2007 Diving Raja Ampat & Beyond!
Join Michael Aw on his 2007 Expedition to Raja Ampat & Beyond
After three scientific surveys conducted by teams from Conservation International and The Nature Conservancy in 2001, 2002 and 2006 respectively, Raja Ampat can claim to have the highest density of coral species than elsewhere in the world. “Never before in the world have researchers found 400 coral species in one dive, as they did in Raja Ampat,” coral expert John Vernon has said. Collectively, coral experts documented 600 different corals species and from the recent 2006 trip another 20 specimens suspected as new to science.
World top ichthyologist Dr. Gerry Allen has broken his own record twice in Raja Ampat for numbers of species recorded on a single dive.
