The far-flung Indonesian archipelago of Raja Ampat should really have a no responsibility disclaimer put in place. Never again will the blues, greens and golds of a tropical holiday be so vibrant and ...

One hundred feet offshore, Patti Seery—my guide and the owner of the Indonesia-based sailing company Silolona Sojourns—is frantically waving me back aboard a tender to return to Si Datu Bua. I dive ...

Live-aboard ships like this one from SeaTrek Sailing Adventures are a popular way to explore Raja Ampat. Photos: TNS When I enter the rainforest of Indonesia’s Waigeo Island, the first thing I notice ...

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It’s an exotic, away from it all experience: waking up surrounded by dozens of jungle covered islets dotting the turquoise waters around Indonesia’s Raja Ampat. You’re sailing on a wooden boat of ...

Descriptions such as breathtaking, picture-postcard, earthly paradise and awe-inspiring are so overused in travel writing, they are almost meaningless. In truth, they should be saved for places like ...

From the deck of a rugged steel yacht, I climbed into a kayak and pushed out into the Banda Sea, a pristine body of water in Indonesia that is one of the most biodiverse marine habitats on the planet.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To dive into Raja Ampat is to enter a subaquatic kaleidoscope. Blue tangs radiate different colors, depending on their moods.