Sorong Gateway To The Raja Ampat Islands

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This is the city which is the starting point for your visit to the park a breathtaking sea Raja Ampat. Sorong city known as Oil City since the influx of oil surveyors from the Netherlands since 1908.

Sorong city is also renowned as one of the cities with heritage attributes Heritage Nederlands Neuw Guinea Maschcapeij (NNGPM) or a city full of historical heritage of the former Dutch oil company. Productive oil fields in Sorong is one reason why the Dutch colonized New Guinea (Papua name first) even the latter is returned to Indonesia in 1962.

Sorong name comes from the word "Soren". Soren in the Biak language meaning Deep Blue Sea and Bumpy Sea. The word was first used by Soren Biak Numfor tribe ancient sailing with sailboats from one island to another until it settled in the Raja Ampat Islands. Numfor Biak tribe that gives the name of "Land Maladum" as the Soren who then pronounced by the merchants Thionghoa, clad European Missionaries, Maluku, and Sanger Talaut as the Sorong.

Birding on Batanta, Salawati & Waigeo

Summary:

A pilgrimage to see Wilson’s Bird-of-Paradise. The islands of Batanta, Salawati, Misool and Waigeo are also home to Red and King BoP, Northern Cassowary, Western Crowned-Pigeon and much more.

Key species:

Wilson’s Bird-of-Paradise; Red Bird-of-Pardise; King Bird-of-Paradise; Northern Cassowary; Western Crowned-pigeon; Pheasant Pigeon; Black Lory; Beach Kingfisher; Bruijn’s Brush-turkey.

Birding locations:

The islands of Raja Ampat are accessed via Sorong on the mainland. There are four main islands: Batanta, Salawati, Misool and Waigeo, but a trip to Batanta and nearby Salawati is usually enough to see all but Bruijn’s Brush-turkey.

Raja Ampat Islands A Blue and Green World

Raja Ampat islands are a truly natural phenomenon with enormous biological diversity. It is ablue and green world in the middle of nowhere. You can see four extremely beautiful Island in these area are Waigeo, Misool, Salawati, and Batanta. Its actually located in Papua in Indonesia

The amazing marine landscape means that underwater photography should be on the top your list during your stay. So may be you should put your headphones on, play your favourite music and lets just have a virtual trip to this heavenly place.

Discover Raja Ampat With Arenui Liveboard

Raja Ampat is the worlds epicentre of marine biodiversity!

In addition to varied corals, critters and pelagics, this destination offers vibrant and colourful underwater scenes plus also majestic landscapes, making it a perfect destination for keen photographers. The only problem with diving here, in Raja Ampat, is that you'll be so spoiled by the near-perfect conditions that you may never want to leave or dive anywhere else again.

Spread across 1,500 virtually untouched islands, the waters of the Raja Ampat region are home to the most colourful, pristine and photogenic soft coral reefs, as well as a wide range of creatures from walking sharks to mantas to pygmies. Raja Ampat can boast over 1,300 reef fish (25 endemic species), 13 marine mammals, 5 species of endangered sea turtles, 600 hard corals and 75 % of all known coral species.

RAJA AMPAT, WEST PAPUA, INDONESIA

Boo Windows (Paul Morgan)

Diving: Sharks, Manta Rays, Whale Sharks, house reef, walls, coral gardens, critter diving, shore diving, boat diving, caves, swim-throughs

Snorkeling opportunities

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Willing to share option on liveaboards

Can be combined with Manado, Lembeh, Bali or Gangga, Sulawesi.

“When underwater photographers close their eyes and dream about the ultimate coral reef, most likely the stunning underwater panoramas surrounding Misool Eco Resort are the images running through their minds” Burt Jones and Maurine Shimlock

Raja Ampat Health and Medical FAQ

First of all, we want you to know that we're not qualified to give health and medical advice and this article isn't intended as such - it's provided only as a starting point for further investigation.

Raja Ampat is a tropical wilderness area and like any environment of its kind, poses risks to your health that need to be assessed. You should consult a health professional for expert advice on any points of concern.

Travelling with a first aid kit is recommended, as the nearest hospital is in Sorong, a few hours' travel by boat from the guesthouses and locations covered by this site.

Is there malaria in Raja Ampat?

The Exotic Raja Ampat Islands

Raja Ampat Islands is a great potential to serve as a tourist attraction, especially diving tourism. Raja Ampat Islands waters according to various sources, is one of the 10 best waters for diving site around the world. In fact, it may also be recognized as number one for the completeness of underwater flora and fauna at the moment.

The Other Side of Raja Ampat Islands

Raja Ampat is a county located in the province of West Papua. This area is very famous for its baharinya a very beautiful and amazing. Since 2005 the islands were called Waisai by society has definitively entered into expansion territory originally have its main office to the city of Sorong. Proliferation was better as regional development efforts that are too far away to take care of various administration to the city of Sorong travel time to get there can reach 4-5 hours if using a ferry, or 2-3 hours if you use a speedboat.