Epaulette shark

Misool Eco Resort is located on a private island, Batbitim, south of Sorong, Indonesia. Misool Island, a former shark fishing camp, has become a marine reserve! Arriving in Sorong the day before your stay, you are transferred in 4 to 5 hours with the speed boat to Batbitim. Passing through the Salawati archipelago, Misool is located 165 km from the nearest port and 20 km from the first village, in the very heart of the world's largest marine biodiversity. This haven of serenity is eco-responsible, created with recuperated wood, without cutting down trees, practicing waste recycling, and with a locally-based staff. Forty guests are accommodated in 8 charming cottages on the edge of the northern lagoon and in 11 villas in the southeast and northeast of the island. Life here is punctuated by sunrises and sunsets. You take your meals in front of a translucent lagoon where you watch the fish. There is no telephone network. The diving center, on stilts, is suitable for professional photographers and videographers with about 50 m2 dedicated to them for camera maintenance and headlight loading. The lounge with the library is located in the dry area. A huge sunny veranda allows you to relax during the surface interval between the three daily guided dives, including a twilight dive. Nitrox is available for certified divers. Divers under 15 years of age must contact the center prior to booking. Due to the isolation of the resort, safety being a top priority here, there are no-deco dives, solo or at more than 30 m depth. Your vacation here has a scent of adventure with a pinch of locally produced aloe vera, ginger, and coconut massages. Nice paddle rides are to be tried! [+]

Raja Ampat Dive Resort is located on Waigeo Island in Raja Ampat, 20 minutes from Waisai Harbour by speedboat or 25 minutes by car. The Raja Ampat Dive Resort is a modern and comfortable resort surrounded by nature. You can enjoy a beautiful sea view from all rooms as well as from the restaurant. Just 10 metres from your room you can reach a long desert beach with beautiful walks to be taken at low tide to reach the local villages. From the pier you can enjoy beautiful sunsets. Schools of dolphins frolic right in front of the resort. Enjoy the Housereef, which is the ideal place for training and night dives. The resort is an ideal place for families with children, couples and lovers of tranquillity and nature. You will be captivated by the multitude of butterflies and birds that live in this small paradise between the jungle and the sea. The city centre of Waisai, the capital of Raja Ampat, concentrating small supermarkets, pharmacies, local markets, a hospital and the decompression chamber, can be reached in 20 minutes by speed boat from the diving centre. Located in the Indonesian province of West Papua, Raja Ampat (or the Four Kings) is an archipelago of over 1,500 small islands, cays and shoals surrounding the four main islands of Batanta, Salawati, Misool, Waigeo and the smaller island of Kofiau. Raja Ampat is located in West Papua (province) of Indonesia, which was formerly Irian Jaya, and covers more than 40,000 km² of land and sea. This means that you will enjoy the exceptional underwater world of bio-diversity. [+]

The Meridian Adventure Dive Resort is located in Waisai, Waigeo Island in the Raja Ampat, close to the ferry terminal. It can be reached by taking the ferry (2 hrs). Composed of a bar and restaurant, swimming pool, sunset deck lounge, and diving club, it has 30 modern and comfortable air-conditioned rooms, each with a double bed or two twin beds. WIFI is available 24 hours a day. There is a flat-screen TV, hairdryer, clock radio, safe and international plugs with 220 volts. The restaurant bar, well-stocked with juices, sodas, beer, and wines, offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner as well as the best cocktails from Raja Ampat including ACC Angga's Coconut Classic! All packages include overnight stay in an air-conditioned room, breakfast, 2 dives during the same outing in the morning and/or the same in the afternoon, diving equipment and a GoPro film shot by the dive guides. Dinner and lunch are always extra. It's easy to explore the Raja Ampat thanks to comfortable boats specially designed with good motorization. It is ideal for photographers looking for macro photography with pygmy seahorses and electric clams or lovers of dugongs, epaulette sharks, black mantas. We even dive on a wreck from the Second World War. The Meridian is a meeting point for the crews of the Wasai Marina boats so that people from all over the world can exchange ideas. Ecological actions are made by Meridian Adventure Dive Resort with the purchase of local products. The resort's restaurant does not compete with local kitchens. Sunscreen creams must not contain oxybenzone. Beach clean-ups are organized. [+]

Papua Diving Kri Eco Resort is located on Kri Island where the Sorido Bay, owned by the same owner, is also located. These two resorts, open all year round, offer different types of luxury accommodation according to the divers' requirements. The packages include accommodation corresponding to different standings, with full board, full equipment rental, and above all... unlimited dives during this stay! Entry fees to the marine park are extra. As these resorts are located at 1h30 sailing time from Sorong, you have the choice of transfers which are free if you make your arrival and departure dates on Kri Island coincide, from a stay of more than 7 nights. The Kri Eco resort overlooks a side of the island and the Sorido is located on the seafront, just in front of the lagoon, a little set back. Kri Island is in the middle of the Dampier Strait. Many popular dive sites are located nearby, drained by currents and frequented by pelagics. You can swim amongst a large school of humpback parrots at Sardine Reef, take a beautiful drift over an exploding coral reef at Cape Kri, watch a great festival at Blue Magic, spot wepegon carpet sharks around Mioskon Island, and see manta rays in profusion at Manta Ridge and Manta Point. Papua Diving Kri Eco Resort is a very nice address, well situated in relation to exceptional sites! [+]

Raja Ampat Biodiversity is an Eco Resort located on Gam Island, in the middle of the Dampier Strait, a short distance from Sorong. You reach Raja Ampat by an internal flight to Sorong, then you board a boat to Wasai and finally to Gam. These cottages are scattered along the beach and are very integrated in the environment. They have been built by local craftsmen using sustainable materials. The Papuan architecture, revealed by the handcrafted furniture and decoration, is full of ingenuity with an air circuit that allows it to circulate freely and avoids air conditioning. A hammock and deckchairs decorate each terrace. You benefit from a water dispenser to avoid plastic bottles of drinking water, a mosquito net, multi-sockets to charge the electronics with two-pin 220V sockets. Towels are provided. You have running water for the shower, without hot water as it is heated by the sun and the tropical climate makes it unnecessary. Everything has been thought of to reduce the impact of the resort on the environment. Rainwater is collected by gutters that irrigate the garden. Waste is collected in recycling containers. The aluminium cans are resold to Waisai. Food is bought in bulk for cooking. Electricity is supplied by photovoltaic solar energy, by generators running from 4.30 pm to 10.30 pm and by batteries until 5 am. Here, it's a real life lesson to dive eco-responsible! Raja Ampat Biodiversity has been elected as one of the best Eco Resorts in the Asian Pacific! The dive sites are really a compendium of biodiversity and are accessible by short trips ranging from 5 to 15 minutes, within a radius of 12 km. The dives are guided and include 4 to 6 divers with dive times of up to 75 minutes. Everything is done to meet divers' expectations! Don't miss sites such as Paradise and Mioskon Island ! [+]