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Features
- Hiking available
- Good house reef
- Sandy Beach
- Has raised beds
- Western style toilet
- IDR 500,000 to 600,000
- Near village
- Has private bungalows
Details
Fam Homestay lies on a long, sandy beach on Pulau Pam’s southern shore.
Two private beach bungalows, and three private bungalows on land are offered. The beach bungalows are over water at high tide.
The bungalows sleep two on raised beds. Bedding for a third guest can be provided if needed. The usual bedding and mosquito nets are supplied, and all rooms are provided with a small table, electrical outlets, and room light switches.
All bungalows have covered verandahs with chairs and a small table.
Meals are served in Fam Homestay’s beachfront dining room. Free drinking water and tea and coffee making supplies are always available for guests there.
Guests share a two-roomed bathroom building. A western style toilet and dip mandi (bucket) bathing ia avialble in one room. The other bathroom has bucket bathing and a shower.
Fam Homestay receives a strong 4G phone signal, and data connections are usually possible. Electricity is supplied by generator and is available from sunset to around midnight.
Only a little English is spoken at Fam Homestay, so bringing an offline translation app or phrasebook is recommended.
Saupapir village is a short walk away. Be sure to stock up with anything you consider essential, because local villages only have basic supplies available.
Safe rubbish disposal is non-existent in Raja Ampat. Please take all your inorganic trash away with you when you leave. Leaving it anywhere in the islands will only contribute to the trashing of paradise.
Transport / Getting there
Transfers between Waisai and Fam Homestay are by longboat which can carry up to 4 people.
The trip cost is IDR 2,500,000 and is shared by passengers.
Read more about Raja Ampat boat transport prices here.
Public Boat to the Fam Islands
If you have plenty of time, you don’t mind a bit of discomfort, and you want spend as little as possible on transport costs, then there are cargo boats that you can use to get to the Fam Islands. (Obviously, if you are going to arrive on the cargo boat, then you don’t need to request a Waisai pickup when submitting the booking form above.)
Here’s what you need to know about getting the cargo boat to Fam.
Activities
Be sure to bring snorkelling gear, as there are many excellent snorkelling sites around Fam Homestay.
Saupapir village is a short walk away, and walking paths connect Saupapir to Pam’s two other villages, and to a jetty in a bay on the northern side of the island.
Fam Homestay offers a variety of local sightseeing and snorkelling excursions. See below for a few popular options.
| TRIP (4 passengers max) | TRIP PRICE |
|---|
| Piaynemo viewpoint, Star Lagoon and Manta Lagoon | 1,000,000/trip |
| Manta snorkelling at Miosba, Andau Besar or Andau Kecil | 350,000/trip |
| Pam jetty snorkelling | 300,000/trip |
| Manaru snorkelling | 500,000/trip |
