Adventure Kokoda Blog
Protecting our heritage
Kokoda is much more than a trek. It is almost a spiritual journey for those who wish to connect to the historical significance of the Kokoda campaign. It is also an empathetic bridge for Australians and Papua New Guineans to better understand each other.
Our Charity
Our charitable work includes the provision of health support, school supplies, scholarships, and emergency medical assistance to villagers across the Kokoda Trail.
Our Media
National features stories of our treks on all major television networks, newspapers, and magazines.
Our Reviews
Trekker feedback, Trip Advisor reviews, and personal reflections.
Our Treks
Everything you need to know about our treks, our trekkers, training tips, gear selection, and some handy hints.
Our Viewpoint
Charlie has been the leading advocate for the protection of our Kokoda heritage, and the welfare of villagers across the Trail, for 30 years.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Interesting articles relating to our close association with PNG, and our shared wartime heritage.
Latest News
Time for PNG to Honour ‘Kokoda Day’
After trekking across the Kokoda Trail for 15 years and realising the impossibility of the sacrifice, endurance, and compassion PNGs wartime carriers exhibited in saving so many sick and wounded diggers across the Kokoda Trail I proposed that a special day be...
Time for PNG to wake up to Canberra’s woke agenda!
Published in The Spectator Magazine Australia: 12 August 2025 The term ‘Kokoda’ has been hijacked to support Canberra’s woke agenda for our Pacific neighbours. Their campaign of stealth began under the Coalition Government who ignored Veterans Affairs and allocated...
Guide to Legal and Illegal Kokoda Tour Operators
The Investment Promotion Authority (IPA) Act requires Australian Kokoda tour companies to be certified as a 'Foreign Enterprise', and registered as an 'Overseas Company' to do business legally in Papua New Guinea.If they are not registered as an 'Overseas Company'...
Call for PNG to take back Kokoda
Time for PNG to reclaim ownership of the Kokoda Trail
Making Kokoda Tourism Work
Preamble The failure to properly manage our shared wartime heritage across the Kokoda Trail over the past 20 years has seen trekker numbers plummet by 42 per cent, and income for village communities shrink by millions of kina. If the PNG Kokoda Track Authority was a...
An Expert Guide for Pilgrimage Treks Across the Kokoda Trail
Prior to Charlie Lynn’s first trek in the lead up to the 50th anniversary of the Kokoda campaign there was no management structure in place and no mechanism for landowner communities to benefit from the few trekkers who passed by each year.