Sawinggrai village
In Pulau Gam
Tapor Aikos Homestay
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Raja Ampat
Papua Indonésia
Hey ! i am Badut, your future neighbor !
Welcome in my reef !
David Wambrauw & his family welcome you in Sawinggray, pulau Gam, heart of Rajat Ampat
We offer five private traditional bungalows for max. 2/3 persons 4 over water bungalows and two on land
Rates : IDR 550’000/day/person,
included 3 traditional meals per day, fruits, water and tea.
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We can also accommodate groups up to 20 people, thank you for informing us as soon as possible.
Please contact David Wambrauw
Tel : +6285244240125, Sawinggrai, Pulau Gam, Meos Mansar, Papua, Indonésia.
We will pick you up at Waisai harbour at any time.
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We do not speak English well yet, even more difficult on the phone, but enough to organize your arrival and yours holidays in the best conditions !
If you don't speak indonésian and you would like to prepare a stay program and excursions before coming you can contact in Europe my friend Laurent Deleuze for free. He helped us create this website and knows well our family and the possibilities of the area.
(Contact in english,french,spanish,italian,indonésian)
tel : +41793108498;email : laurent.deleuze@bluewin.ch
Please have a look to this video. It was done in the area and it's one of the most beautiful I've seen ...
Located in the center of the main diving area, in front of Kri island (Mansuar) and Arborek, Sawingray village, on pulau Gam, is one of the best place to discover Rajat Ampat.
Our home is yours.
We offer few traditionnal Papua accomodations: tree meals a day, excursions with traditional Papua boat.
We will accompany you on the main diving and snorkeling spots. We can also organise special dives with a neighbour dive center.
Anytime our passion is to show you the incrédible biodiversity of our country. Also,we are hoping that you will enjoy this environment and do your best to protect biodiversity anywhere on the earth !
Would you visit Tapor Aikos home stay ? Follow maps and pictures!
For the comments and the maps our sources are essentially KAWASAN KONSERVASI PERAIRAN KABUPATEN RAJA AMPAT, JL. Yos Sudarso, Siwindores, Distrik Kota Waisai. Raja Ampat Kabupaten, Papua Barat
Telphone: +62 951 3170089, Fax: +62 951 3170090, Email: infokkpr4@kkpr4.net, and Google Earth .
The Indonesian archipelago of Raja Ampat is located near the northwest coast of Papua Indonesia. It consists of some 1500 islands, an area of ​​40,000 km².
The maps above show the area of Raja Ampat with Sorong the capital, Waisai the main city of Waigeo island, the names of the main islands around and the place of the village of Sawinggrai
The old map below shows the most famous diving and snorkling spots of the area. No exursions are more than 50 km away except Kawe and Wayag.
We can go and come back the same day.
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The names on this old map are not exactly the same than on new maps. In the page "Snorkling" or "Diving" we propose you other maps much more précise.
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Today, the islands around "Mengkara (Meos Manggara)," Minyaifuin "(Manyafun) and Gof Besar (West of Gam) are as famous as the first explored areas.
Most of these islands are not inhabited, sometimes some houses, on some of them there is a village.
The underneath map shows the protected marine spaces.
In the center of map you can see the town of Wasai, then a protected zone including the north part of Salawati, Batanta,the Dampier Strait between the South of Gam and Batanta, including Mansuar, Kri and Arborek.
Further north-west a black shaded area around Batang Pele and Manyaifun.
These are the places we propose for snorkeling and diving excursions.
Extrat from MPAThe Dampier Strait Marine Protected Area (MPA) is geographically divided into three parts, namely the coastal island of Batanta and the coastal island of Salawati, covering an area of ​​336,000 hectares.
The Dampier Strait MPA attracts many large fish, including sharks, skipjack, tunas, snappers, groupers, barracudas and jacks.
It is also a refuge for many marine mammals such as whales, dolphins and dugongs, and is particularly famous for its common aggregations of manta ray. The coral reefs of Dampier Strait are equally impressive - they offer the greatest diversity of Raja Ampat.
The current of the Pacific Ocean is strong, and this flow brings a lot of nutrients into the Dampier Strait for marine animals to feed and allow corals to thrive.
With Raja Ampat's underwater location, the local government determined that the Dampier Strait was the main marine tourism area.
In the Dampier Strait, the six villages of Sawinggrai, Arborek, Sawandarek, Yenbuba, Yenwaupnor and Arefi have been defined as the main villages to experiment with cultural tourism.
Interact with local Raja Ampat communities, observe traditional dances, see birds of paradise and go kayaking, can be experienced during village tours.
Until June 2013, there are nine dive stations run by foreign and local businessmen who are located on the border of the MPA and about 40 homestays.
Tourism activities in the Dampier Strait provide concrete examples to local imitators that conservation can bring economic benefits to the community through ecotourism.