We would like to officially introduce our new Dive Centre management couple, Julian Arenas and Alaitz Muro! Julian and Alaitz come from Spain (and Basque country) respectively, and have been at Papua Paradise since June this year.
Free V.O.A. (Visa On Arrival) update After several mis-starts and premature announcement by the Minister of Tourism in April, Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo signed on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 a presidential regulation expanding VISA Free status to an expanded list of Nations.
Last Saturday, we visited Arefi village (the largest village near Birie Island), together with Dr. John Egli – who came to Papua Paradise last year – to do some GP medical care for the local Papuan villagers. The morning started a little slow when we got there; we had plenty of time to set up
Sunny the Olive-backed Sun Bird is BACK! And even better- she has built her nest 3 metres high up in a Coconut Palm tree.. dangling from just a thin cord-like natural fibre. The nest (as you can see from these photos) is flask-shaped with a trail of fibre material at the bottom and a small
Incredible shots of a Blue Ring Octopus found just behind the resort. We have had quite a few sightings over the last few weeks, even on our House Reef!
