If you’re a scuba diving lover, there’s a place in Indonesia that’s truly a haven for you. Raja Ampat in West Papua has been known for its diversity of habitats to explore and stunningly beautiful underwater and above water realm. Raja Ampat’s popularity has only been rising since the last couple of years. And its seemingly secluded location that’s a bit tricky to be reached can give a bit of a throwback. But Raja Ampat’s heavenly underwater realm is really worth the visit, and lately Raja Ampat is getting more and more accessible, both by high and low budgeted tourists.
To get to Raja Ampat, you can fly to Sorong via Jakarta or Singapore. Once you arrived in Sorong, you have the option to stay there and rent a local villager’s boat, and maybe a local tourist guide, to travel back and forth to Sorong daily. The cost for this option will decreased a lot if you’re traveling with a group of friends so you can chip in for the boat renting cost. But if you want to have the true experience of Raja Ampat, you can travel by boat for around 2 hours from Sorong’s port to Waisai, Waigeo island, which is the capital of Raja Ampat. In Waisai, you can choose from a range of 2 stars and 3 stars hotels, or from a range of more expensive resorts to stay in. If you’re not on a tight budget, some resorts in Raja Ampat are offering interesting packages that includes a clean and classy room with a beautiful view of Raja Ampat, meal, and even pick up service from Sorong.
Highlights of things to do in Raja Ampat includes the water caves of Misool, blue water mangroves for excellent diving, seeing the critter diving at Waigeo Island, the reefs of Fam Islands, the pearl farm at Aliui Bay, great karst Islands of the Wayag Archipelago, and great coral and fish and manta rays dives of the Dampier strait. You can also enjoy the sight of beautiful fishes with lovely colors coming out of the water surface by giving the fishes some bait from the Dampier Strait’s dock. For your information, there are around 1459 species of fish that can be found in Raja Ampat. That number alone would intrigue you to enjoy the beauty of underwater life in Raja Ampat yourselves. There are also many deserted beaches and extensive mangrove forests in Raja Ampat that will truly give you a heavenly visit.
Tourism development in Raja Ampat hasn’t been aggressive or extensive. But somehow that’s what makes it so attractive. Because since tourists that visit Raja Ampat is not as much as any other place in Indonesia, or in the world, you can definitely spend a calming and relaxing visit in Raja Ampat. Contemplating about life in a quite white sandy beach? Or simply enjoying beautiful under water and above water realm? All of that would easily make you want to book another visit to Raja Ampat sometime soon in the future.
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