RAJA AMPAT

Raja Ampat is one of the districts in the province of West Papua, Indonesia. Capital city is located in Waisai. This district has 610 islands. Four of them, namely Pulau Misool, Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo, the larger islands. Of the whole island is only 35 islands are inhabited while the islands are uninhabited and mostly do not have a name. As the islands, the only inter-island transportation and supporting community activities Raja Ampat is the ocean freight. Similarly to reach Waisai, the district capital. When using the aircraft, first to the city of Sorong. After that, the trip from Sorong to Waisai followed by sea transport. Facilities available are fast boats with a capacity of 10, 15 or 30 people. At a cost of about Rp. 2 million, Waisai can be reached within 1.5 to 2 hours. Historically, in the Raja Ampat Islands, there are four traditional kingdoms, each of which is the kingdom Waigeo, with his power base in Wewayai, Waigeo island; Salawati kingdom, the center of power in Samate, North Salawati island; kingdom Sailolof the center of power in Sailolof, island South Salawati, and the kingdom Misol, the center of power in Lilinta, Misol island.Some tourists seemed engrossed in eating and chatting casually, looking out to sea the color of predominantly blue, green, and white. The colors that appear due to the influence of coral reefs in the shallow sea floor and inside. They were enjoying lunch at Papua Diving Resort, the waters of West Irian Jaya f.

Hot sun and brisk air makes the annoyance of the guests to dive and dive. Sunlight penetrates the cracks often waves to the reef. Beauty of the scenery and marine life do make a lasting impression for tourists. For lovers of coastal tourism and underwater fanatic, Raja Ampat is very well known even considered the best in the world for the quality of coral reefs. Many international underwater photographers capture the charm of the sea Raja Ampat. Some even came over and over again and make a special book about the beauty of coral reefs and marine life of this region. Mid-2006, a special team of the world's leading scientific adventure magazine, National Geographic, making coverage of the Raja Ampat that will become a major report in 2007.