Raja Ampat impressions

Albert Kok · Issue 112, Jan/Feb 2020 · pp. 64–68

Products mentioned: Nikon D7200, Ikelite housing, Tokina 10-17mm lens, Olympus E-PL5, Olympus 8mm lens, Ikelite DS161 strobes

Trips to Raja Ampat start and end in Sorong , Papua New Guinea. Most people fly to Jakarta, Bali, or Singapore first. My late November trip went from Amsterdam via a 2 stops in Medan to Jakarta. Here I spent 8 hours rest in the airport hotel that helped to break up the long trip, before starting the final leg – a night flight- to Sorong. All my flights were with Garuda, a member of Sky team that checked my heavy 26 kilo bag through from Amsterdam to Sorong without any additional charges. I carried a second 10 kilo roller bag with the camera lenses with me. I here report my major impressions of the trip, without going too much into all the details. The region The Indonesian archipelago of Raja Ampat (Indonesian for ‘Four Kings) is part of the Coral Triangle that stretches from the Philippines to Timor to Papua New Guinea. Extending over more than 24,000 square kilometers, the archipelago …