Raja Ampat – “King of the King”
Dive Package 8 days 7 nights
Price : EUR 907.00 Ex SORONG
Date: Dec 09 - 16 2007
“Take everything you remember about every reef you’ve ever dived and throw it away. In Papua, excess is the norm and everything is larger than life.
THESE ARE REEFS ON STERIODS” David Espinosa, Asian Divers
“If you are inclined to doubt the marine scientists claim that the region harbors the richest diversity of corals and fishes, take it from me, the Raja Ampat are, the healthiest I have seen in the Indo Pacific realm ”.Michael Aw, Dive professional, author, photographer
From his book “Richest Reefs Indonesia”“No doubt about it, the Raja Ampat is definitely the richest place for fish, that I have ever been”. In 2001 Dr. Allen made the 2 highest fish counts (283 and 281 species of fish) ever recorded by him. The 283 count was at “Cape Kri” which is our house reef!!! Dr. Gerald Allen, Conservation International, Leading marine scientist (fishes) with 38+ years experience and author of over 25 books, 2003:
Day 1
Sunday SORONG / RESORT in Raja AmpatUpon arrival at Sorong 1230 , Papua-Diving rep will transfer us to the Jetty and we will taking a boat to Resort in Raja Ampat. Check In and follows with 1 check out dives.
Day 2 to 6
There will be 2 dives a day. Places to be advice everymorning. Additional Dives : Per dive (subject to distance) is ranging from RM 90.00 to RM 180.00 (min of 4 divers) subject to distance of the site
Day 7
No Diving for today. The resort will be organizing on land activities, showing the nature in Raja Ampat.
Day 8 Sunday
RESORT / SORONGIn the morning, after check out, the resort boat will transfer us back
to Sorong.
Price inclusives :·
- 7 nights on the resort in West Papua (Land Base).·
- 12 dives at among the best dive sites in the world (guided dives).
- Saturday no diving·
- Boat transfer from Sorong to the Resort.·
- 3 Meals a day on upon arrival at the resort· T
- anks & Weights
Price exclusive·
- Flights to Sorong and return.·
- Airport Tax at Indonesia at IR 100,000.00 at Surabaya·
- Additional Dives : Per dive (subject to distance)is ranging from RM 90.00 to RM 180.00 (min of 4 divers).
Flights to book:-
Dec 08 / AIR ASIA QZ 7605 / K.LUMPUR -JAKARTA / 2125 - 2235 hours
Dec 17 / AIR ASIA AK955 / JAKARTA - K.LUMPUR/1510 - 1810 hours
Domestic flights ( Our indonesian travel agent will do the bookings):
Dec 09 MERPATI AIR MZ 802 / JAKARTA -UJUNG PADANG / 0500 0810
Dec 09 MERPATI AIR MZ 802 / UJUNG PADANG - SORONG / 0920 1230
Dec 16 MERPATI AIR MZ 803 / SORONG - UJUNG PADANG / 1545 1655
Dec 16 MERPATI AIR MZ 803 / UJUNG PADANG - JAKARTA / 1745 1855
Message from the dive resort:-
We are located off the tip of the birds head peninsula of Papua . We don’t really have a wet season here, in fact we don’t really have seasons being only 50km south of the equator. There is more rain to be expected in July, August and this is only rain during the night. It rarely rains during the day. From March – end of May there is little or no rain, smooth seas and good visibility. During July August we do have light winds which cause some surface chop but it does not interfere with diving. The best month for calm flat seas, good visibility and great weather is October, with November , December also very good. Diving is good all year round here with average of 20 metres visibility.
