The incredible reefs of Raja Ampat (4k) - why divers come all this way

Home to 75 % of the worlds corals, Raja Ampat is one of the most biodiverse marine systems on earth. This scarcely populated archipelago is made up of over 1400 islands scattered over 4.6 million hectares. We spent 10 days on Kri Island at Yenbuba home stay, and did 22 dives in total. The sheer mass of marine life and the beauty and intactness of the corals that we witnessed on our dives was astounding. Most of the dive sites were not more than a 15 minute journey by boat. We also did one day trip to Pyanemo. The footage was taken at the following sites: Cape Kri, Chicken Reef, Sardine Reef, Sawandarek, Yenbuba Jetty, Melissa’s garden, Mike’s point, Batu Rufus, Manta Ridge, West Mansuar, New Reef, Fam, Mysokun, Blue Magic We dove with Soul Scuba Divers. They know the dive sites, currents and conditions of Raja Ampat extremely well. They also work on conservation projects above and below water around Kri Island. We were lucky to witness the amazing coral restoration results of The Sea People on several of our dives. Contact to Soul Scuba Divers: https://www.soulscubadivers.com/ Please consider supporting The Sea People: https://theseapeople.org/ Cameras: Underwater: GoPro Hero 9 Black Surface: Sony alpha 7 IV Drone: DJI Mini 2 Music: Escape by Onycs https://soundcloud.com/onycsmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/488OSID Music promoted by Audio Library https://bit.ly/3Pr1zac Music track: Tokyo Sunset by Eric Lund Source: https://freetouse.com/music/ Royalty Free Background Music