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Raja Ampat Islands Marine Tourism


Raja Ampat Islands in West Papua's remote location. This area stores a million beauty beneath the sea. Raja Ampat Marine tourism is recognized as one of the 10 best dive sights in the world. Enchantment under the sea and natural wealth, the mainstay of the Raja Ampat Islands through competitive world of tourism in Indonesia and the world through diving tours that can be done in this eastern Indonesia.

The islands are a result of expansion of the district of Sorong regency since 2003. District has a population of 31,000 souls has 610 islands with four of them major islands, namely Pulau Misool, Salawati, Batanta, and Waigeo. Of the 610 islands, only 35 islands are uninhabited. With a total area of about 46,000 km2, only 6,000 km2 of land, while 40,000 km2, the rest is ocean. The islands are unspoiled and the sea is still beautiful to make direct tourists hooked.

Raja Ampat Islands society generally traditional fishermen who resided in small villages are located far apart and different islands. They are a friendly community receive visitors from outside, especially if we bring a souvenir for them in the form of nut or candy. This item is a kind of 'peace pipe indian' in Raja Ampat.

Raja Ampat Islands is the District, which has the best reefs in Indonesia. Marine waters of Raja Ampat mostly covered by rocks that have not been disturbed so that it becomes a haven for fish as a place to find food and reproduce. The archipelago consists of a unique miniature environments, ranging from penelukan (embayment) are shaded with a large intake of fresh water, a vast expanse of coral to coral islands (atolls, atolls) tall. In some places like the village Saondarek, when the lowest tides, coral reefs can be seen without a dive and with his own adaptation, the corals can still be alive despite being in the open air and direct sunlight.

One of the best dive sites in the area of Raja Ampat is Kofiau Island. Under the sea, a view more stunning. Many international underwater photographers capture the charm of the sea Raja Ampat. Because the area of many islands and narrow straits, so most of the dive at a particular time has a strong current. It allows also to perform drift dive, dive, following a strong flow of water is very clear as he broke through a collection of fish.

According to Anton Suebu, Manager of The Nature Conservancy Raja Ampat, based on the research, the Raja Ampat area at least there are more than five hundred species of fish. To preserve the underwater park at the Raja Ampat Islands, the government has set the sea area around South Waigeo, which includes Gam Island, Island Mansuar, Yeben Group and Trunk Group Pele, as a marine wildlife reserves covering an area of 60 thousand hectares.

To visit these islands is not too difficult although it takes time and considerable expense. We can use the airline flight from Jakarta to Sorong via Manado for 6 hours of flight. From Sorong, the city is quite large and quite complete facilities for exploring the Raja Ampat there are two choices, go on tour with the boat or stay in the resort pinisi Papua Diving. Although most tourists who come to the Raja Ampat Islands are the diver's current, actual location is attractive also for non-divers as well as tourists have white sandy beaches are very beautiful, the group of karst islands nan fascinating and unique flora and fauna.
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