Features
- English speaking
- Reef dropoff
- Mangroves
- Seagrass
- Quiet hideaway
- Hiking available
- Good phone signal
- Coral
- Child discount
- Good house reef
- Birds of Paradise
- Has family bungalows
- Wayag trips
- Has raised beds
- Western style toilet
- Near village
- IDR 400,000 to 500,000
Details
January 2024: Blue Ocean Lodge is renovating and is currently not accepting bookings. Please contact us if you would like to be added to a mailing list for when Blue Ocean Lodge reopens.
Blue Ocean Lodge is a single, large, over-water bungalow hidden among the mangroves between Gam’s Sawinggrai and Kapisawar villages.
The bungalow is honeymoon hideaway perfection. A large, canopied and mosquito-netted bed sleeps two. Bed covers, sheets, pillows and bolsters are supplied. An extra mattress can be provided if required.
The bungalow has a split level deck that has panoramic ocean views and provides easy access to the coral wonderland below.
Meals are served on the roofed upper section of the deck. Drinking water and tea and coffee making supplies are always freely available to guests there.
A tile-floored, 2 room bathroom building provides dip mandi bathing and a western style toilet. The bathroom is connected to the bungalow by a boardwalk. Best to have a headlamp or similar to light your way at night.
Electricity is from the village supply, and is available all night.
Blue Ocean Lodge receives a strong 4G phone signal.
English is spoken at Blue Ocean Lodge.
The villages of Kapisawar and Sawinggrai are a short walk away along a concreted path. Supplies are available in village shops, and cold beer can be found in Sawinggrai.
Please don’t leave any inorganic trash at Blue Ocean Lodge. Inorganic waste (especially plastic) that is left at homestays will simply contribute to Raja Ampat’s growing rubbish problem.
Transport / Getting there
One way transfers between Blue Ocean Lodge and Waisai cost IDR 700,000. Transfers are by longboat that can carry a maximum of 4 people. Cost is shared by boat passengers.
Read more about Raja Ampat boat transport prices here.
Activities
Bring snorkelling gear to take advantage of Blue Ocean Lodge's fabulous house reef.
If you're a competent swimmer, and have fins, then excellent drift snorkelling can be had along the drop off while the tide is running. On a falling tide, enter the water at Sawinggrai jetty, drift westward past your accommodation and leave the water when you reach Kapisawar. Do the opposite when the tide is rising. Be sure to keep an eye out, and don't drift too far from shore, because the tides run fast!
Birdlife is rich in the mangroves that surround the homestay, and Red Birds of Paradise display in nearby forest trees.
Blue Ocean Lodge can provide any sightseeing or snorkelling trip you want to do. Some favourites are listed in the table below. Prices are IDR, per trip, and include entrance fees where applicable. Trip cost is shared by particpants, and the boat used can carry a maximum of four passengers.
| TRIP | PRICE |
|---|---|
| Manta | 350,000 |
| Arborek | 425,000 |
| Sawandarek | 500,000 |
| Yenbuba | 500,000 |
| Mandarin fish | 350,000 |
| Batu Pensil (in Kabui Bay) | 650,000 |
| Kabui Bay Day Tour | 2,500,000 |
| Kri Pasir Timbul sandbank | 350,000 |
| Piaynemo | 4,800,000 |
| Wayag | 11,000,000 |
Pulau Gam
See our Gam Island page for an overview of Gam and its attractions.
Blue Ocean Lodge Reviews
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15 Reviews
We went travelling for 4 weeks through Raja Ampat and visit several homestays.
Nyanse was one of our favorites! We visited in March this year.
The hosts are a great and warm family.
We also had a nice dance evening with the family and other tourists who were on the homestay.
We had a nice hammock and a great daybed by our house on the water.
The food is really good and there are two villages on walking distance.
The Coral Reef in front of the homestay is nice
The bird of paradise tour that we did was a little disappointing.
Overall we recommend this homestay
Nice homestay on the water surrounded by the mangroves. We went on the walk to try to see the bird of paradise, no success maybe cus we were with another 20 people. We made a great trip with Ferry to snorkel! Rather high prices for the trips but besides that a very comfortable, nice homestay with friendly family.
We stayed at Nyanse for five nights and had a wonderful time. Nyanse has a lovely spot to view glorious sunsets and enjoy peaceful ocean views. We were made to feel so welcome and the family looked after our every need. Lovely food, great snorkelling and birds of paradise right behind the homestay if you ask for a guide. All in all a fabulous place to find harmony in Raja Ampat.
We had a fantastic stay at Nyanse Homestay. The owner and his family are super friendly and the food is absolutely amazing. The location is private but just a short walk to the village where you can visit the school. You can ask the owner for a tour to see the birds of paradise (we weren’t lucky but it was worth it anyways).
I loved my stay at Nyanse. The family was so wonderful and fun. I’d recommend snorkeling at Manta Point which Ferdinand (the host) can organize.
Alvaro (Ferdinand’s son) also helped with tours and translating. Ferdinand’s extended family also helps care for you during your stay, cooking delicious food and ensuring that the bathroom and jetty are very clean. I had varied fresh fruit (sometimes pineapple, mango, banana) with every meal. By the time I left after 3 days, I felt like a part of the family.
The overwater bungalows during high tide are beautiful with anemone, giant clam, many fish.
I enjoyed my stay very much, and I’d highly recommend staying here.
This is our 4 homestay and really the best! We stayed for 3 nights with this absolute lovely family and could easily stay longer if we had time. First of all we got the warmest welcome from the whole family when we arrived and their kindness was just incredible throughout the whole stay. English is spoken by several family members. We got excellent and plenty of food everyday which they announced and didn’t put it just on the table like others do. The room was nice and spacious and all very clean. Typical buket shower and toilet but always perfect, soap and toiletpaper provided.
We did amazing tours with Ferdy, the host. Best snorkel where we have seen many mantas, we also did the birds of paradise tour, and we saw one with a glimps but the tour was nice anyway. We also did another snorkeling tour. Fredy is the first person we have met with livejackets on the boat and they all really care that you have a great time. We also visited the school just next to the homestay where Alfaro, the son, attends and learns perfect english. All in all if you want to experience papuan life with a very lovely and caring family, this is the place to stay. You really feel that they love to host guests. Thank you!
We stayed here for 2 nights – food was excellent & must be the cleanest place in Raja Ampat! Really good choice if you want to see birds of paradise & easy walk to both villages. Lovely family – Thank You!
We stayed in Nyanse Homestay for 4 days. The family are very kind end specials people. The accommodation is nice and clean, the food was great and very good, they prepared for us a snack every afternoon. The Bungalow was in the sea, sourrounded from the coral and multicolor fishes.
Thank you for all,
Patrizio and Mauro.
Nous avons beaucoup apprécié ce homestay : le cadre magnifique, la tranquillité du lieu, la barre de corail à quelques mètres du Homestay, la disponibilité de notre hôte pour les excursions, la proximité du village. Mais nous avons particulièrement apprécié l’accueil chaleureux de toute la famille et les plats cuisinés « maison » excellents et variés (poissons, viandes, fruits locaux) . Nous recommandons ce Homestay en espérant que, comme nous, vous arriverez à apercevoir les oiseaux du paradis dans la forêt derrière le village et la tortue qui se promène juste devant le homestay.
This homestay was one the highlight of our stay in Raja Ampat. The place is absolutely gorgeous: located in a mangrove bay, the bungalows, dining room, bathroom and path to the village are all joined by wooden pontoons over the water. We were there at full moon and with the low tide it was a magical sight.
The food was also excellent, plenty and varied (we even had French fries!), with a snack in the afternoon. Everything was also very tidy, including the bathroom which was spotless. We were impressed!
The place is located in between two villages, which you can access in a few minutes. There is also a secondary school nearby, a project founded by a Swiss-Indonesian couple (Child Aid Papua), where Alvaro, the son of our host family, is schooled and that he kindly made us visit.
But the best of the place is for sure the family, we had a lovely time living among Ferdi, his wife and his two sons! They took great care of us and were just kind and fun people to be around. Come here, you will not regret it!
We stayed 4 nights at Nyanse Homestay. We originally booked with Tapor Aikos. As Nyanse and Tapor Aikos Homestay are the same Family and located direct next to each other we got a place at Nyanse. The two rooms are newly build, clean and have a good climate due to the mangrove next to the building. What was exceptional was the nice food. You can do snorkeling with Tapor Aikos. The snorkel sites are really nice and somehow secret – offered from the family for very reasonable! prices. Communication in English is okay. Not the best but the owners understand you easily. The are two villages close by. You can do a nice birds of paradise tour. We can fully recommend Nyanse Homestay.
We chose this homestay for a solitary and intimate retreat, and remote working location as well – it’s in a lovely bay with mangroves, has just two bungalows and a good phone signal from the mast on Arborek. We came here full of concerns because, being newly opened after the pandemic, it hadn’t had any comments here yet. But our bungalow turned out to be quite alright. We were supposed to have meals served on the verandah, which was an added attraction for us, but it turned out the owners are just expanding their homestay and a restaurant has already been created in a separate enormous bungalow on the water, which looks like a 5-star hotel here thanks to the stylish white curtains. The bathroom and toilet are unfortunately still in need of renovation. But, we were very impressed with the meals. Very plentiful and varied. The owner’s wife catered to us so much that we probably gained a few kilos after our 5-day stay here. In addition to the 3 meals, we were served fattening snacks almost every day (e.g. fried bananas in chocolate and coconut shreds) – yum!
The host speaks little English, but is gallantly assisted by his son Alvaro, who is learning English at the nearby Child Aid Papua Education Centre. A fantastic school, which I’m sure Alvaro would be happy to show you inside, like he did to us. It is also worth coming here for the local folklore of the villages of Sawinggrai and Kapisawar, between which the homestay is located, and at Christmas or Easter – to experience the local magic of the festivities celebrated in the church in Sawinggrai village.
Our host, with Alvaro and his daughter helping him, took us by boat for snorkelling and organised a birdwatching trip. When the host saw that, as an elderly person, I was having trouble climbing out of the water onto the boat, for the next snorkelling he upgraded the ladder especially for me, extending it by one more step. The whole family is incredibly helpful and super-friendly! We had a very good time with them.
The only reason Blue Ocean Lodge has no reviews is because it’s a new homestay, and no Stay Raja Ampat guests have left a review for them yet.
Hopefully that will change soon! 🙏
The only reason Blue Ocean Lodge has no reviews is because it’s a new homestay, and no Stay Raja Ampat guests have left a review for them yet.
Hopefully that will change soon! 🙏
Nyanse has no current rating or reviews, as the homestay has only recently reopened after the covid years.
Hopefully someone will add one soon 🙏
In the meantime, please do see this one over on their Google listing.