apakah hotel di labuan bajo termasuk biaya?

Hotel di Labuan Bajo sebelum atau sesudah pelayaran biasanya tidak otomatis termasuk dalam biaya charter. Beberapa paket dapat menawarkan tambahan hotel dengan biaya terpisah atau melalui mitra akomodasi. Pada tahap negosiasi, pastikan penawaran tertulis menjelaskan dengan jelas malam hotel mana yang termasuk dan mana yang menjadi tanggungan tamu.

apakah guide termasuk?

Dalam banyak paket charter Komodo, guide bersertifikat sudah termasuk biaya, terutama untuk trekking melihat komodo dan snorkeling. Namun cakupan tugas guide (bahasa, level diving, private host) dapat berbeda antar operator. Mintalah ringkasan tertulis tentang peran guide, rasio tamu, dan bahasa layanan sebelum menilai kelayakan paket investasi atau charter.

What are the most important questions to ask a Komodo yacht operator before investing?

Key questions to ask komodo yacht operator teams include: annual occupied nights over the last three seasons, net margin after all operating costs, safety and incident history, planned dry-dock schedule, crew turnover rates, and how they source guests. Transparent, data-backed answers to these points help validate any projected ROI or valuation.

How can small investors participate without buying an entire yacht?

Some investors prefer fractional arrangements, charter-income partnerships, or long-term guaranteed-charter deals instead of full ownership. These can involve pre-purchasing a block of charter weeks or co-owning a vessel with defined usage rights. Legal and tax structures vary, so independent advice is essential before signing any co-ownership or revenue-sharing agreement.

For owners, not passengers

Komodo Yacht Ownership

What a charter vessel costs to buy, what class it puts you in, and why nobody serious will quote you a guaranteed return.

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A phinisi liveaboard under way between the islands of Komodo National Park

A charter-ready yacht in Indonesia runs from about USD 250,000 for a mid-range 20–30 metre phinisi to USD 7 million and beyond for a 40 metre flagship, with professionally managed vessels showing illustrative net yields of 6 to 14% a year — never guaranteed.

Indonesian shipyards build at roughly 40–60% below comparable Western yards.
Build timelines run 12 to 36 months depending on class.
Returns depend on vessel class, utilisation and operating discipline — nothing else.
Every prospective owner receives a bespoke written model including a downside case.

A beach dinner set up on the sand inside Komodo National Park

9: Owned vessels under management
200+: Vetted partner yachts in the network
2015: Operating charters in Indonesia since
6–14%: Illustrative net yield, never guaranteed

Capital entry

What each class costs, and what it earns

Market ranges published by the operator's investment desk. Capital entry, the nightly charter band that class commands in Komodo, and how long it takes to build one.

Entry point

Mid-range phinisi

$250,000–600,000

20–30 m · builds in 12–24 months

Charters in the USD 800–1,500 a night band. The entry point into the market and the shortest route to a first season.

Luxury phinisi

$700,000–4,000,000

30–40 m · builds in 18–30 months

Charters at USD 2,000–5,000+ a night. Where the Ayvara and Malca class sits, and where utilisation tends to be steadiest.

Flagship

$1,800,000–7,000,000+

40 m+ · builds in 24–36+ months

Charters at USD 15,000–27,000 a night. Fewer weeks sold, at a far higher rate, with a correspondingly longer runway.

Capital entry is a market range, not a quotation, and the nightly band is what the class earns rather than what any individual vessel achieves. Utilisation is the variable that decides whether either number matters.

Why there is no guaranteed return on this page

This is the operator's stated position, and it is the reason to read further rather than a reason not to.

Guarantees are only as strong as the underwriter

A promised percentage on a charter yacht is a promise about somebody else's balance sheet. If the operator underwriting it fails, the guarantee fails with it — which is precisely when you would want it.

Returns are a function of three things

Vessel class, realised utilisation, and operating discipline. Nothing published in advance can fix any of the three, so a headline percentage is a marketing number rather than a forecast.

What you get instead

A bespoke written model for the specific vessel: revenue share, cost base, and a downside case. Illustrative net yields for professionally managed vessels run 6 to 14% a year, stated as illustrative and not as a promise.

If another operator offers you a guaranteed yield on an Indonesian charter yacht, ask who underwrites it and what happens to the guarantee if that entity stops trading. It is a fair question and the answer is informative.

What actually moves the number

Utilisation, before anything else. A vessel sells a finite number of nights a year and the dry season from April to November is when most of them are sold. A boat that misses that window does not make it up in January.

Operating discipline second. Fuel, crew, maintenance schedules, dry-docking and the cost of keeping a wooden hull in tropical water are the difference between a gross figure and a net one, and they are where inexperienced ownership loses money.

Distribution third. A vessel in a network with an existing booking desk and a decade of reviews starts from a different place than one listed alone. That is the argument for managed ownership, and it is also the argument you should interrogate hardest.

A guest on the deck of a phinisi yacht looking out over the park

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the minimum to get into this market?: Roughly USD 250,000 for a mid-range 20–30 metre phinisi, which charters in the USD 800–1,500 a night band and takes 12 to 24 months to build. Below that you are looking at day boats rather than charter vessels.
What return should I expect?: The operator publishes illustrative net yields of 6 to 14% a year for professionally managed vessels, and states plainly that returns are never guaranteed. In their words: they do not quote a promised percentage, because a serious operator cannot.
Why is building in Indonesia cheaper?: Indonesian shipyard build costs run roughly 40 to 60% below comparable Western yards. That is the structural reason the phinisi charter market exists at these price points at all.
How long from contract to first charter?: Twelve to twenty-four months for a mid-range phinisi, eighteen to thirty for a luxury build, and twenty-four to thirty-six or more for a flagship. Plan the first season around a delivery date that has already slipped once.
Can a foreign investor own a vessel here?: Ownership structure, financing and tax for foreign investors are handled case by case and are genuinely not something to take from a web page. The investment desk will set it out in writing for your circumstances.
Can I use the boat myself?: Yes — owner use alongside a charter programme is a standard arrangement, and it is one of the levers in the model. Every week you take is a week that is not sold, and the written projection should show that explicitly.

Ask for the written model

Tell the investment desk the class you are considering and the capital you are working with. What comes back is a bespoke projection for a specific vessel — revenue share, cost base and a downside case — rather than a percentage.

Talk to the Investment Desk

+62 811-3823-875

sales@komodoluxury.com