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Features
- Reef dropoff
- Large groups OK
- Child discount
- Good house reef
- Has raised beds
- Western style toilet
- Has ensuite bathroom/toilet
- IDR 400,000 to 500,000
- In village
- Diving available
Details
Napoleon Sawandarek Homestay lies at the edge of Sauwandarek village, which is on the south coast of Pulau Mansuar.
Napoleon Sawandarek offers three VIP bungalows with ensuite bathrooms, and one over water private bungalow.
Two of the VIP bungalows are located on the beach, and one is set back from the beach on land. All ensuite bathrooms have western style toilets and bucket bathing.
An over-water private bungalow is also offered. A western style toilet and bucket bathing is provided in a bathroom building on land.
All bungalow bedrooms have real beds, and extra mattresses can be provided if needed. Bedding includes sheets, pillows, bolsters and mosquito nets. Bedrooms have light switches and power outlets, as well as a small table and cupboard. All bungalows have covered verandahs with a table and chairs provided.
Meals are served in an over-water dining room that has panoramic ocean views. Drinking water and tea and coffee making supplies are always freely available there for guests.
Electricity is supplied by generator, and is available from sunset to around midnight. There is no phone signal available at Sauwandarek.
Only a little English is spoken at Napoleon Sawandarek Homestay, so a phrasebook or a translation app will prove handy if you don’t speak Bahasa Indonesia.
As everywhere in Raja Ampat, only very basic supplies are available in village shops, and there is no way to properly dispose of inorganic waste at Sauwandarek. To avoid contributing to the trashing of paradise, all homestays ask that you take all your inorganic trash away with you when they leave.
PLEASE NOTE: Sauwandarek is a Seventh Day Adventist community, and the village strictly observes the Sabbath on SATURDAYS.
This means that, with the exception of meal preparation and Waisai transfers for incoming and outgoing guests, no activities that require homestay staff to work are available on Saturdays.
No diving is available on Saturdays at Sauwandarek homestay dive centers.
Snorkelling, or sightseeing trips can only be provided on Saturdays by advance arrangement with your hosts. (Your hosts will organise a boat from another village for you.)
The Sauwandarek community also hope that you will help in their observance of the Sabbath by postponing all your private activities and quietly relaxing until noon, when church services finish.
Transport / Getting there
Activities
Napoleon Sawandarek Homestay has fabulous snorkelling at the door.
Easy access to the water is provided by the village jetty, which also shelters large schools of fish and many colourful soft corals. Healthy coral reef stretches right along Mansuar’s southern shore, where rich upwellings attract plenty of marine life.
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. If you’re really keen (and the tide is low), from Yenbuba you can cross the sandbanks to Kri.
Napoloeon Sawandarek Homestay can also provide snorkelling and sightseeing trips to anywhere you might like to go. 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 will not be available for boat trips or other guided activities on Saturdays.
Diving
Diving is available by arrangement with neighbouring Erens Guest House.
Pulau Mansuar
See our Mansuar Island page for an overview of the island and its attractions.
