Indonesia Accommodation,
East Of Wallace Line

Weda Resort

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Weda Resort is situated on the east coast of North Maluku Island.  Located roughly half way between Sulawesi and Raja Ampat, the island combines the diverse underwater life of the coral triangle with the incredible birdlife of Australasia including two species of Bird of Paradise (the Standardwing Bird of Paradise and the Paradise Crow).

This is an eco-resort with strong environmental principals.  Staff are employed from the local community and the buildings are built from off-cuts from sago production  The bungalows are open-sided to allow natural ventilation and come equipped with ceiling fans.  Mosquito nets are provided over the beds and mosquito coils are provided at night.  Each bungalow also has a covered veranda with seating area and hammocks.  En suite bathrooms come with plenty of hot water (solar heated) your stay includes all meals, complementary drinking water, tea&coffee plus free laundry service. The open-air restaurant and bar is located on a small hill overlooking the bungalows and serves tasty local dishes and well as a limited range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.

Diving opportunities are incredible, with a large variety of dive sites and many reefs only 5 kilometres from the shore. The general lack of strong currents makes the diving very relaxed, and ideal for beginners as well as experienced divers. The resort has three fibreglass dive boats which visit over 40 local dive sites, none of which are more than an hour away from shore. Two morning dives, an afternoon and a night dive are all available, as well as house reef dives during the day.

Facilities

The bungalows are all equipped with ceiling fans and have en-suite bathrooms (excluding the Longhouse in which there is one shared bathroom) with Toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, hair conditioner and mosquito repellent. There is a free laundry service, and fresh towels are supplied in-room and on the dive boats each day. Wi-Fi is available in the restaurant area, although due to the location it is rather slow and unreliable. The resort also has a restaurant, three dive boats and several 4x4 vehicles for wildlife trips.

Local Wildlife

The Resort’s list of bird species which can be found on the premises is extensive. Examples include White Cockatoos, Eclectus Parrots, Redcheek Parrots, Dusky Scrubfowl, Hornbills, Paradise Crows, Goliath Coucals, Sombre Kingfishers, Halmahera Cuckoo Shrikes, Moluccan Cuckoo Shrikes, Blue Capped Fruit Doves, Halmahera Flycatchers and Rufous Bellied Trillers. Other species such as the Ivory Breasted Pitta, Invisible Rail and Wallace’s Standardwing Bird of Paradise are found near Weda, within the forest reserve of the Ecotourism Foundation.

Marine life is also extensive and varied, with each of the 40 sites offering an individual experience. Expect to see a large variety, inducing sharks, giant groupers, schooling fish, turtles, pygmy seahorses, Bobbit worms, barracuda, many corals and even the endemic Halmahera Walking Shark.

Optional Activities

Kayaking, diving, snorkelling, birding and nature trips.

Jonathan Morris

Area Specialist

If you have any questions regarding our Indonesia tours, please feel free to contact me on +44 (0)1803 866965

We are back and all I can say is what a fantastic tour! Thank you so much for organising, we have both fallen in love with Indonesia and cannot wait to go back to see other things. Sulawesi was fabulous –the diving was so good it was like being in an aquarium. The tarsiers were all that I expected but the black macaques were so much more!

The first evening walk to see the Tarsiers, on the way we saw two Cuscus hanging about in the trees. We saw a couple of Macaques but the main event was the Tarsiers. We saw six in one tree and they are more cute/ugly as their photos. I could have stayed there all night watching them.

The next day we travelled back to see the Macaques, we were a little late and thought we had missed them as a we got to a group of people who had been watching them the macaques turned away into the bush. We carried on walking to look for kingfishers when we found ourselves in the middle of a monkey gang fight. Rambo 1 and Rambo 2 troops had travelled onto each other’s territory and  all hell broke loose! They didn’t care that we were there they just rushed back and forth hollering at each other, it was so exciting watching it.

Once all the testosterone subsided Rambo 2 relaxed and groomed each other we just stood in the middle of them watching them for ages. One  climbed a tree to communicate with me by sticking his tongue out and showing me some very strange facial expressions – Stewart thought he was asking me to be his 3rd wife!  As we stood watching them relaxing, one came to play with my shoelaces and then another liked my trousers, then a brave one climb up me and started grooming my hair! He didn’t give up easily, sticking his fingers in my eyes and kept looking at me seeing how I was reacting– it was a fantastic experience all round.

All  that is left to say is thank you again for giving us the wide variety of what we can see in Indonesia, it has whetted our appetite to see more!  Now to plan for next year –we will be in touch soon!

Mrs VW - Blackheath