On the islands of Wayag, there are two walking “tracks” to lookouts. Yesterday we took a trek to the top of the “interior” lookout.

Wayag is a group of islands in the north of Indonesia, in the northern hemisphere, composed of the soluble Karst rocks as we’ve been seeing elsewhere in Raja Ampat. The Karst rock hills are the same “beeehive” shape as those back at Balbulol in the Misool group.

The Wayag group of islands form a ring, enclosing an interior lagoon, several miles across. This trek to the lookout begins with a ladder climb over the overhanging rocks of the shoreline, and follows a track that has been hacked out of the jungle over the holey rocks. in places it is so steep that ropes have been tied to help haul yourself up.

With the humidity of the tropics prompting an early start, we rode around to the lookout in the dinghy, and ties up to the rocks. After about 15 minutes in the tropical heat and humidity, we reached the summit and the view made the effort worthwhile.

The view out over the interior lagoon and the beehive hills was breathtaking.