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Most challenging and exciting for the brave hearts: Kokoda Trek
The Kokoda Trail is one of the world's great treks and it is a
challenge to be enjoyed by the fit bushwalker. It has the past history
of bitter fighting between Australian and Japanese armies during the
early days of the war in the Pacific in World War II. Kokoda trail is
96 kilometers long thick splendid green jungle track between north and
south coasts of Papua New Guinea. Even though Kokoda trail passes
through rugged mountainous country of rainforest, jungles of fern,
orchids, birds and clean mountain streams which tumble into steep
valleys, this challenging task can be ventured within 7 to 10 days,
depending which route trekkers opt for, the more you spend time, the
more you enjoy the beauty of trekking. Since Kokoda track
is advisable and excellent for mental peace, meditation and
spirituality, weight loss exercises yoga’s and aerobics and helps one
in attaining peace, serenity and sobriety.
There are many travel agents who offer trekking facilities to Kokoda
tracks with a vast experience in professional trekking, besides giving
competitive prices, they also offer fitness advice programme, safety
awareness and risk management programmes for the trekkers of Kokoda
tracks. Kokoda track runs from Owers corner about 50 kilometers from
Port Moresby for 96 kilometers over the Owen Stanley ranges to Kokoda
village. The meaning of Kokoda means the place of skulls known among
the tribal inhabitants living in the mountainous region.
Savagely beautiful land, with its pristine rainforests, wild and
untamed rivers and lofty mountains are the main attraction of the
Kokoda track, villagers welcome you with a smile and sweets to offer,
with their village life, marvel at the size and magnitude of the
rainforests and mountains, enjoy the adventure of crossing swift
flowing rivers to discover waterfalls. As trekkers follow the footsteps
of the brave back along the Kokoda track they come into direct contact
with remote village communities where children with rotund bellies sing
the hymns with perfect harmony in their sweet and angelic voice, women
tends to their mundane household chores and young and jobless men who
are either working in distant gardens or have gone down the track to
seek better opportunities amongst the bright lights of Moresby.
In conclusion, the climate of Kokoda track and trail is hot and humid
days, intensely cold nights, torrential rainfall and the risk of
endemic tropical diseases such as malaria, cholera and many diseases
with viral infections. In recent years walking the Kokoda track has
become a pilgrimage for Australians of all ages. The Kokoda Track
Foundation was established by Charlie Lynn, a member of the New South
Wales Legislative Council, in 2003.
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