Located off the northwest tip of Bird's Head Peninsula on the island of New Guinea, in Indonesia's West Papua province, Raja Ampat, or the Four Kings, is an archipelago comprising over 1,500 small islands, cays, and shoals surrounding the four main islands of Misool, Salawati, Batanta, and Waigeo, and the smaller island of Kofiau. The Raja Ampat archipelago straddles the Equator and forms part of Coral Triangle which contains the richest marine biodiversity on earth.

The name of Raja Ampat (Raja means king, and empat means four) comes from local mythology that tells of a woman who finds seven eggs. Four of the seven hatch and become kings who occupy four of Raja Ampat's biggest islands whilst the other three become a ghost, a woman, and a stone.

History shows that Raja Ampat was once a part of the Sultanate of Tidore, an influential kingdom from Maluku. Yet, after the Dutch invaded Maluku, it was claimed by the Netherlands.

The first recorded sighting and landing by Europeans of the Ampat Islands was by the Portuguese navigator Jorge de Menezes and his crew in 1526, en route from Biak, the Bird's Head Peninsula, and Waigeo, to Halmahera (Ternate).

The English explorer William Dampier gave his name to Dampier Strait, which separates Batanta island from Waigeo island. To the east, there is a strait that separates Batanta from Salawati. In 1759 Captain William Wilson sailing in the East Indiaman Pitt navigated these waters and named a strait the 'Pitt strait', after his vessel; this was probably the channel between Batanta and Salawati.

Water temperature is around 28C (82F)

Where exactly is Dive into Raja Ampat @ Waiwo Resort
Dive into Raja Ampat is located on the Island of Waisai in western Papua. The closest airport is in
Sorong which has 2 direct flights per day from Manado, Ambon and Jakarta.

How long is the transfer from Sorong? How is the transfer organized?
It is a 2-hour transfer by fast Hydrofoil ferry from Sorong to Waisai. We will pick the guests up at
the airport and place them on the ferry in Sorong Harbor. The cost for the ticket one way is
Rp250 000 per person. The meet and greet service is included in the price.

Are the transfers every day or do you have special transfer days?
Transfers are 7 days a week

The Dive Centre
Dive into Raja Ampat has recently finished a rebuild / upgrade of the diving centre. A new camera
room with individual charging / work stations and dedicated camera rinse tanks. Guests also now
have a secure locker room for their dive gear storage. Both the locker room and the camera room
are opposite the restaurant keeping everything centralised.
All of our speedboats are also getting a complete engine and layout overhaul. We have had added a
front canopy to the boats to provide better protection to the guests from the elements.
The normal schedule for diving is a 2 tank dive in the morning, back to the resort for lunch and then
a 1 tank dive in the afternoon

Waiwo is a jungle style resort with a beautiful white sand
beach. The resort has done its best not to destroy the local fauna and vegetation during the
building faze. As you can see from the drone pictures the resort is not visible.
This creates a very special ambiance as there is a lot of wildlife in the trees such as birds of
paradise and the very docile Indonesian cuscus bears.
The jungle canopy also helps keep the resort nice and cool.

There are 3 room categories 
Currently we have 2 Water Front Villas with 3 more planned to be finished this season.
6 Seaview rooms.
6 garden terrace.


All room categories come with A/C and western style bathroom with hot / cold water. There is
some difference in the sizes, but they are all of a good quality. Both twin and doubles are
available.
Some of the rooms are built using traditional wood style and some are stone