I dived Raja Ampat on a liveboard, which the marine biodiversity was absolutely amazing! Very healthy corals, both hard and soft coral - very colourful and fishy! Offers stunning wide angle opportunities as well as great muck diving. Clearly with muck diving, if you are not diving the sites daily it may take a little bit of time to find the critters. Dived Aborek Jetty which has lovely soft coral growth on the jetty pylons and schooling fish next to the jetty - made for some great photo opportunities. There are many great dive sites that the liveaboards can get you to with ease.

Travel tips - fortunately from Australia it is not difficult or long to get to Indonesia. Generally flying into Sorong may require a stop at Manado (Lembeh) which I would recommend before flying over to Sorong, particularly if you are getting on a liveaboard. If your luggage goes missing, staying at Lembeh will give you time for your luggage to catchup!