Raja Ampat, Indonesia - Scuba diving in paradise

Raja Ampat, or Four Kings, resides at the very heart of what is sometimes called a coral triangle, referring to the tropical marine waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste that contain at least 500 species of reef-building corals in each ecoregion. Raja Ampat archipelago comprises of over 1,500 small islands, cays and shoals surrounding the four main islands Misool, Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo. It is a part of the newly named Papua province of Indonesia which was formerly called Irian Jaya. I had an honor of visiting this pristine environment in February 2010 onboard MV Pindito liveaboard. M/V Pindito and its amazing crew took us to dive the sites that simply took our breath away. Manta rays, wobbegong sharks, walking sharks, amazing schools of baitfish, rays, sweetlips, and abundance microlife including ever present pygmy seahorses in this one of the worlds most biodiverse areas made this trip a pure enjoyement!

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[Vodskibandit]

Stunning video, absolutely love the start with the huge shoals of darting fish and that rather haunting music - just beautiful. The water viz is amazing too, very impressive... I really want to go there but it's pretty much all liveaboards and somewhat out of my price range at the moment sadly. Btw, at 1:25 is that a Wobbegong shark? Would love to see one of them.

Once again, congratulations on one of the most visually beautiful videos I've seen

[midael75]

Thank You! :) And yes - its a Wobbegong - they're quite amazing indeed!!! Really hope I would be able to get back to Indo since warm water diving really haven't felt the same since Raja Ampat!!!

[gynazulkifli]

what is the fish 05:02??/

[midael75]

If im not mistaken its green humphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum).

[erickisours]

Shalom aleichem, from Indonesia with love..Jesus love you all, visit Indonesia

[thejapra]

@prinszessin hi, greetings from Jakarta. yes derawan absolutely stunning just visiting there u can check my photo at Derawan just googling "thejapra"

[thejapra]

@DebiMoir u can go there...just visit Indonesia. Flight to Jakarta ( i dont know how much from ur country). then from Jakarta Flight to Sorong, Papua ( USD 130 one way) and then using speed boad USD 20 one way to Raja Ampat Island. And u arrived to this place. For Hostel for one night around USD 10 till USD 30 per night. Easy right? 

[DebiMoir]

I never, ever get tired of watching something like this.  I may not get there physically, but can always be there in my mind. Thanks

[hejocokor]

one word : GREAT ... absolutely great.. oh God, it's in my country and i've never been there..:(.

let me put in my blog ya,

[TheRimau81]

BEAUTIFUL...............

[MissQhaya]

Nice video! How is the music called you use in this video?

[renjizuka]

what camera did you use my friend? nice one!!

[adhancore]

speechless...gue kira seaworld ancol udah yang paling dewa :'3

[The95edwin]

i'm speechless...really beautiful.. The government & the local should promote Raja Ampat more often,you know..