Owen Stanley Range Kokoda Track Profile Map
Below is a profile map showing altitudes of key points along the Track. The red lines indicate intended campsites.
Below is a profile map showing altitudes of key points along the Track. The red lines indicate intended campsites.
The climate of PNG is typically monsoonal so it is hot, humid and wet all year-round. However, there are defined wet (December to March) and dry (May to October) seasons. The period in which we have chosen to trek is historically the driest and coolest period of the year. This […]
The Kokoda Track crosses the Owen Stanley Ranges between Kokoda, a large government station west of Popendetta in Oro Province and Ower’s Corner, 50km east of Port Moresby. The Track passes through 9 villages and crosses numerous creeks and rivers. The Track not only offers the locals a means to travel from one village to another, but allows trekkers […]
The Kokoda trail is a rugged path of sixty miles that takes you across the Owen Stanley Mountain Range. The trail is the only point at which this range is passable. It marks the bisecting point between the north and south coasts of Papua New Guinea. It is an historically […]
If I had one dollar for everytime I have been asked this question, I would be a wealthy man. The best time is anytime during the Kokoda trekking season. The Kokoda trekking Season commences in April and is usually heralded with treks we have designed to be on the Track for Anzac Day […]
With so much interest in our war history and so many Australians wishing to visit the battle fields where our soldiers fought and died, Back Track has a number of new trips that cater for this interest. Celebrating Anzac Day on the 25 April 2011 on the Kokoda Track is […]
A new trend in tourism is to visit historic battlesites that commemorate the valour of the Anzacs. The story of the Kokoda Track is now well documented and etched in the minds of most Australians. Many Australians each year make the pilgrimage over the Kokoda Track. Little known by many Australians is […]
Back Track Team 17 has just returned from completing the Kokoda Track. This trek was specially designed to finish in Kokoda on the eve of the first ever Fuzzy Wuzzy Day celebration on November 3 2010. The inaugural Fuzzy Wuzzy Day was planned by the PNG Government in consultation with […]
New Safety and Health programmes are well underway with many finished in preparation for the start of the 2011 Kokoda Trekking Season. The season will officially commence with the Anzac Day treks due to depart Australia on the 19th April 2011. Under a programme set up by the Australian and […]
©Back Track Adventures