Clement phoned this afternoon to say they have now reached Deniki and plan to walk off the track around 9am tomorrow morning. Last night was spent at Eora Creek and the previous night as planned at 1900/Myola Junction. Everyone is excited and looking forward to walking off the track tomorrow.Deniki (2) 640×480.JPGDeniki 640×480.JPG

Trekkers have now reached the half way point of Efogi. Apparently they have had a dry track and making good time.

They asked for the cricket score and I told them they do not want to now the result. I have it to them and they were all shocked as am I.

Tomorrow they are heading up to Kagi and down to 1900/Myola Junction for the night.

Kath…[Read more]

Trekkers are now at Menari Village heading towards Brigade Hill. Everyone continues to do well.post-1276-0-22990200-1375607239.jpg

Trekkers spent last night at Ioribaiwa Village and today have a tough day ahead of them as they climb up Maguli Range heading to Naoro and then down to Agulogo for the night. Everyone is doing well which is great news as a lady from another trekking company could not complete her trek and for a few minutes Nathan thought it may have been one of…[Read more]

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A group photograph was taken and then it was time to say goodbye to trek 975 wishing them a fantastic time on the track.20150804_092132 (Copy).jpg20150804_092627 (Copy).jpg20150804_092829 (Copy).jpg20150804_092839 (Copy).jpg20150804_092656 (Copy).jpg

Father and two sons are carrying their own backpacks along with Andrew Bryson one of our aussie guides.20150804_092017 (Copy).jpg20150804_092849 (Copy).jpg

Ivan Semie teamed up with Reece Spitty while his partner, Elizabeth Cahill has Chris Yauga as her personal porter for this trek.20150804_091954 (Copy).jpg

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At Owers' Corner trekkers met with their personal porters:

Sione Orosambo and Kath Rowden

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Congratulations, well done guys, you nailed the fast trek by walking off the track around 9:30am this morning at Owers' Corner. Congratulations from all of us here at Kokoda Trekking. Tony, your guide might need a week to recover by the sounds of it. Trust you both will enjoy the rest of your time in Papua New Guinea as you head off to Kavieng…[Read more]

Its been a busy couple of days for these two trekkers. They went to Kagi for an overnight. Last night at Naoro and now this afternoon they are at Goodwater.

So quite a pace these guys and our porters have been on. First fast trek for Jackie one of our food porters. Jessie another food porter, loves a fast trek and in fact covered it in less…[Read more]

Text message received from Tony Ogonemi via sat phone: We are all good and doing great. We camped at Alola last night due to strong wind and rain. Today we will continue our walk planning to reach Kagi. Our trekkers are a good bunch of 2 good blokes who are enjoying their walk so far. unquoteAlola-Village 640×480.jpg

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Congratulations are in order as this trek walked off the track today and under the archway. Well done to each of you and our KTL boys for getting you safely to Kokoda. At the moment trekkers are down at one of our bases, Orohaven Kokoda Retreat and will fly back to Port Moresby tomorrow afternoon.Kokoda Archwaya.jpgHuts.jpg

Trekkers as planned have now reached Deniki where they will spend their last night on the track. Trevor their guide phoned and said they should walk under the archway in Kokoda around 9am tomorrow morning. Apparently they want a relaxing day sitting around; cleaning their gear and no doubt reflecting on their successful trek. Not too far to go…[Read more]

Trekkers moved further down the track and pulled up at Eora Creek for the night. A message from Cheryl and Lance, tell family and friends back home that we are thoroughly enjoying ourselves and doing ok. In the beginning Matthew was out the front, seems Cheryl and Lance have found their mountain legs and its now full steam ahead. Tomorrow they…[Read more]

Morning tea saw this group at Brigade Hill. After reaching Efogi, the group then walked up to Kagi arriving around 4:30pm this afternoon. The group received the news earlier today via a text to the sat phone that Australia beat the Springboks which apparently made Lance happy hearing the news. Tomorrow they will continue their trek heading to…[Read more]