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Features
- Reef dropoff
- Large groups OK
- Quiet hideaway
- Good house reef
- Calm beach
- Has family bungalows
- Near village
- IDR 400,000 to 500,000
Details
Bon Wauw Homestay lies on a fine sandy beach on the remote West Waigeo island of Manyaifun.
Four private beach bungalows are available. There is also a 2 room, over-water, family bungalow. (If you want to book both rooms of the family bungalow, select 2 x Over water – Room in a bungalow on the booking form above.)
All bungalows have verandahs with seats and tables and fine views across the bay to the neighbouring island of Batang Pele. The bungalow bedrooms have the usual mattress on the floor with a mosquito net, pillows, bolsters, mattress cover and sheet.
Meals are served in Bon Wauw’s over-water dining room and drinking water, tea and coffee making supplies are always available there for guests.
A two-room bathroom building with a crushed rock floor provides separate dip mandi bathroom and a squat toilet.
Electricity is supplied from sunset to around midnight by generator. Bon Wauw Homestay receives a variable 4G signal which will sometimes support a data connection.
Manyaifun village is a 15 minute walk away and basic supplies can be purchased there, but Manyaifun is a remote island, so consider bringing your favourite snacks and anything you can’t do without. It’s also important to take any inorganic trash (especially plastic and batteries) that you create away with you when you leave – there’s no safe waste disposal on Manyaifun. (See our article about rubbish in Raja Ampat for more info.)
Only a little English is spoken at Bon Wauw Homestay. Taking an offline translation app or phrasebook is recommended.
Transport / Getting there
Transport between Bon Wauw Homestay and Waisai costs IDR 2,500,000 each way. Trip cost is shared by passengers and the boat can carry a maximum of four passengers.
It’s a long trip (about 2.5 hours), but you’ll see a lot of Raja Ampat on the way. The route passes through Kabui Bay and Kabui Passage, then past a number of uninhabited cays with white sand beaches and turquoise waters between Kabui and Manyaifun.
Boat transfers are also available to other islands if you are planning to stay at other homestays as well. The transfers are also by longboat as above, and the links are to descriptions of the destinations. Trip prices (shared among passengers) are below:
FROM/TO | TRANSFER COST |
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Piaynemo / Pam | 2,000,000 |
Arborek / Gam / Kri | 2,000,000 |
Saporkren / Friwen | 2,500,000 |
Batanta | 6,000,000 |
Read more about Raja Ampat boat transport prices here.
Activities
Manyaifun’s waters are rich in coral and fish and alive with phosphorescence at night. There are many great snorkelling sites nearby, including some where you can swim with Mantas. Bon Wauw has good coral and a drop off at the door. The fiordlike karst landscape of western Waigeo and Aljui Bay are also relatively close by.
Manyaifun affords the opportunity to do a bit of hiking and some great panoramas are available from the island’s heights. Manyaifun village is also easily accessible from Bon Wauw. (Ask to see the freshwater eels there.)
Raja Ampat Snorkeling Explorer Trip
Bon Wauw’s 3 day, 2 night Raja Ampat Snorkelling Explorer trip visits Arborek, Piaynemo, Manyaifun, Wayag, Jellyfish Lagoon, Kabui Bay and more.
The speedboat trip begins and ends in Waisai, and costs IDR 20,000,000. The cost is shared by trip participants (6 max).
See details here (PDF 40KB)
Snorkelling at Manta Point
IDR 1,000,000 for a single participant, IDR 2,000,000 shared cost for 2 to 4 participants.
Wayag Day Trip
A Wayag day trip from Bon Wauw will cost IDR 8,000,000 shared by up to four passengers. Cost includes entrance fees.
Piaynemo Day Trip
A Piaynemo day trip from Bon Wauw will cost IDR 2,500,000. Cost is shared by up to four passengers. Cost includes entrance fees.
Waigeo Barat
See our West Waigeo page for an overview of West Waigeo, its islands, and their attractions.