Paradise on earth: Raja Ampat, Papua! - Crazy Dutch Abroad.
Raja Ampat, is a regency and groups of islands that located in the tip of Bird's Head Peninsula on the island of New Guinea, precisely in West Papua province. Raja Ampat has 610 islands, which is only 35 islands that have been inhabited, the rest areun inhabited and even nameless. The famous islands in Raja Ampat are Misool island, Salawati, Batanta, and Waigeo island.Raja Ampat means four kings, there are four big islands and over 1000 islands in total in West Papua. On top of that it lies in the coral triangle making it a colorful underwater paradise as well! It is remote, very remote, but it is getting more and more accessible and now you can do it on a budget!Raja Ampat Raja Ampat is a group of islands on the western tip of Papua in Indonesia, famous for its diving experience. Most of the world's coral reefs biodiversity and rare species of marine life can easily be found in an archipelago about the size of Switzerland.
Geodiversity Raja Ampat Islands and Tourism Development. AndianiDjarwoto, Rudy Suhendar and HeruAriyantoLastiadi Geology Agency- Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource, Indonesia. Abstract. The geodiversiy for tourism on Raja Ampat commonly associated with uplifting of limestone, which followed with the karstification process. This various.The Raja Ampat archipelago straddles the Equator and forms part of Coral Triangle which contains the richest marine biodiversity on earth. Administratively, the archipelago is part of the province of West Papua (formerly known as Irian Jaya).
Raja Ampat is a lost paradise. Humanity is fortunate enough to still have places like this left on earth. The boat we stayed, The Big Kanu, was the perfect vessel to explore the area.
