Private Komodo boat charter on Princess Lala, the whole phinisi for your group

A charter is priced per boat, and the price steps up with the size of your group. There are three bands: one to four guests, five to eight, and nine to twelve. Beyond twelve, each extra guest pays a fixed fare, and the boat takes up to 18.

Take three days as the example. The boat costs IDR 38,000,000 (≈ USD 2,331) for one to four guests, IDR 41,000,000 (≈ USD 2,515) for five to eight and IDR 46,000,000 (≈ USD 2,822) for nine to twelve, and each guest from the thirteenth to the eighteenth adds IDR 2,250,000 (≈ USD 138). Two days start at IDR 31,750,000 (≈ USD 1,948), the lowest price on the list. Four days run from IDR 46,000,000 (≈ USD 2,822) to IDR 54,500,000 (≈ USD 3,344). The tables below give every band for two, three and four days.

These prices are valid from 1 January to 31 July 2027, with VAT at 11 percent included. For a charter that sails before 1 January 2027, ask us for the price.

A child under 3 travels free with a parent or guardian. From that age the full price applies.

Five days and four nights is the longest charter route. It has no table of its own, so here are its prices: IDR 49,000,000 (≈ USD 3,006) for one to four guests, IDR 55,500,000 (≈ USD 3,405) for five to eight and IDR 61,000,000 (≈ USD 3,742) for nine to twelve, with IDR 3,750,000 (≈ USD 230) for each guest beyond twelve. Split between twelve, five days come to IDR 5,080,000 (≈ USD 312) each.

Day four of the five-day route is Senator, Kanawa and Sabolon, and day five is Rangko Cave and Seture. We send the full route, day by day, when you ask.

Now divide the bill at the table. Split between twelve, three days come to IDR 3,830,000 (≈ USD 235) each. Fill all 18 beds and it is IDR 3,310,000 (≈ USD 203). A family of four pays IDR 9,500,000 (≈ USD 583) each, for the same boat, the same chef and both tables to themselves.

The table below does that division for every group size on the two-day, three-day and four-day routes. It counts the boat only. Park fees, tips and anything you add, such as a guide, come on top.

The fare covers the boat and the people who run her: the captain, the cruise director, the chef and the deck crew. It covers every meal on board, with drinking water, tea and coffee all day. It covers your cabins with bed linen and bath towels, a mask and a snorkel for each guest, the karaoke set and the sound system, and the transfer from your hotel or the airport and back.

Two things are part of the open-trip fare and not part of a charter fare. One is the local guide. The other is the photo and video documentation by the open-trip photographer. Both are available on request, and we quote them separately, in writing, so you can decide with the figure in front of you. The line about snacks and soft drinks in the list below belongs to the open trip as well; ask us what the galley stocks for a charter.

Park fees are never in a boat fare. Komodo National Park charges IDR 250,000 per international visitor per day, and IDR 50,000 on weekdays or IDR 75,000 at weekends for Indonesian visitors, under PP 36/2024; the ranger fee and other levies are extra. Flights, hotel nights, tips, travel insurance and personal spending are yours too. Bring cash for the park and the tips. Ask us whether a paddle board can come along on your dates.

The terms are the same for every charter, and short enough to read over one coffee. You hold the boat with a deposit of 50 percent. The balance is due 30 days before departure, and if you book inside those 30 days the whole amount is paid at once. We ask for passport details seven days before sailing.

If you cancel 60 days or more before departure, 50 percent is refunded. From 30 to 59 days it is 25 percent. Inside 30 days there is no refund. Refunds are paid within 14 days.

Moving the date is gentler than cancelling. A change made 30 days or more before departure is free; from 14 to 29 days it costs IDR 500,000; inside 14 days it counts as a cancellation. Travel insurance exists for exactly these cases, and we recommend it.

The two tables below set out the same terms line by line. Read them before you send anything, and ask us about any line that is unclear for a group as large as yours.

You can pay by a credit card payment link, by Wise or Revolut, by PayPal, by QRIS, by Alipay, by WeChat Pay through a payment partner, or by bank transfer in rupiah. PayPal adds a fee of 7.2 percent, and the card fee is shown on your invoice. The invoice comes from PT Komodo Explorer Indonesia, registered in Labuan Bajo under NIB 1805260128363.

If she cannot sail on your dates, you get a phinisi of equal or higher class on the same dates at no extra cost; if the harbour master closes the port, or you would rather not take the other boat, the trip is refunded in full.

She is a snorkelling boat with no tanks, and the Wi-Fi is the crew's hotspot, which drops between islands, so a group that plans to dive from the boat, or has to stay online at sea, should book something else.

Otherwise, send us your dates, the number of adults and children, and the occasion. We reply with the price for your group and whether the boat is free.