Beautiful Raja Ampat

Raja Ampat is a group of islands which name comes from a local myth known as “The Four Kings”. The four magnificent islands are considered to be one of the world’s last wildly diverse locations. Raja Ampat consists of a number of tropical island treasures, and amongst the seas renowned as home to the richest marine biodiversity in the world. Located within ”The Coral Triangle”, Raja Ampat is a sanctuary for a number of coral and fish species that are rapidly disappearing. The island compromises over 1,500 minor islands that surround 4 major islands that are Misool, Salwati, Waigeo, and Batanta.

The fish around here know how special they are. They shimmer and glow and sparkle like stars in their own biopic, performing in the spotlight of crepuscular sunrays. There's the arresting electric-blue giti damselfish with its flash yellow tail, the alluring doe-eyed, deep-reef cardinalfish, and the jamal's dottyback with aqua-rimmed eyes as startling as Daniel Craig's. Mandarinfish go about their flirty courtship dance at dusk - part tango, part samba - rising up, cheek-to-cheek, locked in a triumphant embrace of pectoral fins. And there's the shy Denise's pygmy seahorse hiding among gorgonian coral, a specimen so endearing you might just quit your job to study marine biology. 

Paradise is real and it’s a place in Indonesia. Raja Ampat is absolutely spectacular and every time I return I fall even deeper in love. I hope this introduction to Raja Ampat has inspired you to come here for holiday or honeymoon. If you have a suggestion or question please comment below and i'm sure i'll answer it.