Location

location

Sorong, Wasai, Wayag, Kawe, Fam Island, Mansuar.

Location

TOUR DATE

Thursday, October, 24, 2024

Duration

DURATION

11 Days - 10 Nights

Duration

Available Seats

8

Duration

Boat Size

Capacity of 8 Pax

Description

11 Days 10 Nights Wayag and Central Raja Ampat in MV Putri Papua

Day 1

Embarkation in Sorong

  • Pick up at airport and transfer to harbor to board the boat.
  • Sailing to Waisai for clearance

Days 2

Dampier Strait – up to 4 dives

  • 1st dive at Mioskon : as soon as leaving Waisai, we do check dive at the nearby island of Mioskon. It offers a relatively easy dive condition with healthy reef and varieties of fishes. Schools of Yellow Snapper, Napoleon Wrasse, big groupers and Wobbegong sharks can be found here. Pigmy seahorses and different species of nudibranch can be seen as well.
  • 2nd dive at Blue Magic : at this dive site divers regularly see a large number of pelagic species, including reef sharks, manta rays, jacks, barracudas, and tuna. It also frequently offers a chance to see the oceanic manta.
  • 3rd dive at Sardine’s Reef : don’t get wrong, there are no sardines on this site! The name comes from the density of fish that can be found here which is sometimes comparable to a school of sardines : tuna, barracuda, jacks, wrasses, parrotfish bump, many sharks (gray, white tip and black carpet). The sea fans here are great spots to see three species of pygmy seahorses (Denise, Bargibanti and Pontohi).
  • Night dive at Batu Lima : Batu Lima or “Five Rocks” is situated at the southwest entrance to Kabui Bay. Marvel at the Fusiliers, Triggerfish, Unicorn Fish, Black Tip Reef Sharks, and hunting Trevallies in the shallows. Finally a swim through in between the tightly packed five rocks, all encrusted in a brilliant orange hard coral, and covered in purple and pink soft corals billowing in the swell.

Days 3

Dampier Strait – up to 4 dives

  • 1st dive at Cape Kri : holds the world record for the site with the largest number of species referenced in one single dive! The crossroads of different currents at the tip of the island of Kri has created an incredible variety of marine biodiversity – all kinds of sharks, many schools of fish, amazing coral diversity, specimens for macro fans.
  • 2nd dive at Chicken Reef : dotted with large coral bommies (which you could easily spend the majority of your dive exploring) as plenty of critters can be found hiding within the gorgonian fans, anemones and soft coral formations.
  • 3rd dive at Otdima : expect the unexpected at Otdima, it’s the kind of place where anything could happen. From sharks to eagle rays, mantas and dolphins, you better keep your eyes peeled on this diverse dive site as you never know what may be passing by.
  • Night dive at RADL House Reef : drifting current of Mansuar northern coast has much contributed to the rich life emerged along the house reef at RADL (Raja Ampat Dive Lodge) where varieties of critters can be spotted during night dive.

Days 4

Arborek – up to 4 dives

  • 1st dive at Manta Sandy : one of the most dived site at northern raja ampat to see manta rays. It’s a sandy bottom playground at 20m where manta rays, both black and white, love to flock and play during cleaning season. Butterfly fish and numerous cleaner wrasses can thus be seen at this site too.
  • 2nd dive at Arborek Jetty : you can encounter huge schools of fish that take shelter beneath the jetty of Arborek village. The large schools of fish spin like a tornado, especially between 3 PM and 6 PM, when there is a fish feeding frenzy! Look out for giant clams sheltering beneath Arborek Jetty, and soft corals that camouflage their piles in colorful swathes.
  • 3rd dive at Lalosi : healthy reef where you can find Schooling of Jack-Snapper-Fusiliers-Barracuda; Wobbegong, Pontohi Pygmy Seahorse.
  • Night dive at Tanjung Putus : an amazing landscape in Tanjung Putus ( the broken Cape ). Diving with school of baracuda, Giant travelly, black & white tip sharks.

Days 5

YANGGEFO – up to 4 dives

  • 1st dive at Mayhem Reef : This site has a great variety of encounters, from large schools of fusiliers, snappers, jacks and batfish to wobbegongs and pygmy seahorses on the bottom. The ideal dive on Mayhem involves dropping in along the edge of the pinnacle along the current side and watching the schools of fish parading in the current. As bottom time slips away, then it’s time to swim along the plentiful large bommies leading toward the shallows.
  • 2nd dive at Citrus Ridge : The reef is made up of a ridge that slopes down and it is one of the dive sites that are often called aquariums for the vast numbers of marine life that exist here. There are many bommies littered on the sandy bottom. The soft corals are home to literally thousands of glassfish that nest all over the dive site. The sea fans are home to many different types of sea horse including pygmy seahorses. There are also many different types of sweetlips and jaw fish.
  • 3rd dive at Tanjung Yanggefo
  • Sailing to wayag

Days 6

WAYAG – up to 4 dives + hiking

The island is known for its beautiful atolls and amazing underwater life. Here, you find pristine beaches with unique Karst islands that look like mushrooms sprouting out from the sea. The crystal clear turquoise waters surrounded by lagoons and the rich underwater diversity make it one of the best dive sites in Raja Ampat. The medium to strong currents surrounding the pinnacles invites pelagic species like barracudas, tuna and big groupers of sharks.
  • 1st dive at Batu Delapan
  • 2nd dive at Batu Wayag
  • 3rd dive at Tanjung Wayag
(hiking to the top of the hill to overlook stunning view of the overall Wayag Geo-site)
  • Night dive  

Days 7

Urani – up to 4 dives

  • 1st dive at Magic Rock
  •  2nd dive at Y Reef
  •  3rd dive at Lone Tree Rock : a lot of fushilier, wobbegong shark, black tip and white tip shark, sometime any manta and eagle ray, barracuda, jack fish, giant trevally,tuna,napoleon, pigmy sea horse, lobster, etc
  • Night dive  at Teluk Air

Days 8

KAWE – up to 4 dives

  • 1st dive at Chango : this is really nice dive site, but mostly on this spot always strong current. When current is mild, it’s good time to dive here. You can see schooling of barracuda, jack fish, schooling of bumphead parrot fish, sweetlips, napoleon wrease, snappers, etc
  • 2nd dive at Eagle Rock : schooling of yellow tail barracuda, wobbegong shark, black coral, really nice pinnacle or big bommies, beautiful soft coral garden, pigmy sea horse bargibanti, dennis, lobster, manta ray,nudibranch flat worm,etc
  • 3rd dive at Wofoh : here, you will see a colorful array of hard and soft corals, schools of surgeonfish, yellow-fin barracuda, and if you’re lucky, unicorn fish! For macro photographers, there is also a large number of nudibranch species to be seen. Other species you are likely to find while diving are: Hawksbill turtles, crocodile fish, barramundi cod, cuttlefish, and pygmy seahorses. Rumor has it that the rare walking shark is also endemic to this area.
  • Sailing to FAM island

Days 9

Fam Island

  • 1st dive at My Reef : This reef is more of a large pinnacle extending 30 meters beyond the island and has some super strong water currents sometimes. The schools of big barracudas and snappers will greet you, and you will be at a loss at where to look and where not to.
  • 2nd dive at Melisa’s Garden : you will start to encounter the amazing diversity of coral and fish life that this reef has to offer. As you get closer to the top of the reef you will find that the corals fight with each other for space, making it one of the most spectacular garden reefs.
  •  3rd dive at Kerui Channel  +  hiking
  • Night dive at Galaxy

Days 10

MANSUAR

  • 1st dive at Sawandarek Jetty : for the turtle lovers you will encounter larger than usual green turtles, Giant clams and large schools of fusiliers and barracuda. It also has a wide variety of macro life.
  • 2nd dive at Yenbuba corner : is home to many wonderful fish, in all shapes and sizes. The jetty offers pretty fans and soft corals, plus the village kids who love to dive-bomb in from the top.
  • Sailing to Waisai for clearance.
  • Sail back to Sorong.

Days 11

Disembarkation in Sorong

After breakfast, transfer to airport for onward flight.
Komodo dive map
  • The boat and the diving
  • Tanks
  • Weights
  • Weights belts
  • Dive guide
  • Meals (from lunch on day 1 through breakfast)
Important

Important Notes

  • Divers should bring own gear / equipment for utmost comfort.
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MV Putri Papua

Boat Size Capacity of 8 Pax

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