Yenbeyar Homestay

Batanta - Batanta

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Rooms

4 x Over water - Private bungalow

A single room bungalow (no ensuite bathroom/toilet) Sleeps max. 2 persons / room.

Rates

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Twin share from USD 38.45 per person / night including 3 meals daily

Single occupancy from USD 38.45 per person / night including 3 meals daily

Discount for children under 12

Make a booking at Yenbeyar Homestay

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* Under 12yrs

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Features

  • Sorong transfers available
  • Seagrass
  • Coral
  • Good phone signal
  • Calm beach
  • Child discount
  • Sandy Beach
  • Western style toilet
  • IDR 500,000 to 600,000
  • In village
  • Has private bungalows

Details

Yenbeyar Homestay has four over-water private bungalows at Yensawai village on Batanta.

The bungalow bedrooms sleep two on  a mattress on the floor, which has sheets, pillows, bolsters and a mosquito net supplied. The bedrooms all have a light switch and power outlets and a small desk.

Meals are served in Yenbeyar’s over-water dining room. Free drinking water and tea and coffee making supplies are always available there for guests.

A 4 room bathroom building with western style toilets and bucket bathing is provided on shore for guests.

Electricity is provided by generator and is available from sunset until midnight.

A 4G telephone signal is available in Yensawai and data connections are usually possible.

The small shops in Yensawai sell basic supplies, but Batanta is quite remote, so you should bring all the consumeables you consider essential.

Raja Ampat suffers from a total lack of safe waste disposal and recycling services. All homestays request that their guests please take their inorganic waste away with them when they leave, so as to not contribute to the growing trash problem in the islands.

Only basic English is spoken at Yenbeyar Homestay, so it’s best to have a phrasebook with you if you don’t speak Bahasa Indonesia.

Transport / Getting there

Transport from Waisai to Yenbeyar Homestay costs IDR 2,000,000 each way. The trip cost is shared by passengers and is in a longboat that can carry up to 4 guests.

Transfers between Yenbeyar Homestay and anywhere else you’re headed for are available. Prices of common destinations below are in IDR, for a one way trip, shared by boat passengers.

PICK UP / DROP OFFPRICE
Sorong4,000,000
Gam1,500,000
Saporkren1,500,000
Kri1,000,000

Read more about Raja Ampat boat transport prices here.

Public Boat to Batanta

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 Batanta. (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 Batanta.

Activities

Be sure to bring snorkelling gear, because Yenbeyar Homestay has a wealth of marine life right at the door. The seagrass flats that surround the homestay are a nursery for all kinds of creatures and dugongs are sometimes seen grazing right below the homestay. Coral reefs occur not far from Mandemor where the seagrass flats give way to deeper water.

Yenbeyar Homestay can arrange snorkelling and sightseeing trips to all the local attractions. Waterfalls, sand cays, jungled bays and Pulau Birie’s fabulous reefs are all close by. A few of the many possibilities are listed below. Prices are IDR, per trip, shared by participants.

SNORKELLING/SIGHTSEEING TOURPRICE
Pulau Urun300,000
Pulau Urai550,000
Pulau Dayan600,000
Pulau Kri (Batanta)700,000
Batanta waterfall400,000
Piaynemo3,300,000

Explore Yensawai village and ask about the occasional music performances that are organised there. Long beach walks are possible from the eastern end of the village at low tide.

Batanta

See our Batanta page for an overview of Batanta, its neighbouring islands, and their attractions.

Yenbeyar Homestay Location Map