Saudori Homestay is a family-run business established in 2015 in Manyaifun Village, Raja Ampat.
It offers accommodation and nature/marine tourism packages, featuring traditional local architecture with a jetty, exclusive authentic stays, snorkeling spots, and sunset views.
The homestay is managed by Bobi Mambraku and has 4 staff members. Between August 2016 and July 2020, guests included international tourists (Germany, France, America, Italy, Russia) and domestic visitors, spanning ages 5 to under 65 (Twin, Family, Group).
They offer 8 distinct tour packages, with packages to Pyainemo, Wayag, and Tamaku being the most frequently reserved.
Rooms
2 x Over water – Room in a bungalow
A room in a bungalow with 2 or more rooms and shared common areas. Sleeps max. 2 persons / room.
4 x On beach – Private bungalow
A single room bungalow (no ensuite bathroom/toilet) Sleeps max. 2 persons / room.
2 x Over water – Private bungalow
A single room bungalow (no ensuite bathroom/toilet) Sleeps max. 2 persons / room.
Rates
Twin share from IDR 411,770 per person / night including 3 meals daily
Single occupancy from IDR 411,770 per person / night including 3 meals daily
Features
- Has email contact
- Mangroves
- Quiet hideaway
- Good phone signal
- Calm beach
- Sandy Beach
- Western style toilet
- In village
- Large groups OK
- Seagrass
- Coral
- Good house reef
- Has family bungalows
- Wayag trips
- IDR 400,000 to 500,000
- Has private bungalows
Details
Saudori Homestay offers the following bungalows:
- A two room, over water, family bungalow. (If you want to book the whole bungalow, then select 2 x Room in a bungalow on the booking form above.)
- Two over water private bungalows
- Four on beach private bungalows. (These are over water at high tide.) Note that the beach bungalows do not have ocean views, as they are built facing each other. See the photos in the gallery above.
Each bungalow sleeps two people on mattresses on the floor. Bedding includes sheets, pillows, bolsters and mosquito nets.
Meals are served in Saudori’s large, over-water dining room. Free drinking water and tea and coffee making supplies are always available there.
Guests share a concrete-floored bathoom and toilet building which provides bucket bathing and a western style toilet in separate rooms.
Electricity is supplied by a generator which runs from around sunset to midnight. Saudori Homestay receives a reasonably strong 4G signal which will sometimes support a data connection.
You can buy basic supplies in the nearby Manyaifun village, but you’ll need to bring sufficient supplies of your favourite snacks and anything else that you can’t do without. It’s also important to take any inorganic trash (especially plastic and batteries) that you create away with you when you leave – there’s no safe waste disposal on Manyaifun. (That’s the case everywhere in Raja Ampat – see this information.)
English isn’t spoken at Saudori Homestay, but it is next door at Subdikar if you need help communicating.
Activities
Located on a narrow sand spit between the ocean and a tidal mangrove lagoon, Saudori Homestay has a rich house reef and crystal clear water that provides excellent snorkelling (bring your own gear).
A huge range of marine life frequents the bay at Manyaifun. A lot of it can be seen by simply sitting on your homestay verandah for a while! Turtles and dolphins are regular visitors by day and the seagrass beds below the homestay flash with bioluminescent plankton at night. The clear tidal waters of the mangrove lagoon behind the homestay swarm with juvenile fish and other aquatic and bird life.
Manyaifun village
The village of Manyaifun is shared by the inhabitants of its Muslim and Christian quarters and is well worth exploring. Ask for a guide to show you the fresh water eels that inhabit a small pool on one of the streams that supplies the village water. The Nawan or Nipa Palm grows on Manyaifun and the thatch roofs of the village houses exhibit a classic pattern not seen in the more common thatch of other Raja Ampat villages. Manyaifun’s a pretty village with traditional, rustic timber and thatch stilt homes sitting side by side with brightly painted more modern island homes. Explorations further afield can be made via the many tracks that fan out from the village.
Pulau Batanme (Batang Pele)
A narrow strait separates Manyaifun from the bigger Batanme Island to the north, which affords good hiking and panoramic views from its heights. You could arrange for a boat to drop you off and pick you up later if you wanted to do some exploring, although going with a guide would be safer and more rewarding.
Saudori Homestay snorkelling and Wayag camping trips (bring your own snorkelling equipment)
Prices in the table below are as at December 2024, and are per trip, depending on the number of particpants.