MAPIA ISLAND - WEST PAPUA

Mapia islands, coral islands in the Pacific ocean is the most far islands of  Indonesia. The distance is far enough from the central government and the District and only served by KM. Five Papua continuously. The uniqueness Mapia is on chaneln where at the time of high tide and low tide there are thousands of different kinds of fish both large and small (sharks) entrance to the lagoon.

Mapia in the sea there are many fan corals (sea fan) membentu paving the coral (city sea fan). Chanel in the lagoon to the reef there is a life that continues to expand almost to the sea surface. The Natural Panoramas of Mapia islands with white sand carpet and sea birds is very unique. On the edge (headland) Mapia island shaped like a prow of coral reefs where there is a type of soft and hard coral

MAPIA…
a tiny island right on the equator, between West Papua and Palau.
Come here for nudibranchs galore beneath huge schools of fish. You’ll see snappers, trevally, big groupers, barracudas, gray sharks, pink leaf scorpion fish, rainbow runners, jacks, tunas, huge Napoleon wrasses, and even huger bumphead parrotfish by the hundreds. Dive sites include Bumphead City, Schooling Point, Mapia Boulevard, and Bumphead City—and they came by their names for good reason.