Raja Ampat Budget Diving
Yenkoranu Homestay Budget Diving
on
Kri Island
Raja Ampat
The last paradise....
The"Last Paradise"
Welcome to Raja Ampat, one of the final frontiers of scuba diving. Someone once described Kri Island to me as the last paradise and I cannot think of a more fitting accolade.
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Once you discover this place you have found the "last paradise" and will return again and again.
Raja Ampat, Kri Island and Yenkoranu will forever live in your heart after you have visited this place.
Hosted by Monik and Eles, Yenkoranu Homestay is the original homestay on Kri Island. The original and the best, authentic Papuan hospitality right in the heart of the action on the dampier straight with world class diving minutes away for an unforgetable diving holiday of a lifetime.
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The Dampier Straight is the heart of Raja Ampat where all the famous dive sites like Blue Magic, Manta Sandy, Manta Ridge, Sardine Reef, Chicken Reef and the mighty Cape Kri are to name a few of the truly stunning dive sites you can discover.
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The homestays provide modest, comfortable accommodation in a world class location, you dive the same reefs as the luxury resorts that charge an absolute minimum of €1,300 for seven days accommodation with no diving. With diving the luxury resorts are charging upwards of €4,000.
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Your trip with Raja Ampat Budget Diving will cost a fraction of that and you will have an authentic experience, staying with local people, experiencing local culture, eating local food and diving with local guides. The homestays are proudly Papuan owned, managed and staffed by Papuan's providing you with a truly authentic Papuan experience.
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Visiting Raja Ampat
​I'm a veteran of over six hundred dives all over the world, seeking the best diving. My travels have taken me to Australia, Fiji, Tonga, Malaysia (Sipidan), Thailand (Similan Rock, Koh Tao), Mozambique (Tofu, Zavora), Belize (Caye Caulker,Glovers Reef), Mexico (Cozumel, Cenotes), Honduras (Roatan, Utila), Ecuador/Galapagos (Wolf, Darwin), Azores (Ambrosia), South Africa (Sodwana Bay, Aliwal Shoal, Umkomaas), Palau (Two Liveaboards), French Polynesia (South Pass, Rangiroa), Philippines (seven visits, dived everywhere worth diving apart from Tubbataha), Indonesia (seven or eight trips, Two Komodo Liveaboards, Lembeh, Bali, Bunaken and then finally Raja Ampat five times)
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"Seek and you shall find."
I found it.
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Raja Ampat is the only place I have visited more than twice and I will keep going back.
Of course French Polynesia, Palau and The Galapagos beat R4 for shark encounters, they are incredible destinations but for all round quality, bio-diversity, huge schools of fish, variety of macro / big fish, coral, relaxation and tranquillity.......
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Nothing compares to R4, Raja Ampat.
The "Last Paradise"
Visiting a remote location like West Papua can be a daunting endeavour.
I hope this website can provide you with the information that you need to embark on the dive trip of a lifetime.
I am also happy to help with any questions you may have which are not answered on the site.