the beauty of the underwater world of Raja Ampat located in the region Papua, which one is also the nickname of travel as well as a World Ocean Amazon region. The nickname was given because of the location of these sites is in the center the world coral triangle. Tourism Raja Ampat Islands is a territorial region of West Papua, which is the largest of a group of islands, with all the around is 610 islands, but only 35 islands lived by the population.
The area of these islands is, only use them by sea freight transportation by local indigenous peoples. This transport is used to reach the capital of the district (Waisai). With all four main islands located in this area makes unique to your traveled to the Raja Ampat tourist destinations. four islands meant is: Batanta, Misool, Salawati and Waigeo. tourists from all around the world had come here to enjoy the beauty of the island and its unique underwater. and also explore the underwater walls by means diving. tourists can roam large and small islands, mountains, tropical forests, coral reefs strands, white sand beaches and kehidup variety of animals living in the tourist area of Raja Ampat. It may be said that natural resources like this very rarely have, so very grateful Indonesia has a grace that can not be expressed with said
to the route followed by visitors to arrive at the location Raja Ampat travel is by air travel, and headed to the city of Sorong - West Papua (Domine Edward Osok airport). At the airport there is no path toward a direct international flights to Domine Edward Osok. So, if you that comes from abroad, you have to go through first in Jakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar or Makasar. And if you want to take the shortest path, you can go through first in Ujung Pandang and runs about 5 hours 15 minutes to arrived in the city of Sorong.
Then from Sorong city, proceed with using a taxi to the harbor (port) people, in order to Raja Ampat the capital city (Waisai). After that, your trip will be resumed by using the transport Ferry or you can rent a speed boat, and was advised on this port you must provide supplies such as mineral water, instant food and others. because in Waisai (the capital city Raja Ampat), the price of the purposes of the supplies is expensive. At the port, there are two ferry that serves the path of travel from Sorong to Waisai, and usually departs every 14.00, then the ship will leave only about 1-2 hours later. The trip will take 4-5 hours to reach the port Waisai.
However, for you want to rent a speedboat, the time is ideal for crossed was is before tides, usually in a wave of high tide or around before 12:00. by fear of the things that are undesirable, because the speedboat size smaller than the ship, so it is very easy to shocks by the waves. Then for you did and understand the instruction into correction of the ship's captain when instructed to delay the trip to the port of Waisai because of bad weather, tidal waves or other problems. always intricate few trip to Raja Ampat. However, later the local government will develop the airports in Waisai (Marinda service), will be able to make it easy for access to Raja Ampat.
Travel destinations Raja Ampat islands many beauty offers some great biological diverse. Here you can find about 540 species of coral and 1,511 species of fish. 75% of coral species are found in the World is here, which is about 10x more than corals ever found throughout the Caribbean. You'll also find 27 species of rare fish that can be found when diving is some kind of dwarf sea horse, wobbegongs, fish and manta rays. Also there are endemic fish Raja Ampat, is Eviota king, is a type of fish gobbie, that exists only here. here have no 5 species of rare sea turtles, 13 species of marine mammals, and 57 species of mantis shrimp. So you can imagine the uniqueness possessed by this tourist destination. the beauty of a nice ocean view, which can be viewed either from below or from above-the sea will hypnotize you. For that you should not miss the best moment in time to visit there. This condition is supported by the structure of the land that endemic, the wealth of marine biota and the culture and wisdom of the local population.
then you can also watch the "Sea Ghost", that is a natural phenomenon that unique and interesting, that is located in the eastern part Waigeo, this phenomenon created by a light that comes from the sea or the phenomenon of view of the sunset, that can be watched above the boat and rounded surface with a period of 10 -18 minutes. This phenomenon can only be seen by the year end only.
Not only was in the west and north of the Waigeo, there is a game show that the traditional bamboo flute called the local community with flute tambourine. Usually this traditional performance the display if there is a religious festival or on the day of freedom of the Republic of Indonesia (17 August) or in a welcoming ceremony and official visits (leader) of government is important.
Cave Tomolol beauty of the place. in this area you will be amazed by the sights in Cave Tomolo, painting human hands and the animals that have a very large size painted on cave walls. It is said that this painting in the period of the prehistoric era. You can also enjoy a tour of history shaped cave was a relic of World War II. This cave was the place where the Dutch and the Japanese army built bunkers. And the rest of the plane wrecked from World War II can be found in some of the dive sites, like on the island of Wai. You can also enjoy the unique culture of the local people that served in a war dance. Here there is also a tourist destination waterfalls, and of course when you get there should not be skipped.
still in the islands of Raja Ampat the next Destinations Ayau Island, a some small islands located in the Coral Islands, with a very large size and the white sand sea bottom, Ayau Island can connect one to the other islands. it's not just like it, some close to this place you can also enjoy the islands with unique sands that can be called "Zandplaat". This place is a unique habitat of local vegetation in Raja Ampat. You can also see the local people kususnya mothers and children catch sea-worms or insonem.
the next you can visit the South Waigeo, that are a favorite destination liked diving. Not far away from South Waigo you can find travel destinations atoll Kabui Bay, Cave skulls and is also the historic travel destinations Raja Ampat in Kali Raja. You can is also see performances Salay dance in Saonek, various types of birds in the village Sawinggrai and Yenwaupnor. Travellers is also woven hand-made in Arborek. Here you can also do snorkeling to watch a group of stingrays swim. Then, when you continue to Sauwandarek area, you can see the white sand beach with beautiful coral and many sea ducks found in many animals. You can walk around and enjoy the atmosphere of a traditional village has a unique place. Waigeo in the west, Konfiau and Batanta you can enjoy diving, other than the above tourist destinations attractive tourist destination to visit other is houseboat houseboats and Wayag coral islands in this archipelago. Agenda your holiday to Raja Ampat right in October or November, because in the is quiet sea conditions. And if you want to capture your travel using a camera these conditions will make the camera catches will be masimal.
