Dive Review of Papua Explorers in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat

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Papua Explorers: "Raja Ampat - Gam Island", May, 2024, by Henry O Ziller, CO, US ( Top Contributor 38 reports with 21 Helpful votes). Report 12964.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	Raja Ampat: To get to Raja Ampat you go through Jakarta Airport for a direct flight to Sorong or have a connection in Makassar (Ujung Pandang airport). From Sorong it is by boat to Raja Ampat to any of the resorts on various islands. We chose Papua Explorers after reading reports from Undercurrent. We were coming from Sandakan Airport in Sabah Borneo on Malaysia Airlines thru Kuala Lumpur, continuing to Jakarta, with our bags checked through. Only 20 kgs (44 lbs.) per checked bag is allowed without paying additional fees. Lisa at Weaver’s Dive and Travel Center in Boulder, CO. (weaversdive.com) prepaid for 5 more kgs., per bag. I believe it was less than $10 USD for each. Carry-on is limited to 15 kgs, but they never weighed our carry-on bags. The flight to Jakarta leaves from G concourse and the only food available is Dunkin Doughnuts and Starbucks. We arrived in Jakarta at 11:05 PM. Indonesia now has an electronic customs form, no longer any paper forms. Once you have filled it out online at https://ecd.beacukai.go.id/ you receive a QR code. Take a picture of the QR code, print it, or keep it on your phone and present it to the customs officers and you are done with customs. Our only issue was you can’t fill out the information on the electronic form more than 48 hours before arriving in Indonesia. We were not sure of having good WIFI in that 48-hour time frame. But it worked out for us with WIFI in Kuala Lumpur Airport. The direct flight to Sorong leaves Jakarta at 12:30 AM (arriving Sorong ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Papua Explorers [Papua Explorers Eco Resort]
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Throughout the Caribbean and Central America, Hawaii, Micronesia, Indonesia, Philippines, Maldives, Tanzania/Zanzibar, Australia, Malaysia, and Fiji.
Closest Airport	Sorong	Getting There	To get to Raja Ampat you go through Jakarta Airport for a direct flight to Sorong or have a connection in Makassar (Ujung Pandang airport). From Sorong it is by boat to Raja Ampat to any of the resorts on various islands.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy	Seas	calm, choppy, currents, no currents
Water Temp	86-87°F / 30-31°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	30-40 Ft/ 9-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Depth and time or when you reach 50 bar.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 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 did not use a camera. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Papua Explorers in Indonesia/Raja Ampat

Papua Explorers: "Raja Ampat - Gam Island", May, 2024,

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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 Papua Explorers in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat