Raja4Divers
  • Home
  • Raja Ampat
    • Region
    • Pulau Pef
    • Weather Conditions
  • Resort
    • The Resort
    • Your Bungalow
    • Bar & Sunset Lounge
    • Restaurant
    • Activities >
      • Explore Pulau Pef
      • Books & Games
      • Pef Band
  • Diving
    • Dive In
    • Diving Facilities
    • Dive Team
    • Marine Life
  • Snorkelling
    • Snorkelling In Paradise
    • Snorkelling Team
    • Marine Life
  • From Guests
    • Guest Comments
    • Guest Galleries
    • Guest Movies
  • About Us
    • Our Team
    • Mission
    • Publications
    • Blog
    • Wallpapers
    • Partners
  • Visit Us
    • Reservation / Bookings
    • How to get here
    • Rates
    • Availability
    • U30 Weeks
    • Downloads
    • Our Agents
    • Yachts

Publications

Publications 2021

Picture
June 2021
An interview with the founder and Managing Director of Raja4Divers, Maya Hadorn in one of Switzerland's biggest consumer magazine.

"Warteschlaufe auf Pulau Pef"
by Andreas W. Schmid
             
                        
                        

Publications 2020

Picture
December 2020
Interview with the founder and Managing Director of Raja4Divers, Maya Hadorn, in the Jakarta-based Indonesian expat magazine «Indonesia Expat».
​
«Maya Hadorn Believes Everything’s Possible Underwater».
by Indonesia Expat
Picture
October 2020
Web article in trade magazine «cmm360» on customer relations and customer satisfaction at Raja4Divers.

​«Arrive as a Guest. Feel like a King. Leave as a Friend.»
by Meike Tarabori

Picture
July 2020
Radio interview with the founder and Managing Director of Raja4Divers, Maya Hadorn on Switzerland's national radio station SRF 1 in daily news broadcast «Echo der Zeit» (in German only).
Article also on srf.ch news website.

"Swiss lady in Indonesia"
by Charlotte Jacquemart
Picture
June 2020
Radio interview with our marketing manager Monika Frei on the Swiss regional radio station Radio 24 about what it is like to leave everything back home and work on a remote island at the other end of the world.

​"I have the most beautiful office in the whole world!"
by Sharon Zucker

Picture
March 2020
A portrait of the founder and Managing Director of Raja4Divers, Maya Hadorn in Switzerland's biggest consumer magazine.

"Walhaimat"
by Rahel Schmucki
Picture
March 2020
Corrigendum to the article in Migros Magazine (s. left):
Whale Sharks are very rare in the area of Pulau Pef!
While we are very happy about the report on Raja4Divers, we would like to make sure, potential guests don't have wrong expectations as there are hardly any Whale Sharks in our region.

Picture
March 2020
Our Dive Manager Arif describes his favourite dive spot around Pulau Pef: our house reef Karang Sembilan.

"Karang Sembilan"
by Arif Hamid
Picture
January 2020
8-page article on mystical mangrove diving and snorkelling around Pulau Pef.

"Wild Water Forest"
by Werner Fiedler
              

Publications 2019

Picture
August 2019
A beautifully documented report on the biodiversity of Raja Ampat, focusing on the reefs and mangroves around Pulau Pef.

"Raja Ampat - Hotspot mariner Lebensvielfalt"
by Werner Fiedler
Picture
October 2019
A 6-page feature on the "legendary seat of the emperor" Pulau Pef, now home to the beautiful Raja4Divers resort.

"The Little Dive Village"
by Thomas Haider
              

Picture
March 2019
PICTURE OF THE MONTH

"Über Wasser und darunter"
by Thomas Haider
Picture
July/Aug 2019
He came for the coral reefs, but his curiosity drew him into the mangroves...

"Raja Ampat: Into the Bluewater Mangroves"
by Werner Fiedler
              

Picture
Dec18/Jan19
This second article in the German magazine KORALLE gives an in-depth overview of Raja Ampat and its biodiversity.

"Raja Ampat - Ein Mosaik der Habitate" by Werner Fiedler
Picture
Febr/March 2019
This third article in the German magazine KORALLE gives an in-depth overview of Raja Ampat and its biodiversity.

"Raja Ampat - Ein Mosaik der Habitate" by Werner Fiedler

Publications 2018

Picture
Dec 2018
A portrait of Maya and how she built her resort resort on Pulau Pef, Raja Ampat, in the German magazine TAUCHEN.

"Unverhofft im Paradies gelandet" by Peter Jaeggi
Picture
Dec 2018
An insight into the shark research of Dr. Lorenz Frick, resident marine biologist at Raja4Divers, in the German magazine TAUCHEN.

"Beifang kostet mehr Haien das Leben als angenommen" by Peter Jaeggi

Picture
Nov 2018
The Soliswiss Forum, a free and independent exchange platform of Swiss abroad for Swiss abroad,  interviewed Maya about life in Indonesia.

"Vom Traumbauernhof in der Schweiz zum Traumresort in Indonesien" by Steven Sohn

Picture
Oct / Nov 2018
This article in the German magazine KORALLE gives an in-depth overview of Raja Ampat and its biodiversity.

"Raja Ampat - Im Zentrum des Zentrums" by Werner Fiedler

Picture
June 2018
The Swiss magazin 50PLUS describes the development of the resort Raja4Divers with a portrait of Maya.

"Eine Schweizer Powerfrau baute sich in Indonesien ein Inselparadies"  by Peter Jaeggi
Picture
June 2018
The UK dive magazine DIVER published an article about diving around Pulau Pef.

"Raja Ampat IN MICROCOSM"  by Thomas Haider

Publications 2017

Picture
Dec 2017
The Swiss dive magazine NEREUS describes a perfect day in the hidden paradise Pulau Pef in Raja Ampat.

"En plein cœur du Triangle de Corail"  by Doris Leresche Kyburz
Picture
Oct 2017
KOREAN AIR featured us in their inflight magazine with two amazing pictures.

Picture
Sept 2017
The German article about one perfect day on Pulau Pef was also published in the Swiss diver magazine​ TAUCHER REVUE. 

"Ein Volltreffer mitten ins Herz des Korallendreiecks" by Doris Leresche Kyburz
Picture
July 2017
This German article, published in the magazine AQUARISTIK, is all about a very special underwater habitat, the mangrove forests, and their inhabitants.

"Die Bewohner der Küsten-mangrove von Raja Ampat"  
by Werner Fiedler

Picture
July 2017
MANTA REISEN published a German travel blog about Pulau Pef on their website.

"Raja Ampat - der Traum eines jeden Tauchers"  by Martina Kampe
Picture
April 2017
The German dive magazine UNTERWASSER introduces us as a travel tip with top house reef.

Picture
Jan 2017
Aquanaut published a German article with great pictures about diving with Raja4Divers.

"Pulau Pef - Die Prinzessin im Reich der vier Könige"  by Werner Fiedler

Publications 2016

Picture
Nov 2016
GLOBE SESSION published two German articles with many beautiful pictures about Raja4Divers.
One about the resort and our island life (click here) by Olivia Gadient, the other about diving with Raja4Divers (click here) by Matthias Gräub.
Picture
June 2016
The asian travel magazine ACTION ASIA published an English article about Raja4Divers in their annual diving supplementary magazine called Action Diver. It gives an introduction about the Raja4Divers resort and what travelers can expect.

Picture
March 2016
The travel trade magazine TRAVEL INSIDE published a French article about Raja4Divers on Pulau Pef. It gives an overview about Raja Ampat with its rich reefs and marine life.
"Un séjour pas comme les autres à Raja Ampat"  by Cédric Diserens

Publications 2015

Picture
Sept/Oct 2015
​The magazine HIPPO CAMPUS has published the winning photo of Belgiums champion of UW-photography, Filip Staes, on their cover. It was taken during a dive in the Passage, a dive site close to Pulau Pef.
Picture
Sept 2015
20 MINUTEN published a German article about Raja4Divers. It gives a good overview about how the resort has been built on a remote island in the middle of Raja Ampat.

"Raja Ampat im Miniformat"
by Florian Sanktjohanser

Picture
June 2015
​This German article in the Swiss dive magazine NEREUS is all about Pulau Pef, the beauty of diving in Raja Ampat, the marine life and what visitors can expect at the resort Raja4Divers.

"Pulau Pef - Raja Ampat im Miniformat" by Thomas Haider
Picture
Aug 2015
NEREUS published the same article also in French. Text and photos are similar to the one in German.

"Pulau Pef - Un Mini Raja Ampat"
by Thomas Haider

Picture
Aug 2015
Photographer Thomas Haider's article was also published in  the Italian dive magazine SCUBA ZONE. It's a great article about Pulau Pef and Raja Ampat as a dive destination with lots of nice pictures above and under water.

"Pulau Pef - Una Raja Ampat in Miniatura" by Thomas Haider and Massimo Boyer
Picture
June 2015
ART UND REISE has published a German article about Pulau Pef. It's all about the fascinating land and seascape and how Maya found this little paradise. 
Florian Sanktjohanser visited Raja4Divers and describes Raja Ampat as the Serengeti of the underwater world.

"Das kleine Raja Ampat"
by Florian Sanktjohanser

Picture
June 2015
​The Swiss dive magazine NEREUS has published amazing photos of Thomas Haider taken on and around Pef in 2014 on their website.
The images show the beauty and extraordinary rich marine life of Raja Ampat.  

"Pulau Pef - Raja Ampat im Miniformat"  by Thomas Haider
Picture
​LA GASETA DEL DIJOUS has published a Spanish article about the photographer Pere Rubio and his speciality, Macro images from Raja Ampat. Pere Rubio has taken many pictures around Pef.

"Els més petits del fons marí"  by Pere Rubio

Picture
March 2015
This German article about our resort was published in the magazine SILENT WORLD. 
The amazing photos and information about the island, the rich fish life and the atmosphere animates to visit Raja Ampat at least once in life.

"Das Mini Raja Ampat -
​
Raja4Divers auf Pulau Pef"
by Florian Sanktjohanser
Picture
Jan 2015
​REISE UND PREISE, one of the big travel magazines in Germany, calls Raja Ampat "the new star in the sky". This article gives a general overview about the area, liveaboards and resorts, activities above and underwater, the marine life and travel tips. 
Florian Sanktjohanser describes our resort as probably the nicest one in whole Raja Ampat.

"Raja Ampat - Inselreich der Korallen"
​
by Florian Sanktjohanser

Picture
March 2015
The belgium dive magazine ONDER WATER SPORT has used the photo of underwater photographer Filip Staes for their cover. It was taken on a dive in the passage, a dive site close to Pulau Pef. Filip Staes, known as the "Leonardo of the oceans" has won a UW-photo contest with that particular picture.
Picture
March 2015
Photographer Pere Rubio's  fantastic underwater pictures from his visit at Raja4Divers were published in the Spanish magazin OBJETIVO NATURAL.

"Pequeños Tesoros de Pulau Pef"  by Pere Rubio

Publications 2014

Picture
Dec 2014
This short German article in the WILLISAUER BOTE tells about how Christmas is celebrated on Pulau Pef.

"Kitschalarm am Äquator" by Evelyne Fischer
Picture
Oct 2014
This French article, published in the Swiss dive magazine NEREUS, gives general information about Raja Ampat. All pictures were taken by Raja4Divers.

"Raja Ampat"
by Dive and Travel

Picture
Aug 2014
The UNTERWASSER magazine published this article about blue water mangroves and Raja Ampat's hidden world.

"Blaues Wunder"
by Daniel Brinckmann
Picture
July 2014
This is a SRF radio interview with Maya Hadorn in German. Hear about when she saw Pulau Pef for the first time, how she immediately fell in love and knew that she wanted to build a diving resort on this beautiful little island in Raja Ampat.

Picture
June 2014
A German article in the ZOFINGER TAGBLATT intoducing introducing Maya, a farmer's daughter and the lady behind Raja4Divers, and the paradise island Pulau Pef.

"Tauchende Bauerntochter im Paradies"
by Herbert Fischer
Picture
Feb 2014
​The magazine UNTERWASSER    published a German article about our resort Raja4Divers and lovely Pulau Pef.

"Entschleunigungskur"
by Daniel Brinckmann

Publications 2013

Picture
Dec 2013
This German article about Raja4Divers on Pulau Pef was published in the magazine TAUCHEN.
​
"Im Korallendreick"  by Jürgen Freund
Picture
Oct 2013
The German article about the earth's richest coral reefs in Raja Ampat and the diving resort Raja4Divers was published in the Swiss newspaper NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG.

"Fischrausch und Farben-taumel in Raja Ampat"
by Claudia Hager

Picture
Oct 2013
This Dutch text and photos about Raja Ampat's anemones and the island Pulau Pef were published in the Dutch magazine ONS ZEEAQUARIUM.

"Zeeanemonen van Raja Ampat"  by Ron Ates
Picture
June 2013
At the Catalan Society of Nature Photographers Conference in Barcelona, UW-photographer and Raja4Divers' friend Pere Rubio designed an audiovisual presentation with images taken around Pulau Pef.

Picture
May 2013
The German magazine TAUCHEN compared 20 small diving resorts all over the world.
​
"Kleine Tauchresorts - charmant, persönlich & individuell"
Picture
April 2013
The Swiss magazine NEREUS published this German article about Pulau Pef and Raja4Divers.

"Raja4Divers - Willkommen im Paradies"
by Doris Leresche-Kyburz

Picture
Feb 2013
The same article about Pulau Pef was also published in French.
​

"Raja4Divers nouvelle adresse - coup de coeur"
by Doris Leresche-Kyburz

Publications 2012

Picture
Dec 2012
Read about guest reviews of Raja4Divers published in the UNDERCURRENT'S TRAVELIN' DIVER'S CHAPBOOK.
Picture
Aug 2012
The Spanish magazine OBJETIVO NATURAL published this article about the most wonderful place on earth - Pulau Pef.

"La esencia e Raja Ampat"

by Pere Rubio

Picture
June 2012
This German article about Pulau Pef was published in the Swiss dive magazine TAUCHER REVUE.

"Taucher-Paradies Raja Ampat"  
by Daniel Melliger
Picture
March 2012
This Dutch article about the stunning marine life of Raja Ampat was published in the Dutch dive magazine HIPPO CAMPUS.

"Raja Ampat" by Dos Winkel & Katrien Vandevelde

Picture
March 2012
The dutch dive magazine ONDERWATERSPORT published an interesting article about Raja Ampat.

"De vier koningseilanden"
by Dos Winkel & Katrien Vandevelde
Picture
Feb 2012
Also the Dutch magazine DUIKEN published a text about diver's paradise Raja Ampat.

"Het laatste paradijs" by Dos Winkel & Katrien Vandeveldeere

Publications 2011

Picture
Dec 2011
Read this article about paddling through Raja Ampat in the English OCEAN PADDLER magazine.

"Ampat - Paddling Nirvana"
by Alexander Vogel
Picture
Picture
Picture
CHAMPION OF WRITING COMPETITION WINS HOLIDAY ON PULAU PEF

The district education offices of Raja Ampat, CORAL and SAVE OUR SEAS foundation launched a writing competition in schools of Raja Ampat. The kids should write about the unique marine life here and how to conserve it for future generations. The lucky winner was 16 year old Yulyana Baransano from Ayau, East Waigeo. In this special week on Pef she tried snorkeling, kayaking and climbed our resort mountain. It was a week full of new adventures!
Contact Us
Picture

Location

Pulau Pef - ​Raja Ampat - ​Indonesia
Pulau Pef on Google Maps

Follow Us

Our Office in Sorong

​Jl. Gagak No.7 B, Km 7 Gunung, RT.001 RW.002
Kelurahan Malengkedi, Remu Utara
PO Box No.130
Sorong 98416 – Papua Barat - Indonesia
Phone +62 (0)811 485 7711


Rates and information are subject to change without notice. Terms and Conditions apply. All rights reserved.

Imagery is copyrighted and may not be used without express permission and written consent.
Images and videos of the following photographers / videographers were used for this website:
Barbara Moll, Claudia Peyer, Pere Rubio, Thomas Haider, Filip Staes, Christian Kaufmann,
Dos Winkel, Duri Mayer, Jürgen Freund,
Daniel Brinckmann, Amanda Künzle, Joram Zimmermann, Ramon Sibold, Roman Keller
, Barbara & Markus Aichinger, Fabienne Hadorn, Andreas Hadorn,
​Armin Keller, Marcel Rudolph, Sabrina Inderbitzi, Peter Löseke
 © 2022

  • Home
  • Raja Ampat
    • Region
    • Pulau Pef
    • Weather Conditions
  • Resort
    • The Resort
    • Your Bungalow
    • Bar & Sunset Lounge
    • Restaurant
    • Activities >
      • Explore Pulau Pef
      • Books & Games
      • Pef Band
  • Diving
    • Dive In
    • Diving Facilities
    • Dive Team
    • Marine Life
  • Snorkelling
    • Snorkelling In Paradise
    • Snorkelling Team
    • Marine Life
  • From Guests
    • Guest Comments
    • Guest Galleries
    • Guest Movies
  • About Us
    • Our Team
    • Mission
    • Publications
    • Blog
    • Wallpapers
    • Partners
  • Visit Us
    • Reservation / Bookings
    • How to get here
    • Rates
    • Availability
    • U30 Weeks
    • Downloads
    • Our Agents
    • Yachts