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!
Our ongoing field research here at Papua Paradise / Raja Ampat has been very successful so far, almost every time we go out with the boat we find Whales and Dolphins. We use our eyes and a hydrophone to locate them and most often we will hear the Spinner Dolphins. There are many Spinner Dolphins
Whale Research News from Raja Ampat! “We were invited by Papua Paradise to the spectacular Raja Ampat to conduct whale research, and we are now in our 3rd week here, having already identified over 11 species, which shows the high biodiversity of this place!
