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In fact, Raja Ampat is not only beauty that can only be enjoyed from the depths of the sea. The beauty above the sea Raja Ampat must worth trying. Believe? If you visited the Raja Ampat, a time to come to the Village Sawinggrai, District Meos Mansar, Raja Ampat, West Papua. In this village you get a chance to see agility birds of paradise, a bird that became mascot of Papua, in their natural habitat.

That said, the monitoring Cenderawasih in the village of Sawinggrai famous thanks to the perseverance of Isaiah Major who likes to map out a habit of this bird. For more than six months, he used to map the location of birds Cenderawasih dance, feeding location and type of food, and this bird nesting season. Really, he so diligent to guide monitoring of birds Cenderawasih.

According to Yeyasa, there are four types Cenderawasih in Sawinggrai, namely red Cenderawasih (Paradisaea rubra), Cenderawasih split rattan (Cicinnurus magnificus), a small Cenderawasih (Paradisaea minor), and a big Cenderawasih (Paradisaea Apoda). Of the four species, the red Cenderawasih is the mascot Cenderawasih in this village.

Dancing birds Cenderawasih is a very interesting moment to be seen. Because the attraction is the dancing birds of paradise wedding ritual. The males will gather to compete to show beauty of bird feathers to attract females in order to marry him.

Record time! Attractions Cenderawasih in Sawinggrai plural done in the morning from 6:30 to 7:30 pm WIT and in the afternoon, at 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. WIT.

To enjoy the attractions Cenderawasih dancing, you must be willing to walk for about 30 minutes to climb hill Manjai in Sawinggrai. A wooden hut thatch roof has been prepared by Mayor Yeyasa on site monitoring. From here you can be naked eye to see the birds Cenderawasih dancing on a big tree with the beautiful. These birds will dance more energetic if there are female birds Cenderawasih in the vicinity.

However, if you visited Sawinggrai at the wrong time, you should marginalize the desire to see birds Cenderawasih dance attractions. In December to mid February, a beautiful bird in this Sawinggrai halt it cheerfulness dancing because these months are the season for them to lay their eggs.

In addition see the attraction of birds Cenderawasih, the village Sawinggrai will also give you another fun because you can play with wild fish around the pier. How? Of course, by giving them food. These wild fish did not hesitate to come over food in your hand while you dip the hand into the water.

This is the portrait that has a variety of potential Sawinggrai uniqueness that continues to be preserved. In addition to not chase Cenderawasih they also introduced a system Sasi Laut in the waters around the village while living as a fisherman. Sasi Laut is the prohibition to catch certain types of Laut fauna in an area within a specified period agreed by the community. Therefore, do not be surprised if you can indulge your senses seen to different types of fish and coral. Especially if you have a hobby of snorkeling, it seems a pity to miss the charm of Sawinggrai.

Well, you intend to be visited the village Sawinggrai? You can use the boat from Sorong to the capital of Raja Ampat, namely Waisai. There are two choices, first using fast boat with a travel time of about 2 hours, or use the vessel's pioneering local governments with a travel time of about 4 hours. After that trip by longboat to Sawinggrai be reached in about 2.5 hours.

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Hotels in Raja Ampat 

For time being we (Hikari Travel) dont have the date about the hotels in Raja Ampat, Papua, here we have browse to google about some hotels in Raja Ampat

• Sorido Bay Resort: is boutique resort in Raja Ampat, only have 7 bungalows nestled in the lush garden jungle on a beatiful cape offer looking a deep kindey shaped lagoon.
• Raja Ampat Dive Resort
• Raja Ampat Lodge