The Red bird of Paradise is extremely colourful and beautiful and they inhabit their own special trees. Upon reaching their neighbourhood you’ll be rewarded with on of the most elegant and exotic displays in nature as numerous males dance for the females, vying for a chance to mate. It can take weeks of courting before the males gets their chance. Even then, some of will never be chosen by the picky females. We have two ways of trekking to see this spectacular bird, one is right from behind our Resort and the other is by boat and then trekking.

First option is right behind our property , a nice and easy trek through the jungle will take you to base camp. Here you will be able to enjoy the courtship dance of the Red Bird of Paradise, which is endemic of Batanta, Waigeo, and Gam island. The guide, Yehuda, constantly maintain the paths and base camp for guests.

For the ones who want to enjoy a little bit more trekking and dance , we can offer a longer trip. Our guide, Simon, will pick you up at our Resort and take you on an amazing boat drive through the bay. After 20 min you will arrive at the starting point for the trek. This trek is a little bit more difficult before reaching base camp. Here you will soon be rewarded by one of the most elegant and exotic displays in nature. Here there is more chance of the sightings of 4 male birds dancing and displaying to 1 or 2 females, vying for the chance to mate.

Biodiversity Nature Resort Raja Ampat is a great believer in supporting the local community as much as we can. Our community programs range from education and conservation through to employment. Raja Ampat is luckier than other areas of Indonesia in that the local community is aware of the value of their environment and the need to look after it in order to support their way of life. With this in mind, we have undertaken several programs to support the future generations of Raja Ampat:

1. English Teaching
English is the international language of business, the language of the digital world, and of course, the tourist industry. Through providing an education in English we hope to open up opportunities both local and further afield for the young people of Raja Ampat and that this additional learning will go some way to improving ability to communicate clearly, thus enabling them to protect their families, the interests of the local community and their environment for generations to come.

2. School Library
We are in the process of building a Library for Yenbeser Primary School – and filling it with books and educational games! Everyone should have the opportunity to read, whatever their circumstances. We aim to provide quality books, which meet the needs of the children in Yenbeser, helping with English education and increasing learning capacity for long-term impact. Guests are encouraged to bring books for the kids when they travel here and to give back we offer a free trip to the village for the guests to see their donations in action.

3. We provide essential textbooks and resources for use in the classroom
It’s no surprise that resources are scarce in such a remote environment. Over the last few years, after consultation with the school to assess it’s needs, we have provided the following across all the schools in Yenbeser:
- Current curriculum books for teachers across all subjects and ages
- Writing books and stationary for over 100 children
- English learning text books for over 100 children
- Maths books for 40 children

4. We help Village school graduates complete their further education
Biodiversity is currently subsidising the further education of 23 students from Yenbeser Village. Students become eligable for subsidised education upon entering their 4th semester in further education, ensuring we only sponsor those who are serious about completing their studies. The students, who are aged between 20 and 23 years old, all in further education collages and universities in Waisai, Sorong and Jayapura

1. 100% solar powered Resort
2. All cottages are made the traditional way using sustainable materials and natural products such as coconut wood and thatch. All locally sourced.
3. We source everything we can locally, not only to reduce our carbon footprint and provide our guests with the freshest food possible, but also to support the local economy and give you the chance to try local products, NO plastic straws – only bamboo.
4. Waste handling: Glass & cans are recycled, “dirty” oil from the generators & compressors is used as “wood Paint” to protect the wood from the sun and rain, small plastic bottles have been eliminated and bulk refillable water dispensers are used instead, batteries are rechargeable, and old sheets are torn and re-used as rags for cleaning.
5. Bed sheets are changed every four days and towels changed every two days, natural sunlight is used to dry all laundry, the WC is bucket-style, instead of low-flow toilets or toilet tanks.

We continue to evolve our sustainability practises at Biodiversity Nature Resort to try minimize our impact on the environment as we understand the importance of this.

Our future focus is educating and looking after our younger generation because through them we will be able to maintain sustainable eco-living, as they are our future. We are currently orgainzing a health project with the local village Yenbesser & Friwen. The event is on the 20th August 2019 and if successful we will to organise and support this event yearly. We have doctors who have volounteered to come and help with this project. It will be a day event that involves around 130 Children. They will receive medical check ups and necessary medicine where needed, as well as nutrition packs. They will be educated on the importance of health and diet.

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I have always dreamed of seeing the birds of paradise and so i took the chance to do this at Biodiversity Nature Resort.

We went to see the Red bird of paradise as well as the Wilson bird of paradise on two separate tours. Both are by boat and start very early in the morning. To hear the sounds of the jungle as it is waking up, is truly spectacular. The guide was from the village and very good at making bird sounds and spotting all the small insects and butterflys.

As we made it to base camp, we were rewarded with most amazing dance/performance by the male red bird of paradise. I was absolutely taken back by this unique mating ritual. something worth getting up early for!

After viewing them for a while, we made our way back down to visit Alfred Russel Wallace’s hut. A very humbling experience and a nice touch to see history.

Well organised to make sure the conservation of these birds is a long term project.

Thank you
2 years ago

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