A luxury day charter on the Komodo route

A day is a loop of three stops, and it leaves out most of the route. Kelor, Menjerite Point, Kalong, Taka Makassar and Manta Point all belong to the longer charters. None of them is on the day route.

Two things are missing by design. There is no night on board, so there is no sunset at Kalong, where the flying foxes leave the mangroves about 15 minutes after the sun goes down. And there is no morning start from an anchorage: the day begins and ends in the harbour.

For a party that wants the sunset and a first light on the water, the two-day charter is the shortest route that includes a night on the yacht. It adds Kelor, Menjerite Point and Kalong on day 1 and Taka Makassar on day 2. Manta Point needs the three-day charter.

If the choice is between a long day and a short night, we say so plainly in the quote and let the party decide.

Each yacht has one day rate, a single band for 1 to 16 guests. The rate is for the whole yacht whether four people or sixteen come aboard, so the cost per person falls as the party grows.

For a party of four the whole yacht is the cost; for sixteen it is shared. Both rates cover the crew, the meals of the day, soft drinks, kayak, paddle boat and snorkelling equipment. Rates are 2026 rates for the whole yacht, per yacht and not per person, and the park ticket, flights, hotel, insurance and crew gratuities are paid by you. On a private charter the guide and the photo and video documentation are not included; both are available on request and quoted separately. Every length and band is on the charter page.

A principal with one free day between meetings is the usual reader of this page. The party sleeps ashore, so no suite is assigned: the yacht is a deck, a dining table, a crew and a route.

For a family staying at a hotel in Labuan Bajo, the day charter fits a swim and a ranger walk into one date without moving luggage.

It does not suit a party that wants to sleep on the yacht, watch the bats at Kalong or see Manta Point. Those need a night, and the two-day charter is where that begins.

In confidence. The guest list for a day charter goes to the booking office and to the crew list for the sailing permit, and nowhere else. If the principal prefers to travel under the name of an assistant or a company, tell us in the first message and we will note it on the file.

Pickup in Labuan Bajo is part of the booking, and the time and the meeting point are confirmed in writing. The return to Labuan Bajo the same day carries its own time, given with the quote.

Park tickets and ranger fees are never part of the fare. The entry ticket is IDR 250,000 per foreign guest and IDR 50,000 per Indonesian guest on weekdays and IDR 75,000 for Indonesian guests at weekends, and it covers snorkelling. The ranger fee and local levies are not charged on their own: they sit in KEXI's park package with the government ticket (IDR 250,000 per foreign visitor per day, PP 36/2024), and it comes on top of the boat price unless your written quote lists it as included. The park fees page sets out the sum for a party of ten and of sixteen.

The Padar and Komodo walks run with the park rangers whether or not you add a guide.

Arrive in Labuan Bajo the day before. A delayed flight on the morning of a day charter costs the party the whole day, because the route has no slack.