Raja Ampat : Largest Marine Park in Indonesia

This is the beauty of Raja Ampat's fame began. Consisting of 1500 islands and the atoll, as well as the four major islands, Raja Ampat coral reefs keep most comprehensive in the world. Not to mention its waters. With glass-clear water, from a cliff with a height of 100 meters, the fish can be seen clearly below.

Raja Ampat became home to many species of birds of paradise, maleo, parrots, cockatoos and a variety of orchids. 

Raja Ampat is one of the districts in the province of West Papua, Indonesia. Capital city is located in Waisai.

This district has 610 islands. Four of them, namely Pulau Misool, Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo, the larger islands. Of the whole island is only 35 islands are inhabited while the islands are uninhabited and mostly do not have a name.

As the islands, the only inter-island transportation and supporting community activities Raja Ampat is the ocean freight. Similarly to reach Waisai, the district capital. When using the aircraft, first to the city of Sorong. After that, the trip from Sorong to Waisai followed by sea transport. Facilities available are fast boats with a capacity of 10, 15 or 30 people. At a cost of about Rp. 2 million, Waisai can be reached within 1.5 to 2 hours.

Diving is a favorite activity for those who go to the largest marine park in Indonesia. Look at the pictures of the beauty of Raja Ampat below:

Source : yahoo.com