Dive Review of Papua Paradise in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat

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Papua Paradise: "Nice Resort Prequel for a Live Aboard", Dec, 2018, by Michael Wood, WA, US ( Sr. Contributor 21 reports with 14 Helpful votes). Report 10825.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
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Comments	A group of 8 of us took advantage of Papua Paradise as an "adjustment" time before our Dewi Nusantara Raja Ampat trip. We chose them because they are the only resort that has a daily fast boat transport that synched with our Dewi schedule. Because it's such a long haul to get to Sorong, we ended up being very glad we came in early for 3 days of boat diving in Raja. The staff greeted our boat with a rousing song & dance, which was fun. All bungalows are all over-the-water, rustic but clean & comfortable beds. The termites are busy at night, as there was sawdust on the floors each morning, but the maids kept the place clean. The diving was excellent, although the first checkout dive on the house reef had quit poor visibility, and we weren't happy that we didn't go to a different first dive site (we all were very experienced divers). The dive boats were fine, camera handling good. Peter the overall manager was extremely helpful and service-oriented, as were the staff in general. A very friendly place. I'd go back as another prelude to a live aboard. I don't know that I'd spend two weeks here, but 3-7 days of diving would be a good amount of time.
Websites	Papua Paradise Papua Paradise
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Indonesia, Maldives, PNG, GBR, Philippines, Hawai'i
Closest Airport	Sorong	Getting There	Very long time to get here with multiple stops & an overnight flight from Jakarta or Denpasar (Bali)
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	83-86°F / 28-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-75 Ft/ 12-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Generally 60 minutes, with some flexibility.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Nice but smallish camera room. Great UW photo ops because it's Raja. Camera's handled well by staff.

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Dive Review of Papua Paradise in Indonesia/Raja Ampat

Papua Paradise: "Nice Resort Prequel for a Live Aboard", Dec, 2018,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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Dive Review of Papua Paradise in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat