Raja Ampat is one beautiful place in the World (Indonesia)

Raja Ampat is one of the most beautiful places in the world. Raja Ampat is the name of a district in the state of West Papua province of Indonesia. Beautiful beaches and islands in Raja Ampat can not doubt. Raja Ampat has beaches, marine life and coral reefs of the world's richest. We can vacation there to relieve tired, but it may cost a bit expensive issued, for those who live on the island of Java. But we will never regret if we go on vacation with family or our friends there. Sense of loss that will be remedied as soon as we arrived in Raja Ampat. Beauty anesthetize us so that we forget our problems. For divers the islands was familiar. Because of the Raja Ampat Islands are a paradise for local divers and even the world. This is all because of the Raja Ampat Islands have a beautiful marine park. The archipelago is a series of adjacent islands and is located in the western part of the Bird's Head (Vogelkoop) Guinea The origin of the name / Raja Ampat / according to local myth originated from a woman who found seven eggs. Four of these items hatch into four princes who split up and each a king who ruled in Waigeo, Salawati, East and Misool Misool
West. Meanwhile, the other three eggs into a ghost, a women, and a stone. In the course of history, the Raja Ampat Islands have long been inhabited by fishing communities and implement custom systems Maluku In this system, the public is a member of a village community. Each village was led by a king. Since its establishment two Muslim sultanate in the Moluccas, Raja Ampat to claim part of the Sultanate of Tidore . After the defeat of the Dutch Empire Tidore, Raja Ampat Islands became part claims of the Dutch East Indies.

COMMUNITY
Raja Ampat Islands society generally traditional fishermen who resided in small villages are located far apart and different islands. They are a friendly community receive visitors from outside, let alone if we brought gifts for them in the form of areca or candy. This product is a kind of 'pipe indian peace 'in Raja Ampat. Events chatting with eating nut also called "The-the Pinang" often turn to each other throwing mob, the local term for funny tories.They are Muslims and Christians, and often in one family or clan members who have embraced the wrong one of the two religions. This makes the Raja Ampat remain in harmony despite different beliefs.

WEALTH AND NATURAL RESOURCES
The archipelago is a place that is a potential for serve as a tourist attraction, especially diving tourism. WaterRaja Ampat Islands, according to various sources, is one of 10 best waters for diving sites around the world. In fact, perhaps also recognized as number one for the completeness of flora and fauna under water at this time. Dr. John Veron, coral experienced experts from Australia, for example, in a site he revealed, the Raja Ampat Islands located in the the most western tip of New Guinea, about 50 miles northwest Sorong, has the best reef areas in Indonesia. Approximately 450 species of coral was identified during the two weeks of research in the area. A team of experts from Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, and National Institute of Oceanography (LON) Institutions Indonesian Academy of Sciences (LIPI) have done a quick assessment in 2001 and 2002. The result, they recorded in these waters there are more than 540 hard coral species (75% of the total species in the world), more than 1. 000 species of reef fish, 700 species of molluscs, and the highest record for gonodactyloid stomatopod crustaceans. This makes 75% the world's coral species in Raja Ampat. Nowhere in The same area has a number of coral species as much as this.There are several areas of coral reefs are still very good condition with the percentage of live coral cover by 90%, ie in Dampier Strait (the strait between P. Waigeo and P. Batanta), Kofiau Islands, Islands and the South East Misool Wayag Islands. Types of reefs reefs in Raja Ampat is generally fringing reef with a contours up steep ramps. But it also found the type of atolls and type Hirst or taka. In some places, such as village Saondarek, when The lowest tides, coral reefs can be seen without diving and with his own adaptation, the corals can still although living in the open air and direct sunlight.Unique species that can be found at the diving is some types of dwarf sea horses, / wobbegong /, and stingrays Manta.There are also endemic fish Raja Ampat, namely Eviota king, which is a kind of fish gobbie. At Manta Point supernal Arborek Dampier straits, you can dive in the company of some of the tail like a tame Manta Ray when you dive in Derawan Islands, East Kalimantan. If dive at Cape Kri or Chicken Reef, you can be surrounded by thousands of fish. Sometimes a collection of tuna, giant trevallies and snappers.But those tense when we are surrounded by a collection of barracuda fish, although in fact it's relatively harmless (which is dangerous if I'll see barracuda solitary or alone). Reef sharks are also frequently visible, and if lucky you could also see turtles being silent eat the sponge, or swim around you. In some places like in Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo also seen Dugong or sea cow. Because the area of ​​many islands and narrow straits, then most diving at a certain time has a strong current. Case This allows also to do a drift dive, dive while the flow is tight with very clear water while through the collection of fish.