Raja Ampat is one of the holly grails for most warm water divers. Little can be said about this remote and untouched chain of Islands off West Guinea to describe their true nature w/o the risk of plagiarism.

In a land home to over 17,500 Islands and the longest stretch of coastline the Four Kingdoms may appear on the map as just another collection of mostly uninhabited Islands. My first impressions were formed as soon as our plain slowly descended below the clouds, in our approach to Sorong, to reveal a vast horizon dotted with countless Islands and green top rock formation randomly protruding above the surface. Sorong, the gateway to Raja Ampat, is a typical Indonesian port city with its busy roads and low building mostly skirting the harbor. A short car ride from the airport leads to the docks were the capable and well organized crew of Pinditio scooped us aboard the zodiacs to the magnificent ship and by daytime we were on our way on remarkable journey through some of the worlds most prolific dive destinations.

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