Discover Mount Hagen

At this annual cultural festival, hundreds of tribes from across the highlands gather in elaborate feather headdresses, painted faces and traditional costumes to compete culturally through rhythmic dances and drumming.

The men of the Huli tribe from the Southern Highlands wear elaborately woven wigs made from their own hair, grown over years, decorated with bird-of-paradise feathers — a centuries-old tradition still practiced today at ceremonies and the Sing-Sing Festival.

The lively market in the center offers fresh highland vegetables, locally grown coffee and handcrafted artisan goods, serving as a vibrant meeting point for the numerous tribes of the surrounding mountain regions.

The fertile valleys around Mount Hagen sit at over 1,600 meters elevation and are framed by rugged mountain ranges, with terraced fields and traditional round huts reflecting the authentic highland life of Papua New Guinea.

Mount Hagen Kagamuga Airport is served several times daily from Port Moresby in about an hour's flying time and lies only about 5 kilometers outside the city in the Western Highlands.

At this annual cultural festival, hundreds of tribes from across the highlands gather in elaborate feather headdresses, painted faces and traditional costumes to compete culturally through rhythmic dances and drumming.

The men of the Huli tribe from the Southern Highlands wear elaborately woven wigs made from their own hair, grown over years, decorated with bird-of-paradise feathers — a centuries-old tradition still practiced today at ceremonies and the Sing-Sing Festival.

The lively market in the center offers fresh highland vegetables, locally grown coffee and handcrafted artisan goods, serving as a vibrant meeting point for the numerous tribes of the surrounding mountain regions.