine experiences as they walk through villages that look much as they always have.
tour_1.jpgTime will be spent with villagers hearing about rituals, warfare,initiation ceremonies and ancestral beliefs. Men’s houses, spirit houses and family houses will be visited.
These villages are renowned for producing tribal art specialties such as masks, flutes and spirit figures. There will be opportunities to view and purchase art pieces and crafts in the villages’ impromptu and low pressure markets.
The densely forested riverbanks of the Karawari River contrast with the wide open expanse of the Blackwater Lakes. Bird life is rich throughout both regions.
Few visitors reach the Karawari, Krosmeri and Blackwater villages. Travelers can look forward to warm welcomes and genuine experiences as they walk through villages that look much as they always have.
tour_1.jpgTime will be spent with villagers hearing about rituals, warfare,initiation ceremonies and ancestral beliefs. Men’s houses, spirit houses and family houses will be visited.
These villages are renowned for producing tribal art specialties such as masks, flutes and spirit figures. There will be opportunities to view and purchase art pieces and crafts in the villages’ impromptu and low pressure markets.
The densely forested riverbanks of the Karawari River contrast with the wide open expanse of the Blackwater Lakes. Bird life is rich throughout both regions.
There will be plenty of photo opportunities, including those of day-to-day life. Men gather on their clan’s bench. Children paddle canoes to school. Women fish with hand lines while keeping a fire burning in a clay fireplace.
The standard Sepik Spirit tour is 3 nights. It can operate for a minimum group size of 8 passengers.
A 4 night tour can be arranged for a minimum group size of 9 passengers. A 4 night tour could include a day of touring on the main Sepik River.
The Sepik Spirit is accessible by Trans NiuginiTours’ air service. Flights depart from Mount Hagen where Rondon Ridge is located and from Karawari Lodge and Ambua Lodge. Charter flights from other departure points can be arranged.
There will be plenty of photo opportunities, including those of day-to-day life. Men gather on their clan’s bench. Children paddle canoes to school. Women fish with hand lines while keeping a fire burning in a clay fireplace.
The standard Sepik Spirit tour is 3 nights. It can operate for a minimum group size of 8 passengers.
A 4 night tour can be arranged for a minimum group size of 9 passengers. A 4 night tour could include a day of touring on the main Sepik River.
The Sepik Spirit is accessible by Trans NiuginiTours’ air service. Flights depart from Mount Hagen where Rondon Ridge is located and from Karawari Lodge and Ambua Lodge. Charter flights from other departure points can be arranged.
The Sepik Spirit
Accommodation
Single Rooms
Double RoomsCabins
Facilities
Private Facilities 24hr – Electricity Hot & Cold Water Air Conditioning
Naturalist / Guide
Resident GuideGuide can be arrangedGuided Walks Boat Trips Near National Park / Reserve (less than 50km)Near Stream or River Observation DeckChecklists
Trails
Food
Restaurant / DiningBreakfastLunchDinner Bar
Species List - English
- Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise 11-50km
- King Bird-of-paradise 11-50km
- Magnificent Riflebird 2-10km
- Olive-crowned Flowerpecker 2-10km
- Forest Bittern 2-10km
- Radjah Shelduck 2-10km
- New Guinea Flightless Rail 2-10km
- Orange-fronted Hanging Parrot 2-10km
- Sacred Kingfisher 2-10km
- Papuan Boobook 2-10km
- Orange Plane 1km
- Spotted Whistling-Duck 2-10km
- Pacific Baza 2-10km
- Blyth’s Hornbill 2-10km
- Palm Cockatoo 2-10km
- Edwards’s Fig-Parrot 2-10km
- Gurney’s Eagle 2-10km
- Torresian Crow 2-10km
- Black Thicket-Fantail 2-10km
- Red-breasted Pygmy-Parrot 2-10km
- Australasian Darter 2-10km
- Yellow-faced Myna 2-10km
- Meyer’s Friarbird 2-10km
- Eclectus Parrot 2-10km
- Black-capped Lory 2-10km
- Rufous-bellied Kookaburra 2-10km
- Great-billed Heron 2-10km
- Zoe’s Imperial-Pigeon 2-10km
- Pinon’s Imperial-Pigeon 2-10km
- Dollarbird 2-10km
Species List - Scientific
- Seleucidis melanoleucus 11-50km
- Cicinnurus regius 11-50km
- Lophorina magnifica 2-10km
- Dicaeum pectorale 2-10km
- Zonerodius heliosylus 2-10km
- Radjah radjah 2-10km
- Megacrex inepta 2-10km
- Loriculus aurantiifrons 2-10km
- Todiramphus sanctus 2-10km
- Ninox theomacha 2-10km
- Pantoporia consimilis 1km
- Dendrocygna guttata 2-10km
- Aviceda subcristata 2-10km
- Rhyticeros plicatus 2-10km
- Probosciger aterrimus 2-10km
- Psittaculirostris edwardsii 2-10km
- Aquila gurneyi 2-10km
- Corvus orru 2-10km
- Rhipidura maculipectus 2-10km
- Micropsitta bruijnii 2-10km
- Anhinga novaehollandiae 2-10km
- Yellow-faced Myna 2-10km
- Philemon meyeri 2-10km
- Eclectus roratus 2-10km
- Lorius lory 2-10km
- Dacelo gaudichaud 2-10km
- Ardea sumatrana 2-10km
- Ducula zoeae 2-10km
- Ducula pinon 2-10km
- Eurystomus orientalis 2-10km
