Ellsa Homestay, located in Yensawai Barat, Raja Ampat, is a family-run business established in 2019 by Niklas Saleo.
It offers accommodation and nature/marine tour packages, featuring a local building concept and exclusive sea views.
The homestay is managed by Niklas Saleo and five staff members. Guests are both domestic and international tourists (from countries like Germany, France, and the US), covering various groups (Twin, Family, Group) aged 7 to under 65.
The document also provides a list of six one-day tour packages to destinations such as Pyainemo, Wayag, and Batanta Waterfall.
Rooms
3 x On beach – Private bungalow
A single room bungalow (no ensuite bathroom/toilet) Sleeps max. 2 persons / room.
Rates
Twin share from IDR 470,589 per person / night including 3 meals daily
Single occupancy from IDR 470,589 per person / night including 3 meals daily
Features
- Good house reef
- Western style toilet
- IDR 400,000 to 500,000
- Coral
- Western style toilet
- Has private bungalows
Details
Ellsa Homestay lies on the western shore of Pulau Dayan, in far western Batanta.
Three private beach bungalows are available. Conditions are basic: All bungalows sleep two on mattresses on the floor. Mosquito nets, piloows, sheets and blankets are provided. The bungalows all have power points and room light switches.
Meals are served in Ellsa’s beachside dining room. Free drinking water and tea and coffee making supplies are always available there for guests.
Electricity is supplied by generator and is available from sunset to around midnight.
Only a weak and variable 4G signal is available at Ellsa Homestay. Be prepared to be offline most of the time.
Only very basic English is spoken at Ellsa Homestay. If you don’t speak Bahasa Indonesia, then bringing an offline translation app or phrasebook is recommended.
Yenyar is the nearest village, and is about a 20 minute boat ride away. Be sure to stock up and bring anything you consider essential, because local villages only have basic supplies available.
Safe rubbish disposal is unavailable on any of the Raja Ampat islands, so if you want to avoid contributing to the trashing of paradise, please take any inorganic waste you create away with you when you leave.
Activities
Be sure to bring snorkelling gear, because Dayan is a snorkellers’ heaven. You do need to be careful of the strong currents that sweep around the island when the tide is running though.
Mantas, whales, dolphins, and turtles are all often seen, and dugongs are occasional visitors.
When space is available, diving can be arranged with Ellsa’s neighbour Dayan. (If you want to dive every day, then book at Dayan, not at Ellsa.)
Pulau Dayan also boasts long stretches of perfect beach, including sections where it’s easy to get in and out of the water without stepping on coral.
Dayan’s homestays are very remote – but if you were heading to (or from) a Pam Islands homestay, Dayan would be the perfect place to spend a few days in the middle of the journey.
The pure, clean waters of the bays around Dayan and Batanta are perfect for oyster cultivation, and there’s a pearl farm nearby that could probably also be visited if you were interested. Batanta jungle treks and waterfall visits can also be arranged.
If you’re interested in seeing one of the last remaining villages in Raja Ampat in which all the houses are traditionally built, organise a visit to Yennyar. Yennyar is the name by which everyone refers to it, but the village’s formal name is Marandan Weser. Yennyar is a forty minute longboat ride from Dayan.