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Raja Ampat Islands - West Papua
RAJA AMPAT
DIVE LODGE
MANSUAR
ISLAND RAJA AMPAT
Raja Ampat Dive Lodge
Location: Yenpapir Beach - Mansuar Island
Raja Ampat
Dive Lodge is located at the heart of the most
spectacular diving in northern Raja Ampat. Mere minutes
from the famous Manta aggregation sites and the
fish-filled dives at the western edge of the Dampier
Strait, our intimate lodge is the prefect place to
experience the most bio-diverse reefs in the world.
Fronted by a white sand beach and backed by the
ever-verdant Papuan rainforest, the dive lodge is
surrounded by natural beauty. Sit on your veranda and
listen to the early morning sounds of the jungle as you
prepare for another day of spectacular diving
accompanied by our knowledgeable dive guides.
The duplex rooms at the Dive Lodge are comfortable
ensuites furnished with either double or twin beds,
tiled bathrooms and wooden interiors cooled by
individual air conditioning units. In between dives you
will feast on serve delicious, healthy meals utilizing
the freshest local ingredients.
Currently,
each bungalow will have a double bed and two twins.
Plans include four more bungalows; two of the new
bungalows will have a large double bed and larger
bathroom. When completed, the resort will be able to
accommodate 20 people.
Each
bungalow is air-conditioned with ensuite facilities.
Guests will receive a complimentary sarong with the
resort logo.
The main
lodge will include the dining room facilities and an
area for relaxation that will include multi-format (PAL
and NTSC) television and DVD sets, charging stations
with protected electrical circuits for cameras and
computers, and a boutique/drugstore. Wi-fi service is
being planned.
A full line
of Mares/Oceanic dive equipment (10 sets of BCDs,
regulators, fins and masks) rental gear. Tanks and
weights will be included in the dive package. At present
, divers will only be able to get air fills, but plans
are being made to offer Nitrox.
Three
fiberglass speed boats with three 40 hp outboard engines
and a sun awning will take divers (8 guests in each
boat) to the Ampats world-class dive sites.
At the time of opening the Paradise Resort of the Raja
Ampats will be just a land based operation. The future
will include land and liveaboard dive packages aboard
their fleet of well equipped Phinisi vessels. Lombok
Tropic Holidays is able to put together special
adventures to provide their guests with the widest range
of dive experiences available in the Raja Ampat island
complex of exceptional diving.
The staff of Raja Ampat Dive Lodge has been handpicked
to provide the same level of service found on our
popular liveaboard dive boats. We strive to offer our
guests the best value in a diving holiday while ensuring
that everyone who stays with us feels like part of our
family.
DIVE
PACKAGES
ACCOMMODATION AND FULL BOARD MEALS
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PER
PERSON |
PER
PERSON |
DIVING PACKAGES
|
SHARED ROOM |
SINGLE ROOM |
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RADL
8D-7N 12 DIVES |
US$
2.800 |
US$
2.995 |
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RADL
15D-14N 24 DIVES |
US$
4.600 |
US$
3.950 |
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RADL
22D-21N 36 DIVES |
US$
5.850 |
US$
5.900 |
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PACKAGES WITHOUT DIVING
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RADL
8D-7N |
US$
1.300 |
US$
1,670 |
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RADL
15D-14N |
US$
1,900 |
US$
2.600 |
|
RADL
22D-21N |
US$
2.600 |
US$
3.400 |
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PER
PERSON |
1
PERSON |
OPTIONAL - NON DIVING ACTIVITIES
|
minimum 2 |
ONLY |
|
*
TOUR : Bird watching&fish feeding |
US$
95 |
US$
110 |
|
FOC
in the DIVING PACKAGE / SNORKELING BY BOAT |
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*
SNORKELING BY BOAT |
US$
140 |
US$
250 |
EQUIPMENT RENTAL
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excluding dive computer |
US$
55 per day |
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|
US$
20 discount for rental exceeding 7 days |
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|
dive
computer |
US$
15 per day |
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US$
10 discount for rental exceeding 7 days |
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snorkel, mask, fins |
US$
15 per day |
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|
US$
7 discount for rental exceeding 7 days |
NOTE:
* Meals and roundtrip Transfers between Sorong airport
to our lodge are EXCLUDED.
* All the dive sites included in the diving packages are
within 15 km range off RADL
* Our Standard 12x diving schedule for 8D-7N diving
package :
day 1 Fri no dive (arrival transfer from Sorong)
day 2 Sat 2 x dive
day 3 Sun 2 x dive
day 4 Mon 3 x dive
day 5 Tue 2 x dive
day 6 Wed 2 x dive
day 7 Thu 1 x dive plus Bird Watching & Fish Feeding
tour
day 8 Fri no dive (transfer back to Sorong)
* There is additional charge of US$ 500 per extra
transfer beyond our regular Friday transfer
This is the charge for the 6 passengers capacity boat.
If there are 2 persons or more than 2,
US$ 500 is divided among them.
* RATES FOR CHILDREN TRAVELLING WITH PARENTS occupying
the same room
Children under the age of 4 is FOC
Children between 4 to 8 years old are charged 35%
Children between 9 to 14 years old are charged 65%
Children over 14 years old are charged full price
RAJA AMPAT DIVE RESORT
WANSAI ISLAND RAJA AMPAT
RAJA AMPAT DIVE
RESORT
The Raja Ampat, or “Four Kings,” archipelago encompasses more than
9.8 million acres of land and sea off the northwestern tip of
Indonesia’s West Papua Province. Located in the Coral Triangle, the
heart of the world’s coral reef biodiversity, the seas around Raja
Ampat possibly hold the richest variety of species in the world.
The area’s massive coral colonies show that its reefs are resistant
to threats like coral bleaching and disease —threats that now
jeopardize the survival of corals around the world. In addition,
Raja Ampat’s strong ocean currents sweep coral larvae across the
Indian and Pacific Oceans to replenish other reef ecosystems.
HOW TO GET THERE DIVE RESORT AT RAJA AMPAT
The easiest wayto get to Raja Ampat is to fly Sorong via Jakarta or
Singapore. Domestic Travelers can also fly via Makassar or Manado.
From Singapore :
Silk Air operates regularly from Singapore to Manado. From Manado to
Sorong regular flights are offered by Lion Air and Merpati. It is
easiest to check with a local Indonesian Travel Agent or directly
with the airline for the lastest domestic flights available.
From Jakarta or Bali:
Merpati, Express Air and Lion Wings operate daily flights from
Jakarta to Sorong (with stopovers in Ujung Pandang/Makassar and/or
Manado)
RAJA AMPAT DIVE RESORT SERVICES:
RESORT
FACILITIES:
- All rooms
with Fan and Air Condition
-
Comfortable Bed Room
- Hot and
Cold Shower/outdoor and indoor
- Verandah /
Balcony
- Open air
and Indoor Restaurant
- Long Jetty
DIVING
FACILITIES;
- Diving
Equipment/Dive Center/Dive Rental
- 02 Dive
Boat with 150 and 200 Hp
- Dingy with
capacity of 06 and 10 Divers
- Compressor
- Oxygen
- First Aid
- 03 Dive
Master and 02 Instructor
SCUBA DIVING
Raja Ampat Island is the most western district of the Indonesian
province of Papua. Raja Ampat consists of an area surrounding four
major island off the western coast of Birds Head Panisula of New
Guinea Island. The western half of which is Indonesia and the
eastern half, Papua New Guinea. The province was called Irian Jaya,
and it's a cluster of over 1500 small Islands.
Raja Ampat is the most bio-diverse location in the world more
than 3000 species of fishes and over 300 species of corals have been
identified here, in a single one and half hour dive you can
identified more than 282 fish species and more than 400 species.
Till this very day the area is virtually unexplored and unknown due
to its size. This area as there are still many remnants of WW II.
The Roughest seas and decreased visibility in the Raja Ampat area
are from mid-June until the end of August. During the rest of the
year, the sea is mostly very smooth whit good visibility.
Dive Sites
Approx max 02 hours from Our Resort:
- Waisai Bay
- Kri Island
- Manta
Point
- Sardine
Reef
- Kaboei Bay
Rock Island
- The
Passage
- Waigeo
- Fam Island
- Gam Island
- Mansuar
Island
- Aljui Bay
- Kabui
Passage
- Manta Ally
- Southwest Waigeo
TRANSFER
SORONG-RAJA AMPAT RESORT-SORONG
WITH PUBLIC
FERRY:
Sorong to
Raja Ampat Eco Resort Waisai Island:
Depart every
day but not on Wednesday at 14.00 Pm
Ticket one
way : Rp. 450.000/person
Return
Tickets : Rp. 700.000/person
Raja
Ampat Eco Resort Waisai Island to Sorong:
Depart every
day but not on Sunday at 14.00 Pm
Ticket one
way : Rp. 450.000/person
Return
Tickets : Rp. 700.000/person
All prices
above including airport pick up and return.
BIRD WATCHING
Raja Ampat offers exceptional opportunities for bird watching and
WWII wreck hunting. Spectacular bird species in the area include the
common sulphur-crested cockatoo, the large flightless cassowary,
huge sea eagles, shockingly colourful Eclectus parrots and the
incredible red bird of paradise Paradisea rubra, endemic to Waigeo
and Batanta.
If wreck diving is your cup of tea, you’ll go nuts over the P-47 D
Thunderbolt “Razorback” lying on its back 20 metres off the Wai
island reef.
This US Air Force single-engin\e fighter-bomber was one of seven
(“Tubby Flight” of 311th Fighter Squadron) which took off from
Noemfoor Island on a bombing and strafing mission to Ambon on 21
October 1944, and was subsequently ditched after running out of
fuel. The plane is in perfect shape, with only a nicked propeller
blade. All dashboard instruments and wing armament remain intact.
There are literally hundreds of other well-preserved wrecks — boats,
tanks, airplanes — to be seen in the region, but most require
special trips.
DIVE
PACKAGES INCLUDING ACCOMMODATION AND FULL BOARD MEALS
|
|
PER
PERSON |
PER
PERSON |
DIVING PACKAGES
|
SHARED ROOM |
SINGLE ROOM |
|
RADR
8D-7N 12 DIVES |
US$
1,850 |
US$
2.900 |
|
RADR
15D-14N 24 DIVES |
US$
3.200 |
US$
3.750 |
|
RADR
22D-21N 36 DIVES |
US$
4.300 |
US$
5.900 |
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|
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PACKAGES WITHOUT DIVING
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RADR
8D-7N |
US$
900 |
US$
1,235 |
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RADR
15D-14N |
US$
1,400 |
US$
2.200 |
|
RADR
22D-21N |
US$
2.100 |
US$
2.900 |
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SEAHORSE PARADISE RESORT
West Papua, one of
Indonesia's many islands, has one of the world's most diverse
underwater ecosystems and it has one of the most colourful bird
kingdoms on Earth. Raja Ampat, meaning four kings, is a specific
area within Indonesia, including West Papua. The name refers to the
four biggest islands within the Indonesian archipelago (Batanta,
Waigeo, Misool and Salawati) and originates from the time of
maharajas. The area covers 42,000 km2 including 2500 limestone
islands covered shore to shore by untouched, ancient rainforests.
The forest canopies are home to myriads of parrots disturbing the
piece of this ancient land. Black and white cockatoos enjoy this
paradise as well singing even louder. The tree crowns provide home
to the beautiful bird of paradise with the most amazing plumage on
display. The thick undergrowth provides the perfect hiding place for
many other animals such as the cassowary.
Coral reefs near the shore provide home for more than 500 species of
corals and 1300 species of fish. An Australian scientist, during a
60 minute dive, managed to identify 283 different species, which is
more than the total number of species known to be living around the
Caribbean islands and equals all the variety of species found in the
Red Sea. The cold, nutrient rich underwater currents near the shore
attract masses of underwater life including manta rays. The size of
these amazing creatures can reach up to 6 meters. We can
differentiate between two kinds; the well know white colour manta
ray, and the all black, which is unique to this area. Different type
of larger fish are attracted to this area, as the myriad of small
fish feeding on the plankton-rich waters provide the perfect hunting
ground for all. Cachalot and grampus are just two to mention.
Furthermore sea cows and turtles are grazing the underwater sea
grass near the shores and pipe fish and ghost-pipe fish feed in the
coral reefs near by. At dusk we can also spot mandarin fish playing
on the coral reefs.
In the underwater crevices carpet sharks are sleeping and this place
is also home to walking sharks. There are beautiful examples of fan
corals at the depth of 20m and if you look carefully you can find
pigmy sea horses hiding on them. It's not easy to see them as the
white fan coral provides shelter for the white pigmy seahorse, the
red for the red pigmy seahorse and the yellow for the yellow pigmy
seahorse. The ample varieties of nudibranchias or sea slugs living
in this part of Indonesia are worth mentioning as well. It is
possible to identify more than 20 different types with their
staggering colour variations during a single dive. They provide the
perfect opportunity to take some amazing photos.
We discovered this stunning place after experiencing many amazing
trips to different parts of the World, with hundreds of dives under
our belts covering most of the well known dive sites and bird
watching places worldwide. We have no doubt in our mind that this is
paradise as we have never seen it and experienced it before. We have
been visiting this place for many years and searching for ways to
share it with others. After much searching we came across the island
of Berie, where we have decided to set up an Underwater and Nature
Exploration Centre.
The unique biodiversity of Raja Ampat was made famous by two of the
most prestigious magazines in the field. First, the National
Geographic Magazine published an article on the most diverse coral
reefs on Earth covering Raja Ampat in September 2007. A year later,
in September 2008, the GEO Magazine published the findings of a
research group working in the area showing the amazing biodiversity
of Raja Ampat to millions of readers.
We are planning to build a resort and research centre in harmony
with the place using traditional building materials and techniques.
The work is scheduled to start at the end of the summer 2008 and we
hope that we can welcome our first guests during 2009.
HOW TO GET THERE
Papua Paradise Resort
(diving centre and bird sanctuary) is located in West Papua
(previously known as Irain Jaya) province, in Raja Ampat shire, on
the island of Birie.
The main airport in the area is Sorong
and internal flights are provided by Merpati and Express airlines from
Jakarta, Makassar, Manado and Denpassar-Bali. On arrival at Sorong
airport you can make your way to the marina by taxi, where you can
catch a boat to the island of Birie. The length of the boat trip is
weather dependent and it may vary from 1 to 2 hours. Please note that a
fee is payable when entering and leaving the island, except on
Saturdays. The price is listed on our price list.
We are happy to provide help with internal flight bookings. In all
cases our suggestion is to allow a 24hour time gap between the
international and internal flights as the internal airlines may cancel
or change flights without notice and refunds to customers.
PRICES
Accommodation prices -
day of arrival on Tuesday
One night** 150
7 nights**, non-diver 750
14 nights**, non-diver 1350
Single room surcharge, per night 50
Children from 4 to 8 years sharing room with parent(s)** 35% of
adult rate
Children from 9 to 14 years sharing room with parent(s)** 65% of
adult rate
Package prices (accomodation + diving) - day of arrival on Tuesday
air nitrox EAN 42
Package*, 7 nights**, 14 boat dives 1150
Package*, 7 nights**, 14
boat dives + unlimited beach dives*** 1300
Package*, 14 nights**,
28 boat dives 1900 2000
Package*, 14 nights**,
28 boat dives + unlimited beach dives*** 2600
Diving
air nitrox EAN 42
1 dive* 47
2-5 dives, per dive* 40
6-10 dives, per dive* 38
11-15 dives, per dive* 36
16 or more dives, per dive* 34
Nitrox surcharge by tank (in case of air package) 6
Equipment rental
Dive equipment rental including dive computer for one day 40
Dive equipment rental including dive computer from the 2. day, per
day 35
Dive equipment rental including dive computer for 1 week 170
Dive equipment rental including dive computer for 2 weeks 285
Others
Raja Ampat Underwater National Park yearly entrance fee (valid for
calendar year, compulsory
for all divers)**** 50
Additional transfer to Sorong - up to 8 people, per motorboat 350
Additional transfer to Sorong - 9-12 people, per motorboat 450
Sorong accomodation package (1 night hotel stay, dinner, breakfast,
transfer to the airport) for 1 person 50
Sorong accomodation package (1 night hotel stay, dinner, breakfast,
transfer to the airport) for 2 people 65
Satelite internet for 1 minute 0.35
* The dives included in the package and diving prices are in 10 km
range of area, one of the dives included in the package is a manta
point dive
** Accommodation (and package) prices include breakfast, lunch and
dinner (unlimited coffee-tea and drinking water), in and out
transfer between Birie and Sorong on Tuesday and one excursion on
Monday as well
*** Between 7am and 8pm, without dive guide on the house reefs
**** The price is determined year by year by Raja Ampat goverment
Excursions (person/occasion)
bird watching - minimum 2 people (red bird of paradise, wilson
bird of paradise, king bird of paradise, northern cassuary) 150-200
Excursion to a waterfall - minimum 4 people 40
Passage - minimum 4 people 60
Manta point - minimum 4 people 40
Payments
One week after the booking,50% of the total costs is required to
be paid as a non-refundable deposit
Payment in full is due 50 days prior to arrival
At the location we only accept cash for the additional costs (extra
dives, excursions, etc.)
If you want to pay extra costs at the location in USD, we only
accept bank notes in good condition and issued after 2006!
Cancellation Policy
Date changes are only possible if initiated min. 30 days prior
to arrival and will be surcharged by 20% extra fee
Cancellations within min. 30 days to arrival will be refunded by 50%
of the paid costs
Cancellations within min. 15 days to arrival will be refunded by 25%
of the paid costs
In any other cases, repayment is not possible
We only accept cancellations in writing
Link:
www.rajaampat-liveaboard.com
www.rajaampatlodges.com
www.rajaampatcruises.com
www.rajaampatindonesia.com
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