Raja Ampat Dive Resorts
Kri Eco Resort (Papua Diving)
Raja Ampat offers some of the best diving and snorkelling opportunities in the world and Kri Eco Resort, on Kri Island, commands a prize location at the heart of everything.
Kri Eco Resort is an intimate resort with only 12 rooms, each made from locally sourced, low-impact materials, surrounded by vibrant tropical vegetation, stunning animal life, and the symphonic sounds of nature. This is the world’s most bio-diverse marine region, with more recorded fish, coral and mollusc species than anywhere else on the planet!
On Kri Island, you can find wild orchids, monitor lizards, furry marsupial Cuscus, tropical birds such as Lorikeets, Eclectus Parrots, and Paradise Kingfishers. You might even spot a Tree Kangaroo or Sugar Glider!
Hotel Services/Facilities: The resort offers a no-frills, minimalistic design, with a backdrop of blue skies and pristine reefs, bustling with diverse marine life, where guests can relax and really be at one with nature.
There is a dining hall, a lounge with a small book library, water dispenser, and a free-to-use guest computer and free Wi-Fi (also available in the guest rooms). In addition, there is a complimentary laundry service and a small souvenir shop.
Food, Beverage & Entertainment Facilities: The dining area is built over the water and meals are buffet-style. Expect mainly Indonesian dishes such as gado-gado and tasty rice, pasta, seafood, and salad options.
Breakfast will include eggs, toast, fresh fruit, tea / coffee, and Indonesian delicacies. If you have special dietary requirements, please confirm these at the time of booking.
Beer and soft drinks are available for purchase, and tea, coffee, fruit, and biscuits are available for guests throughout the day.
Transfers: Kri Island is accessible by boat from Sorong on the mainland (Southwest Papua). The boat journey takes approximately 2 hours.
The resort’s 12 rooms are constructed from locally sourced, low-impact materials and are split into three styles: Papuan Water Cottages (x2) along the main jetty, Superior Water Cottages (x5) and Deluxe Water Cottages (x5) along the beach.
Papuan Water Cottages can be made up as twin or double rooms, and have shared bathrooms with a western toilet and shower, and ‘mandi’ facilities (dip and dunk showers, which are warm after night dives).
Superior Water Cottages have twin or double beds and share a shower with separate toilets, located just a few metres behind.
Deluxe Water Cottages enjoy private Western style bathrooms with hot water showers, king-size beds, a single sofa bed, dressing table, and a balcony with deck chairs.
All cottages have ceiling fans, towels and soap, camera table with sockets, mosquito nets, free laundry service, and free Wi-Fi.
Kri Eco Resort’s dive centre facilities are ample and spacious. Nitrox is offered free of charge (if qualified), there is a shower on the jetty, decent equipment storage, and a camera table with rinse tank. 12 litre tanks are included as standard on all dives and the dive centre has emergency oxygen and a first aid pack. The dive centre staff are always happy to wash your scuba gear and store it in the equipment room.
You will be diving in and around the magnificent Dampier Strait, an area of Raja Ampat that’s so good, liveaboards travel hundreds of miles for sites on Kri Eco Resort’s doorstep! This is the world’s most bio-diverse marine region with more recorded fish, coral, and mollusc species than anywhere else on the planet! 30+ dive sites are within a 10km radius of Kri Island, including Cape Kri, Manta Sandy, Blue Magic and Sardines.
The Unlimited Diving Package allows divers the freedom to explore and dive the extraordinary house reef to their heart’s content, 7 days a week!
Boat dives are available with just 1 – 15 minute trip times and you are back at the resort for your surface interval to refresh and relax in comfort.
Two morning boat dives are offered (departing 0700-0800) with the boat returning to the resort after dive one, followed by one afternoon boat dive, and an optional sunset or night dive. Snacks are available on half day trips, lunch on full day trips, with towels and fresh water provided on all trips. Trips to further dive sites can be arranged locally at an additional cost.
Eco-catamarans with small twin 40HP engines and faster speedboats (for dive sites at a greater distance) are made locally from fibreglass. Each boat carries up to six divers, with a skipper and two dive staff, ample equipment storage, ladders, shade, and oxygen kits.
Dive Facts: Located close to the equator and protected by many mountainous islands, Kri Island benefits from a microclimate, with high humidity, occasional tropical rainfall, but no particular dry or rainy season. Diving and snorkelling in the Dampier Strait is good all year round.
Summer months can be windier, and underwater visibility tends to be better at this time of the year. Currents are a constant and will always be a factor when planning dives.
Water temperature is a constant 28 or 29 degrees celsius, and most guests choose to dive with a 3mm full suit.
High season is October to April, when underwater visibility is influenced by high plankton concentrations, guaranteeing many pelagic encounters. Generally, underwater visibility ranges between 15-30 metres.
Other Indonesian Hotels / Resorts
Bali – Kubu Indah Dive & Spa Resort
Bali – Alam Anda Ocean Front Resort & Spa
North Sulawesi – Bunaken Oasis Dive Resort
North Sulawesi – Siladen Resort and Spa
North Sulawesi – Tasik Ria Resort
North Sulawesi – White Sands Beach Resort Lembeh by Eco Divers
North Sulawesi – Dive Into Lembeh
North Sulawesi – NAD-Lembeh Resort
North Sulawesi – Lembeh Resort
North Sulawesi – Murex Bangka Resort
North Sulawesi – Murex Manado Resort
Raja Ampat – Dive Into Raja Ampat (@ Waiwo Resort)
Raja Ampat – Papua Explorers Dive Resort
Raja Ampat – Sorido Bay Resort (Papua Diving)
Raja Ampat (North Maluku) – Sali Bay Resort
Offers
RED SEA CHRISTMAS
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Jump on board the latest addition to the Emperor fleet and enjoy diving the famous sites of the Red Sea with this fantastic special offer.
Flights from London Included
7 nights in a shared cabin
3 meals a day, soft drink, wine w/ dinner
19 – 26 December 2019
BEST OF MALDIVES
FROM £1535pp
Visit the best of the beautiful Maldives on the Emperor Voyager, a 30 metre luxury boat accommodating 20 guests in 9 twin and 1 double cabins.
Flights from London Included
7 nights in a shared cabin
3 meals a day, 1 BBQ meal on island
21 – 29 June 2019
IBEROSTAR COZUMEL
FROM £2350pp
Situated right on the beach this 5-star All-Inclusive hotel combines traditional culture with luxury. A few minutes’ walk is all it takes to the beaches.
Flights from London Included
11 nights in a twin-shared cabin
All inclusive meals
9 – 20 November 2019
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