Raja Ampat in West Papua's remote location. This area stores a million beauty beneath the sea. Raja Ampat marine tourism is known as one of the 10 best dive tours in the world. Raja Ampat is the most visited tourist destination because of its underwater beauty of the scenery. Most tourists who come to Raja Ampat has a goal to dive. Charm and richness of the underwater world, a mainstay of the Raja Ampat regency through competitive world of tourism in Indonesia and the world. This area is known as a center for tropical natural resources of the world's richest.
Raja Ampat region has more than 1.070 species of fish species, 600 species of coral reef species and 699 types of molusca. Compare this with the entire Caribbean region that only has no more than 70 types of coral reefs. No place on earth that has so much diversity of marine life as much as Raja Ampat. This could be due to the population are very few who still use traditional fishing equipment and limited access between islands that actually protect it from damage natural ecosystems.
Biodiversity and marine life of Raja Ampat's most rich and diverse from all areas of marine parks in the area of the world's coral triangle, Filipinos - Indonesia - Papua Nuigini. Coral Triangle is the heart of the wealth of the world's coral reefs are protected and defined by the International nature conservation protection. Raja Ampat region also stores the history of the relics of war machines, ships and aircraft, a former World War II. Wai near the island you will find a wreckage of the plane P 40's old ally. The aircraft was lying at a depth of 27 meters and found relatively intact since 1999.
There are several areas of coral reefs are still very good condition with the percentage of live coral cover by 90%, namely in the Dampier Strait (the strait between P. and P. Waigeo Batanta), Kofiau Islands, Islands and South East Misool Wayag Islands. Types of coral reefs in Raja Ampat is generally fringing reef with gentle slope to steep contour. But it also found the type of atoll and the type of scorched or taka. In some places like the village Saondarek, when the lowest tides, coral reefs can be seen without a dive and with his own adaptation, these reefs can still be alive despite being in the open air and direct sunlight.
Unique species that can be found at the diving is some kind of dwarf seahorses, wobbegong, manta and stingrays. There are also endemic fish Raja Ampat, namely Eviota king, which is a kind of fish gobbie. At Manta Point supernal Arborek Dampier straits, you can dive in the company of some tail Manta Ray is benign like when you dive in Derawan Islands, East Kalimantan. If you dive at Cape Kri or Chicken Reef, you can be surrounded by thousands of fish. Sometimes a collection of tuna, giant trevallies and snappers.
Raja Ampat Islands located in the northwest of New Guinea bird's head, with about 1500 small islands and atoll as well as 4 large main island, namely Misol, Salawati, Bantata and Waigeo. The area is approximately 4 million square hectares of land and sea - including some Paradise bay - making it the largest marine park in Indonesia.Sekalipun most tourists who come to the Raja Ampat Islands are the diver's current, actual location is attractive also for tourists in addition to divers because also have white sandy beaches are very beautiful, island chain-nan stunning karst islands and unique endemic flora and fauna such as red paradise, paradise Wilson, maleo Waigeo, various parrots and parrot, couscous Waigeo, as well as various types of orchids.
