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ITINERARY
Day 1: Arrive in Port Moresby and transfer to hotel. Free time to relax.
Day 2: Fly Port Moresby - Kavieng.
Day 3: Nusa Island Retreat – Kabotteron Island
Day 4: Kabotteron - Nusakelo
Day 5: Nusakelo - Lamalangit
Day 6: Lamalangit - Tsoilik
Day 7: Tsoilik – Nusa Island Retreat.
Day 8: Nusa Island Retreat –Port Moresby
Day 9: Fly home.

INCLUSIONS
- Kayak use with all safety gear including vest, paddle, decks etc
- Accommodation throughout trip including 2 nights at the Holiday Inn Port Moresby and 2 nights at Nusa Island Retreat.
- Support boat throughout
- Radio contact between Kayakers, Support Boat and Kavieng
- All domestic flights
- National park fees
- Professional guide throughout expedition
- Local tours
- Airport transfers
- Ranger and local guide fees
- All meals as indicated in itinerary (7 Breakfast, 6 Lunches and 6 Dinners)
- Cultural displays

NEW IRELAND CULTURE
New Ireland people have been blessed with rich and varied cultural practices and values that blend well with the environment. The people of New Ireland are Melanesian and speak 22 local languages. Traditional clan power is wielded by chiefs, but clan rites and land claims are passed on in a matrilineal system.

The traditional art of calling sharks is practiced along the coast of New Ireland, but particularly on the West Coast around Kontu and Tembin where certain men have the ability to call up sharks. The unfortunate shark swims up to the caller’s boat where they can be speared and netted. Alternatively the shark propeller is used – a noose is hung with half coconut shells which make a rattling noise, attracting the shark up through the noose. A rope attached to the noose is connected to a wooden propeller which is spun round to tighten the noose and simultaneously pulls in the rope. The shark, unable to keep moving, effectively drowns.

The people of New Ireland have three distinct cultures or traditional practices: Malagan, Kabai and Tumbuan. While Malagan and Kabai are unique only to New Ireland including the "traditional shark hunters", Tumbuan which is a men's sacred society and widely practiced by the Tolais in East New Britain Province, actually originated from the southern area of New Ireland in the Lak/Kandas area where it is mostly practiced. New Ireland’s culture is rich, colourful and intricate.

AFTER EXPEDITION ACTIVITIES
New Ireland has a host of After Expedition activities, from SCUBA Diving to Surfing. If you would like to extend your trip and participate in one of these activities, please let us know and we will forward you the details.