SMY. SEA HORSE LIVEABOARD The MSY Seahorse liveaboard, a Pinisi rigged Sulawesi schooner offering liveaboard scuba diving trips to Eastern Indonesia, has a level of luxury and safety not found on most liveaboard dive charter sailing yachts in Indonesia. At 33 meters long and 8.5 meters wide, the MSY Seahorse is a majestic and spacious [...]

SMY. PUTRI PAPUA LIVEABOARD MV. Putri Papua is a pinisi-shaped boutique live-aboard, manned by a friendly and competent, local crew. One of the only pinisis with a dive platform! Accommodation for 14 passengers is provided in 7 cabins: 3 doubles and 4 with twin bunks. All have individually controlled air conditioning and private bathrooms. and [...]

SMY. Temukira Dive Liveaboard A traditional styled live aboard with a price that is easier on your wallet than most, while keeping a safe and comfortable dive vessel. The crew have all helped to build this vessel and now they all work on her. It’s easily noticeable that the crew are all very proud of [...]

Where the money goes The money collected from the tags is divided into two major components; the Retribusi fee which goes directly to the Dept of Tourism towards tourism development projects and the Non- Retribusi fee which is managed by a multi-stakeholder team, Tim Pengelola, and divided between conservation/MPA management projects and community projects.   [...]

Background information on the tag system for tour operators The following information is provided in order to acquaint dive operators with the detailed justification and workings of the Raja Ampat Tourism Entrance Fee System. We have tried to design this system in a manner which is as flexible and convenient to dive operators working in [...]

Raja Ampat Tourism Entrance Fee Information For Tourists Why do I have to pay a fee to enter Raja Ampat? Raja Ampat is blessed with some of the highest marine biodiversity and healthiest coral reefs in the world. In order to protect this unique biodiversity, Raja Ampat has 7 nationally mandated and locally managed marine [...]

The Raja Ampat Regency Government is proud to announce the introduction of a tourism entrance fee system to help support conservation and community projects within Raja Ampat. All tourists entering Raja Ampat are required to purchase an entrance tag. The entrance fee for foreign visitors is Rp 500,000/person/calender year (approximately US$55) for which they will [...]

Seahorse Paradise Dive Lodge West Papua, one of Indonesia’s many islands, has one of the world’s most diverse underwater ecosystems and it has one of the most colourful bird kingdoms on Earth. Raja Ampat, meaning four kings, is a specific area within Indonesia, including West Papua. The name refers to the four biggest islands within [...]

RAJA AMPAT DIVE RESORT The Raja Ampat, or “Four Kings,” archipelago encompasses more than 9.8 million acres of land and sea off the northwestern tip of Indonesia’s West Papua Province. Located in the Coral Triangle, the heart of the world’s coral reef biodiversity, the seas around Raja Ampat possibly hold the richest variety of species [...]