Jayapura - Docking
Be aware that there are many large FADs at the harbour entrance.
There is deep water right off the city centre and the police dock adjacent to a small neighbourhood makes for a safe place to leave the dinghy (look for this dock at the N end of the bay with a smaller police boat or two tied up to it). Avoid low tide however when retrieving your dinghy, as this can be an unpleasant experience amongst the sewage and refuse. Most of the families in this neighbourhood are associated with the adjacent intelligence police presence and will keep an eye on your dinghy. The water here, however, is not very clean, but it’s a useful place to stop for clearance.
After clearing in, you may prefer to move to the more sheltered anchorage in the SW part of the harbour, on the south side of 2 small islets covered in stilt villages. Watch for reefs you must go around to tuck into this spot. It can be entered from the north through a deep marked channel in the reef. The water here is much cleaner. The anchorage is in 20m mud, right in front of a small causeway leading out to one of the islands. This is closer to the Hamadi neighbourhood, which has a thriving open market. Lots of curious and friendly Papuan families from the adjacent stilt villages will stop by your boat.
There are many other anchorage possibilities in the area.
Diesel can be delivered by a local small boat owner or can be taken in jerry cans from the service station across the road from the waterfront market.
Very few people speak English here however everyone is reported to be very welcoming and friendly.
Last updated: November 2015.
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CAIT and Temporary Import (as per December 2015).
Word has been out, that you will no longer need a CAIT and maybe no Temporary Import for your yacht.
Here is our experience:
We did apply for a CAIT via an agent well before entering Indonesia via Jayapura.
The CAIT was requested there, both by the harbour master as well as customs. I did try to play dumb first, to check out, whether we could go without. We would not, they were very persistent.
Customs did NOT issue the papers for a temporary import. Instead, they filled some more or less detailed papers on the boat (customs arrival notice was the English text on it) and requested us to go forward to Biak with it to finalise customs clearance.
As we could not anchor at Biak at the time with a strong wind blowing high seas into a very deep and unprotected anchorage, we decided to take a chance a not check in there.
Checking out was done in Kumai / Kalimantan. A bit with shaky knees, as we did not know whether we were OK without the Temporary Import Papers. There was not a problem at all. All the harbour master wanted to see was the CAIT as well as the ships papers and the stamped passports.
To sum it up (when entering to Jayapura and exiting through Kumai): A CAIT was still very much in need (also when we tried to extend our social visa in Bali), the Temporary Import seemed not to be relevant.
Hope that helps,
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These comments on Jayapura by SV Pelican:
Don’t bother attempting to get anything freighted to Jayapura from overseas. Waste of money & time. I ordered a new anchor winch motor from Defender US and paid for priority international FEDEX to be delivered to the main post office here. Cost $170 then when it had not arrived found that FedEx agent in Jakarta had not informed me of the Customs charges.
I paid these ($140) and sent a copy of receipt by email. It took 3 days and numerous phone calls to so called customer service to get them to acknowledge receipt of payment. They promised package would be in JP the following day but no.
The package is now in Sulawesi office but this morning told that it would take maybe one week to get here in JP. Now they say I have to pay MORE money to get it here and not sure when!!! Customer service refuses to put me through to management and manager does not answer multiple emails. The manager is “sick, at lunch, not here yet” and will call back but never does.
I have called Defender in the US but they say it is FedEx problem. I have emailed Fedex but no reply. DO NOT USE FEDEX FOR PACKAGES TO WEST PAPUA. JAYAPURA would rank as one of the worst places to be stuck in Indo – heavy traffic, smog and overpowering police & military presence.