Route Description - Raja Ampat – Triton Bay
Embark on an unforgettable journey through Raja Ampat and Triton Bay, beginning with your arrival in Sorong, where you'll board the luxurious Calico Jack. Over the next 11 days, you'll explore stunning dive sites in Misool, including the vibrant reefs of Daram and the majestic Shadow Reef, followed by the breathtaking underwater landscapes of Pulau Pisang and Momon. Dive into the hidden treasures of Triton Bay, known for its pristine corals, abundant fish life, and the chance to encounter majestic whale sharks. Experience a perfect blend of exhilarating dives and serene moments, culminating in a memorable adventure across some of the most spectacular dive sites in the world.
Day 1: Embarkation in Sorong, Raja Ampat
Meet & greet at the airport. Group transfer to the port. Onboarding, meeting the crew & briefing.
We will pick you up at Sorong airport and take you to the harbour, where our crew will welcome you onboard Calico Jack. Following refreshments and a short tour of the ship, you will be briefed on safety, diving operations, and life onboard. You will be served a delicious lunch and have time to get acquainted with the ship, set up your dive gear & cameras, and meet and socialize with the other guests and friendly crew. We will do a check dive in the area later in the afternoon. Early morning, we will navigate to Misool.
Day 2: Daram, Misool
Andiamo is a large, stunning reef with a submerged pinnacle covered in sea fans and surrounded by schools of fusiliers and batfish. Blacktip reef sharks and napoleon wrasse can also be found here. Candy Store, named so as the first divers to explore this reef felt like kids in a candy store, is covered in giant sponges, beautiful so corals and sea fans. In the valleys, schools of fusiliers, butterflyfish, and barracuda gather. Night Dive in Yillet.
Day 3: Yilliet, Misool
In the early morning, we will take quick navigation to dive the Fiabacet area, where colourful, so corals and beautiful sea fans smother the reefs. A deep underwater ridge connects the islands of Boo in the East, to Kalig in the West. In certain areas, the ridge moves up shallower to form the most unforgettable dive sites of the park. These include Batu Kecil (also known as Tank Rock), Nudi Rock, and Whale Rock. Here you will find one of the most extensive reef systems in all of Raja Ampat, offering a fantastic range of marine diversity. You can expect to see abundant and healthy fish life, a galore of pygmy seahorses, nudibranchs, colourful anemones, and reef sharks. Night dive in the area.
Day 4: Warokaraket, Misool
Shadow Reef, also known as Magic Mountain, is one of the top-rated diving sites in Raja Ampat. An off-shore pinnacle with a long and narrow ridge, schools of bannerfish, pyramid butterfly, and yellow snappers can be seen cavorting on top of the ridge, persistently stalked by giant trevallies, orange-spotted jacks & longnose emperors.
The ridge goes progressively down, with yellowtail barracuda patrolling the upper sector and white tip and grey reef sharks found nestled under the large coral tables. At the end of the peninsular is a cleaning station where oceanic manta rays come to be cleaned from parasites by wrasse and other reef fish.
Boo Rock or Jamur Boo is known for the ???windows??? or rounded openings on the end of the largest rock that completely pierces the reef from the surface down to five meters deep. Although the two rocks appear separate from the surface, they are, in fact, connected underwater by a magnificent reef draped in such corals and brimming with fish. Reef sharks, parrotfish, surgeonfish, schooling batfish, fusiliers, snappers, and moray eels are all found here, as well as a wide variety of nudibranchs, unicornfish, octopus and green turtles. Yellit Kecil's (while sharing all of the attributes of its neighbouring sites) main characteristic is a large number of Nembrotha nudibranchs that can be observed on the ridge.
Day 5: Wayilbatan, Misool
The Wayilbatan area offers impressive dive sites with a remarkable range of marine diversity as well as topography. At Wedding Cake, schools of batfish, trevallies, barracuda, and pygmy seahorses congregate. In the afternoon, you can take in the scenic landscapes with some kayaking and paddle boarding amongst the most spectacular hidden lagoons in the region. Four Kings dive site comprises four underwater pinnacles covered in soft coral and colourful tunicates. You can swim from one rock to the next, enjoying the soft corals, psychedelic colours, and abundant fish life. Be sure to look out for turtles here. Overnight navigation to Pulau Pisang.
Day 6: Pulau Pisang
Seventy miles south of Misool is the beautiful Pisang archipelago, where we'll dive off the surrounding islands. The corals are incredibly healthy and full of life in this remote area. You'll see giant elephant ears, and swirling schools of a wide variety of fish, mantas, and turtles. Overnight navigation to Momon.
Day 7: Momon
Five-hour navigation from Triton Bay is the islands of Namatote and Sagin. Rich with diverse fish life and beautiful hard and soft corals, these islands are great for macro and pelagic species. Soft coral walls teaming with schools of jacks and barracuda, turtles, wonderous octopus, and all kinds of critters make it great div-ing for both wide-angle and macro enthusiasts. We will manage three dives in this area. Early morning navigation to Triton Bay.
Day 8 | Namatote
Early morning, we arrive in West Papua's Momon reef, where we will make three dives on this large hard coral seamount, which is blessed with some of the healthiest fish life in the area. Large schools of Bigeye Trevally, schools of batfish, napoleon wrasse, Barracuda, and Giant Trevally reside here. Afternoon we will visit the beautiful Kita Kita waterfalls where a freshwater river runs straight into the sea! Early morning navigation to Nematode.
Day 8: Namatote
Five-hour navigation from Triton Bay to the islands of Namatote and Sagin. Rich with diverse fish life and beautiful hard and soft corals, these islands are great for macro and pelagic species. Soft coral walls teaming with schools of jacks and barracuda, turtles, wonderous octopus, and all kinds of critters make it great div-ing for both wide-angle and macro enthusiasts. We will manage three dives in this area. Early morning navigation to Triton Bay.
Days 9-10-11: Triton Bay
This still relatively unknown destination is full of treasures and fast becoming legendary for its beautiful corals, huge schools of fish, and migrating whale sharks. The area has been protected since 2008, allowing fish stocks to recover from overfishing. Devoid of humans, the healthy, unbleached reefs have practically no garbage floating around. When not diving the fishy sites, there is fantastic macro diving to be had. Giant, fat candy crabs and other species of decorator crabs can be spotted even by the less trained eye. All five species of pygmy seahorse can be found with solid predictability. The following is a little taste of what to expect from some of the dive sites in the area.