Features
- Sleeps 10 or more
- Seagrass
- Good phone signal
- Child discount
- Has family bungalows
- Calm beach
- Sandy Beach
- Western style toilet
- IDR 500,000 to 600,000
- In village
- Diving available
Details
Sehati Homestay offers seven private, over-water bungalows on Arborek’s southern shore.
Bungalow bedrooms sleep two on mattresses on the floor. Bedding for an extra two guests is available if required. Bed linen, pillows, bolsters and mosquito nets are provided, and multiple power outlets and room light switches are fitted.
The bungalows also have glazed windows and floor coverings. Unlike most other homestays, a cupboard is provided for hanging clothes, and a small table is also provided.
Bungalow verandahs are covered and have ocean views. Chairs, a hammock, and a recliner are provided on the verandahs.
Meals are served in Sehati Homestay’s over-water dining room. Free drinking water and tea and coffee making supplies are always available there for guests. Like all homestays, Sehati serves local style food, which always contains rice and vegetables with fish, egg or chicken. If you are vegetarian or have special dietary needs, please be sure to let your hosts know when you meet them.
Guest share a three-room bathroom building. Two rooms provide dip mandi (bucket) bathing. The third room houses a western-style toilet.
Electricity is a combination of village supply and solar panels and is usually available 24 hours per day. Telkomsel’s Arborek tower provides a strong 4G signal.
There are shops in the village that sell food, basic supplies and cold drinks, but (as everywhere in Raja Ampat) there’s no effective waste disposal or recycling available. If you don’t want to contribute to the trashing of paradise, please take all your inorganic waste away with you when you leave.
Only a little English is spoken at Sehati Homestay. Do consider bringing a translation app or phrasebook to ease communication.
Transport / Getting there
Transport between Waisai and Sehati Homestay is by longboat and costs IDR 1,500,000.
The cost is shared by passengers (3 max.)
Read more about Raja Ampat boat transport prices here.
Activities
Diving and snorkelling
Sehati Homestay guests can contact Arborek Dive Shop to book diving. (Book ahead! Arborek Dive Shop is popular and often fully booked.)
Be sure to bring snorkelling gear, as the waters beneath Arborek’s jetty and the reefs off the island’s eastern end are special. Arborek is also the closest accommodation to the famed Manta Point and Manta Sandy sites where you can dive or snorkel with mantas.
Arborek village often mounts cultural performances, and production of handcrafted souvenirs is thriving. Sehati Homestay can organise boat trips to any sightseeing or snorkelling sites you might want to visit, and Arborek is small enough that you can easily drop in to the other homestays to find travelling companions to share costs with.
Piaynemo trip
Viewpoint sightseeing and snorkelling trip: IDR 1,500,000 per trip, shared by participants (3 max)
Sehati Homestay Location Map
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29 Reviews
Everything was perfect! Nice huts, food was great. We would come here again! 🙂
Wir hatten wunderbare Tage dort. Die Waschräume waren die saubersten und gepflegtesten die ich gesehen habe. Das Essen war reichlich und abwechslungsreich. Es gab auch den ganzen Tag Früchte und heißes Wasser. Die Besitzerinnen haben sich gut um uns gekümmert. Der Bungalow war gepflegt und gut eingerichtet – mit genügend Ablagen. Wir haben es dort sehr genossen.
We were overbooked. What bothers me was the owner didn’t tell us so until we arrived at the homestay, though we communicated with the owner the day before and in the morning of the day of check in.
The owner quickly proposed to stay at a different homestay that he also owns, which we found more preferable because it was much quieter and private with only two overwater bungalows facing west for a fantastic sunset, in contrast to Sehati’s overcrowded, noisy environment with minimum privacy. With a complimentary manta trip that the owner also tossed in, we were happy to accept the substitute.
Yet, overbooking is overbooking. This I give 2 stars.
Overbooking is indeed overbooking, and we’re sorry to hear it happened to you Nb.
Room type substitution is unacceptable, and Stay Raja Ampat will refund guests for every night they have to spend in a bungalow that was not of the type they paid for.
All you need to do is contact us as requested in your booking confirmation emails when you discover the issue, and before leaving the homestay.
Perfect place to stay in Arborek. Beautiful cabins, good food, toilets always clean. Only slight negative is the comfort of the bed.
Enjoyed our stay.Good food ,great location. We had a good view from our bungalow.Toilets always clean.Access to fresh water always.
Enjoyed our stay.Good food ,great location. We had a good view from our bungalow.Toilets always clean.Access to fresh water always.
We had a great time in Sehati homestay. The room was cozy and clean and we loved the view from the balcony. The toilets were always kept clean. The food was delicious too. Snorkeling around the island was unreal! The people in the village were all very friendly and welcoming too. What a spot!
We had a great time in Sehati homestay. The room was cozy and clean and we loved the view from the balcony. The toilets were always kept clean. The food was delicious too. Snorkeling around the island was unreal! The people in the village were all very friendly and welcoming too. What a spot!
We stayed 4 nights at Sehati, that was not enough.
The island is very chill and nice to walk around, people are very friendly and welcoming.
The homestay is great. The room are very cosy, clean and guest are well looked after. They would do what is in their power to help you! We will stay again with them, food was top notch, toilet clean and location very beautiful.
We stayed 4 nights at Sehati, that was not enough.
The island is very chill and nice to walk around, people are very friendly and welcoming.
The homestay is great. The room are very cosy, clean and guest are well looked after. They would do what is in their power to help you! We will stay again with them, food was top notch, toilet clean and location very beautiful.
I recommend this homestay.
– Very pleasant place to stay
– Exceptional location with access to a jetty (memorable snorkelling)
– Well-prepared meals
– Electricity in the rooms from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
– Good internet access with a sim card
– The “balconies” are equipped with a chair, a hammock and a deckchair
– Shower head in the “bathroom”
A few points for improvement:
– Limited English.
I recommend this homestay.
– Very pleasant place to stay
– Exceptional location with access to a jetty (memorable snorkelling)
– Well-prepared meals
– Electricity in the rooms from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
– Good internet access with a sim card
– The “balconies” are equipped with a chair, a hammock and a deckchair
– Shower head in the “bathroom”
A few points for improvement:
– Limited English.
Nandès et son petit frère sont vraiment gentils et dévoués. L’oncle Edison est lui beaucoup plus froid…
Les bungalows sont simples mais confortable avec un ventilateur et un lino au sol..L’électricité de 18h à 7h environ. Internet signal faible et nombreuses coupures.
Il est possible de faire un excellent spot de snorkeling juste au bout du long ponton à gauche de la pension (même famille).
Il faut demander directement au petit frère de Nandès les prix pour partir avec leur bateauc car c’estme seul à parler un peu anglais. Je conseille les raies mantas et Cap Kri pour snorkeling, banc de sable et lunch box sur une petite île sauvage.
Le gros point faible de cette pension est la nourriture : pas du tout variée et pas assez abondante !!!! Ils servent trop tôt et tout est rapidement froid. Vraiment dommage car sinon c’est un très bel endroit.
L’île dispose d’un village sympa avec une population accueillante contrairement à Fam Island. Il y a des petites épiceries et même un mini bar à 5 min à pied l’autre côté de l’île avec sodas et bières fraîches.
Nandès et son petit frère sont vraiment gentils et dévoués. L’oncle Edison est lui beaucoup plus froid…
Les bungalows sont simples mais confortable avec un ventilateur et un lino au sol..L’électricité de 18h à 7h environ. Internet signal faible et nombreuses coupures.
Il est possible de faire un excellent spot de snorkeling juste au bout du long ponton à gauche de la pension (même famille).
Il faut demander directement au petit frère de Nandès les prix pour partir avec leur bateauc car c’estme seul à parler un peu anglais. Je conseille les raies mantas et Cap Kri pour snorkeling, banc de sable et lunch box sur une petite île sauvage.
Le gros point faible de cette pension est la nourriture : pas du tout variée et pas assez abondante !!!! Ils servent trop tôt et tout est rapidement froid. Vraiment dommage car sinon c’est un très bel endroit.
L’île dispose d’un village sympa avec une population accueillante contrairement à Fam Island. Il y a des petites épiceries et même un mini bar à 5 min à pied l’autre côté de l’île avec sodas et bières fraîches.
We stayed 2 nights in Sehati – the ambiance is nice – the room are ok but not so clean – the food is very basic and not yummy comparing to some other homestay in different island – we did a fishing tour which was very nice and they’ve cooked our fish for the lunch ! Otherwise is ok for few nights and the location is good. Few people are speaking a correct English which is nice !
We stayed 2 nights in Sehati – the ambiance is nice – the room are ok but not so clean – the food is very basic and not yummy comparing to some other homestay in different island – we did a fishing tour which was very nice and they’ve cooked our fish for the lunch ! Otherwise is ok for few nights and the location is good. Few people are speaking a correct English which is nice !
So lovely place to be!!
They were very attentive to me, helping me with everything I needed. The accommodation is very nice and spacious. Quiet and cozy. The food was delicious and plentiful.
Thank you very much
So lovely place to be!!
They were very attentive to me, helping me with everything I needed. The accommodation is very nice and spacious. Quiet and cozy. The food was delicious and plentiful.
Thank you very much
We came in Sehati in May and we really enjoyed our stay. The bungalow is really basic but new, clean and we felt that the hosts pay attention to the details that make the difference (place to hang your clothes on the balcony, fan, decoration, mirror). The food is very good and plenty.
The hosts were also nice and attentive.
We would just recommend to adapt the description on stay raja Ampat website because it is not 100% accurate :
– Electricity is available from 6PM to 7AM and not 24h
– Water is available when the pumping is activated. We took all our showers with bucket, not with « western shower »
We came in Sehati in May and we really enjoyed our stay. The bungalow is really basic but new, clean and we felt that the hosts pay attention to the details that make the difference (place to hang your clothes on the balcony, fan, decoration, mirror). The food is very good and plenty.
The hosts were also nice and attentive.
We would just recommend to adapt the description on stay raja Ampat website because it is not 100% accurate :
– Electricity is available from 6PM to 7AM and not 24h
– Water is available when the pumping is activated. We took all our showers with bucket, not with « western shower »
What a very nice homestay! Edison and his family made me really feel like being at home. I got the best bungalow and the food was delicious. Sadly I only statyed one night. Then I got help by a dauhter to move my stuff to the next homestay on Arborek. I loved Arborek and will definitively stay at Sehati next time.
What a very nice homestay! Edison and his family made me really feel like being at home. I got the best bungalow and the food was delicious. Sadly I only statyed one night. Then I got help by a dauhter to move my stuff to the next homestay on Arborek. I loved Arborek and will definitively stay at Sehati next time.
Sehati is an excellent homestay in Arborek. During our stay in Raja Ampat we have stayed in several homestays and we can say that Sehati is the best, where we have felt most welcomed and cared for. They have well-maintained traditional bungalows over the sea, in an excellent location. We also want to highlight the abundant food cooked with great care. The family is very welcoming and willing. If we return to Raja Ampat, which we will, we will not hesitate to repeat. Thank you!
Sehati is an excellent homestay in Arborek. During our stay in Raja Ampat we have stayed in several homestays and we can say that Sehati is the best, where we have felt most welcomed and cared for. They have well-maintained traditional bungalows over the sea, in an excellent location. We also want to highlight the abundant food cooked with great care. The family is very welcoming and willing. If we return to Raja Ampat, which we will, we will not hesitate to repeat. Thank you!
We stayed at Sehati for 3 days in december 24. The homestay bungalows are nice and clean. The food served is varied and tasteful, and the host is very friendly. Also; right under the bungalow we saw barracuda, batfish and scools of small fish. The pier next to the guest house is instagrammable, and a good vantage point for the reef snorkeling. We also booked snorkeling trip to Manta point and Manta Sandy and were pleaced with that trip
We stayed at Sehati for 3 days in december 24. The homestay bungalows are nice and clean. The food served is varied and tasteful, and the host is very friendly. Also; right under the bungalow we saw barracuda, batfish and scools of small fish. The pier next to the guest house is instagrammable, and a good vantage point for the reef snorkeling. We also booked snorkeling trip to Manta point and Manta Sandy and were pleaced with that trip
March 2024: Sehati Homestay is new to Stay Raja Ampat, and so doesn’t have any reviews yet.
Hopefully it won’t be long! 🙏
March 2024: Sehati Homestay is new to Stay Raja Ampat, and so doesn’t have any reviews yet.
Hopefully it won’t be long! 🙏