West Papua province has two
airport, both in Sorong and Manokwari. Flight from Soekarno Hatta International
Airport Jakarta to Sorong and Manokwari took 3 hours, directly or indirectly
trough Sultan Hassanudin International Airport Makassar.
The most popular
destination in West Papua is Raja Ampat, located at west of Sorong. Choose
direct flight from Jakarta to Sorong, then find ship to Raja Ampat. I recommend
you to hire speedboat for couple days to explore the most amazing of beach and
deep sea landscape in Indonesia.
Topography in West Papua
very challenging. Flight from Manokwari to Bintuni only use small airplane like
“susy-air”, it took 1 hour. Cheap but full of adrenallin way is use car. It
took 8-10 hours but sometimes until 2 days in raining season.
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Road to Bintuni (1) |
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Road to Bintuni (2) |
I had lived in Bintuni, a small city at south west of Manokwari. Bintuni has known as mining area for their gas and oil. Maybe you have heard about British Petrolium? yes, its located in Tanah Merah, Bintuni. You have to travel across the Bintuni bay by speedboat around 6 hours to reach Tanah Merah.
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Fisherman activities near Bintuni Bay |
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Bintuni |
Idoor, Kuri, Babo, Tembuni,
Aranday, Tofoi, Kalitami, Weriagar, Meyado, Aroba are popular districts in
Bintuni. Most of them situated near the bay, and shrimp hunting as their main
job. Jumbo shrimp is very delicious. it size reach 20-30 cm. You can find Jumbo
Shrimp in Idoor. The Idoor village very difficult to reach, because you have to
pass long way of the swamp.
PS:
*Be careful with Anopheles mosquitos and Agas.
Anopheles mosquitos caused Malaria, Agas doest dangerous insect but their bite
caused rash and itchy for 7-10 days. Cover your bed with “Kelambu” and use skin
lotion to protect you from insect bite.
*Bintuni only recommended if you want to live near
with nature, adrenaline stressor, and dangerous things.
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Long way to go to Idoor |
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Long way to go to Idoor (2) |
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Long way to go to Idoor (3) |
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Welcome to Idoor |
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Idoor Village |
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Aranday Village |
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