Raja Ampat Dive Lodge

Beautiful DREAMY location on Mansur Island. You have a jetty teaming with fish, beautiful corals around it, mangroves, and a beach! Looked at a lot of pictures and compared many resorts. I requested for an updated bathroom bungalow, but reservationists said to make request on arrival. Upon check in the lady stated not possible, not available, and only for VIP. The room we were given had problems with the hot water. It rained on our transport from Wasai and after one cold shower we wanted a hot shower before bed. They asked if waiting for the next day was ok. I politely said no and asked to change rooms. Yosef at front desk was helpful and quick to solve. Moved rooms and the 2nd room was exactly the updated bath I asked for. Seems to be available unlike the reluctant 1st interaction. On our first dive day the Dive master took some time to find the reef. 15-20 min found the reef, put our gear on and somehow lost sight of it and had to search again. Great dive, no complaints about Raja Ampat diving! He was kind, polite, and attentive. Besides the 2 small hiccups everything else was dreamy. We didn't do the spa services bc it was a little expensive to add on but beautiful setup and such a sweet lady there! Laundry on site too! Attentiveness of the wait staff, housekeeping, and other service staff on point. I have dietary restrictions and kitchen staff was amazing! Toni the manager is truly the best. You see him cleaning up the grounds, cutting dead limbs, playing the guitar for an anniversary couple. Does it all! He's always around, approachable and understands service and hospitality! Planned to stay 5 ended up staying 7! Wish I would've extended more.

Excellent location and service from staff
I spent 4 nights at Raja Ampat Dive Lodge and recommend it
Pak Tony and his team did all the could to make my stay unforgetable.including booking a private tour to see the Iconic Wayag. 3h away by boat

Sangat berkesan berkunjung ke sini sebagai bagian dari tur di Raja Ampat. Naik speed boat di tengah laut dalam yang sepi. Malam tiba masih di kapal.kapal menyusur pelan di pinggiran pulau-pulau.menatap langit yang cerah bertabur bintang². Keheningan total. Woow.luar biasa Raja Ampat

Beautiful on the surface but a rip off on everything else.
They stranded a huge liveaboard boat on the reef resulting in the reef being severely damaged.
I wouldn't go back here again. Not worth the money.

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.

We constantly 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. It felt like a very Chinese cultured hotel.

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. It doesn't support local community and lacks authenticity.

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, really a rip off. Luckily I brought some noodles from Waisai.

Airco and shower:
They minimize the water to almost nothing and the airco was programmed to minimal cooling. Even when we asked for support on this they said they helped while they didn't changed anything.

Spent 6 days with total 21 dives in here. Great view above or under the water, great diving guides with safety and organized. In a super remote area, with extremly limited wireless connection or beer, but this how they keep environment and ocean clean. Go snorkeling to see the coral they grow in front of the rooms, just awesome. A great place to enjoy turely nature beauty.

Nice little resort for divers. Diving sites in the immediate vicinity.
The food is good and varied and the rooms are clean.

Nice place, best service and perfect dive spot’s // we stayed there in February 2023 for two weeks. The room was clean and with a terrace in front. The sand beach at the house ist great to go for a swim at high tide. On the food buffet was always something for everybody and very fresh plus tasty. The house reef is good for snorkeling and stretches to the next village. We went everyday with the boot to different beautiful dive spots - the best on this planet. The dive- hotel- spa- service crew are all very friendly. We are coming back - thanks again from Tauchcenter Feldberg:)

Owner nya baik bngt mantap pelayanan ok, tempatnya nyaman rekomen bngt buat healing atau Honeymoon

Ich bin zum 2.mal im RADL. Super Standard, gute Verpflegung und durchweg hilfsbereites und Personal. RADL liegt nahe an den besten Tauchspots dieser Gegend

This is my second time in the RADL. Super standard, good food and consistently helpful staff. RADL is close to the best diving spots in this area

Tim kami kehilangan sepatu cuma alasan karyawan di gondol anjing mungkin, mungkin di pelayanan harus di tingkatkan keramahan dalam melayani tamu, tapi the best lah radil

I'm very upset. Have reservation at this property but the phone number doesn't work and they don't return messages. Literally I'm stranded right now because I can't get in touch with them for a pick up

Rooms are nice, bathroom is pretty basic with no ventilation.
Food is ok - the buffet is way overpriced (42$ a day per person for lunch and dinner), but know that you can order a-la-carte even if they lie to you at check in and say you can't (as they did to us).
The speedboat from Waisai is also a ripoff - 200$. We managed to organize the trip through another homestay and it cost only 70$ (!).
The area is beautiful.
Wifi is very poor quality and not really free for use - you get 4 vouchers a day, each limited to 1 hour & ~100 mb. It also only works in the lobby/restaurant area.

Pros: good rooms, hot shower, AC, beautiful location.
Cons: unprofessional reception, ridiculous prices for everything (we didn't dive here but the dive prices are double those of other places.)

Strategic locations with beautiful setting, enjoyed great snorkeling at housereef. Beyond expectation. Value for money. We love their entire service

Epic diving spots. Experienced dive guide, Wayan Food is delicious and large portion. Beautiful property. Everyone on property is Superd

Pemandanganx keren, pelayanannya baik sekali, tempat penginapan yg nyaman, bersih, makanannya pun enak,

Amazing place. Located in the middle of the best dive sites of Raja Ampat, amazing service, amazing food. I'd come back in a heart beat. Pickup in sorong airport to resort with luxury speed boat is included in the package. The dive guides r amazing, knowledgeable and throughout our stay we felt totally spoiled in safe hands of the guide. 5 stars for radL! Just on their jetty theres a big schools of fusiliers and the hunting bluefin trevally. Sharks r sometimes spotted there while snorkeling.n even one girl in our group spotted a minke whale passing by.

Berkunjung ke tempat ini serasa memiliki pulau pribadi. Tempat yang direkomendasikan buat diving.

Salah satu Alternatif destinasi wisata bahari terutama penggemar Diving maupun snorkling di kabupaten raja ampat. Raja Ampat Dive Lodge (RADL) merupakan lokasi yang cukup indah dan memukau dari ribuan spot yang ada di Raja Ampat.perjalanan sekitar 2 jam naik speed boat dari sorong. Sangat berkesan. Makanan yang tersedia pada Resto melmiliki Menu lezat dan variatif, karyawan resort sangat ramah, gabungan antara resort etnik dan fasilitas modern dengan Daya listrik 24 jam & Wifi.

Tempat penginapan bagus dan pelayanan bagus, untuk harga masih kategorinya standard.
Jadi tidak ada salahnya untuk mencoba dan menikmati di daerah ini.
Strategis untuk ke beberapa destinasi wisata yang ada di sekitarnya.