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Features
- Child discount
- Good house reef
- Has raised beds
- Western style toilet
- IDR 500,000 to 600,000
- Near village
Details
Korain Homestay lies in a small, private bay on Pulau Friwen’s sheltered northern shore.
Two private over-water bungalows are available.
The bungalows sleep two on raised beds. Sheets, pillows, blanket and mosquito nets are provided. Bungalow verandahs are equipped with table and chair settings.
Meals are served in Korain Homestay’s over-water dining room. Free drinking water and tea and coffee making supplies are provided there.
Guests share a 2 room, tile-floored bathroom building. A shower is provided in one room. Showers only work when the electricty is on. Dip mandi (bucket and ladle) bathing is provided for other times. The other room houses a western-style toilet.
Electricity is from the Friwen village supply, and is usually available all night.
Korain Homestay usually receives a good 4G signal which supports a data connection if you have the right Telkomsel plan.
Friwen village is very close, but the unmarked route through the trees to the village is only for the adventurous. At low tide you can walk via the beach. Otherwise it’s a three munute boat ride away. Basic supplies are available at the village shops.
Please do take any inorganic trash you create away with you when you leave, because there is no safe waste management infrastructure in Raja Ampat.
Only a little English is spoken at Korain Homestay, so bringing a translation app or phrasebook is recommended.
Transport / Getting there
Activities
Bring your snorkelling equipment! There’s great snorkelling straight of your bungalow deck at Korain Homestay.
Dolphins cruise the waters beyond the rich house reef most days. In the afternoons, frigatebirds often gather above the strait between Friwen and Gam to steal fish from other seabirds and occasionally dive for their own.
Relax on your bungalow verandah and watch the changing ocean moods between Gam and Waigeo. Snorkel the coral gardens at the homestay door, or explore the reef that fringes the series of small bays between the homestay and the eastern end of the island.
Great snorkelling with huge schools of juvenile fish can be had at the nearby village jetty.
Snorkelling trips
Korain Homestay provides snorkelling and sightseeing trips on demand. A selection of popular trips are below. Prices are IRD, and trip cost is shared by passengers. (Maximum of 3 passengers)
| SNORKELLING TRIP | PRICE |
|---|
| Friwen Wall | 250,000 |
| Batu Lima | 300,000 |
| Sauwandarek Jetty | 1,000,000 |
| Pasir Timbul sandbank | 600,000 |
| Arborek | 1,500,000 |
| Kabui Wall | 1,700,000 |
| Piaynemo | 4,000,000 |
| Yenbuba jetty | 700,000 |
| Mioskon | 400,000 |
When you’ve spent enough time in the water, the land has plenty to offer.
Explore Friwen village and discover trails through sago and coconut plantations and jungle to island’s many bays and viewpoints. Cross to the southern side of the island and watch the sunset light up the limestone cliffs of Friwenbonda (Friwen Wall).
Black Palm cockatoos and brightly coloured Eclectus parrots are frequent visitors to Friwen – especially when the Ketapang (beach almond) trees fruit.
Pulau Friwen
See our Friwen Island page for an overview of the island and its attractions.
