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MS. BIDADARI LIVEABOARD ITINERARY
Sample itinerary
Day 1: Arrive Sorong / embark
Day 2: Mansuar Is. ( 3 dives +)
Day 3: Waigeo Is. ( 4 dives)
Day 4: Gam Is. ( 3 dives +)
Day 5: Penemu Is. ( 3 dives)
Day 6: Kofiau Is. ( 3 dives +)
Day 7: Kofiau Is. ( 3 dives +)
Day 8: Misool Is. (3 dives +)
Day 9: Misool Is. ( 4 dives)
Day 10: Misool Is. (2 dives)
Day 11: Sorong / disembark
Rate : US$ 3.400/Person
Includes:
* transfers to and from vessel
* full board (double occupancy)
* tank & weights
* Padi Dive Master
* coffee/tea
Excludes:
* daily rental in USD- BCD & regulator each $5, mask & fins each $2.50
* soft drinks/alcohol
* gratuities for crew
* National Park fees US$ 100 USD per person
* Fuel Surcharge US$ 200/day/person
Raja Ampat general reef conditions
water temperature: 27-30 C/ 80-86F
reef types: slopes, walls
visibility: 10-30M / 33-98ft
surface: calm to rough
current: moderate to strong
RAJA AMPAT ISLANDS WEST PAPUA - INDONESIA
The Raja Ampat island group is spread across 610 islands. The 4 largest islands comprise of Batanta, Salawati, Waigeo, and Misool, and "Bird's Head peninsula in West Papua. Here you can enjoy diving, remote islands with lovely white beaches, plentiful flora and fauna, and traditional village life . Divers, naturalist, trekkers, and bird watchers alike enjoy the rugged beauty found here rising
from the coastline up to the jungle canopy. Here exotic orchids and bird life flourish.
The Bird of Paradise can be found in the upper tree branches in both Batanta and Waigeo. Bird-trekkers will delight in spotting them as well as Lorikeets, Parrots, Kingfishers, Eagles, and Hornbills in the area.
Scientists are very interested in the vast diversity of marine life found here. The Conservation's International Rapid Assessment Bulletin reported a record 283 fish species on a single dive at Cape Kri and the benchmark figure for an excellent site of 200 fish species surpassed on 51% of Raja Ampat dives (another world record). 456 coral species ( 96% of all Scleractinia recorded from Indonesia) are likely to occur in these islands. 699 Molluscs species recorded, another world high. Dr. Gerry Allen, the famous Ichthyologist and author of the classic "Marine fishes of the Tropical Australia and Southern Asia" documented the above world record at Cape Kri. As result of these findings,the 2003 published Preliminary Report combining survey findings in 2001 and 2002 stated that the reefs of Raja Ampat are the greatest in the world and that the region deserves the title of being the world's richest biodiversity area.
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