Who does not know Raja Ampat

Who does not know Raja Ampat, West Papua island in the region famous for its beautiful coral and fish species diversity. Because of its beauty is, almost certainly every tourist who visited the Raja Ampat never misses an opportunity to enjoy the natural beauty of the underwater. Not surprisingly, many people refer to Raja Ampat as a paradise for lovers of diving.


In fact, Raja Ampat store not only the beauty that can only be enjoyed from the depths of the sea. The beauty above sea Raja Ampat must be sampled. Believe? If you visited the Raja Ampat, a time to come to the Village Sawinggrai, District Meos Mansar, Raja Ampat, West Papua. In this village you get a chance to see agility birds of paradise, a bird that became mascot of Papua, in their natural habitat.

 Syahdan, monitoring of paradise in Kampung Sawinggrai emerged thanks to the perseverance of Isaiah Major who likes to map out a habit of this bird. For more than six months, she used to map the location of birds of paradise dance, foraging location and type of food, and this bird nesting season. Really, he was so uletnya be guiding the monitoring birds of paradise.

According to Isaiah, there are four types of paradise in Sawinggrai, namely red paradise (Paradisaea rubra), paradise split rattan (Cicinnurus magnificus), a small paradise (Paradisaea minor), and a big paradise (Paradisaea Apoda). Of the four species, the red paradise is the mascot of paradise in this village.

Dancing birds of paradise is a very interesting moment to be seen. Because the attraction is the dancing birds of paradise mating ritual. The males will gather to compete to show beauty of bird feathers to attract females in order to marry her.

Record time! Attractions paradise in Sawinggrai plural done in the morning from 6:30 to 7:30 pm EST and in the afternoon, at 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. EST.

To enjoy the attractions of paradise dancing, you must be willing to walk for about 30 minutes to climb Mount Manjai in Sawinggrai. A wooden hut thatch roof has been prepared by Maj. Isaiah on site monitoring. From here you can be naked eye to see the birds of paradise dancing on a big tree with the beautiful. These birds will dance more energetic if there are female birds of paradise in the vicinity.

However, if you visited Sawinggrai at the wrong time, you should marginalize the desire to see birds of paradise dance attractions. In December to mid February, a beautiful bird in this Sawinggrai keriangannya brake dance because these months are the season for them to spawn.

In addition see the attraction of birds of paradise, Kampung Sawinggrai also going mengguyuri disturbing you with another fun because you can play with wild fish around the pier. The trick? Of course, by giving them food. These wild fish did not hesitate to come over food in your hand while you dip the hand into the water.

This is the portrait that has a variety of potential Sawinggrai uniqueness that continues to be preserved. In addition to not chase paradise they also introduced a system Sasi Laut in the waters around the village while living as a fisherman. Sasi sea is the prohibition to catch certain types of marine fauna in an area within a specified period agreed by the community. Therefore, do not be surprised if you could jor-rod, spoil your senses refer to different types of fish and coral. Especially if you have a hobby of snorkeling, it seems a pity to miss the charm Sawinggrai.

Well, you intend to be visited Kampung Sawinggrai? You can use the boat from Sorong to the capital of Raja Ampat, namely Waisai. There are two choices, first using fast ships with a travel time of about 2 hours, or use the ship's pilot local governments with a travel time of about 4 hours. After that trip by longboat to Sawinggrai be reached in about 2.5 hours.

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Author: Kritianto Purnomo
Source: Compass
Photo: harizamrry, Kompas