Cool Raja Ampat images
February 1st, 2011 | administratorA a couple of nice raja ampat images I found:
Guides & lodging in Raja Ampat

Image by Koen Cobbaert
Robben has a lodge which can be rented as for 300.000 Rp/room/night, excluding meals. One room can take 2 to 3 people.
To get from Sorong to the Waïsai costs 130.000Rp. Ferries depart every day from Sorong to Waïsaï. A 40 pK long timeboat goes along with crew can be rented as for 300 rupiah per day, not including gasoline. Gasoline costs about 8000 Rp/liter.
On the method from Waïsaï to the lodge you is about to stop over Pulau Saonek Besar to sign up your surat jalan (??? Rp) goes along with the local police office. Don’t as forget to pay your fee to visit the Raja Ampat reservation (500.000 Rp) in the airport office. It saves you the trip to the government administration in Waisaï.
For meals it is best to buy your groceries in the supermarket in Sorong before making the trip to the islands. Robben can assist you goes along with that. On the islands it is easy to get fresh fish, coconuts, grapefruit and vegetables. Robben and his team is about to prepare your meals.
From the lodge to Manta Point takes about 4 miles by boat.Red Bird of Paradise can be sawn 3 miles away in a specially created hide as for 75.000 Rp/person, to be paid to the owner of the hide. Any several several other trip to several several other islands in Raja Ampat can be arranged as for by Robben.
In case you create a long time trip, you can camp over the beaches or stay in the houses of Robben’s family or relatives a little fee as for food and lodging is expected. Other items at interest are the Beth Birds over Meospun island before sunset, snorkeling around Mansuar, trecking over Yenbuba Mountain to saw any sort of of bird in the early morning.
If you do all this, you should count as for about 150 liters of gasoline.
Perahu Johnson in Raja Ampat

Image by Koen Cobbaert
Between the end of June and September the wind picks up in Raja Ampat and the waves grow. A normal long timeboat as pictured here may not be suitable to travel open sections of seaa (e.g. between Waigeo and Pulau Wajaq).
In the old days men utilized to row boats just 5 meter long time several nevertheless goes along with keels of about 2 meter high to face those waves.
DSCF0295 North Raja Ampat

Image by diverken
Sunset from the MV TemKira dive boat Another amazing day goes along with conceiveful dive budiies and crew.people in Indonesia
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