Raja Ampat 2014
Indonesia · Mar 2014 · 20 photos
Located off the northwest tip of Bird's Head Peninsula on the island of New Guinea, in Indonesia's West Papua province, Raja Ampat, or the Four Kings, is an archipelago comprising over 1,500 small islands, cays, and shoals surrounding the four main islands of Misool, Salawati, Batanta, and Waigeo, and the smaller island of Kofiau. Raja Ampat archipelago is the part of Coral Triangle which contains the richest marine biodiversity on earth.
Raja Ampat Regency is a new regency which separated from Sorong Regency in 2004.[1] It encompasses more than 40,000 km² of land and sea, which also contains Cenderawasih Bay, the largest marine national park in Indonesia. It is a part of the newly named West Papua province of Indonesia which was formerly Irian Jaya. Some of the islands are the most northern pieces of land in the Australian continent.
In this trip
Raja Ampat: Pulau Mansuar, On my way to Mansuar Island, Lumba Lumba Guesthouse Mansuar Island, Mansuar Island in Raja Ampat Indonesia, Raja Ampat: Arborek, Raja Ampat: View from the top of Pulau Mansuar, Arriving at Waiwo Dive Resort, Papuan Children Waiwo Island