Dive Review of Pearl of Papua in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat

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Pearl of Papua : "Destination has changed but excellent operation.", Nov, 2019, by Toshihisa Tsunoda , Sumida, JP ( Sr. Contributor 20 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 11311.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Raja Ampat is a remote place to Europeans and Americans. From 2018 Garuda flies from Jakarata to Sorong directly, though very expansive. Aian divers get to Sorong with only 2 flights from Singapore, Japan and Manila, Our 9 night Raja Ampat itinerary aboard Pearl of Papua was originally scheduled to dive in Misool and Central Raja Ampat, however it was impossible to get to Misool due to high wave. I heard one live–aboard was stuck in Misool and couldn’t move to other destination then. The boat owner changed the direction immediately to Northern Raja Ampat where we didn’t see any other vessels. Unexpectedly we could climb up two mountain peak Wayag and Piaynemo to overlook at iconic lime stone islands. All local staff are friendly and worked well to recognize your favorite plate to eat and place to dive It was our first live-aboard trip with Asian passengers, Indonesian staff, Singaporean and Japanese divers. Raja Ampat: decent visibility and a wide range of macro and diverse creatures that usually make the trip to Raja enticing. We enjoyed very healthy reefs and diving in fish soup. The diving is superb for beautiful coral, variety of fish, some muck diving. Webbegong shark is everywhere encounter rate per dive is more than 50%. We also encountered Black tip, white tip, epaulette walking shark at night. We love multiple combination of schooling such as Yellow Tail Fusilier and Jack, blue ribbon Sweetlips and diagonal sweetlips and Sea parch, Batfish and Redcoat. The trip to Misool is guaranteed next time, so we booked next year.
Websites	Pearl of Papua
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Cayman, Bahama, Red Sea, Maldives, Thailand, Micronesia, Okinawa, Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, GBR, Malaysia, Brunei, most places in Indonesia, Philippines and PNG
Closest Airport	Sorong	Getting There	Non stop flight from Jakarta
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	28-29°C / 82-84°F	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	20-30 M / 66-98 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	60 minutes
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Camera table is in dining area.

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Dive Review of Pearl of Papua in Indonesia/Raja Ampat

Pearl of Papua : "Destination has changed but excellent operation.", Nov, 2019,

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Dive Review of Pearl of Papua in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat