Raja Ampat Diving Spot Destination Arborek

 Raja Ampat Diving Spot Destination Arborek

One of the most famous diving destinations is in Raja Ampat. Yes. Raja Ampat offers an underwater heavenly panorama that is truly amazing, dazzling coral reefs, fish and other marine life, which are very famous and abundant in Raja Ampat.

Raja Ampat offers the best diving spots in the world, here is a spot called Arborek, where Pesona divers can learn to dive, and watch schools of fish and coral reefs and other unique biota

Raja Ampat is home to 540 types of coral reefs, 1,511 species of fish, and more than 700 types of molluscs. All of them are inhabitants of the underwater universe Arborek. So, many say Arborek is like a 'mini Raja Ampat aquarium'. Tourists who don't have much time to explore all the diving spots in Raja Ampat can immediately dive into the depths of the Arborek sea to experience the real Raja Ampat.

Arborek Tourism Village offers beautiful and interesting underwater scenery. No wonder this village is one of the most famous tourist destinations in the world. While snorkeling at the pier, we can see a variety of marine life, from the colorful corals to the unique fish here.

Not only coral reefs and beautiful fish, apparently there is one that attracts the attention of tourists. The Arborek Sea is known as the location for the distribution of manta rays. This animal is the target of foreign divers because of its shape and only in Raja Ampat we are enchanted to see two types of manta ray species.

Access to Arborek Village

This village can be reached from Waisai City on Waigeo Island. The journey to get there is about 1 hour by fast boat. Meanwhile, to get to Waisai City, tourists can use planes or ships from Sorong City. If by plane, the travel time from Domine Eduard Osok Airport in Sorong to Marinda Airport in Waisai is about 30 minutes by plane from Susi Air's pioneer Cessna. Meanwhile, if you take a boat, the travel time is in the range of 2 hours. The ticket price is around IDR 100,000 for Economy Class and IDR 215,000 for VIP Class.

5 Rules in the Arborek Raja Ampat Tourism Village

1. Don't jump off the pier

For the public and tourists who want to snorkel in the area

pier of Arborek Tourism Village, tourists can do it. But when they want to go down to the waters, they are forbidden to jump from the pier. They have to come down slowly. Apart from being a habitat for various kinds of fish, the area around the village pier is also a habitat for a variety of coral reefs. If we jump, the habitat will be disturbed and lead to stress. If you want, go down slowly from the pier please. As long as you don't jump.

 

2. Do not step on coral reefs Rules

The second thing that must be obeyed is that tourists are prohibited from stepping on coral reefs.

 

3. No fishing in certain areas

Furthermore, all visitors who want to fish are prohibited from doing so in the pier area. This rule also applies to local residents who still work as fishermen.

 

4. Don't litter

Arborek Tourism Village won 1st place in the Cleanest Village competition in West Papua in 2017. At that time, preparations for the competition were carried out for months. Until now, Ronald said that the Arborek Tourism Village was always clean. This is what makes him urge tourists not to litter when visiting.

 

  5. Keep your manners

When visiting a place, be it a tourist destination or not, people are still encouraged to maintain good manners. This is also mandatory when tourists are on vacation to Arborek Tourism Village.