PAPUAAROUND — Located in Kaimana Regency, Kolam Sisir is one of the recommended tourist attractions in West Papua.
Kolam Sisir Tourism West Papua is more precisely located in Marsi Village, Kaimana District, Kaimana Regency.
Kolam Sisir features a clear and blue water pool from a natural spring, perfect for relaxing.
There, visitors can enjoy the exotic atmosphere. Surrounded by nature in the form of high cliffs with natural green trees. The atmosphere makes visitors feel one with nature.
This natural treat is certainly no less interesting than Raja Ampat.
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Diving in the Kolam Sisir
This Kolam Sisir has calm water, also provides diving spots for visitors and is certainly friendly for beginners.
Tides affect visibility at this location, so the best time to dive is when the water is high or low.
Divers can immediately enjoy the underwater beauty after entering the water using the Kolam Sisir Jetty ladder and swimming about 10 meters. The slope of this dive site slowly descends to a depth of 12 meters.
Divers can follow the reef to the left to enjoy the beautiful coral garden.
While diving, can see various types of colorful coral colonies such as Acropora Tabulate, Acropora Branched, Coral Massive, Coral Folose and others.In addition, divers can see unique and interesting biota such as nemo fish, bat fish, cardinal fish, nudibranchs, lobsters and many more.
Besides diving, another activity that can be done is trekking the Karst hill of Kolam Sisir.
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Access to Kolam Sisir
The location of Kolam Sisir is not far from Kaimana. You can drive for 15-20 minutes to get to Kolam Sisir.
The access has also been built to be passed easily by two and four-wheeled vehicles.
For those of you who don’t have a personal vehicle, don’t worry.
There are motorcycle taxis that can take you to your destination.
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Other Tourism in Kaimana West Papua
Triton Bay is a West Papua tour whose beauty can be compared to the Raja Ampat area.
The Triton Bay area is located in Saria, Kaimana District, Kaimana Regency, West Papua.
Triton Bay has its own charm for those who want to get an experience when traveling to West Papua.
It is known that Kaimana Regency is an area in West Papua that is so famous for its exotic twilight.
Dominated by water areas, which are directly facing the Arafuru Sea, Kaimana’s sunset becomes so exotic because it faces directly to the west, where the sun sets.
The landscape of Kaimana Regency, which includes forests and mountains, lowlands, rivers, lakes, swamps and oceans, makes this region very rich in ecosystem diversity.
To get to Triton Bay, tourists can use a speedboat from Kaimana harbor.
If using a speedboat to reach Triton Bay, it takes about 60 minutes.
When traveling by government ship, it takes approximately 3 hours.
As in Raja Ampat, the scenery presented is a cluster of coral islands overgrown with tall trees.
The clear water allows tourists to dive and see beautiful and colorful coral reefs.
Pampered with exotic marine life, Triton Bay also holds prehistoric relics in the form of paintings on coral walls. But today, the meaning and purpose of the writings on the paintings are unknown.
Locals also don’t know what material is written on the rock surface. This is because the writing does not fade when the waves hit.
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