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Features
- Has email contact
- Can pay by credit card
- English speaking
- Large groups OK
- Good phone signal
- Good house reef
- Calm beach
- Above IDR 600,000
- Has raised beds
- Sandy Beach
- Western style toilet
- On site dive centre
- Has ensuite bathroom/toilet
- Diving available
Details
Yenbuba Homestay has seven over-water private bungalows and two VIP beach bungalows. Over water bungalows sleep two, while the VIP land bungalows can sleep 3.
All bungalows have verandahs with table and chair settings, hammocks and ocean views. Bungalow bedrooms have double beds equipped with pillows, bolsters, sheets and mosquito nets.
The VIP bungalows have ensuite bathroom and toilet. Guests staying in over-water bungalows share a five room bathroom building. The building contains three tiled bathrooms with hot water showers, and a western style toilet and squat toilet in two separate rooms..
Meals are served in Yenbuba’s beachside dining room. The well-appointed and richly decorated dining room has great views across the strait to Gam and Waigeo. Drinking water and tea and coffee making supplies are always freely available there.
There’s good mobile phone reception with data services available at Yenbuba Homestay. Electricity is provided by generator for device charging and lighting from sunset to about midnight. Yenbuba provides free WiFi for guests.
Mansuar’s Yenbuba village is a ten minute boat ride away and basic supplies can be purchased there. As for all Raja Ampat homestays, please take any inorganic trash you generate away with you: You’ll be contributing to the rubbishing of Raja Ampat if you don’t.
English is spoken at Yenbuba.
Transport / Getting there
Activities
Diving
Yenbuba Homestay has an on-site dive center operated by Roki – an SSI certified Divemaster. In-house guests do not need to book dives in advance.
April 2024 dive prices for dives at local Kri sites are as below. Dives at other sites will incur shared boat cost.
| DIVES | PER PERSON PRICE (IDR) |
|---|
| Per dive, equipment supplied | 750,000 |
| Per dive, all own equipment | 550,000 |
| 2 morning dives | 1,400,000 |
| 3 dives in one day | 2,000,000 |
Snorkelling
Yenbuba has great snorkeling on its house reef beyond the inshore seagrass shallows. You need to bring your own snorkelling gear. At low tide extensive sandbanks join Kri to the nearby islet of Ransiwor and beyond that to Mansuar. The sandbanks are worth exploring to see the myriad of creatures trapped in the tidal pools, but be sure to wear sun protection while doing so!
The sandbanks also provide access to the village of Yenbuba on Mansuar, which has some great snorkelling beneath its jetty and in the channel between Yenbuba and Ransiwor. Be aware of currents if you decide to explore the channel.
The sandbanks make it possible to walk to Yenbuba at low tide, but be careful to time your return appropriately or you’ll be in need of a boat to get back.
Hiking
Paths lead to the heights of northern Kri behind the homestay, from where panoramic Dampier Strait views can be had. The jungle you’ll pass through on the way is rich with birdlife and if you’re quiet and observant you may encounter one of Kri’s resident monitor lizards. Long walks along the north shore of Kri are possible at low tide, and crossing the sandbanks mentioned above will open up the possibility of long treks from Yenbuba to the other villages and sights of Mansuar.
Yenbuba Homestay Tours
Yenbuba can organise a variety of guided tours in Raja Ampat. Prices for the most popular of those are in the table below. Just ask if you’d like to organise a custom tour. Prices quoted are IDR per trip and are shared by participants…
| SNORKELING/TOUR SITE | PRICE |
|---|
| Manta Sandy | 1,500,000 |
| Sauwandarek | 1,000,000 |
| Cape Kri | 300,000 |
| Friwen Wall | 650,000 |
| Gam | 1,000,000 |
| Piaynemo | 6,000,000 |
| Kabui Bay and Passage | 2,000,000 |
| Yenbuba Jetty | 100,000 |
| Mios Kun | 600,000 |
| Red Bird of Paradise @ Sawinggrai | 600,000 |
Pulau Kri
See our Kri Island page for an overview of the island and its attractions.
