Back Track has recently added a new service for all our trekkers. Our Kokoda Track trek Leaders now carry a GPS Navigation device that sends regular positional updates back to our Head office. You can follow the progress of any friend or family member who is trekking with us by […]
Looking to go on an adventure through the woods? Trekking is an exciting reality for many individuals, but this can only be memorable when done with preparation. The last thing one wants is to get hurt on the trails and not being able to come back safely. This is why […]
Trekking provides you many things; gives you life time memories, makes you experience the beauty of nature and bonds you with nature. For that, you need to prepare properly for this activity. The following are a few tips which will make your trekking an excellent vacation. 1. Clothing – chose […]
Kokoda trail is known to be a very difficult trail because of its elevated terrain that it can sometimes lead to long stretch of steep ascents and steep descents. The trail may be filled with sharp ridges and cliffy sided valleys but it also shows breathtaking mountain views just like […]
One has to know and learn why Kokoda trail is widely popular for trekking enthusiasts. Trekking the terrain is short of following the footsteps of the brave Australian soldiers defending the terrain against the advancing troops of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. The Australian troops primarily defending […]
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 […]
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 […]
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