Blok888: Top 10 Most Beautiful Diving Spot in Indonesia 1

1. Raja Ampat

Raja Ampat Islands is a series of four adjacent group of islands located in the western part of the Bird's Head (Vogelkoop) Papua Island. Raja Ampat Islands not only as a world-class tourist destination, it is also one of the best dive sites in the world.

Raja Ampat Islands waters according to various sources, is one of the 10 best diving spot around the world. In fact, it may also be recognized as number one for the completeness of underwater flora and fauna at this time.

A team of experts from Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, and the National Institute of Oceanography, Indonesian Institute of Sciences have done a quick assessment in 2001 and 2002. And as a result, they are noted in these waters there are more than 540 types of hard coral ( 75 % of the total species in the world ), more than 1,000 species of reef fish, 700 species of mollusks, and the highest record for gonodactyloid stomatopod crustaceans. It makes 75% of the world's coral species in Raja Ampat is located. None of the places in this world have the same area that has a number of coral species as much as this location.

How to get there :
- To reach Raja Ampat from Jakarta, it can be reached by plane to Sorong. With ticket costs range between 150 - 200 dollars one way in low season.
- Upon arriving in Sorong, you can rent a vehicle at the rate of about 10 dollars to get to the port of Sorong, and then crossing to Waisai seat of government of Raja Ampat by Ferry, with rates about 12 dollars and travel time about 2 hours.
- To enjoy this place it can be done in two ways, stay at the resort that is in one of the island or stay on the ship while traveling around the region. To live on board is certainly will cost more than the land base but the coverage area that you can enjoy will be much broader.
- Another way to reach Raja Ampat from Sorong is by renting a speedboat, or a longboat. But this would be more expensive.
- At Raja Ampat there is a variety of accommodation to choose from, with prices ranging from 40 dollars up to hundreds dollars per night, while live on board plus diving package rates, usually between 1000-1500 dollars for 7 days.