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Raja Ampat is the world's most diverse coral-reef system, an archipelago of roughly 1,500 islands off the western tip of West Papua, and the only Indonesian charter destination that delivers what the marketing claims. Charter rates as of May 2026 run $40K to $90K per week for the local phinisi fleet (35m to 50m traditional wooden sailing yachts) and $180K to $620K per week for Western-build explorer yachts. The base is Sorong, reached via a 4-hour flight from Jakarta or a 3-hour flight from Bali. Total flight time from Los Angeles is 24 to 28 hours. From London, roughly 22.
That airfare is why a 7-day Raja Ampat charter is the wrong product. The cruising ground covers 200 nautical miles north-to-south, the dive sites reward repetition, and you have just spent two days in transit each way. 10 to 12 days is the minimum. The right charter splits the time across the Dampier Strait, the Misool basin to the south, and the central Wayag-Penemu axis.