In Reply to: Raja Ampat benthomas posted by canang on Thursday, 31. July 2014 at 21:03 Bali Time:
You can fly to Sorong which is a 7 hour flight from memory, maybe shorter depending on route (it's not a direct flight) and stopover time. From Sorong you then need to catch a ferry which we did a day later but if you wanted you could probably do on the same day. It's a 3 hour crossing to the islands.
I'm not a diver myself, but that is what most people go there for and yes it is supposed to be amazing. It's a truly beautiful area. I would just say go sooner rather than later whilst it still is a beautiful, un-spoilt place.
Hopefully it's too far out of the way to attract the masses, but it only takes one airline tof start doing direct flights, and a bit more advertising (which I have noticed it's picking up in recent years) and soon every man and their dog will be heading there.