Trekking the Pacific

Join Globe Trekkers Zoe Palmer and Matt Young on two epic adventures. Zoe journeys to the Cook Islands. She visits the landing spot of Captain Cook in Atieu, experiences a traditional Polynesian welcome and goes to a traditional ceremonial site where locals once carved the faces of their gods into the rock. She also joins in the Mire Tarai Festival where she is included in an all female team of canoeists who compete in a race across the local lagoon. Matt Young embarks for Papua New Guinea. He flies to the remote village of Kokoda where he treks in the footsteps of Australian soldiers along the infamous Kokoda Trail. En route, Matt is invited to take part in a traditional boar hunt, has a look at some newly discovered WWII artifacts, visits the battle site of Brigade Hill and meets a remarkable member of The Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels - Papua New Guineans who helped the Australian soldiers during the fighting.