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Fantastic! If you are reading this report, you are interested in findingthe best place/way to dive in Indonesia. Look no further.I sandwiched 2 weeks at Raja4Divers in between two liveaboard trips toKomodo and Raja Ampat. I prefer liveaboard diving, but this resort may endup converting me to shore based. The setting is simplybreathtaking--"paradise" is often used by us guests. Take a lookat their website--the setting, rooms and resort are even more beautifulthan shown. The resort is run and owned by Swiss nationals who have livedin Indonesia/Raja Amphat for years. They have run and worked at many otherresorts prior to building this one in 2010 and seem to have incorporatedthe best of all of them. After 14 days I was still noticing nice"details" in the decoration, etc. The resort, island hikes andactivities were so good and the staff so anxious to make every minute ofyour stay enjoyable that I opted out of my usual 5 dives a day routine toenjoy my stay at this fabulous dive resort. Your significant other will behappy.The dive operation is top notch. Many sites with a great variety of divinghave been mapped out 2 to 40 minutes boat drive from the resort. Furthertrips are sometimes combined into a 3 dive trip with lunch on a beach. Allmorning dives have a beach break between them with cappuccino, tea, etc.Afternoon dives are usually single but a second boat dive is available ifrequested. Night dives can be on the boat or on the very good house reef. The house reef had batfish, huge cuttlefish, mandarin fish, sharks(blacktip, wobbegong,bamboo) and more. Snorkeling was outstanding.What else did I see? All the Mantas you want, 3 breeds of pygmy sea horse,schools of jacks and barracuda, turtles,giant clams, beautiful coralgardens with zillions of fusiliers,etc in them, nudibranchs everywhere,leaffish, juvenile drum & batfish, sea snakes, etc., etc.--everything RajaAmpat is famous for.Snorkling and certification courses are available for beginners.Not only was this diving the equal of any I've done, but the overallexperience was the most enjoyable ever.
