Komodo yacht charter on a private phinisi: one all-in rate, fuel included, and what stays outside

A private Thalassa charter is priced for the whole boat, not per person. The table gives the 2026 rate for each boat, route and guest band, and every cell is a price for the whole boat.

Thalassa 1 has two bands, 1 to 5 guests and 6 to 11. Thalassa 2 has three, 12 to 16, 17 to 19 and 20 to 27, and groups under 12 pay the 12 to 16 band. Fuel is already included in every rate, so the quote shows one all-in figure for your band, confirmed in writing before you pay.

Put together, the total has two parts: the all-in rate, and whatever sits outside the fare. The edge of the fare is the list further down, which starts with park tickets and the guide.

What you hire is a 27 m ironwood-and-teak hull under red sails, with a canoe and 2 SUP boards stowed for the swim stops, or a 35 m hull with a karaoke room. The 4D3N and the day trip are quoted on request, with no figures on this page.

Included in the rate: free pickup and drop-off from the airport, hotel or harbor, with the time confirmed in writing, an air-conditioned cabin and meals as listed in the itinerary. Coffee, tea and mineral water are free through the day, with an afternoon snack. Snorkeling gear, the canoe, the paddle boards and the harbor clearance fee are included, and a cruise leader, captain and crew sail with you.

Excluded, and this is the part that sets the real budget: flights to Labuan Bajo, hotel nights, travel insurance, a drone permit and a gratuity for the crew. Komodo National Park tickets and ranger fees are never part of the fare. On a private charter the guide and photo and video documentation are not included; both are available on request and quoted separately.

The line we draw is plain. Anything not named in your written quote is not in the fare. Missing something, say a guide for the Komodo trek or a photographer for sunrise on Padar? Ask, and it comes back as its own line in the quote.

Park costs are paid per person per day under the park's own tariff: IDR 250,000 for foreign guests and IDR 50,000 for Indonesian citizens on weekdays, IDR 75,000 at weekends. 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), paid on top of the boat price unless your quote says it is included.

Now and then a boat stays at the mooring. When a breakdown, the harbor master or the park keeps Thalassa in port, we put you on a phinisi of the same class or higher on the same dates at no extra cost, or refund you in full within 14 days.

That promise covers a breakdown and an order from the harbor master or the park. It does not cover a change of route, because weather and tide change routes and that is the captain's decision on the day. A strong swell can change the order of the morning stops, and the tide decides between Taka Makassar and Manta Point for the afternoon stop. The trip still sails, with the stops in a different order.

What you can count on is the written part. The substitute is a phinisi of the same class or higher, on the same dates, with no extra cost to you, and the refund option runs for 14 days.

The deposit is 50 percent of the quote, and the rest is paid 30 days before you sail. Cancellation before sailing follows a scale: 50 percent back at 60 days or more, 25 percent at 30 to 59 days.

A charter takes three steps to book, and none of them involves a form.

Step one is a message. Send the boat (1, 2 or not sure), the dates, the number of guests, the occasion and which you prefer: private charter or open trip. "Not sure which boat" is a perfectly good first message.

Step two is the quote in writing. It shows one all-in rate for your band, fuel included, and the list of what stays outside. Nothing is added after you have said yes.

Step three is the deposit of 50 percent, then the balance 30 days before sailing. The how to book page walks through the payment methods and the cancellation scale in full.