Jakaré Itinerary

Raja Ampat Central, North and South

Day 1: Arrive into Sorong

Guests will be picked up at the airport or their hotel in Sorong and then will board Jakare in the harbor of Sorong. Welcomed drinks and snacks will be served while the cruise director briefs the guests on the safety, onboard organization, and overall itinerary. Guests will then be shown their cabins to settle in, take shower and get ready for the
start of the cruise.

Jakaré will sail north toward Pula Waigeo, approximately 40 NM. This sailing time is usually a good time for resting and briefing on the activities, including scuba-diving. A check/discovery dive and snorkeling session will be organized at Saonek Kecil. Overnight: anchorage in Waisai or Friwen village.

Day 2: Dampier Straits

Dive or snorkel at Pulau Mioskon, Blue Magic, and beautiful Cape Kri. Mioskon Reef is a beautiful snorkelling site and an easy dive site. Schools of yellow snapper, Napoleon wrasse, trevallies, big groupers, and many wobbegong sharks can be found in Mioskon. Pigmy seahorses and different species of nudibranchs can be seen as well.
 

The Famous Blue Magic is a non-emergent pinnacle located in the northwest of the Dampier Strait and offers current dives on dynamic reefs facing directly the current. The whole food chain is on open display there, from reef fishes feeding on rich waters full of nutrients to big pelagic including sometimes manta rays. Schools of yellow fins
barracudas, yellow snappers, silver trevally are very common as well as dogtooth tunas, giant trevally and blacktip
and whitetip sharks.

Cape Kri: a unique snorkelling and diving site. Schools of yellow sweet lips and silver trivalis, dogtooth tunas, mackerels, and barracudas can be observed as well as reef sharks. It has been recorded that there are 374 different species in the area, which became a world-famous dive site for its huge numbers of diversity. It is a steep slope with a vast garden
of colorful hard and soft corals. Sail to nearby Saunderek for snorkelling and village discovery/beach in the late afternoon. Saunderek Jetty is famous for schools of big fish and giant clams right at the jetty. It is an easy snorkelling site with lots of healthy coral and abundant marine life.
Then sail overnight to Pulau Wayag

Day 3: Pulau Wayag and Kawe
Wake up and ascend Mt. Pindito early in the morning and then dive or discover Wayag inner lagoon and its pristine white-sandy beaches with kayaks, paddles, or speedboats. Wayag Lagoon includes beautiful snorkelling and diving spots where giant clams and many other coral life can be observed. Divers will dive at Batu Seven and a secret dive spot in Pulau Wayag, where we often encounter manta rays, giant clamshells, coral gardens, and so many others. Then by midday, sail to Kawe West (Eagle Rock or Black Rock). Both snorkelers and divers will share the same spots: Black Rock or Eagle Rock, which are both considered current snorkeling and diving spots.

Black Rock is well known for its wonderful soft coral gardens, profuse fish life (sharks, Napoleon, and others can be observed), and its fields of ancient black coral bushes. Eagle Rock, where you are likely to spot mantas using the many cleaning stations or feeding on the surface in the channel between two of the islands. In a labyrinth of gigantic boulders covered with an array of citrus-colored soft coral, wobbegong sharks like to hide. Jakare will then further continue south to Pula Wofoh. Arrival early evening, anchoring and overnight at Pulau Wofoh.

Day 4: Wofoh

Wake up in beautiful Pulau Wofoh. From the Jakare anchored close to the island, guests can discover Wofoh's pristine beaches in the south and north parts using kayaks or paddles. The snorkeling is just amazing there with unspoiled hard and soft coral gardens. Easy diving will be proposed for the divers in the south part of the island, on a beautiful wall and sandy valley surrounded by amazing soft and hard corals. School of trevallies, blue and yellow fusiliers, and turtles are usually encountered. By midday, sail to Pulau Yeben. Enjoy the beach, snorkel, dive, and get ready for a beach BBQ. 

Day 5: Pienemu

Jakare will sail early in the morning to Pulau Pienemu. On our way to the dive sites, we will stop at Pienemu for a lagoon walk on top of a limestone mount and refreshing swims.
Then Jakare will continue further southward toward the dive sites Keruo Chanel and the enchanting Melissa Garden. Keruo Channel is an easy wall drift snorkelling and dive location with wall slopes covered in beautiful and untouched soft and hard corals. There are many different crabs, sea spiders, clams, shrimps, and sea urchins amongst the corals as well as many varieties of reef fish with schools of barracudas, snappers, etc. After Keruo Chanel, beach/snorkel and a second dive will be proposed at Melissa Garden.
Melissa Garden is a current dive. Made of fantastic pinnacles covered in soft corals and anemones of all different colors. The pinnacle is home to large schools of fusiliers, jackfish, and batfish. Giant trevallies are also spotted here along with snappers and rainbow runners. In the shallower parts, there will be larger groups of sweetlips and
lionfish, as well as many other reef fish of the area. Alternatively or in addition, we will propose a dive at My Reef or Blue Window. Then after the dive/snorkeling, we will continue sailing southward overnight to Misool

Days 6-11: Misool, South Raja Ampat

We will arrive by morning in the Balbulol Area and will start the discovery of underwater and above-water wonders in coordination with the local authorities and hotels. Hence the locations and dive sites below may be explored in a different sequence depending on the situation at the time of the cruise.

Day 12: Departure

Guests will be escorted to the airport in Sorong and assisted with check-in procedures, no doubt full of talk about the wonders of the most popular dive destination in the world.

Sample itineraries are for guidance only. Actual itineraries may differ slightly due to factors such as weather, wildlife,logistics,s and local regulations.