Our Raja Ampat trips start and end in WAISAI. The Waisai Airport is still rather small, so our flight terminal reccommendation is SORONG - located on the West coast of the birds head – in the province of Papua Barat, Indonesias Eastern most province.

Your choices in terms of international flights are:

• Denpasar Bali
• Jakarta
• Singapore
• Makassar
• Kuala Lumpur

If you are flying from Jakarta, you can take a six-hour flight to Sorong with a stopover in Manado or Makassar.

Flights in Makassar or Manado are offered by:

• Garuda Indonesia
• Express Air
• Lion Air
• Sriwijaya Air

All foreigners visiting Indonesia are required to have a visa. The cost and validity of the visa depends on your nationality, please check in advance. There is no special visa required for Papua Barat. Generally, visas on arrival are issued for 30 days (±25US$) and are not extendable.

To get to Sorong, the main routes are:

1. Singapore - Manado - Sorong
2. Bali - Ujung Pandang (Makassar) - Sorong
3. Jakarta - Ujung Pandang (Makassar) - Sorong
4. Kuala Lumpur - Manado - Sorong
5. Kuala Lumpur - Ujung Pandang (Makassar) - Sorong

Please contact us if you need assistance / our service to book your domestic flights.

From Sorong, no matter if you fly in early on Day 1 or spend the night prior to departure day at one of the hotels in Sorong, you take a taxi latest at 8:15 am to the harbour in Sorong: Labuan Rakyat. The ferry to Waisai leaves at 9 am. Once arrived in Waisai, our team will pick you up from the ferry directly and ship you to Shakti with our tenders to board Shakti Raja Ampat!