Raja Ampat

In the far west of West Papua, Raja Ampat (“Four Kings”) is widely considered the most biodiverse marine area on Earth. The numbers are absurd — over fifteen hundred species of reef fish, around six hundred species of coral — and the diving is correspondingly extraordinary. Logistics are not trivial: domestic flights via Sorong, then small boats to dive resorts or liveaboards. This is the trip you take when you have already done Indonesia’s easier islands and want the most remote, most rewarding water in the country.

Illustrated tourist map of Raja Ampat showing Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati and Misool with dive sites, homestays, viewpoints and boat routes
The illustrated Raja Ampat map — the four main islands, dive sites and homestays. Browse all the Indonesia maps.
Aerial view of dozens of jungle-covered karst islets in Raja Ampat scattered across brilliant turquoise lagoons, white sand beaches and coral reefs visible through clear water
Raja Ampat archipelago from above.

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