Raja Ampat in West Papua, Indonesia, has been recognized among must-visit destinations in 2025 by the New York Times.

It’s an exotic, away from it all experience: waking up surrounded by dozens of jungle covered islets dotting the turquoise waters around Indonesia’s Raja Ampat. You’re sailing on a wooden ...

Scuba diving off Mioskon, a minuscule islet in Indonesia’s far-flung Raja Ampat archipelago, I’m staring in disbelief at the wildy-colored hard and soft corals populating a gently-sloping reef.