Oversikt
Raja Ampat certainly represents the world’s richest marine diversity, with the highest number of known species of fish, corals, and mollusks. Certain areas are known for its density of fish; one with groups of Manta Rays, the others with schools of barracudas, parrotfish, humpback groupers and the list goes on. Not to mention the best macro you will see everywhere.
Dag til dag reiseplan
Day 1: Join the trip in Sorong
Day 2-12: Diving the Raja Ampath Archipelago
Day 13: Tour finished in Sorong

Reiserute
The area known as Raja Ampat is an archipelago consisting in 4 main
islands surrounded by over 1500 smaller islands and cays. This area is
part of the West Papua province of Indonesia.
It is certainly the
world’s most biodiverse marine region with more recorded fish, coral and
mollusks species than anywhere else on the planet. Some areas boost
enormous schools of fishes ; there are spots with large groups of manta
rays, other with schools of barracudas, trevallies, bump head parrot
fish, large groupers, and of course always a great variety of critters.
The reefs are varied as their inhabitants, with vertical walls,
seamounts, pinnacles, slopes, caves, lagoons, some more covered with
hard corals and other displaying colorful soft corals. Everywhere you
will find a lot of gorgonians with their resident pygmy seahorses.
Everywhere you will find a profusion of colors and life.
Above the
sea you’ll discover incredibly beautiful landscapes : quartz islands
labyrinths, extensive mangrove forests, deserted beaches and tiny
villages, that are as many opportunities for a visit to shore. During
the trip we will organize some shore visits in villages and in wonderful
lagoon. We will climb the montain to reach a fantastic view point in
Wayag and last but not least we will discover the beauty of the bird of
paradise parade.
Day 1: Guest
reception at Sorong airport, transfer to the boat, Check in, welcome
drink, briefing, departure in the evening. According to weather
forecast, we will start the tour by the south or the North. In this
schedule, we present the option starting with the South. Over night
Navigation through Sele Strait to reach the East of Misool. Arrival in
the early morning.
Day 2: In East Misool you will discover 3 fantastic dives: No contest, Love potion, 3 Rocks.
Rocks with vertical walls and fantastic coverage of soft corals, lot of
fishes with schools of Platax, aggregations of snappers, bump head
perrotfishes. We spend the night in the hidden lagoon, a very special
anchorage inside an almost closed bay surrounded by high rocks. From the
boat, we can hear and see the cacatoes before the night falls. We will
go with the dinghies to have a look to another lagoon located further
into the rocks.
Day 3: After a short
morning navigation, we reach Misool South East and start another great
day of diving in the vicinity of Misool eco resort: Boo Rocks with 2 large openings windows in the rock that completely pierce the island from the surface to 5 meters deep, Fiabacet, Fantasea. Again an explosion of colors and fish density. In the evning, we rganise a dinner on the beach of a small island.
Day 4: Misool east. Mode dives in Misool, Yellit kecil, a great wall with excellent fans and soft corals, tank rock, Nudi rock. Night navigation to Penemu and Fam islands.
Day 5: Penemu North, Barracuda, a long oval shaped reef with great aggregations of fishes (barracudas, fusiliers and banner fish), Galaxy,
a large reef with excellent fish life , Melissa garden an extraordinary
site for it’s hard corals stands. Night navigation to Aljuy bay.
Day 6: After an
early morning dive at Mayhem, a very high voltage submerged reef, we
enter in Aljui Bay, a 20 kilometers long indentation on the western side
of Waigeo. We do 2 dives in the bay (wofoh and Intersection), then one of the best night dives of the Raja Empat under the peer of a pearl farm that is settled there.
Day 7: We still do 2 dives in the Aljuy bay, Aljui 1 and the Channel.
Between these 2 dives we will have a short visit to the pearl farm if
their work schedule allows it. Night navigation to Wayag islands.
Day 8: Wayag, the
northern point of our cruise is a fantastic quartz islets labyrinth. We
dive Quoy, Cathedrale rock and Wayag ridge. In the late afternoon, we
climb a small mountain to admire the wonderful landscape of the area.
Day 9 & 10: After a first dive in Wayag (figure eight), we go to the Kawe island where we dive Black rock and eagle rock. Night dive. Night navigation to Dampier strait.
Day 11: A first morning dive at Citrus
- at the entrance of the Dampier strait, a channel with sloping sides
covered of soft corals and life- then dive with a reliable manta ray
congregation at manta sandy. The third dive will be the famous Cape Kri,
one of the largest concentrations of big fish on northern Raja Ampat;
schools of trevally, barracudas, bannerfish, sweetlips. Night dive
Day 12: Two other famous and fabulous dives in the Dampier strait, Chicken reef and sardine reef. The boat will then sail back to Sorong where it will arrive during the evening.
Day 13: Breakfast, Check out according to guest flight schedule. Transfer to the airport, check in assistance.
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