Resort based diving in Raja Ampat - is it a real option or is a liveaboard the way to go? Raja Ampat is one of the top dive locations globally. Certainly it is the most popular diving region in Indonesia. Deservedly so because there is some spectacular diving to be had there! Come the start of the main dive season in mid-October, liveaboards start to arrive in Sorong in droves. Where just ten years ago you could count the number of those boats on the fingers of both hands and still have a few digits left. But these days, there at least 50 boats operating during the season... So popular has Raja Ampat become that there are now …
Raja Ampat
The Rich Currents of Raja Ampat
The Rich Currents of Raja Ampat - high on the "bucket list" of most divers and underwater photographers is Raja Ampat, the Four Kings. Located in the remote far east of the vast Indonesian archipelago, on the western end of the huge island of New Guinea, it is the incredibly rich currents of Raja Ampat and the area's isolation that have helped create the amazing biodiversity the region is now famous for. Those currents surge down from the deep oceanic basins to the north, through the Dampier Strait in to the Halmahera Sea, bringing the rich nutrients that are the life-source of Raja Ampat. Raja Ampat covers a really large area …