Raja Ampat is a district with an area of about 4.5 million hectares, which is located west of the Bird's Head of West Papua. 85% of the district is an ocean, the rest are islands of more than 600 islands. Of the 600 islands, there are four large islands of Misool Island, Island Waigeo Batanta Island and Salawati Island. On the other four islands, only 35 islands in the Raja Ampat Islands are inhabited, the rest are no human settlements. Only about 400 islands in the Raja Ampat Islands-already explored, the rest is still untouched by human life at all.
Origins of Raja Ampat itself derived from the story of the local community. According to the story, there was a woman who found seven pieces of eggs. The eggs are then hatched, 4 of which hatches into a prince, while three other eggs hatch into a woman, a stone, and ghosts. 4 The prince became king in his island each, namely Misool Island, Island Waigeo Batanta Island and Salawati Island and eventually called Raja Ampat.
Raja Ampat Islands have the potential of nature tourism that is extraordinary. Tourist attractions in West Papua is very famous for underwater travel is one of the best dive sites in the world because of the completeness and the diversity of its underwater flora and fauna. Based on the research results, the Raja Ampat has 75% of all coral species in the world. There is no other place in the world that has a number of coral species as much in one location that is relatively small.
With the large number of coral species in Raja Ampat, automatically there are also many species of reef fish. In addition you can also meet with manta rays, dugongs, seahorses, fish barkuda, reef sharks, turtles, tuna, and others. The remnants of the second world war also can be met in the waters of Raja Ampat Islands, such as the wreckage of war near Wai Island.
Travel options Raja Ampat West Papua
You will be faced with two choices on when you want to enjoy the natural attractions Raja Ampat Islands. That choice is the choice to stay at a resort, or stay on a ship Phinisi modified.
To be able to enjoy the Raja Ampat travel for 1 week using Phinisi ship, you have to pay more than 100 million rupiah, and the ship can accommodate up to 14 people.
How To Go To Travel The Raja Ampat West Papua
This time to reach Raja Ampat Islands is not difficult, but it will take a fairly long time and a sizable fee. Eg If you are in Java in the city of Jakarta, then you have to buy air tickets from Jakarta to Sorong. The flight will take more than 6 hours and usually will transit in Makassar or Manado advance. After coming in Sorong, you have to use boats to reach Raja Ampat Islands, and will take about 3 hours.
The amount of the rental fee for the transport ship Raja Ampat Islands is quite expensive, we strongly recommend to go in groups, ideally one group of 8 people, in accordance with the capacity of vessels that are commonly used in the Raja Ampat Islands. In this way, you can split the cost of rental boats with your group and make savings. If you want to save even more, you can choose to use a ship from Jakarta to Sorong with a ticket price is only about 400,000 rupiah only. Although cheap, this way will take a very long time, because you will stop in several major cities. Time travel by boat from Jakarta to Sorong is about 1 week.
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