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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
KM Bidadari Cruises
PT. Citrakarsa Inti Samudra
Jl. Dermaga 1, Pelabuhan Benoa
Denpasar, Bali 80222 Indonesia
ph. 62 361 728 874
www.kmbidadari-cruises.com
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vessel specs Destinations & Itineraries
Epaulet shark
click map to enlarge Raja Ampat  Is.
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
Trumpet fish