Food & Nutrition
Trek Meals
Our meals are a highlight of our treks and the envy of all who witness our mealtimes. 
We provide a combination of fresh and canned and food for the three main meals as standard fare. These are supplemented with additional servings of fresh vegetables and tropical fruits.
Over the years we have trained our PNG guides to prepare, cook and serve our meals. They take enormous pride in the expressions of thanks they invariably get - meal after meal - from grateful trekkers.
Warning!
A number of villages along the trail now offer cooked vegetables, spring rolls, scones, etc to supplement our meals. Unfortunately we have experienced a number of cases of food poisoning which has led to trekkers having to be evacuated from the trek. We therefore do not recommend that our trekkers use this food as the villagers have not yet been taught proper hygienic protocols for the preparation and serving of fresh food. It is therefore a wise precaution to stick to the menu that we provide on a daily basis. Following is an example of our typical daily menu on the trail:
Breakfast: Cereal (weetbix, muesli), milk, biscuits, tea, coffee, hot chocolate Lunch: Pasta/noodles accompanied with dry biscuits, luncheon meat/corned beef/tuna, cheese, etc - tea, coffee, hot chocolate and sweet biscuits. Dinner: A variety of canned meat/fish and vegetables served with rice and potatoes, tinned fruit, tea, coffee, hot chocolate. Our meals are supplemented with fresh fruits and vegetables from village gardens along the track |
Trek Snacks
We recommend you prepare a daily snack pack to nibble on during the day. A suggested list would include 
some small packets of fruit/nut mixes/sultanas, biscuits, glucose lollies, chocolate bars, jelly beans, etc. Keep your snack-pack as light as possible (around 150 grams per day) as you will be required to carry them - unless you employ a personal carrier who will carry them for you.
Make a separate snack-pack up for each day and clearly mark your bag with your name. You will carry four days with you and the remaining snack pack will be sent to Naduri village - about half-way along the track. You will therefore need to pack these in a separate bag and mark it clearly with your name. Deliver it to your trek leader in the hotel lobby prior to your departure (you could include a treat in this bag - perhaps a large tin of chocolate, self-saucing pudding with a tube of condensed milk for example - as a reward when you reach the half-way point).
Village Food
There is an abundance of fresh tropical fugit in villages along the way - passionfuit do die for, sweet bananas, papaya, melons, watermelon, mandarins, etc.
Villagers will often bring offerings of a selection of these fruits to trekkers as they pass through. It is custom to ask how much they charge for them and ensuring you pay them in full.