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This includes pygmy seahorses, needle ghost fish, colorful shrimp, and so much more.Īnd if you are not keen on diving, there are other ways to explore these limpid waters. In addition to whale sharks, the reefs and underwater walls of the bay are teeming with macro marine life. Weighing up to 20 tonnes, they can grow up to 14 m long that’s as long as a school bus However, these pelagic animals do not evoke the same fearful reaction in us as their smaller cousins do, instead, they are arguably the most gentle giant you’ll meet. It is a true diver’s paradise with its clear, calm waters and biodiverse marine life. Whale sharks are the largest member of the shark family and the largest fish in the world.

When it comes to whale shark diving, Indonesia’s Cenderawasih Bay is among the very best. Ĭenderawasih Bay Indonesia Whale Shark Diving – Final Thoughts Grand Papua Hotel Nabire: The best hotel in town but also the most expensive, flat screen tv, aircon, hot showers.Hotel Anggrek: Cheap hotel less than five min walk from the airport, very convenient if having an early morning flight.Nabire has a fair share of hostels and guesthouses. I think they have misunderstood what kind of animal that attracts tourists here. There’s an official tourist shop in Nabire town. So I guess you have to be unlucky if you get checked. I asked in my hotel and with Sem were to pay the national park fee, but both claimed nobody checks it. There is an entrance fee to enter Cenderawasih Bay and Teluk Cenderawasih National Park, which is $70 for two days in the park. But when arriving at Nabire airport, a local police officer checks and takes photos of your passport and Indonesian visa. There is no Surat Jalan (Letter Permit) needed for Nabire, a permit you will need for other parts of Papua, etc.

Permit for Swimming With Whales in Teluk Cenderawasih National Park Cenderawasih Bay Diving – Other Things to ConsiderĪlong with travel information and planning your diving trips, these are some other important things to consider. Nabire will be one of the cities which will be connected to the new highway. The construction of the Trans-Papua Highway, a 4,325km/2688mile long road from Sorong (Raja Ampat) all the way to Merauke in far south-east Papua Province on the border with Papua New Guinea. There’s currently a massive project going on in Papua. The Pelni ship stops by Nabire twice a week, normally on Thursday and Sunday (this can change) on the route Soring (Raja Ampat) – Manokwari – Nabire – Serui – Jayapura, before the ship turns around and travels the same route back. The best option is Garuda which has connections through Timika and Jayapura to all over Indonesia.

Garuda Indonesia (SkyTeam): Biak, Jayapura, Timika.

Flights to Teluk Cenderawasih National Park are: There are, however, no international flights here. Nabire Airport is also known as Douw Ature International Airport. Reaching Nabire is only possible with domestic flight or by Pelni ship. It’s essential that you stay in Nabire town the night before your flight all flights from Nabire airport leave early in the morning, and there’s no way you will get from Sowa to the airport in time for your flight. Sometimes we can see up to 3 or 4 together.Nabire Airport is the gate away to Cenderawasih Bay, only single-engine aeroplanes flyes here. And that’s when our star of the night appears: the magnificent whale shark. Larger fish can also see these small fish and eat them, and eventually top predators can jump into action and enjoy a good feast. But when human introduces artificial light, Bam! Small fish can see the copepods and begin to eat them. Since phytoplankton needs sunlight to grow, it’s concentrated in the first layers of water and zooplankton organisms take advantage of the night feed they can’t be seen by their predators (small fish, for example). But why does light attract plankton? Well … at night, zooplankton organisms, such as copepods, migrate vertically into shallow waters to feed on phytoplankton (microscopic algae). A few years ago, the local fishermen revealed their secret! While they used to fish for sardines and other species at night, using a great light as an attraction, they realized that somehow, they were attracting the giants of the ocean! At night, the light attracts plankton, which attracts the whale shark.