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Can someone give me an idea of where they stopped each night going Owers to Kokoda so i can tie each day in with the trail map. I bought the dvd which has track notes and rough section times but am wondering where people got to on the first day etc. Thanks in anticipation
Craig – a lot depends on such things as:
– What time you start (getting to owers can be a problem, the road is average)
– What trekking company you use
– The planned length of the trek
– The speed of your group / injuries / etc
– Weather…As such you won't get guarantees about where you'll stay each night (I'd be very wary of companies that try too hard to work to a fixed schedule). Looking at the cross section map of the track on this website I can tell you where we stayed:
Night 1) We only got a couple of hours in as the rain teemed down – just past Uberi village.
2) Ofi Creek
3) Aguro village
4) Efogi 1
5) Templetons
6) AloloOur trek was for 7 nights 8 days but we decided to push through to get some pizza at orohaven…
Hi Craig, I cannot speak for other trekking companies but for us a lot depends on the time trekkers reach Owers' Corner ie what time the actual trek commences.
The road is good to us at the moment and on average trekkers are picked up from their hotels around 7am. We then stop off at Bomana War Cemetery and trekkers walk around for approximately 1 hour.
The treks for October had trekkers arrive at Owers' Corner no later then 9:30 and were on their first descent by 10am.
Our treks are not set in concrete and our guides can decide to pull up a group wherever they wish but on average on say an 8 day trek would be as follows:
Day 1: Hotel to Ower's Corner to Ua'Ule Creek
Day 2: Ua'Ule Creek to Ofi but the guesthouse was burnt down a couple of weeks back due to a land dispute so now they would either stay at Ioribaiwa; Japs Ladder or push on to Naoro depending on the group and how fit they are.
Day 3: Wherever they stopped the night of day 2 to Agulogo or Menari
Day 4: Menari up Brigade Hill and down to Efogi
Day 5: Efogi to 1900/Myola Junction
Day 6: Myola Junction to Eora Creek
Day 7: Eora Creek to Isurava Village
Day 8: Isurava Village to Kokoda and our trekkers stay at our base there, 'Orohaven Kokoda Retreat'.
Day 9: Chartered flight Kokoda to Port MoresbyThe past three treks have all ended a day early with trekkers spending two nights at Orohaven as the track has been dry and they have all made good time. Some days trekkers are in a campsite by 1pm and feel they want to keep walking which puts the schedules out and they end up at say Deniki or Hoi for the last night. When they know they are only a hop, step and jump away from Kokoda the pressure is on to continue walking and finish rather then spend another night on the track. Plus I guess the satisfaction of saying they finished a day early or simply knowing at Orohaven they make the best pizza's and lots of hot food and cold beers. As a result our boys end up being convinced to walk the group out instead of the extra night.
Hope this helps.
Thanks both of you for your replies. My intention is to trek with your guys in 2010 Gail and was just trying to tie your schedule in with some trek notes i have. I realize that nothing is set in concrete as that would be unrealistic, as you said. Cheers.
Hi I have walked Kokoda and other treks, I have also been a member of the Australian Army so my adventures are many and varied, my advice from previous experience is to remain flexible as many factors can and will effect a supposed iteniery. My group was due to fly from PM to Poppendetta at 9.00 in the morning. Our flight left PM around 4 in the afternoon, the trip to Kokoda took time and we arrived at Kokoda at 10.00 pm.Its important to go with the flow. With experienced guides / leaders your stops will be determined by how your group is going. Their are plenty of guesthouses and villages along the way. For good appreciation of your intended journy Bill James has written a great book detailing the wartime track and the current track and the military history. This book is titled The Field Guide to the Kokoda Track
I recommend reading this before you go and take it with you and read along the way. Be aware of the battle sites and spend some time exploring it is amazing what you will see. In all groups there are people who race ahead and miss the history of the track.
Good luck with you trip…
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