Korogu is one of the great Middle Sepik villages, a long string of stilt-houses set back from the bank under a canopy of mangoes and breadfruit. The men's house here is one of the largest in the region, with a triple-tiered roof and a forest of carved house-posts. Inside, ancestor masks, garamut log drums, and the sacred flutes used during initiation rest in the half-dark.
The village is also a working art studio. Half the men of Korogu seem to be carvers, and most welcome visitors into their shaded work areas to watch a mask take shape from a single block of breadfruit wood. Prices for finished pieces are negotiable; the larger pieces are worth thinking about only if you have a reliable way of getting them home. Korogu is normally visited as part of a longer Middle Sepik trip out of Pagwi.