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We had the best time at Marwes homestay! The house has a beautiful balcony with a private beach and the food is the best we’ve had in Raja Ampat with delicious fresh fish and home baked cake every day :) Erwin is a super host and took us to the waterfall and snorkeling in Wai. Thank you so much Erwin, we will come back one day. Yeehaw!

Ok, so after much MUCH research, my fiancé and I choose Amoryg as our place to stay. It’s very conveniently located at the southwestern tip of Palau Mansuar island, which puts you way closer to all the dive/snorkeling sites than Kri Island. This peppery is 15 mins to Sawandarek town & diving Pier (the BEST pier dive of my life), and about 50 mins to Piaynemo (the BEST diving and snorkeling spot ever)! So yeah, location was great! NOT to mention that their house reef was INCREADIBLE for snorkeling with a great drop off should you also want to dive it. Vanny, the General Mngr was incredible and very helpful even prior to our stay at the property and once we were there, the entire staff was great! There are about 25 room-villas available, but they’re slowly re-opening the resort after COVID, so they’re not running at full capacity, which for us was GREAT! It felt like we had the whole resort to ourselves along with a few more couples. The meals are simple, but tasty (Indonesian), and Chef Glen will go out of his way to cook more items you love if you give him some suggestions/requests. Nikita, was also great, as guest services/housekeeping and for last, I leave Jeffrey - the house dive master! I am most grateful to him, since he was able to coax my fiancé into diving Sawandarek pier with me. It was her second ever time diving, and he was incredibly patient and wonderful with her. Because of Jefferey, I can say that my fiancé is more excited about diving than ever! I am leaving this honest review because Vanny & her team were exceptional. This is NOT a luxury resort, but if you’re looking to find great hospitality, in a key location in Raja Ampat, with a beautiful house reef and a very long walking beach, then this is the spot for you!

Brigitte and Gef are lovely people who did everything to make our stay pleasant. The food was delicious and varied. The cabins are beautiful and well maintained. There is no air conditioning in the cabins on the island and the humidity must be 100 percent and hot... there is electricity in the evenings and sometimes in the mornings. The dives were really good. I recommend taking a close personal diving guide because the currents are very strong in the water and it is difficult to dive even for those who have a lot of diving experience.