Papua Province Sports & Outdoors

  Cuttle fish and wonderpus
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      Cuttle fish and wonderpus
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      Pygmy seahorses
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Diving the best

by Mara_2

Raja Ampat is known as the most biodiverse area in the world and it is a Marine Park!It is the home of the majority of the world's reef-building corals; there are over 700 species of mollusks and 1,397 species of fish.The zone raughly include the area of four islands: Waigeo, Misool, Salawati and Batanta.There are various types of dives: current, wall, slopes, muck, macro, wide-angle... you choose!The number of dive sites is incredible! It seems that everyplace you put your head underwater is an amazing dive-site! There are so many of them that it is impossible to visit them all just in one trip. The dive teams choose the sites taking into consideration the period, the waether, the currents, even the moon phase!! We saw mantas, sharks, napoleon, bat, lion fishes; nudibranches, pigmey sea-horses, live shells, shrimps, cuttlefishes, squids... you name it! All this surrounded bu the most...

A MISTERIUOS OF CARSTENSZ PYRAMID by TREKKING

by adventurindo

TREKKING ROUTE FROM ILLAGAVILLAGEDuration : 17 day/16 nights Start / End : Timika / Timika ITINERARY PROGRAM:DAY 01 : ARRIVAL IN TIMIKA, Stay at hotelDAY 02 : CHARTER FLIGHT TIMIKA TO ILLAGADAY 03 : TREKKING TO BASE CAMP VIA PINAPA VILLAGEDAY 04 - 09: TREKKING DAYS TO BASE CAMP Trekking to Base Camp would take about 7 to 8 hours per day DAY 10: BASE CAMP CARSTENSZ PYRAMIDAcclimatization day and walking around Base Camp DAY 11- 12: SUMMIT DAYS DAY 12 - 15 : TREKKING BACK TO ILLAGADAY 16 : ILLAGA - TIMIKADAY 17 : TIMIKA - DEPARTURE HEADWEAR1 sun hat (it must shade the eyes and nose) 1 balaclava (wool, polypropylene) 1 wool or fleece hat 1 pair glacier glasses with side protection (and a spare) 1 neck gaiter. UPPER - LOWER BODY1 expedition down parka with hood (-20 F) 1 windproof outer jacket with hood (Gore-tex) 1 poly/fleece jacket 1 expedition weight polypropylene shirt 2 lightweight,...

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Top 2 Hotels in Papua Province

Baliem Valley Resort  Wamena

 2 Reviews and 10 Opinions  Appearently the only hotel in Wamena for online booking 

 Hotels in Wamena

Swiss-Belhotel Papua  Jayapura

 1 Review and 15 Opinions  I am a frequent guest in this hotel although my house is only 5 minutes drive from the hotel. The... 

 Hotels in Jayapura

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Questions and Answers

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Q:  Hi, I live in Jakarta and speak some Indonesian. I have some questions about the best way to book flights in Papua.... 

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A: airlines such as AMA are not comercial airline, I believe you won't be able to book any ticket from where you are. more info at www.ama-papua.com 

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