{"id":2829,"date":"2012-03-07T18:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T17:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/petitesbullesdailleurs\/?p=2829"},"modified":"2021-03-22T00:57:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T23:57:43","slug":"raja-ampat-photos-iles-plongee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/en\/raja-ampat-photos-iles-plongee-20120307\/","title":{"rendered":"Raja Ampat, the wild archipelago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. I'm there!!! A real end of the world, still virgin, wild and beautiful, on land and under water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Diving cruise in Raja Ampat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sailing from island to island, in the archipelago of Raja Ampat<\/a>... A dream that I had for a long time, finally became reality in this month of March 2012. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am stunned by the beauty of this end of the world, still virgin, sown with green islands covered with real jungle, at the end of Indonesia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\"In<\/a>
In the Dampier Strait. (Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, March 2012)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Jungle-covered<\/a>
Jungle-covered karst islets, plunging into jade green water... Iconic landscape of Raja Ampat. (West Papua, Indonesia, March 2012)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"A<\/a>
A splendid and wild archipelago. (Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, March 2012)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n

Here, the word \"biodiversity\" takes on its full meaning. Nature is exuberant, on land and under water. We walk in the footsteps of the British biologist Alfred Russel Wallace<\/a> (1823-1913) who explored the Malay Archipelago and the East Indies in the XIXe<\/sup> century, and discovered many unknown species...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More modestly, two centuries later, with a small group of other diving tourists, I embarked at Sorong, on the Black Manta<\/em><\/a>for a short but fantastic five-day cruise (update :<\/span><\/strong> the White Manta company that owned this boat sold it to another operator).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Black Manta<\/em> is a boat designed for scuba diving, which can embark up to 16 people, in addition to the crew. This kind of \"cruise\" (or \"liveaboard\" in English) has obviously nothing to do with the liner-buildings which sometimes run aground on the Italian coasts...<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Black<\/a>
Black Manta. (Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, March 2012)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Incredibly rich seabed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I knew that Raja Ampat was an exceptional destination for scuba diving. But seeing it with your own eyes is something else...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Red<\/a>
Red Lionfish and schools of glass fish above the coral reef. (Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, March 2012)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What is striking, during the first dives, is the profusion. The usual tropical underwater fauna is there, of course, but the abundance and variety of species, as much for fish as for coral, is truly amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, really, the sites are exceptional! Very, very high level, in terms of quality of diving. Raja Ampat is far away, but it is worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A picture is worth a thousand words... So I'm posting a few pictures, as an appetizer, and I'll be back to tell you about these extraordinary dives very soon, in more detail! \ud83d\ude0d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Beautiful<\/a>
Beautiful \"soft corals\" or alcyonarias color the top of the Mioskon reef (Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, March 2012)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"A<\/a>
A huge \"soft coral\" called alcyonary-mushroom, belonging to the genus Sarcophyton (Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, March 2012)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"A<\/a>
A manta ray comes to have its portrait taken... (Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, March 2012)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"A<\/a>
A school of yellowtail snappers flees as I approach (Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, March 2012).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"We<\/a>
We regularly come across hawksbill turtles, also known as hawksbill turtles, on our dives. (Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, March 2012)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc4c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u279c See all my articles on Raja Ampat<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. I'm there!!! A true end of the world, still untouched, wild and beautiful, on land and underwater.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tpgb_global_settings":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[27,295,145,297,563,26],"class_list":["post-2829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-voyage-raja-ampat-bali-indonesie-2012","tag-jungle","tag-plongee","tag-papouasie-occidentale","tag-raja-ampat","tag-dive-plonger-indonesie","tag-indonesie"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/raja-ampat-underwater-9993.jpg?wsr","tpgb_featured_images":{"full":["https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/raja-ampat-underwater-9993.jpg?wsr",1600,1067,false],"tp-image-grid":["https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/raja-ampat-underwater-9993-700x700.jpg?wsr",700,700,true],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/raja-ampat-underwater-9993-250x250.jpg?wsr",250,250,true],"medium":["https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/raja-ampat-underwater-9993-390x260.jpg?wsr",390,260,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/raja-ampat-underwater-9993-770x513.jpg?wsr",770,513,true],"large":["https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/raja-ampat-underwater-9993-780x520.jpg?wsr",780,520,true],"default":"https:\/\/petitesbullesdailleurs.fr\/wp-content\/plugins\/the-plus-addons-for-block-editor\/assets\/images\/tpgb-placeholder.jpg"},"tpgb_post_meta_info":{"get_date":"7 March 2012","get_modified_date":"22 March 2021","category_list":{"category":[{"term_id":144,"name":"Indon\u00e9sie : Raja Ampat + Bali - mars 2012","slug":"voyage-raja-ampat-bali-indonesie-2012","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":149,"taxonomy":"category","description":"L'Indon\u00e9sie, j'adore ! 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