Two nights
Three days — the landmarks
Rinca for the dragons, the Padar ridge, Pink Beach, and one manta site. It reaches everything people arrive expecting and leaves nothing spare. A first visit, or a short window between flights.
Chartering a phinisi
Before You Buy One, Sail One
A week aboard tells a buyer more than any specification sheet: how a 27-metre hull actually handles thirty guests, whether eight cabins or sixteen suits the way you travel, and what a crew of seven really covers.
- 3 · 5 · 7
- Days — the three routes
- Labuan Bajo
- Where Komodo charters start
- Apr – Oct
- Settled seas and best visibility
- USD 1,800+
- Charter rate per yacht per night
Quick answer
Komodo charters run from Labuan Bajo in three, five or seven days. Length decides reach rather than comfort — every extra night moves the vessel further from port and into water the day boats never work.
- Vessels of this class charter at USD 1,800 to 30,000 per yacht per night.
- Park entry and dive permits are charged per guest and confirmed before departure.
- A charter is also the most honest survey a prospective buyer can run.
Three routes
Pick by Reach, Not by Budget
The difference between the three is which anchorages a vessel can get to and still be back in Labuan Bajo on time.
What applies to guests
The Rules That Are Not Negotiable
Komodo is a national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Most of what follows is the park’s requirement rather than the vessel’s preference.
- Required
Park entry, per guest
Charged per person and administered by the park authority. Confirmed with you before departure.
Komodo National Park
- Required
Ranger-led walks ashore
A park ranger leads every walk on Rinca and Komodo. That is what makes a dragon encounter safe rather than a gamble.
Komodo National Park
- Conditional
Dive permits
Separate from park entry, and charged per diver at the popular sites.
If you dive
- Required
No contact with the reef
Including standing on it. Coral recovers from a footprint over decades.
Marine park
- Required
Nothing overboard
No waste of any kind. The crew manages all of it, including anything biodegradable.
Marine park
- Required
Sailing approval per leg
The captain files for port clearance at every departure. It is why an itinerary is confirmed on the morning rather than a month out.
Harbourmaster
Park tariffs are revised and are confirmed before departure rather than published here. The previous build carried five different figures for the Komodo entry fee across four pages, two of them on the same page.
The waters
Where the Routes Go
Photographed on the group’s own vessels in Komodo.
The four pages
Plan a Charter
Two reasons to charter
A Week Aboard, or a Week of Due Diligence
Guests charter to be in Komodo. Buyers charter to find out what they actually want — how a hull handles, how many cabins is right, what a crew covers. Tell us which you are and the recommendation changes.
Or call +62 811-3941-4563
- Route planned against guest count and certification
- Current park and dive fees confirmed before departure
- Buyers can charter a vessel that is on the market