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
The Kodu Goldmine on Mt Bini Adjacent to the Kokoda Trail
The rise in Kokoda tourism can be traced to former Prime Minister, Paul Keating spontaneously dropping to his knees and kissing the ground at Kokoda on the 50th anniversary of the campaign in 1992. Keating's gesture, and his epic speech, led to the development of a...
Wayne Wetherall: Shameless publicity stunt for Kokoda Spirit!
Recent reports regarding the discovery of Captain Sam Templeton’s body by a trek operator, Wayne Wetherall of Kokoda Spirit, were widely reported throughout Australia and Papua New Guinea. According to Wetherall a 90 year old Japanese war veteran, Kokichi...
CHAPTER 15: The Annette Dean Management Experiment
The Rise, Fall and Future of Kokoda Tourism By the close of 2008 the management of the Kokoda Trail was in an impossible position. Warren Bartlett, a former Kiap and Local Government Administrator, was appointed CEO of the Kokoda Track (Special Purpose) Authority by...
Kokoda Trail still a testing ground
Despite the deaths Australians are drawn to take the challenge, writes Erik Jensen from the Sydney Morning Herald, who has just completed the RSL Services Clubs Kokoda Youth Challenge with Adventure Kokoda. There are not the words in Koiari to ask about Kokoda's...
Consultants Killing Kokoda
Kokoda has claimed more Australian lives this year than Afghanistan!During the last week two trekkers died on the Kokoda Trail, a couple more were evacuated by helicopter and fourteen went down with food poisoning. Yesterday a campsite that took years to build...
EXCRUCIATING, gruelling, torturous, gut-wrenching
by Sally McMillan - The Sunday Telegraph Sally McMillan from the Sunday Telegraph reports 'Trekking the Kokoda Trail is all of the above - and more'.The cloying jungle seeps into you, radiating waves of body heat. The air is fetid, the dense canopy enveloping - at...