One question we get asked every year is what I the difference between the Mount Hagen Festival and the Goroka Show and indeed which one is actually better! The answer is they are very much same same, but with a few key differences. What are the Mount Hagen Festival and Goroka show? The Mount Hagen […]

Have you ever wanted to come face to face with fierce tribal warriors, head-hunters or a witch doctor? If so, or if you simply want to explore and experience one of the most remote parts of Earth, come and experience the truly remarkable Mt Hagen Festival in Papua New Guinea! On this tour, YPT will […]

On our 2024 Mount Hagen Festival Tour, now a yearly classic, YPT will be making the most out of one of the most remote parts of the world and partaking in the festival celebrations allowing you to see the traditional Papua New Guinean life in all its feathered glory. The Mt. Hagen Festival consists of […]

Visiting Papua New Guinea for the Mt Hagen festival? Here are a few tips and what to do and what to expect. Go early! Get the two-day pass and make sure you get there for about 9 am. The benefit of this is you’ll get access to the hundreds of tribes as they prepare for […]

Visiting Papua New Guinea for the Mount Hagen Festival? Here are a few tips and what to do and what to expect. Go early! Get the two-day pass and make sure you get there for about 9am. The benefit of this is you’ll get access to the hundreds of tribes as they prepare for the […]

Young Pioneer Tours are pleased to announce the first homestay in Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea in conjunction with our partners in the area. Due to safety aspects homestays in Papua New Guinea are a relative rarity, which is a real shame as it offers one of the best ways to truly sample the local […]

As the foremost experts in budget travel to Papua New Guinea it was inevitable that we started doing the Goroka Festival, or Goroka Show, so in 2024 that is exactly what we did! But what is the Goroka show, how is it and what is different from the Mount Hagen Festival? Well we have all […]

Following the enormous success of our numerous trips to the Mount Hagen Festival in Papua New Guinea, we have decided to add the equally impressive and slightly older Goroka Festival to our tour calendar. Our trip begins with us starting in Port Moresby, one of the most dangerous cities in the world, where we do […]

While visiting Mt Hagen is traditionally done for the Mount Hagen festival there are also a number of other events and peripheral celebrations worth seeing, one of which id the Piakona show. To read about the Mount Hagen festival click here.  What is the Pakora Show? Located atop of a beautiful mountain with stunning views, […]

The Mount Hagan Festival, first staged in 1961 to unify the tribes in the area years before the nation of Papua New Guinea was declared and recognised. To this day, Mount Hagan Festival still holds a prominent place in Papua New Guinea for locals and tourists to come together and celebrate this cultural event. In […]