Indonesia is an archipelago country that is beautiful, in Southeast Asia Indonesia become a favorite tourist visits.The following is one of the wonderful
travel in asia Indonesia named Raja Ampat.
Raja Ampat is a district in Papua with an area of more than 5.2 million hectares and are located in west Papua. 79% of this area is sea, the rest of the islands totaling - + 600 islands. Of the 600 islands, there are four large islands of Misool Island, Island Waigeo, Batanta Island and Salawati Island. In addition to four of the island, only 35 islands in the Raja Ampat Islands are inhabited, the rest are no human settlements.
Only about 400 islands in the Raja Ampat Islands-already explored, others have not been touched by humans at all. could be called the Raja Ampat islands because of local stories, there is a woman who found seven pieces of eggs. The eggs then hatch, 4 of which hatch into male / prince, while three other eggs hatch into a woman, a stone, and ghosts. 4 The prince later became kings in their respective islands, namely Pulau Misool, Waigeo Island, Batanta Island and Salawati Island and finally called as Raja Ampat.
Raja Ampat Islands have the potential of nature tourism that is extraordinary. Tourist attractions in West Papua is very famous for underwater travel is one of the best dive sites in the world because of the completeness and the diversity of its underwater flora and fauna. Raja Ampat Islands have 80% of all coral species in the world. There is no other place in the world that has a number of coral species that much in one location that is relatively small.
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With many
coral species in Raja Ampat, automatically there are also many species of reef fish. In addition you can also meet with manta rays, dugongs, seahorses, fish barkuda, reef sharks, turtles, tuna, crab, dolphin and others. The remnants of the second world war also can be found at the waters of Raja Ampat Islands, for example, the wreckage of war near the island.
