Raja Ampat Islands is a tourist destination located in Papua region. This tour was well known throughout the world for its natural beauty is stunning. One form of popularity attractions Raja Ampat is with the documentary made by Avant Premiere entitled
The nickname was given because of the location of these sites is in the center of world coral triangle. Tourism Raja Ampat Islands are territorial region of West Papua, which is a group of islands that spread is from about 610 islands, but only 35 islands are inhabited by a population.
Raja Ampat area is the island group, with one – the only means of transport that can be used by the Community about is the sea freight transportation. This transport is used both to reach the capital of the district (Waisai) or vice versa. With four main islands that are unique in this area make for you who travel to tourist destinations Raja Ampat. four islands dimaksutkan is Batanta, Misool, Salawati and Waigeo. The title or name of Raja Ampat is taken from the myths surrounding population which, if interpreted into Indonesian has meaning Four Kings.
The tourists who come from around the world had come attractions in Papua to enjoy the unique beauty of the island and underwater travel, as well as exploring the wall – a wall dive underwater manner. Here tourists can navigate the large and small islands, mountains, tropical forests, coral strand sea, white sand beaches as well as the diversity of animal life in the tourist area of ??Raja Ampat. It may be said that natural resources like this very rarely, so grateful if Indonesia has a grace that is difficult to describe with words – words.
Raja Ampat Tourism is arguably very unique, because it has a value of its own history or legend. Legend of Raja Ampat sediri emerged from the local community and have several versions of the story that is passed from generation to generation (down – generation) of the story the legend – real name Raja Ampat own. As one version of the legend of Raja Ampat circulating in the lives of indigenous people around are as follows.
Era there used to be a married couple lived a simple life in the Gulf Wawiyai Kabui village, the couple had a job such as forest encroachers, whose daily activities – day went to look for food. They stand shoulder to shoulder through the forest in order to quickly get what they expect. Later in their journey to the banks of the Waikeo, and the rest unwind. As long as they rested they saw five eggs is located not far from their rest. After that they approached and found the egg – the egg was an egg from a dragon. Because merasah find eggs – eggs that strange, they wrapped in a camshaft (nokeng = bag) and under went home. After arriving home eggs – eggs that they found was kept in the room.
Start time changed and malampun started coming, eggs – eggs that had been issued in the room they hold the voice whisper, they are curious and trying to peek out from behind the bedroom door. Once they saw it happen, how shocked both spouses had been, seeing the five eggs hatched and intangible saved four sons – male and one female. The fifth child was wearing fine clothing indicating that they are descendants of a king.
