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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,

by Toshihisa Tsunoda , Sumida, JP (Contributor Contributor 19 reports with 5 Helpful votes). Report 11311.

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

Accommodations 4 stars Food 4 stars
Service and Attitude 5 stars Environmental Sensitivity 5 stars
Dive Operation 5 stars Shore Diving N/A
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 5 stars
Beginners 4 stars
Advanced 5 stars
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
Corals 5 stars Tropical Fish 5 stars
Small Critters 4 stars Large Fish 4 stars
Large Pelagics 5 stars

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 5 stars Boat Facilities 4 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 4 stars Shore Facilities N/A
UW Photo Comments Camera table is in dining area.
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