What is Baliem Valley Festival The Baliem Valley Festival is one of Indonesia’s most remarkable cultural celebrations, held every August near Wamena in the highlands of Papua. Bringing together the Dani, Lani and Yali tribes, the festival is famous for…
☕️ 10 minute read Twelve years ago, visiting Borneo Rainforest Lodge changed me. I went back to see if the magic had held. It had. And then some. Twelve years ago, I stumbled upon a detail that would quietly redirect…
How old are you? While playing Uno, I asked a young teenage girl who runs a 2 bedrooms guesthouse in Hitugi, a village 6 hours trek from Sogokmo in Baliem Valley. She looked down and said she didn’t know. Then…