Diving in Raja Ampat
Palms, white dream beaches, crystal clear water, breathtaking scenery and the most bio-diverse marine region on earth – welcome to Raja Ampat. The group of these fantastic islands is located in the northwestern part of Indonesia. It lies in the middle of the so called coral triangle. Above water you can find a stunning and beautiful area which is very famous for its birds. Only a few photographers, scientiests and nature lovers find their way to Raja Ampat. Far away from mass tourism and civilization you can enjoy your holidays and experience the best gifts of mother nature.
The underwater paradise of Raja Ampat
The wonderful area around Raja Ampat offers you different diving experiences from pelagic drift dives to magic muck dives. More than 1400 species of fish and more than 600 species of hard corals call Raja Ampat their home. This massive and amazing biodiversity is unique on our planet earth. Hundreds of awesome dive sites are waiting for you. Various diving experiences ensure that every diver will be highly entertained and come to his expense.
Raja Ampat is not only famous for his amazing reefs. You can observe a lot of big stuff like manta rays, mobula rays, schools of humphead parrotfish, sweetlips or various sharks like the Walking Shark and the Wobbegong. If you are lucky enough you may observe some dolphins or even whales. Beneath the amazing coral reefs and the big stuff around Raja Ampat you can observe a lot of critters like the deadly blue-ringed octopus, the funny wunderpus, mating mandarinfishes, the weird ghostpipefish, beautiful nudibranches or the cute pygmy seahorse.
Especially the wide range of pygmy seahorses are striking. You can find all known species – Bargibanti pygmy seahorse, Red Denise pygmy seahorse, Denise pygmy seahorse, Santa Clause pygmy seahorse and the Pontohi pygmy seahorse.
… as you can see – Raja Ampat offers you a lot of impressive opportunities!
In general all our Trips to Raja Ampat includes the major dive spots arround Dampier Straight. Depending on the length of the Trip we spend more Time on each spot or go further North or South. Of course as more Time we have as more flexible we can be with customer wishes and reacting on actually sea conditions. On specific Trips we go South to Misool Island and even to Koon Island and Bandaneira at Banda Sea. Doesn?t matter wich Trip you take, we show you the Hailights of Raja Ampat from Wobbegongs Sharks, Mantas, beautiful Coral Gardens until the smalles creatures the Marine Park has to offer. Between enjoying the underwater world, you still have time to explore Beaches, do a hike for observing the Bird of Paradise and so on….
sample 12 night trip – Raja North / Central
1st day
arrival at Sorong Airport ( SOQ ) followed by a 20 minutes car transfer to Sorong harbour
checkin on Wellenreng and a smooth cruise to Batanta Island
depending on Conditions we do a checkdive on the way
2nd day
after a nightly crossing – wakeup at Batanta – East Side
3 – 4 Dives in Batanta Area – for Muck and Mantas
3rd day
2-4 Dives arround Batanta – Westside
4th day
3-4 Dives arround Penemu and Fam Islands
5th day
3-4 Dives arround Penemu Archipelago
6th day
2-3 Dives arround ” The Passage ” North
7th day:
2-4 Dives Dampier North – like Manta Point, Jetty Dives
8th day:
3-4 Dives arround Blue Magic, Sardine Reef, Mioskon
9th day:
3-4 Dives arround Blue Magic, Sardine Reef, Mioskon
10th day
3-4 Dives arround Cape Kri
11th day
3-4 Dives arround Central Damier Straight and Batanta North
12 th day
1 Dive in the Morning arround Batanta Island
sail back to Sorong
13 th day
checkout at the morning and car transfer to Sorong Airport approx. 30 Minutes
sample 12 night trip – Misool / Central
1st day
arrival at Sorong Airport ( SOQ ) followed by a 20 minutes car transfer to Sorong harbour
checkin on Wellenreng and a overnight Cruise to Misool Island
2nd to the 8th day
wakeup at Misool Area
2 – 4 Dives each Day on the best Divesites arround Misool Protected Areas
Magic Mountain, Boo Windows ect.
experience the nicest Beaches and fishiest Waters Raja Ampat has to offer
overnight sail to Penemu Area
9th day:
3-4 Dives arround Penemu Archipelago
10th day
2-3 Dives arround Penemu and Fam Islands
11th day
2-3 Dives arround Blue Magic, Sardine Reef, Mioskon
12 th day
1 Dive in the Morning arround Batanta Island
sail back to Sorong
13 th day
checkout at the morning and car transfer to Sorong Airport approx. 30 Minutes
check in time & location
between 7 am and 11.30 am at Sorong harbour
check out time & location
between 5.30 am and 11 am at Sorong harbour
closest Airport
Sorong
Airport Code: SOQ
Airport Transfers
the transfer from & to Sorong Airport is included in the Trip Price
it takes about 20 Minutes by car
latest arrival accepted at the Airport: 11.00am
earliest departure from Airport accepted: 6.30 am
water temperature
approx 28 to 30 degree celsius
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