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The Kokoda Track is an Australian Icon, it is a pilgrimage for those that wish to honour our forefathers and the sacrifices they made for us in WWII. For those wanting to undertake this journey they must train for it, and they must train correctly for it. To be able to offer your clients professional advice and training about how best to prepare for Kokoda it is a unique selling point for yourself as a Personal Trainer. Your clients will be training regularly with you and by the end of the trek they will become advocates of your business and what you offer them.
Read on and find out how walking the Kokoda Track can transform your business from just another PT to one that sets goals for people, that organises epic events and becomes an important part in your clients lives.
Read on and find out how walking the Kokoda Track can transform your business from just another PT to one that sets goals for people, that organises epic events and becomes an important part in your clients lives.
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Many PT's will run weekend challenges or month long weight loss and fitness challenges. They do these challenges in order to create a sense of community within their business, and they work very effectively.
Clients work together and support each other and under the guidance of their PT, by the end of the challenge there is a feeling of real comradery in the group. Training and completing the Kokoda Track together will take this community feeling to a whole other level and your business will be transformed. Participants will be dedicated to their training and walking the Track will becomes the ultimate physical and mental challenge for them. To go through this emotional and physical journey with you by their side every step of the way will create a loyalty that cannot be replicated. This is how Kokoda will transform your business. |
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Create a NEW REVENUE stream for your business
Offering Kokoda to your clients will create new revenue streams. Let's assume you have 12 clients walk Kokoda with you. These are the areas in which you will receive extra revenue into your business:
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Create Community
Kokoda creates a great sense of community within your business. We suggest organising weekend walks for your clients which will bring your group together. This is reinforced by special Kokoda training days and sessions, where clients will be training knowing they are all working together as a team to achieve the ultimate goal of walking the Kokoda Track. The culmination of all of this training is the actual walk across Kokoda. Spending 9 days together in the jungle, struggling together, encouraging each other and overcoming all obstacles together is an extremely bonding experience for you and your clients. Through the adversity the group will come back proud of what they have achieved and ready to tell everyone what a great trip they had.
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Give your clients a GOAL for the year
Being a PT and Instructor, one of your main objectives is to find your client a motivating goal. Your client needs to find the motivation that will get them out of bed at 5:30am, the motivation that pushes them beyond what they believe they are capable of. What better goal to set than to walk the Kokoda Track. Trekking 96 kilometers of up and down terrain, with over 6000 meters in ascent and 6000 meters in descent, the Kokoda Track is the ultimate challenge and goal for your clients. Most PT's that work with us will run a minimum 12 week training schedule to get their clients Track fit. This is a great motivating force for clients and a great way to keep them working out through the mid year (in the southern states this is often a quieter period for PT's).
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Become an EXPERT on Kokoda
Once you have completed your first Kokoda trek, you will become known as a "Kokoda Expert". You will have learnt so much from your first trek, that you will be able to implement changes to your next one, perfecting the art of getting people ready for the Track. You will be surprised how fast word will spread that you train clients and take them to Kokoda and that you are the trainer that people should trek Kokoda with. Kokoda will transform your offering to clients and people will come to you for advice. Kokoda will keep bringing people to you year after year and some of your clients may want to go a second time.
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What is Involved?
So what is Kokoda all about? Kokoda is a 96km trail running over the Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea. It runs from the village of Kokoda to Owers' Corner which is approximately 2 hours drive from Port Moresby. Your group will fly into a town called Popondetta on the northern coast of PNG. From there we will drive to Kokoda along a dirt road for 2.5 hours where the trek begins. From Kokoda it will take you and your group between 6 and 9 days to walk the Kokoda Track. Average distance traveled is 12-15 kilometers per day. That doesn't sound like much but you will be ascending and descending over a 1000 meters per day up steep and often muddy trails. Contact us (03) 9598 8581 or at [email protected]
Kokoda Itinerary
There are 2 main Kokoda treks you can offer your clients. The first is our 11 Day Australian Led trek. This trip includes 9 days on the Track with 1 day rest in the middle (at a wonderful village). The second trek is our 8 day Fast Kokoda which includes 6 days on the Track and no rest day.
Which trek you decide to take your clients on depends on what they want to achieve. Both are led by experienced Australian Guides and both traverse the full Kokoda Track.
11 Day Australian Led Expeditions
Day 1 Arrive Port Moresby
Day 2 Fly to Popondetta and drive to Kokoda for the start of the trek. Trek to Deniki
Day 3 Trek Deniki to Alola via Isurava Battlefield. Visit Con's Rock along the way
Day 4 Trek Alola to Templeton's Crossing. Visit Japanese artillery placement at Eora Creek
Day 5 Trek Templeton's Crossing to Kagi via Kagi Gap or Myola Lakes
Day 6 Rest day during Sabbath in Kagi Village
Day 7 Trek Kagi to Menari via Brigade Hill
Day 8 Trek Menari to Nauro crossing through the swamps and Browns River
Day 9 Trek Nauro to Va-ule Creek. Today we will pass through Ioribaiwa and Ofi Creek
Day 10 Trek Vu-ule Creek to Owers' Corner. Drive to Port Moresby. Visit Bomana War Cemetery
Day 11 Fly out from Port Moresby to Home or onto another PNG destination
6 Day Fast Kokoda
Day 1 Arrive Port Moresby
Day 2 Fly to Popondetta and drive to Kokoda for start of trek. Trek to bush camp at Two Creeks
Day 3 Two Creeks to Templeton's Two via Isurava Battlefield. Visit Con's Rock along the way
Day 4 Templeton's Crossing Two to Kagi
Day 5 Kagi to Menari via Brigade Hill
Day 6 Menari to Ofi Creek
Day 7 Ofi Creek to Owers Corner. Visit Bomana War Cemetry
Day 8 Port Moresby to Home or onto another PNG destination
Daily Life on Kokoda | Our Expeditions | Track Maps
Which trek you decide to take your clients on depends on what they want to achieve. Both are led by experienced Australian Guides and both traverse the full Kokoda Track.
11 Day Australian Led Expeditions
Day 1 Arrive Port Moresby
Day 2 Fly to Popondetta and drive to Kokoda for the start of the trek. Trek to Deniki
Day 3 Trek Deniki to Alola via Isurava Battlefield. Visit Con's Rock along the way
Day 4 Trek Alola to Templeton's Crossing. Visit Japanese artillery placement at Eora Creek
Day 5 Trek Templeton's Crossing to Kagi via Kagi Gap or Myola Lakes
Day 6 Rest day during Sabbath in Kagi Village
Day 7 Trek Kagi to Menari via Brigade Hill
Day 8 Trek Menari to Nauro crossing through the swamps and Browns River
Day 9 Trek Nauro to Va-ule Creek. Today we will pass through Ioribaiwa and Ofi Creek
Day 10 Trek Vu-ule Creek to Owers' Corner. Drive to Port Moresby. Visit Bomana War Cemetery
Day 11 Fly out from Port Moresby to Home or onto another PNG destination
6 Day Fast Kokoda
Day 1 Arrive Port Moresby
Day 2 Fly to Popondetta and drive to Kokoda for start of trek. Trek to bush camp at Two Creeks
Day 3 Two Creeks to Templeton's Two via Isurava Battlefield. Visit Con's Rock along the way
Day 4 Templeton's Crossing Two to Kagi
Day 5 Kagi to Menari via Brigade Hill
Day 6 Menari to Ofi Creek
Day 7 Ofi Creek to Owers Corner. Visit Bomana War Cemetry
Day 8 Port Moresby to Home or onto another PNG destination
Daily Life on Kokoda | Our Expeditions | Track Maps
What's Included
We try to make your job as easy as possible. That means you will have more time to focus on your clients while we organise everything on the ground. Our expeditions have comprehensive inclusions such as:
- Hand selected and trained Australian and Local Guide for the entire expedition
- Electrolyte supplement such as Hydralyte, essential for such a trip
- All domestic schedule flights
- Satellite phone for emergency purposes
- AED Defibrillator on all Australian Led trip
- River rescue team and procedures, essential for large rivers
- Government Taxes (except visa charge and civil aviation terminal facilities charge)
- Shower tent to wash with soap and protect the environment. Hot showers are available.
- 10 delicious breakfasts, 9 nutritious lunches, 9 fresh dinners. Meals on expedition include Curries and Pasta and are all prepared by a trained Master Chef. Lunches and dinners depend on the length of the trip.
- Chef. (Dietary requirements can be incorporated)
- All transfers including those from the airport and from Owers Corner
- Visit Bomana War Cemetery
- Nutritious and delicious food for Porter team who deserve the best.
- All accommodation outside of Port Moresby in either insect proof tents or guest houses
- Kokoda Track Permit
- Hand selected Guide and porter team (who carry all group equipment, food, set up tents etc)
- 1 to 1 Porter-Client ratio
- A rubbish Porter that takes all our rubbish and other operators rubbish from the Track
- Tent hire and floor mats.
- 2 nights accommodation in Port Moresby twin share (4 star Holiday Inn : the best in Port Moresby)
- Dinner on the last night at hotel
- Snack Pack for each expedition day to get you between meals
- VHF Radio contact with Port Moresby, Kokoda and 10 other Track villages for emergency purposes.
- No Roads Expedition T-shirt (or you can provide your own)
- Urine and health chart
- Access to your Australian Guide for advice prior to the expedition
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Your Commission
As the person organising the trip you will receive a 10% commission. This commission is 10% of the expedition cost. For example if you take the 11 day Kokoda trek you will receive $398 per person. For a Private Trip of 10 people that's nearly $4000 for just organising the trip.
On top of this if you organise 14 full paying clients you will receive commission on 14 people PLUS a FREE OF CHARGE trip for yourself (excluding flights to and from Port Moresby) |
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Maximising Your Revenue
While our commission is generous, you can also maximise your revenue by putting together special training packages. For example, many PT's will put together a special 4 or 5 month program that includes extra sessions and weekend day walks. These packages are on top of their normal training package.
The best way to do this is to combine the training package with the trip into 1 trip cost. The benefits are great for your clients. We can even add flights and insurance that you can package up as well. Your client doesn't need to go anywhere else to make this happen. Combined with your commission this can easily total an extra $10,000 in revenue to your business. |
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How To Promote Kokoda
There are many ways you can promote the Kokoda Trek. The first and simplest way is to tell all your clients and we can provide you with images and text that you can use on your website or on a poster or flyer that will promote the trip. Other ways include various areas of social media marketing such as Instagram or Facebook (this is a great way to promote to people). Another way to build excitement is to host an information night. If you have many interested people we can send an experienced guide to come along to the information night to support you and to answer all your questions. Once you have done the Track once you will have the answer to many of these questions yourself.
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Our Support To You
We are here to help you have an awesome trek across the Kokoda Track. We have taken over 4000 people across Kokoda and our team in the office and on the ground are here to help you achieve your goals. We can supply you with photos and text for you to promote and we are here to answer any of your questions. You can book all your clients directly onto our system online. We can send guides to help with information nights, and our ground support team will be with you every step of the way making sure your transition in Port Moresby and to the Track will be seamless.
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