Manggara Homestay, located in Moes Manggara Village, Raja Ampat, is a family-run business established in 2017, offering accommodation and nature tourism packages.
Built with local materials, it provides exclusive private bungalows with beach access and local snorkeling opportunities.
Operations are managed by Elimelek Mambrasar, with support from Homestay Kordiris, employing 2 staff members.
Guest data from 2019-2020 shows visitors from countries including Germany, France, and the US, with customer types including Twin, Family, and Group (ages 5-65). Over three years (2019-2020), it received about 15 bookings (average 2 per month).
Rooms
2 x Over water – Private bungalow
A single room bungalow (no ensuite bathroom/toilet) Sleeps max. 3 persons / room.
2 x On beach – Private bungalow
A single room bungalow (no ensuite bathroom/toilet) Sleeps max. 3 persons / room.
Rates
Twin share from IDR 470,590 per person / night including 3 meals daily
Single occupancy from IDR 470,590 per person / night including 3 meals daily
Features
- English speaking
- Large groups OK
- Coral
- Calm beach
- Western style toilet
- In village
- Reef dropoff
- Quiet hideaway
- Child discount
- Sandy Beach
- IDR 400,000 to 500,000
- Has private bungalows
Details
Manggara Homestay lies on the northwest shore of West Waigeo’s tiny Meos Manggara island.
Four bungalows are available.
Two private bungalows occupy a beachside setting at the edge of Meos Manggara village.
The bungalow verandahs have table and chair settings from which to enjoy unimpeded ocean and sunset views.
Bungalow bedrooms are set up for two, but extra beds can be provided if needed. Beds are mattresses on the floor, and sheets, pillows, bolsters and mosquito nets are supplied.
Two over-water bungalows are also available. The over-water bungalows have raised beds. Note that the bungalows are not over water at low tide.
Meals at Manggara Homestay are served in a sand-floored, beachside dining room. Drinking water, tea and coffee making supplies are always freely available.
Guests share a 2 room bathroom building. A western style toilet and dip mandi (bucket) bathing are provided in one room, with a squat toilet and bucket bathing in the other.
Electricity is provided by generator and is available from sunset to about midnight. A reasonably strong but variable mobile phone signal is received at Manggara Homestay, but it wouldn’t support a data connection when we last visited.
Manggara Homestay is in Meos Manggara village, so basic supplies are readily available from village kiosks. (Anything that you absolutely can’t live without would be best brought with you.)
English is spoken at Manggara Homestay.
To avoid contributing to the trashing of paradise, all homestays ask that you please take all your inorganic (especially plastic) waste away with you when you leave.
Activities
There is excellent snorkelling at Meos Manggara. Large schools of fish congregate under the village jetty and reefs along the dropoff are healthy.
Meos Manggara’s shoreline is one long beach perfect for walking, and the small village is both pretty and welcoming.
Be sure to take advantage of Manggara Homestay’s snorkelling and sightseeing trips to explore the nearby islands and the rarely-visited sights of West Waigeo. Anything you want to do (including visiting the not-too-distant Wayag Islands) can be arranged.
Because of the region’s remoteness, West Waigeo’s reefs are pristine, rich and untrammelled by day tripping boats from Sorong and Waisai. Fabulous snorkelling is available in the area and it’s most likely that you will be the only people in the water. Mantas congregate at Pulau Yefnabi (and several other less well known locations) in the Meos Manggara islands. They can even be found there between June and September, when they are usually absent from the better known Dampier Strait sites of Manta Point and Manta Sandy.
Apart from the excellent snorkelling and mantas, the Meos Manggara cays offer sights like West Waigeo’s “Pasir Timbul” – a stretch of pristine white sand that emerges from the ocean with every low tide. A visit to Aljui Bay is highly recommended, and provides the opportunity to see ancient rock art galleries, a large commercial pearl farm, secret lagoons, cultural sites and spectacular scenery.