Trekkers have now reached Ioribaiwa where they are spending the night. Am pretty sure they will have lots of company as another trek one day ahead of this group, commented to me from Maguli Range earlier this morning that he could not believe how many people he had passed today.

In fact, he described it as Moses leading the people out of…[Read more]

This group have now reached Agulogo where they are camped for the night. Tomorrow they will walk through Menari and up Brigade Hill before heading down to Efogi the half way point for the night. All trekkers continue to do well.

Arnold said today they passed lots of trekkers walking in the opposite direction all heading to Owers' Corner for a…[Read more]

Trekkers have now reached Isurava Village where they are spending their last night on the track. Tomorrow they will walk out into Kokoda and no doubt will be pretty pleased with themselves.

Earlier today they passed through Isurava Memorial before heading down to Isurava Village for the night. Isurava is always the highlight of a trek so no…[Read more]

Trekkers have now reached Isurava Village where they are spending their last night on the track. Tomorrow they will walk out into Kokoda and no doubt will be pretty pleased with themselves.

Earlier today they passed through Isurava Memorial before heading down to Isurava Village for the night. Isurava is always the highlight of a trek so no…[Read more]

Thanks so much for the progress reports. Tracking positions on the map. So great to see all the boys smiling faces. Weather looks good. Boys are so proud of you Rodney. Can't wait to hear all the adventure stories. XXXXX

If you are following this trek please visit our Trek Trakka section to see trek progress at the following URL : http://www.kokodatrail.com.au/trakka.html?tripid=KTR02-13-005

Love seeing the progress and the updates and the piccies… thank you – they all look so happy and fresh right now. Thanks for this wonderful service to keep us all informed along the way. Its great Chris Smith got his namesake as he is hopeless remembering names… love to Chris Smith from all the family.

One of our food porters Roland Ogo about to head off down towards Goldie River.IMGP3487 1024×768 800×600.jpg

Peskol Kageni is one of our fittest porters who always enters our Kokoda Challenge Races. He also entered a cycling race last year from the coast to Kokoda and came second overall.IMGP3489 1024×768 800×600.jpg

The next in line to get his photograph taken was Chris Orimba. Chris walks often and does a good job as a personal porter.

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Introducing Chris Lahai – quietly spoken young man who always tries his best to please his trekkerIMGP3486 1024×768 800×600.jpg

The ever smiling Trophian OviviIMGP3485 1024×768 800×600.jpg

Introducing our practical joker, Hobert Keke one of our most popular porters.IMGP3483 1024×768 800×600.jpg

Some of our staff who are on this trek include :

Sione Orosambo – food porter and musician.IMGP3484 1024×768 800×600.jpg

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It was soon time to line up to move out as can be seen below. The black charcoal marks on the porters faces are a mark of respect for their previous trek leader Wallace Lemeki:IMGP3493 1024×768 800×600.jpgIMGP3494 1024×768 800×600.jpgIMGP3495 1024×768 800×600.jpgIMGP3496 1024×768 800×600.jpgIMGP3497 1024×768 800×600.jpgIMGP3498 1024×768…[Read more]

The guide for this trek is the second fastest man on the track, Wayne Urina Tihimi. Wayne came second in one of our Kokoda Challenge Races across the Kokoda Trail from Owers' Corner to Kokoda in a time of just over 18 hours.

My son Shane once said to me, have you ever walked beside Wayne, he walks at the speed most people run!

Wayne has not…[Read more]

This trek is dedicated to Wallace Lemeki:

Born: 15th August 1979
Passed away: 3rd February 2013

We miss you Wally, thanks for all the memories!Wallace Lemeki 3 640×480 640×480.jpg

In February this year we at Kokoda Trekking lost a very important member of our staff by the name of Wallace Lemeki. The majority of boys on this trek used to walk with Wallace so in memory of their good friend and trek leader, they stood together, said a prayer, had a minutes silence followed by what was tradition with his treks, both the PNG…[Read more]

Later trekkers stood under the archway and photographs were taken. This first one was a group photograph followed by father son/combinations.IMGP3472 1024×768 800×600.jpgIMGP3474 1024×768 800×600.jpgIMGP3475 1024×768 800×600.jpgIMGP3476 1024×768 800×600.jpg