Indonesian Culture & Cuisine with Tait Miller
Duration: 12 nights - October 2025Tour Overview
Dive into the heart of Indonesia’s culinary and cultural heritage with renowned wild cooking chef, Tait Miller. These exclusive trips combine adventure, exploration, and unforgettable dining.
Guests will forage for local ingredients, learn age-old cooking techniques, and enjoy immersive meals against the stunning backdrop of Raja Ampat.
Experiences range from learning how to grill over local hardwoods to the simple joys of freshly picked papayas eaten on a white sand beach. The diversity of ingredients and the potential of finding hidden gems in such a remote part of the world makes for an unrivalled culinary adventure.
But this is more than just food – it’s storytelling, tradition, and a connection to the land and sea.
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Additional Information
Tait Miller, our guide for this amazing trip, spent over a decade working in top London restaurants and running companies of his own but felt he hadn't found his place in the industry.
Seeking a greater connection to the ingredients he uses and in search of a deeper knowledge about the history of cooking, he began to expand his learning, practice new skills and forge a path towards the ‘wild’ life he wanted to live.
From time spent loch-side cooking on a fire in Scotland’s stunning Cairngorms National Park to hunting out rare ingredients in deepest Asia, he has developed an unmatchable gift for wild cooking and understanding of what nature has to offer a curious chef.
On this trip he will share all he has learned and join you in a journey to discover the abundance of natural delights on offer in the unbeatably beautiful Raja Ampat region.
Itinerary
With Sorong as the start and end of your trip, Culture & Cuisine will take you into the very heart of Raja Ampat - a tropical paradise famous for its extraordinary marine biodiversity. The exact sites for exploration will be tailored on a trip-by-trip basis but here is an idea of what the region has to offer for land-based adventure…
At the centre of the Coral Triangle, Raja Ampat is renowned worldwide for the incredible diving on offer. But there is also so much to see and experience on land as well.
Meaning ‘Four Kings’, the region is named after its four main islands – Waigeo, Misool, Salawati, and Batanta – but encompasses over 1,500 islands in total.
The ‘Kings’ all offer something different and are each worthy of exploration for their own individual reasons.
Waigeo, which is home to the region’s capital Waisai, has dense rainforests with hidden gems such as secluded lagoons, dramatic limestone cliffs, and an abundance of rare bird species, including the iconic Wilson’s Bird-of-Paradise. It is also close to the iconic Piaynemo, where towering karst formations overlook turquoise waters and you can climb a wooden staircase to a viewing deck which provides access sweeping vista.
Misool has ancient rock art along the island’s hidden coastal caves and Papuan communities who maintain their age-old traditions and extend warm hospitality.
Batanta’s lush tropical flora that drapes the island offers the opportunity to embark on treks through jungle trails, discovering cascading waterfalls and scenic viewpoints while Salawati, perhaps the least visited of the big four islands, has mangroves, estuaries, and a history that makes it as fascinating as any of the others.
The Culture & Cuisine trip will take in as many adventures around these – and other – amazing islands as we can.
Price Info
This trip costs €5,280 per person.
Included is:
- Transfers
- 12 nights on board Raja Laut (prices are per person sharing a twin/double cabin)
- All food - three meals a day and afternoon snacks
- Unlimited drinking water, tea and coffee
- Marine park and port fees
- All land visits
Not included is:
- Travel to and from Indonesia
- On board extras
- Alcohol / soft drinks
- Optional scuba dive (trial or qualified dive)
- Sun protection (clothing or skin cream)
- Personal travel insurance
