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| The Raja Ampat island group is spread across 610 islands. The 4 largest islands comprise of Batanta, Salawati, Waigeo, and Misool, and is situated West ofBird's Head peninsula in West Papua. Here you can dive and snorkel, explore remote islands with lovely white and witness traditional village life. Divers/ snorklers, naturalist, trekkers, and bird watchers alike enjoy the rugged beauty found here rising from the coastline up to the jungle canopy. Here, exotic orchids and bird life flourish. The Bird of Paradise can be found in the upper tree branches in both Batanta and Waigeo. Bird-trekkers will delight in spotting them as well as Lorikeets, Parrots, Kingfishers, Eagles, and Hornbills in the area. Scientists are very interested in the vast diversity of marine life found here. Raja Ampat lies in the heart of the Coral Triangle and is home to the richest tropical coral reef bio-diversity recorded on Earth. The archipelago is host to 1125 species of fish, 700 species of Mollusks, and 543 species of Hard Corals ( 75% of total discovered species in the World). Raja Ampat's near shore habitats include large reefs, sea grass beds, mangrove forests, and karst formations. The high level of bio-diversity within the marine and terrestrial habitats have attracted wildlife expeditions dating back to the 17th Century by the legendary Naturalist Alfred Wallace. More recently, Dr. Gerry Allen, the famous Ichthyologist, author of the classic "Marine fishes of the Tropical Australia and Southern Asia", documented several World records at Cape Kri. In 2003, he published a Preliminary Report combining survey findings in 2001-2002 stating the reefs of Raja Ampat the greatest in the World and that the region deserves the title of being the World's richest bio-diversity area. |
Raja Ampat region at a glance |
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Epaulet shark
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| Itineraries |
Triplefin pair
Raja Ampat general reef conditions:
water temperature: 27-30 C/ 80-86F
reef types: slopes, walls
visibility: 10-30M / 33-98ft
surface: calm to rough
current: moderate to strong
water temperature: 27-30 C/ 80-86F
reef types: slopes, walls
visibility: 10-30M / 33-98ft
surface: calm to rough
current: moderate to strong
Trumpet fish