Ayamaru Lakes

Ayamaru Lakes are a group of karst lakes located in Ayamaru District, Maybrat Regency, Southwest Papua, Indonesia. The system includes Lake Ayamaru, Lake Hain and smaller interconnected lakes surrounded by low karst hills and villages. Notable for clear freshwater, seasonal water level changes and scenic rural landscape, the lakes are a natural attraction in the interior Bird's Head Peninsula and support local fishing and community life.

Visitors can expect a series of shallow karst lakes with clear to brownish water depending on season, surrounded by low limestone hills, grasslands and small villages. The area is rural and quiet with simple wooden jetties and canoes used by locals. There are no large tourist developments; exploration is by walking along lake edges, short boat or canoe rides arranged locally, and observing daily fishing and village life with open views for photography.

The lakes are central to the livelihood of the Meybrat (Ayamaru) people, providing water, fish and transport, and form the core of settlement patterns and place identity in the Ayamaru basin.