Raja Ampat Island

The archipelago is located in the remote West Papua. This region save 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 island of Raja Ampat 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 inhabitants including 610 islands with four large islands, namely Pulau Misool, 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.

The archipelago is generally the community of traditional fishermen who live in small villages are located far apart and different islands. They are a friendly community welcoming guests from outside, especially if we bring a gift for them in the form of nuts or candies. This product is a kind of 'peace pipes indian' in Raja Ampat.
Raja Ampat is the Islands District, which has the region's best coral reefs in Indonesia. Marine waters of Raja Ampat mostly covered by 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) are shaded with a large intake of fresh water, until the broad expanse of coral reef islands (atoll-atoll) tall. In some places like the village Saondarek, when the lowest tides, coral reefs can be seen without the diving and the adaptation itself, these corals can still be alive even though they remained in the open air and exposed to 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 certain time has strong currents. 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.According to Anton Suebu, Manager of The Nature Conservancy Raja Ampat, based on research, in the area of ​​Raja Ampat at least there are more than five hundred species of fish. To preserve the underwater park in Raja Ampat Islands, the government has set Waigeo sea area around the South, which includes the island of Gam, Mansuar Island, Yeben Group and Trunk Group Pele, as a marine wildlife sanctuary covering an area of ​​60 thousand hectares.

To visit this island is not too difficult although it takes considerable time and cost. We can use the airlines from Jakarta to Sorong via Menado for 6 hours of flight. From Sorong, the city is quite large and quite complete facilities for exploring options Raja Ampat there are two, with a boat tour or stay at the resort pinisi Papua Diving. Although most tourists who come to the Raja Ampat today are the divers, the actual location is attractive also for non-diving tourists as it also has white sandy beaches are very beautiful group of islands stunning karst nan and unique flora and fauna.Source : http://capsulx368.blogspot.com/2010/10/wisata-bahari-kepulauan-raja-ampat.html