Kokoda Track The Kokoda Track is a 96-kilometre trek that crisscrosses the rugged Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea. It was used as a mail route prior to WW2. The Australian army fought a series of ferocious battles along it to stop the Japanese from capturing Port Moresby and invading Australia, even though the latter seemed unlikely at the time. Hundreds of Australians were killed and wounded during the four-month struggle from July – November 1942, but Japanese casualties were even greater. You can trek with your family, tour battle sites, be challenged through precipitous slopes, scale razorback ridges. Stay in beautiful villages belonging to descendants of the famous Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, native war carriers who helped with the Australian war effort in WW2. One of the families that took on the challenge was the Baker family from Australia Preparing and managing expectations We receive an online enquiry on 21st March 2015 from Robert Baker who is planning a trek for two families from Kokoda - Owers’ Corner. And we get another email from him on 16th of April informing us that only four people are doing the trek and the rest have dropped out (it’s not unusual considering Kokoda isn’t for the faint-hearted). But it's encouraging news knowing they're all from Robert’s family – Robert himself, wife Kristy, and twin children Olivia and Harry – a real courageous bunch. Olivia and Harry are only 10, and the youngest to be doing Kokoda with us (and still hold the record to this day). Kokoda is remote and isolated so it's very important to be self-sufficient. We get to work immediately after getting confirmation from Robert. We make sure trek permits are paid for, flights are booked, vehicles are arranged, accommodation is sorted, porters are organised, and there are enough food
Kokoda Track The Kokoda Track is a 96-kilometre trek that crisscrosses the rugged Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea. It was used as a mail route prior to WW2.
