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Features
- Child discount
- Good house reef
- Calm beach
- IDR 700,000 to 800,000
- Sandy Beach
- Has raised beds
- Western style toilet
- Near village
- Has ensuite bathroom/toilet
- Has private bungalows
Details
Moana Homestay is at Sauwandarek village, on Pulau Mansuar’s southern coast.
Three VIP bungalows with ensuite bathrooms are available. The bungalows sleep two on raised beds. A mattress for a third guest can be squeezed in if needed. Groups of more than three should book two bungalows.
All bungalows have verandahs with panoramic sea views. Mosquito nets, sheets and pillows, and bath towels are provided. The bungalows are equipped with light switches and power outlets.
Bungalow ensuite bathrooms have dip-mandi (bucket) bathing and western style toilets.
Meals are served in Moana’s beachside dining room. As at all homestays, free drinking water and tea and coffee making supplies are always available there.
Electricity for lighting and charging devices is is from the village supply, and is usually available all night.
Moana receives a weak and variable 4G signal, so guests should probably expect to be mostly offline while at the homestay. (A good signal is available a short boat ride away.)
Only basic supplies are available at Sauwandarek’s shops, so be sure to bring your essential supplies with you.
Very little English is spoken at Moana Homestay. Bringing an offline translation app or phrasebook will make things much easier.
As everywhere in the islands, please do take your inorganic trash away with you when you leave: There is no safe means of inorganic waste disposal in Raja Ampat. (See our Don’t rubbish Raja Ampat article for more about this.)
Transport / Getting there
Activities
Moana Homestay has great snorkelling at the door. Easy access to the water is provided by the nearby village jetty. The jetty also shelters large schools of fish and many colourful soft corals. Mansuar’s southern shore is fringed by coral reef, and rich upwellings attract plenty of marine life.
Moana Homestay can also provide snorkelling and sightseeing trips to anywhere you might like to go.
Sauwandarek’s wide sandy beaches and beachside trees provide plenty of shady places to relax with a good book.
Long hikes are available on Mansuar. Follow the path leads north from Sauwandarek, and you will pass by a lake in the center of the island, before coming to the north shore village of Yenbekwan, where more great snorkelling is available. From Yenbekwan, it’s possible to follow a jungle path eastward, all the way to Yenbuba village on Mansuar’s eastern tip. You will probably need a guide to find this path. If you’re really keen (and the tide is low), from Yenbuba you can cross the sandbanks to Kri.
Do be aware that Sauwandarek village is of the Seventh Day Adventist faith, and that the day of rest there is Saturday. Apart from providing transport to Waisai if needed, your hosts are unlikely to be available for boat trips or other guided activities on Saturdays.
