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Papua Expeditions is based in the bustling regency town of Sorong, located on the western tip of the Bird's Head Peninsula and gateway to the fabled Raja Ampat archipelago. Sorong is very conveniently bridged by direct air links with Indonesia's main entry points and many of our trips start out here.

Merpati Nusantara Airlines now operates daily flights to Sorong from Jakarta via Makassar and Manado, whereas Express Air flies daily from Jakarta via Makassar. In addition, Lion/Wings Air flies daily to Sorong from Jakarta and Makassar via either Ambon or Manado. We can arrange all domestic air travel for you, if you wish so.

At GMT+9 Sorong is two hours ahead of Jakarta (GMT+7) and one hour ahead of Makassar and Manado.

Travel permit

A travel permit, known as 'Surat Keterangan Jalan' in Indonesian, remains compulsory to visit Papua away from the regency town centers. We acquire this on your behalf when providing us upon arrival with 6 passport photos, 6 photocopies of the photo page of your passport, the page bearing your Indonesian visa, and the page bearing the immigration entry stamp if not on the visa page.

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