West Papua, Korowai tribe

A curious girl from an isolated tribe comes to say hello, deep in the heart of the West Papua jungle.

In 2015 I joined an expedition to meet the elusive Korowai tribe, many of who still live in lofty jungle treehouses.

It took four days of ass-numbing boat journeys and treacherous swampland hikes to reach the Korowai compound.

I spent three days with the tribe, but spent most of my time shivering in a tree house as I’d caught a mystery fever.

As I thought I’d caught malaria, and was days from the nearest hospital, it was one of the scariest experiences of my life.

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