Shared day tour
From $90
per person
A seat on a scheduled speedboat departure. Efficient, and you queue at each stop with everyone else.
Four formats compared
Komodo Boat Tour
Most first-timers are surprised how many formats exist here, and how few operators publish a price. This page fixes both, then tells you which one to book.
In short
A Komodo boat tour is a guided yacht or phinisi trip through Komodo National Park departing from Labuan Bajo, sold in four formats: shared day tour from USD 90 per person, private day charter from USD 800 per boat, shared cabin 3D2N from USD 300 per person, and private overnight charter from USD 1,550 per night.
- The choice comes down to three things: how many days, sleep aboard or not, shared or private.
- Only the overnight formats can reach Padar at sunrise, before the day boats.
- The park ticket of IDR 700,000 per person sits outside every format.
One day, or sleep aboard?
Starts at
- Sleep aboard
- USD 300 per person (share cabin)
- Day tour
- USD 90 per person
Padar at sunrise
- Sleep aboard
- Yes — before the day boats
- Day tour
- No — mid-morning, with everyone else
Stops
- Sleep aboard
- Eight or more across the circuit
- Day tour
- Five to six in about eleven hours
Crossings
- Sleep aboard
- Wake up already anchored
- Day tour
- Two hours out and two hours back, daily
Reaches
- Sleep aboard
- Kanawa, Kelor, Manjarite, Sebayur
- Day tour
- The core icons only
Suits
- Sleep aboard
- Two or more days in Flores
- Day tour
- A stopover, or a tight flight schedule
This compares our own formats, not a competitor. If you genuinely have one day, the day tour is the right answer and we will say so.
The four formats
What each one costs
In USD, excluding the park entrance fee. Entry points rather than quotations — the figure that matters is the one for your dates and your group.
Private day charter
From $800
per boat
The whole day vessel. The captain re-sequences the route to reach Padar before the crowd and waits at Manta Point when the mantas are actually there.
Best seller
Share cabin 3D2N
$300–$850
per person
A private cabin on a scheduled sailing with 8–12 travellers. The most-booked format in the fleet.
Private charter
From $1,550
per yacht, per night
Whole vessel, your dates, your routing. Deluxe through the flagship tier.
The Komodo National Park ticket costs around USD 40–50 for international visitors and USD 20–25 for Indonesian visitors, with payment handled through SiORA. No operator can legally include or waive it — an "all-in" price that appears to absorb it is simply a bigger number.
How to choose
Three questions that settle it
Answer these and the format picks itself.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How much does a Komodo boat tour cost?
- From USD 90 per person for a shared day tour, USD 800 per boat for a private day charter, USD 300 per person for a 3D2N share cabin, and from USD 1,550 per yacht per night for a private overnight charter. The Komodo National Park ticket is charged separately, at approximately USD 40–50 per international visitor and USD 20–25 per Indonesian visitor.
- Is the park entrance fee included?
- No, the fee applies to every tour format. Expect to pay around USD 40–50 for international visitors or USD 20–25 for Indonesian visitors, separately from your tour price, regardless of which operator you choose. The fee cannot be waived or included by the operator.
- Shared speedboat or private day yacht?
- A shared speedboat is the cheapest way to see the circuit and runs to a fixed schedule. A private day yacht costs more but the captain controls the sequencing, which in practice means arriving at Padar and Manta Point at better moments. From about six people the private option often costs little more per head.
- Can I do a Komodo boat tour as a day trip from Bali?
- Not realistically. Komodo is over 400 km east of Bali. Fly Denpasar to Komodo Airport — about ninety minutes — stay a night in Labuan Bajo, and join the boat there.
- What is included in every format?
- The vessel and fuel for the route, licensed crew and park-certified guides, meals aboard, snorkelling gear and towels, and harbour transfers. Overnight formats add your cabin and linen. Excluded everywhere: the park fee, gratuities, travel insurance, flights and diving.
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Tell us the constraints
Dates, headcount, and how many days you actually have in Flores. We will name the format, name the boat, and say what it costs — including when the answer is the cheapest option here.
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