My wife and I are going to Raja Ampat in the November timeframe - questions

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rbahr

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I stayed at RADL two years ago.

The good thing about this resort is that for reasons known only from the tour operators, it has gone below their radar, hence it is probably one of the less populated in the midmarket range. I guess they are mostly targeting Singapore/Malaysia/HongKong divers but probably still too expensive. Therefore you might get a boat and a DM for yourself, that's what happened to me and the guides from Manado were very good.

The wooden bungalows are quite nice with aircon, the bathrooms were big but a bit tired. Thier pier is excellent for relaxing and starting night dives (blue ring, toadfish, mandarins and all sorts of interesting critters) .

One thing I would complain of is the food, which is not in huge quantities and that I would qualify as lacking any taste (kind of chilli mellowed and greasy indonesian). Fruit is sparse and that's the only dessert you will get.

On the other hand the location for diving is great, almost as central as Kri from the best divespots, on the landside you will never get enough from the spectacle of the sulphur crested lorikeets playing in the high trees growin in the steep jungle around. This is really beautiful when at Sunset time.

Sorido bay is at least one market above RADL, it is an expensive resort built on concrete bungalows, located on Kri in fornt of the mythical Cape Kri dive site. If you have the money for then you may go for it, it competes with the Raja4divers on the same upmarket range, I would favor R4D for the land arrangements and the swiss management, though i've never been to any of them.

Another resort you can check which has remarkable feedback and conveniently is Papua Explorers, though it looks like it's always full. I couldn't book for march this year.
 
A much cheaper proposition that tops all of the homestays in Kri, Yenkoranu homestay, didn't disappointed at all last march, super friendly staff, check my video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjvy1pFPhFY
Any problem with the rats in Yenkoranu homestay? I am not afraid of them but their presence indicated general degree of hygiene. Rat droppings are health risk.
 
I loved just about everything about Sorido Bay Resort - the location, the resort, the cottages (they are top-notch: where else have you had a camera table with a sink in your own room), the staff, the food, and the dive operations.

Things I didn't like as much: as Luko pointed out, expensive. And no diving on Saturdays, but you are free to snorkel or do virtually nothing. The 7-night package is usually Sunday to Sunday. You can't do Saturday to Saturday because they will not do transfers to and from Sorong on Saturdays. If you were willing to overlook the day of rest on Saturdays, then I think that you might enjoy this place.
 

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