The Arfak Mountains in West Papua have become a hotspot for bird-watching, thanks to forests teeming with spectacular birds-of-paradise.

Manokwari stretches around Doreri Bay, and is attractively set among low hills dominated by the Arfak Mountains to the south.

At Andai, in Arrak, he hired a guide who purported to know the whereabouts of the giant Amazons, and struck boldly inland toward the mountains.

Manokwari stretches around Doreri Bay, and is attractively set among low hills dominated by the Arfak mountains to the south.

When they reached the middle slopes of the Arfak range, Knox realized that the guide knew little more than he himself regarding the location of the fabulous ruby-strewn plateau.