Top Things to do in Papua
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The 10 Best Nature & Parks in Papua, Papua
Discover the best top things to do in Papua, Indonesia including Harlem Beach, Lake Habbema, Sentani Lake, Cenderawasih Bay National Park, Owi Island, Carstensz Pyramid, Love Lake, Samares Lake, Bukit Teletubbies Kabupaten Jayapura, Batu Picah Beach.
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1. Harlem Beach
2. Lake Habbema
3. Sentani Lake
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 112 reviews
Reviewed By Nellie_Cie - Mannheim, Germany
Had a wonderful boat ride on Sentani lake to an island where I bought wonderful handicraft, later we climbed a hill at lake side from where you have a perfect view al l over lake and surrounding
4. Cenderawasih Bay National Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 31 reviews
Reviewed By P190YGme
We swam for 2,5 hours with 3 rather big and 1 calf whalesharks and had a memorable meeting with the fishermen. After almost 2 days of travel from the Netherlands we finally set foot in Nabire. We asked a taxi to bring us to Grand Papua hotel but they were full, after that we were brought to Kamusioh guesthouse. Because we arrived quite early we stood for a closed door. At the main road through Nabire we saw the Karya Papua hotel so we ended up there for the first day/night. Although this hotel had a friendly staff and a proper restaurant, in was not clean at all. So we decided to spend our last 2 night somewhere else. This became Kamusioh guesthouse, they were present in the afternoon of that day. We recommend this guesthouse to everybody. The owner (Mellie) speaks English, the staff is friendly and the room is proper. The guesthouse is found on booking.com. Than the whaleshark trip. Mellie at Kamusioh could arrange the trip. By boat from Nabire, including lunch, a compensation for the fishermen on the first bagan were the whalesharks were present and we were able to asked to go to another bagan if we liked. If we wanted to go to a second bagan we had to pay 100.000-300.000 by ourself at the fishermen. Nothing was said about an entrance for the park, and according to Mellie this is not needed. She asked 5 million Rp for the whole trip for 2 persons. Mellie’s uncle transferred us to the boat at the beach in Nabire and her cousin was the captain of a the boat. Don’t expect western safety standards, there were no life vests or even a paddle on the boat, but that’s all part of the adventure right!? and most of the time you are close to the coast. One negative point is that we saw one whale with fish lines attached. The fishermen don’t worry to much about this. Because during our presence it happen twice that the line got hooked in a whaleshark, but the men just block the line until the line breaks or the hook rips off. This was no happy sight because you really see the stressful reaction of the whaleshark. But in the end what can we say? Mainly due to the fishermen on the bagans we are all able to enjoy this wonderful experience. We will never forget about Nabire and the whalesharks.
