Dive Review of Biodiversity in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat

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Biodiversity: "Delightful experience diving Raja Ampat", Oct, 2019, by Ed zkenney, WA, US ( 1 report). Report 11616.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
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Comments	My wife and I enjoyed a wonderful 10 day stay in Raja Ampat at the outstanding Biodiversity Resort. It is run by a Catalan couple who are very active in the school and community affairs on Gam island and worked hard to make our dive vacation work for us. We hiked to see Red Birds of Paradise not too far away from the resort and boated over to hike into a viewing site set up to see the exquisite Wilson's Bird of Paradise on Waigeo Island made famous by David Attenborough. It would take pages to describe all the species of coral, invertebrates and fish that we saw and our dive guides were a able to identify almost everything we had questions about. This trip, just like our trips to South Sulawesi and Komodo were arranged by the excellent staff an Annabel Thomas' aquamarine diving.com and we appreciated all the detail they took for us, especially the friendly faces meeting us at each transport transfer along the way.
Websites	Biodiversity Biodiversity
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Puget Sound, Hawaii, Florida. St. John, Bonaire, Curacao, Caymans, Bahamas, Belize, Spain, Apo Island, Anilao, Palau, Fiji, Bali, Lembeh Strait, Bangka, Sulawesi North and South, Komodo, Raja Ampat
Closest Airport	Sorong	Getting There	Jakarta to Sorong
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy, cloudy	Seas	currents
Water Temp	78-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	40- Ft/ 12- M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	No touching of coral or disturbing invertebrates for photographers, buddy checks, no diving at sites with recent saltwater crocodile sightings
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	Squadrons
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	I carried a small Nikon pocket size underwater camera with me and the dive guides treated it carefully.

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Dive Review of Biodiversity in Indonesia/Raja Ampat

Biodiversity: "Delightful experience diving Raja Ampat", Oct, 2019,

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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Biodiversity in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat