Wamena Part V

The Lani Tribe

The Lani are – like their neighbors, the Dani - experienced farmers and are using a highly sophisticated irrigation system to produce mainly Sweet Potatoes, Tobacco, Beans, Taro, Spinach, Sugar Cane and Bananas.Their villages in a beautiful surrounding southeast of Wamena are larger than the  small compounds of the Dani and the Yali.

The Lani men, who are more stubby than the Dani, wear thick kotekas (penis gourds), which also serve as a “handbag”, a case for tobacco and valuables. Men sometimes wear hairnets, but the Lani extensively use bird feathers as decoration. Quite often a feather crown is worn even when the men are dressed in western clothes.The women wear short grass skirts, but like everywhere in the valley tend to wear western clothes more and more today.

Like their Dani and Yali neighbors, the women carry everything – like vegetables, small pigs and even their small children – in net-bags across their backs.

Lanis inhabit a smaller part of the Baliem valley, but this is not less beautiful and give uncounted opportunities for trekking. Since the Lani region is not visited as often as the Dani region, only few tourists will be seen during our treks.

  

Papuan remotest village tour

Almost the highland area of  the West-Papua, there is no more a flat area, except coastal area. Here almost up and down hills, even in the rainy season some times slippery and muddy. But no worries, It’s a risk of the traveler. One of the dreaming tribe of a trek in Sali tribe, West-Papua but aren’t sure you can handle the rigors of the mountains range in this area? Our luxury serve trek is for you! We are going to over night stay in Missionary houses or local huts on the way to Mek tribe region, all the while experiencing breath-taking views and the best of Winahik Mountain. Moreover, people, scenery and wild life’s are welcome you here to our land our Paradise. Sali tribe. It’s far-out of the Anggruk district or 50 KM from Wamena City.  To reach this area, you can charge AMA flight of Missionary flight to Panggema or Porongoli Air trip. But more gorgeous if we trek, so it’s means we spend one week trekking. There we have chance to see the most Stone-age people, handy crafts, or if we are lucky, we can go for hunting with the local people, Sago cultivation Bird of Paradise watching and many more. Additionally, here there is no contact with modern life. Have you been there? if not, just contact us!

Mambramo River

Experience adventures to Pagai, Lulum, and Mamberamo River area is  the most untouched area in Papua by the tourist, except locals. It’s located in the Eastern part of  the Sentani-West Papua. Only 26 minutes  flight from Sentani Air-Port or 35 minutes flight from Wamena.

Let’s go Mamberamo region, and if you are interested to experience, just contact us!

 

The people here still keep their own tradisional way of life until today. The Mamberamo River is situated in the east-west forest of Papua. For many years this area has been almost totally closed off. Many maps mark the basin of the river Mamberamo as “Strictly prohibited territory“. Mamberamo, Mamberamo… it nags at my mind all the time. The closeness of the area evokes curiosity and desire for more knowledge. Why is it so? Why is Mamberamo so guarded? Is it because crocodiles are hunted there? Is it because of the dangerous aborigines? I don’t like unanswered questions. Last year we organized an expedition into the Mamberamo territory. It succeeded. We managed to contact the right people, get acquainted, and finally obtain the unobtainable permits. We are there. We headed towards the mountains, and sailed up the river. At the end of our expedition, we found the warriors of the Mamberamo River. The success of this expedition challenges us to return! Mamberamo enriched our voyages with new possibilities. Only there did we find what we had been searching for the ten years of our expeditions in West-Papua.