THE KOKODA TRACK IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A SUMMARY

Welcome to the trek of treks and the pinnacle experience of this trip – THE KOKODA TRACK – covering 93km on foot in the rugged jungle wilderness and mountains of the Owen Stanley Range across the south-eastern peninsula of Papua New Guinea in 7 days and 6 nights. The Kokoda Track is also known as The Kokoda Trail and both are accepted nomenclatures. To me a TRAIL is made by nature but a TRACK is made by humans !!! There is nothing natural about finding gold or waging war !!!

In short, The Kokoda Track was the scene of many battles between Japanese and Australian WWII troops from July 1942 to January 1943 during which time the Australians managed to push back the Japanese under immense numerical odds and extreme weather and geographical conditions against them and keep the Japanese from taking Port Moresby and using it to bomb or even land troops in northern Australia.