Dive Review of Raja Ampat Biodiversity Nature Resort in
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Raja Ampat Biodiversity Nature Resort: "A week off the grid.", Sep, 2022, by Craig Howe, FL, US ( Sr. Contributor 26 reports with 19 Helpful votes). Report 12128.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	We were originally booked to go to Ambon before COVID took that off the map. Dive into Ambon went under during COVID, so our travel agent gave us a few options in Raja Ampat and we picked this one. I enjoyed staying here despite the no hot water or air conditioning in our room. I did find out that most of the rooms do have hot water, just not a few of them. Our room was very nice otherwise. All the power here is solar, so the lighting in the rooms is not the best for working on cameras at night. Internet was spotty and only for a few hours in the evening. When booking you could chose 2 or 3 dives a day. I picked 3. The morning boats were usually crowded with 8 divers and 2 divemasters backrolling all at once on a very small boat. But in the afternoons, it was usually me and one other diver or just me, with my private dive guide, and boat handler, and boat helper. Dives were limited to one hour, but on the quiet afternoon dives we would often exceed that. The resort is geared more to the casual diver, snorkeler, birdwatcher or hiker. Some of the guests didn't dive at all. The birdwatching was great, with 2 species of Bird of Paradise nearby. There are also Spotted Cuscus climbing around in the trees. I probably enjoyed the relaxed diving here more because I had just spent 3 weeks diving 4 times a day.
Websites	Raja Ampat Biodiversity Nature Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	All over the place
Closest Airport	Sorong	Getting There	Came from Lembeh, so SF to Tokyo to Jakarta to Manado to Sorong
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy, cloudy, dry	Seas	calm, currents, no currents
Water Temp	79-81°F / 26-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-70 Ft/ 6-21 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Follow guide, no deco, 110' limit.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
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
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	There were no camera facilities at all. I was told they had a spare equipment tank they could fill with water if I wanted them to, but my shower worked well enough.

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Dive Review of Raja Ampat Biodiversity Nature Resort in Indonesia/Raja Ampat]

Raja Ampat Biodiversity Nature Resort: "A week off the grid.", Sep, 2022,

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

Overall Rating

Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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Dive Review of Raja Ampat Biodiversity Nature Resort in
Indonesia/Raja Ampat]