Raja Ampat Islands Spot Diving Fantastic

Raja Ampat Islands is a district, which has the best coral reefs in Indonesia. Raja Ampat marine waters is mostly covered by undisturbed coral so that it becomes a haven for fish as foraging and breeding. The archipelago consists of miniature unique environments, ranging from penelukan (embayment) is shaded by a large influx of fresh water, vast expanse of reefs to coral islands (atolls-atoll) tall.

Beautiful Raja Ampat

In some places, such as in the village Saondarek, when the lowest tides, coral reefs can be seen without a dive and the adaptation itself, corals can still be alive despite being in the open air and direct sunlight. One of the best dive sites in the area of Raja Ampat is Kofiau Island.

Raja Ampat Islands

Under the sea, a view more stunning. Many international underwater photographers capture the charm of the sea Raja Ampat. Because of the many local islands and narrow straits, then most of the dive at any given time has a strong current. It is also possible to do a drift dive, dive while the flow is fast with very clear water while fishing through the collection.

Raja Ampat Islands

According to Anton Suebu, Manager the Nature Conservancy Raja Ampat, based on research, in the area of Raja Ampat at least there are more than five hundred species of fish. To preserve the underwater park in the Raja Ampat Islands, the government has set Waigeo marine areas around the South, which includes the island of Gam, Mansuar Island, Yeben Group and Trunk Group Pele, a marine wildlife sanctuary covering an area of 60 thousand hectares. To visit these islands is not too difficult although it takes time and considerable expense. We can use the airline's flights from Jakarta to Sorong via Manado for 6 hour flight.

Raja Ampat Islands

From Sorong city big enough and quite complete facilities for exploring the Raja Ampat there are two choices; take a boat tour with pinisi or staying in the resort of  Papua Diving. Although most of the tourists who come to Raja Ampat is currently divers, actual location is interesting also for non-divers as tourists also have white sandy beaches are very beautiful, clusters of karst islands that fascinating and flora-fauna unik.