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MOUNTAIN climbers and trekkers beware! Mount Lamington beckons.
Traditional landowners of Kendatta village on the base of Mt Lamington have agreed to open up the area for tourist's begining in March 2007. Sumbiripi as it is known by locals blew its top with a big bang on a Sunday at exactly 10:42 am in January 1951 sending a 'Cloud of Death' rushing down every side of the mountain. The pyroclastic ash flow was rushing at some 550 kilometres per hour, snuffing out the life of all living creatures within a radius of 12 kilometres. The human toll was more than 3000 including locals and expatriates making it the largest natural disaster in PNG history. The eruption and effect of Lamington were similar in nature to that of Mt Vesuvius which buried the City of Pompei in 79 AD. Mt Lamington now stands quietly at 1679 metres covered with lush tropical rainforest. The trek from Kendatta village takes 5 – 6 hours to reach the summit.
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If you would like to combine Kokoda and Mt Lamington, you would need to walk the track in 8 and then add on another 4 making 12, then on the 13th day fly out from Popondetta
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