Be a responsible traveller. Show tribal people respect and meet them on their premises. Visiting people with a different lifestyle and culture could sometimes be a very rewarding adventure, but be aware of that many tribal communities are extremely vulnerable to outside influences. All tribal people need to be protected from tourists in order to preserve their unique lifestyle and cultures. Travellers should understand that some tribes would like to live undisturbed, and that visit would be an intrusion.
There's nothing quite as exhilarating as heading on an adventure with only your imagination to limit you. Travel in Papua New Guinea is really an exciting experience where few things are as expected. Michael "Mick" James Leahy, an Australian explorer and colonialist, started his exploration of the island in 1930. It`s a long time ago, but some parts of the island is still unexplored.
A tribe on Papua New Guinea meets white man for the first time. It was filmed in 1976, Watch the amazing video clip to see how the tribesmen react when they meet a white man for the first time.
The Norwegian Regnskogfondet, reports that a group of the Mashco-Piro Indians in Peru has attacked an Indian village in the Amazon. One person is critically injured after getting an arrow in the stomach.
Actual the Indian tribe is not Mohican, but Mohegan. When I was a little boy I find it very exciting to read James Fenimore Cooper`s dramatic historical novel The Last of the Mohican. On my way travelling around in Canada for over 10 years ago, I met some Indians with origin from the Huron tribe involved in the novel. In 1992 director Michael Mann turned this story into an exciting and visually stunning adventure on movie.
