Features
- IDR 400,000 to 500,000
- Western style toilet
- Good phone signal
- Sandy Beach
- Calm beach
Details
Southwest Homestay is a beach hideaway for two on West Waigeo’s remote Yef Kabu.
A single private beach bungalow is available.
The bungalow sleeps two on a mattress on the floor. Bedding includes sheets, pillows, bolsters and mosquito nets. The bungalow verandah has a table, chairs and ocean views.
Meals are served in Southwest’s beachside dining room. Free drinking water, tea and coffee making supplies are provided there for guests
A two-room bathroom building houses a western style toilet in one room, and bucket bathing is provided in the other.
Electricity is provided by generator and is available from sunset to about midnight. A good 4G phone signal is usually received at Southwest Homestay.
Mutus village is about a ten minute boat ride away. Basic supplies are available from village kiosks there. (Anything that you absolutely can’t live without would be best brought with you.)
Only a little English is spoken at Southwest Homestay. If you don’t have any Bahasa Indonesia, then bringing a translation app or phrasebook is recommended.
To avoid contributing to the trashing of paradise (opens in a new window), all homestays ask that you please take all your inorganic waste away with you when you leave.
Transport / Getting there
A one way transfer between Southwest Homestay and Waisai costs IDR 2,500,000
Transport is by longboat that can carry three passengers. Trip cost is shared by passengers.
Reaching West Waigeo is not cheap, but the remote region’s unique attractions and wild nature justify the expense. You’ll also see a lot of Raja Ampat on the way, including Kabui Bay and the famed Kabui Passage.
Read more about Raja Ampat boat transport prices here. (opens in a new window)
Activities
Bring snorkelling gear!
Good snorkelling is available off Yef Kabu, and Southwest Homestay can take you to all the local attractions.
Yef Kabu is a tiny, flat, sand cay in the middle of the West Waigeo Islands.
One long, white beach encloses two square kilometres of coconut palms, casuarina and ketapang trees that makes a perfect quiet hideaway and base for exploring some of the best reefs in Raja Ampat.
Because of the region’s remoteness, West Waigeo’s reefs are pristine, rich and untrammelled by day tripping boats from Sorong and Waisai. Fabulous snorkelling is available in the area and it’s most likely that you will be the only people in the water. Mantas congregate at Pulau Yefnabi and several other locations in the islands. They can even be found there between June and September, when they are usually absent from the better known Dampier Strait sites of Manta Point and Manta Sandy.
Apart from the excellent snorkelling and mantas, the West Waigeo Islands offer sights like “Pasir Timbul” – a stretch of pristine white sand that emerges from the ocean with every low tide. A visit to Aljui Bay is highly recommended, and provides the opportunity to see ancient rock art galleries, a large commercial pearl farm, secret lagoons, cultural sites and spectacular scenery.
Waigeo Barat
See our West Waigeo page (opens in a new window) for an overview of West Waigeo, its islands, and their attractions.
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