The food was cold. Prepared before breakfast and dinner. Quality varied from one day to another. The access to the dive lodge is hard. Public ferry from Sorong 2h ( slow, poorly maintained, crew unkind, chairs broken,Embarkment slow via wooden leather . Resort did not provide speed boat from Sorong to Resort. But first needed to take public ferry.

For the distant location it is relatively good. Location is great. Dive shop staff is really kind and informative and helpful

Stayed in August 2025

Dated and needs an uplift

Close to amazing diving locations

Stayed in April 2025

With respect to the resort itself and the location it was around a good experience except for the food . The quality and taste is severely lacking & overpriced. 4 out of 10. Excursions and transportation extremely expensive . The staff were really friendly and helpful ..

Stayed in April 2025

We were snorklers and the snorkling excursions were expensive for what they offered (250€ for two, only half day). It felt a bit as if the employees weren't as motivitated to show guests all the amazing places in Raja Ampat as in other resorts. I wouldn't recommend to go to Wayag which is a three hour trip in each direction.

Snorkel guides were knowledgable and nice, the rooms were really nice (superior room). The food was mostly really good and the manager tried to help where he could.

Stayed in February 2025

The location, the staff, the accomodation all were welcoming, friendly and relaxed. I can't wait to go back

Stayed in February 2025

Over priced excursions and drinks we also had a terrible scary and confusing transfer

Incredible location

Stayed in August 2024

Transfer that they offer somewhat unreasonably pricy

Amazing hotel, awesome location, very nice staff, good food

Stayed in August 2024

It is difficult to get there ... staff pick you up and guide you I wish I had been better explained on all possible visits and areas of diving available upon my arrival Internet connection is very difficult ... although a bit expected. Only available from the lodge common area, not available from the room

Excellent location in a great island, in the core of Raja Ampat Islands Staff guides you very well, since you arrive Sorong Airport, through ferry in Waisai till arrving the lodge Different activities available: diving (main one), kayaking and visiting other islands. I really wanted to visit the Wayag - usually a min 3 people trip. I was solo, but they arranged a small boat for me Food is very good. Staff is very friendly and resourceful to help you in anything you need

Stayed in November 2023

The wifi is very slow and only available in the reception area, but you are in the middle of an isolated island, so it's to be expected.

The location is stunning - beautiful clear water, peaceful surroundings, and incredible marine life. The staff were warm and helpful, and the rooms were comfortable and air conditioned. All dive excursions can be booked through the motel, and they're incredibly flexible with timing and frequency of dives.

Stayed in April 2023

restaurant was not so good, high prices for the buffet, menu was cheaper, served undercooked fish. cleaning not done a few times, part of the staff not motivated.

location was good, diving was superb.

Stayed in November 2022

Nothing! It was perfect!

Fabulous location and service.

Stayed in April 2025

Nothing

3rd time visiting.. Spectacular location on northern Mansuar. Great snorkling at the jetty. The hole resort is well maintained by a happy bunch. Great place if you travel with non-divers as well since there are many activities available for them while you dive. The beach is great! Even though R4 is such a vast place several of the best dive locations are within reach with speedboat. Food is great too. Big thanks to Tony and his crew for taking care of us again. Sampai jumpa lagi! ;)

Stayed in December 2024

Room was dark, fan was noisy, aircon was not great. Food was not good at all.

Great location

Stayed in December 2024

No chocolate

Amazing Staff and food was exceptional

Stayed in June 2024

The food and the alcohol were limited. Also expensive for what they offered, $25 US buffet meals. If you are a vegetarian or vegan or have seafood allergies, you will struggle. They have no snakes available, and they state no outside meals. The boat ride to the mainland is over the top, even if they are traveling to pick people up anyway. I stayed at another more comfortable dive lodge at a better price.

The staff are lovely, and the accommodation was excellent; it was clean, with a comfortable bed with aircon and a fan room.

Stayed in December 2023

very nice and helpful people

Stayed in October 2023

the bar on the beach was empty from first day. Not able to serve the drinks from the drink list. the food is verry poor/not variable. lot of in amount, but not tasty. Additional activities not possible, just relax and massage.

nice beach, comfortable rooms. nice massages. the resort is good for relax.

Stayed in April 2023

From the beginning to the end of our stay there where a few things that we found challenging at Raja Ampat Dive Lodge. Constantly we had the feeling they where trying to rip us of or to do things as cheap as they can. We compared it with Alibaba, it all seems beautiful but under the surface it's all cheap. During our stay a Liveaboard boat from the same owners of the hotel stranded on one of the pristine coral reefs! It was stuck for days and the reef was heavily damaged. I truly wonder if the owners will do anything to make up for this awful incident. Employees: The employees where nice. However this is hotel doesn't seem to employ any local people only people from Java. Transportation cost: If you stay at Raja Ampat Dive Lodge you have to take a boat from the ferry Waisai to the hotel. We have asked the hotel a few times what the price was for picking us up from the ferry. They gave many different prices all of them absurd high (towards 250 USD pp). We arranged transportation ourselves because the hotel asks an absurd high amount and we paid 800.000 (50 EUR) one way 2 persons. Other guests went to the village next to the hotel and they arranged a boat to bring them to the ferry. They paid 1.000.000 for 3 persons. The transportation fee is really a rip off and a very unwelcoming fee. Food: For the first part of our holidays we stayed at Hamueco eco dive lodge, a small scale hotel with beach bungalows. Going from them to Raja Ampat Dive lodge was a poor decision looking at the food. As the food was amazing at Hamueco and so extremely poor at Raja Ampat Dive Lodge. It all seemed unfresh or just unfrozen. It wasn't authentic. Instead of providing good Indonesian food they try to provide western food of super low quality. Also for having lunch and dinner you have to pay 25 USD/ 50 USD in total. Airco and shower: They minimize the water to almost nothing and the airco was programmed to minimal cooling.

We are a couple that wanted to go to Raja Ampat for a long time. We decided to start our journey and first stay in Waisai at Hamueco Dive Resort and spend our last week at Raja Ampat Dive Lodge. Raja Ampat Dive lodge did a lot of effort in how it looks. The garden and the buildings are beautiful. Our dive guide/ instructor Rasul was very good and friendly. He made our stay at Raja Ampat Dive Lodge.

Stayed in April 2023

prices are extreme. if we would knew everything was this expensive we would never have gone. a 2 hours transfer from the lodge to Waisai was (+€150!!) with their boat. other stays would ask about €45. so extremely overpriced. lunch and dinner cost $50 and also way to expensive. food is good, but mostly semi warm and the price too high!

Bali style hotel, bathroom and airco at your room is luxury in Raja Ampat. House reef is okay, cool that they have walking sharks around their mangrove area.

Stayed in March 2023

- The food is absolutely terrible - and I mean terrible to the point of inedible a lot of the time, people are grumpy because they are so hungry and the staff just doesn't care. I had one (one!!) nice meal there, which was pasta (to my surprise) and so I ordered it again and it was terrible. I mentioned it and they said oh, ok, we'll cook it like before - and it was terrible again. The cook came out and told me they didn't have any tomatoes, what was he to do! Well.... he could have told me in the morning when we spoke at length about the quality of their food and that particular pasta dish as well, then I wouldn't have ordered it. And it really isn't my fault if they can't plan their shopping. They only had 6-8 guests staying while we were there, what are they going to do when they are fully booked. - They always try to get you to eat the buffet, which really isn't worth it at 50 USD (terrible as well according to the other guests). They tried to tell us - after we had already eaten a la carte the first night - that they did not have a la carte. - They tried to rip us off on the bill and weren't even embarassed about it. We were really really ill one day (and they didn't even ask if anything was the matter with us - and they must have noticed with the small number of guests they had) and didn't eat - so they charged us 100 USD for buffet for two people even though we didn't eat anything all day. Then they charged us double for a snorkeling trip, which meant another 250 USD overcharge - If you want to go diving or snorkeling you have to chase them - they want to make the money with it, but it is hard to get there. One day plus the evening we were looking for somebody to help us with this and couldn't find anybody who was willing to talk to us about it, and the next morning the manager came to us "Oh, you are not diving today?" - we could have cheerfully strangled him.

The location is wonderful, the bungalows are are very nice and the staff is mostly friendly. Diving/ snorkeling trips great (although super expensive compared to other operators in the area which you are not allowed to use however if you stay there)

Stayed in January 2023

room could have been cleaner. food was always lukewarm

location room was nice

Stayed in February 2023

The resort is on a secluded island. They came with extra charges including a credit card fee which was not on the booking. Complete overcharge scam. Completely unacceptable.

Stayed in December 2022

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Stayed in March 2025

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Stayed in March 2025