Posted by “Veladura” elsewhere on the site:

We have been in Raja4 or Pulau Pef last July and have been very welcome, we had the possibility to shower, have an internet connection, have some extremely beautiful snorkelling and enjoy a very quiet night with flying foxes around.

Beware of uncharted reefs south of the entrance (visible when the light is right) and of a fish farm east of the place, if you want to head to the challenging pass between Waigeo and Gam Islands: we were coming from the channel and heading to Raja4 and were surprised to see a lot of buoys covering the area.

We were trying to find a passage through the maze when a canoe with machinegun armed people came threatening us and trying to make us follow them to the coast. They claimed to be police!!! We sternly refused to do so and were lucky that their engine stopped. They were busy starting it again, quite unsuccessfully and we could sail away undisturbed, a bit shaken though.