- Circular itinerary visiting the must-see dive sites of the region
- Encounter both reef and oceanic manta rays at renowned dive sites
- Visit unspoiled hard and soft coral gardens
- Experience the best of the well known Dampier Strait
- Cruise Piaynemo’s lagoons and capture that classic Raja Ampat photo
- Search for a walking shark on a night dive
Day 1: Sorong
Arrive at the Dominique Edward OsokAirport. Our Dive Master will escort you to the boat and start the journey. Safety briefing, boat orientation, crew introduction and necessary dive paperwork will be done before we set sail. Check dive will be done in Yum Slope which presents us with wart slugs, flatworms, turtles and a robust ghost pipefish.
Activities: Check Dive at Black Slope / Yum Slope
Day 2: Dampier Strait + Sawingkrai
Mikes Point, Sardine Reef and Mioskon. Before the diving activities, we will take you to explore the Red Bird of Paradise at Sawingkrai Village. Diving in Mikes Point offers a Schooling of sweet lips, patrolling black tip reef sharks and interesting small octopus and shrimp thrive. In Sardine Reef; fusiliers, surgeonfish, trevally, rainbow runners, bannerfish will crowd the open water and swarm over a reef decorated with sea fans. Mioskon Reef is a home for hundreds of lined snappers that usually cover the slope, schools of glass fish hide in coral bommies and wobbegong are very common here.
Activities: Trekking + 3 x Dives + 1 Night Dive
Day 3: Piaynemo Island
Trekking to Piaynemo will give you a stunning panorama from the top. While for diving; Melissa’s Garden, Barracuda Reef and Anita’s Garden offer world class diving with fantastic pretty walls with a lot of critters and well coral covered slopes and a huge amount of fish. Here is also a home of interesting species of clams, sea urchins, sea spiders and crabs.
Activities: Trekking + 3 x Dives + 1 Night Dive
Day 4: Yanggefo Island (Mayhem, Citrus Ridge, Gam Ridge, And Mangroves)
This area offers some truly unique environments to dive in. The vibrant orange soft corals of Citrus Ridge provide a stunning view to this site, here is also a home of barracudas, bump-head parrot fish and sea snakes. Mayhem offers schools of batfish, surgeon fish and snappers with the occasional wobbegong sleeping under the coral heads. Gam Ridge is a good place to look for eagle and mobula rays. The Mangroves offer some stunning photo opportunities, diving late at around 4 PM when the sun is low will give an amazing light shaft on mangroves.
Activities: 3 x Dives + 1 Night Dive
Day 5: Arborek Island (Manta Sandy, Manta Ridge, Arborek Jetty) + Lalosi Reef
Manta Sandy and Manta Ridge are the most reliable of Manta spots where you can find that beautiful animal somersaulting through the water while they are cleaned by several species of Wrasse and Butterfly fish. The Jetty at Airborek offers unique photo opportunities of the long wooden pillars covered with soft corals and sea fans. Arborek Jetty also offers one of the best night dives in Raja Ampat where blue ring octopus, harlequin shrimp and wobbegongs are often seen.
Activities: 3 x Dives + 1 Night Dive
Day 6: Mansuar + Kri Island
Located in the centre of Raja Ampat, this site supports a diverse reef biota where healthy reefs and a huge amount of fish are found. Here it is also possible to see mantas, blacktip, whitetip and grey reef sharks with large schools of barracuda, surgeonfish, bump-head parrotfish and many friendly turtles.
Activities: 2 x Dives
Day 7: Sorong
We will reach Sorong in the morning. Breakfast will be served and afterwards prepare for disembarkation. Thank you for having the Raja Ampat Journey with us.
Sample itineraries are for guidance only. Actual itineraries may differ slightly due to factors such as weather, wildlife, logistics and local regulations.
Twin or double bed2 peopleShareable
Double bed2 peopleNon shareable
King size bed2 peopleNon shareable
