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Project Supported : $20 from your expedition fee will be used to purchase and install environmentally safe eco-toilets along the Kokoda Track. These toilets will ensure the Track remains pristine for generations to come and help local communities.

In 2010, No Roads Expeditions will raise over $15,000 towards this project and install 4 or more toilets. This is great for the Track great for the people and great for the future of the Track.

HIGHLIGHTS
-Walk one of the most famous tracks in the world
-Understand what Australian soldiers endured during WWII
-Help install an eco-toilet somewhere along the Track ensuring the environment remains pristine
-Push yourself physically and emotionally
-Connect with Local People along the way and gain an insight into their lives.

OVERVIEW
There is a dual purpose to this expedition. Firstly you will undertaking what many Australians consider a rite of passage for a new generation of Australians. You will gain an insight into what Australian and Japanese endured along the Track in WWII. Second, you will be putting back into the community of the Kokoda Track. By joining our Eco-Toilet expedition, you will be protecting the environment, the well being of Local villagers and trekkers alike and ensuring that the Kokoda Track stays as pristine as it today, for future generations.

Walking the Kokoda Track involves 50 hours of hiking over 90km of sharp, timbered ridges, steep-sided valleys and fast flowing rivers. Vantage points along the Track reveal magnificent mountain landscapes, and a wide variety of flora and fauna is encountered. Trekkers pass through local villages where descendents of the wartime "fuzzy wuzzy angels" continue to live simple traditional lifestyles while providing a warm welcome to passing trekkers.

The best time of the year to walk the Kokoda Track is the dry season, from April to October. A popular time to trek is over the ANZAC Day period where many Australians attend ANZAC Day Ceremonies either along the Kokoda Track or at Bomana War Cemetry, a very moving event indeed. Walking during the wet season is also possible but is much more challenging because the Kokoda Track is muddy and slippery, and river crossings may even be impassable after rain.

No Roads Expeditions offers guided Kokoda Track expeditions which can be booked for any week of the year. We also have scheduled departures that anyone is welcome to join. All food, equipment and guides (including an Australian guide) are provided. You only need to bring your personal gear and bedding.

We take a slightly different approach from some other trek operators who camp out every night of the trek and fly all food and drink in for the occasion, thus almost needing a camel train to carry all their supplies. We engage village guest houses along the Track to supply accommodation and some meals for our trekkers and porters, thus not only reducing the amount of food and equipment carried by the trekking party, but also injecting greater economic benefits into the micro-economies of the village communities along the Track.

Our food includes coconut milk curries, vegetarian pastas, fried rice, prawn crackers, damper etc. We do not use rehydratable vegetables and we don't supply baked beans, just delicious and nutritious meals.

No Roads also supplies a portable shower tent so you can either wash in the rivers without soap or in our shower with soap which is kept away from water courses. We supply the soap. We can even provide a hot shower anywhere along the Kokoda Track.

Our Porters are well paid, well fed and motivated to provide you with a great experience. They set up tents, boil water, help you along the Track and at night, sing songs. On our trek you will have the choice each night of sleeping in village guest houses or in tents.

Note:
This 8 day 7 night trek is a demanding walk that requires an above-average level of fitness.

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