Raja Ampat Islands in West Papua's remote location. This area stores a million beauty beneath the sea. Raja Ampat marine tourism is known as one of the 10 best dive sights in the world. Charm and richness of the underwater world, a mainstay of the Raja Ampat Islands through competitive world of tourism in Indonesia and the world through diving tours that can be done in this eastern part of Indonesia.
The islands are a result of the division of the district of Sorong regency since 2003. District has a population of 31,000 souls has 610 islands with a large island Four of them, namely Misool Island, Salawati, Batanta, and Waigeo. Of the 610 islands, only 35 islands are inhabited. With an area of about 46,000 km2, only 6,000 km2 of land, while the remainder is 40 000 km2 of ocean. The islands are unspoiled and beautiful sea is still making a direct tourists hooked.
Raja Ampat Islands society generally traditional fishermen who live in small villages are located far apart and different islands. They are a friendly community receive visitors from outside, especially if we brought gifts for them in the form of nuts or candies. This product is a kind of 'peace pipe indian' in Raja Ampat.
Raja Ampat is the Islands District, which has the region's best coral reefs in Indonesia. Raja Ampat marine waters covered most of the corals that have not been disturbed so that it becomes a haven for fish as foraging and breeding. The archipelago consists of a unique miniature environments, ranging from penelukan (embayment) shaded by a large intake of fresh water, until the vast expanse of coral reef islands (atoll, atolls) tall. In some places like the village Saondarek, when the lowest tides, coral reefs can be seen without a dive and with his own adaptation, these reefs 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. Under the sea, more dazzling panorama. Many international underwater photographers capture the charm of the sea Raja Ampat. Because the area of many islands and narrow straits, then most of the dive at a particular time has a strong current. It allows also to perform a drift dive, dive, following a strong flow of water is very clear with her through the collection of fish.
To visit these islands is not too difficult although it takes considerable time and cost. We can use the airline's flights from Jakarta to Sorong via Manado during the 6 hour flight. From Sorong, the city is quite large and quite complete facilities for exploring the Raja Ampat there are two options, take a tour by boat or stay in the resort pinisi Papua Diving. Although most tourists who come to the Raja Ampat Islands are the diver's current, actual location is attractive also for non-divers as well as tourists have white sandy beaches are very beautiful, island chain-nan stunning karst islands and the unique flora and fauna.
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