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Charter · Lombok → Komodo
A private crewed phinisi, motor yacht or catamaran leaving from Bangsal or Senggigi. No fixed group and no fixed timetable — just your party, a captain who knows the channels, and a route bent around you.
What private means
You take the entire vessel for your own use, crewed and provisioned, and the outline itinerary bends around your days rather than the other way round.
What it is not
Bareboat charter is rare on this corridor and we do not sell it. Currents, reefs and fast-changing local conditions between Lombok, Sumbawa and Flores make a professional crew non-negotiable on overnight passages.
Where it goes further
If you would rather buy a cabin on a scheduled sailing than the whole hull, that is a different product — and usually the better value for one or two guests.
The fleet
We work from a short portfolio rather than a booking engine, and match the hull to the route you actually want.
The default here
Traditional Indonesian timber schooners refitted as liveaboards. Wide decks, shaded lounging, king or twin cabins below or on the main deck.
For tight schedules
Contemporary lines and speed. The choice when transit time between Lombok and Flores has to come down.
Stable, open-plan
Wide beam, very steady, a strong indoor-outdoor flow. Better for Gili day charters and sunset evenings than the full run east.
Budget
Four things move the number: vessel size and finish, nights aboard, season, and whether you take an all-inclusive package or a plus-expenses structure.
Private or shared
The whole boat, custom pacing, higher comfort and a higher budget. Right when you are filling most of the cabins anyway, or when privacy is the point of the trip.
Fixed 4D3N or 5D4N itineraries at per-person rates, with a mixed group aboard. Good value, less privacy, and a schedule you do not control.
Why we insist on a crew
The channels near Manta Point and the small islets run fast tidal flows, park rules are updated periodically, and guides know the quieter hour to walk with dragons on Rinca. You can still help with the lines if you want the sailing.
Logistics
Most departures connect through one of three points, and the direction you sail changes the length of the trip.
Bangsal
Guests on Gili Trawangan or Gili Air are boat-transferred here, then taken out to the yacht by tender.
Rule of thumb
Shortest morning
Senggigi
Senggigi and the wider Mataram area are collected by road, timed around your fast boat from Bali or your flight arrival.
Rule of thumb
Most common
Labuan Bajo
A Lombok to Komodo charter almost always finishes on Flores, at the gateway town for Komodo National Park.
Rule of thumb
Fly onward
4D3N / 5D4N
Lombok to Labuan Bajo is normally four days and three nights. The reverse is usually sold as five days and four nights.
Rule of thumb
Private charters flex
What we build
A charter is a scale, not one product. These are the three shapes we are asked for most often from Lombok.
3–4 hours, or a full day
Around the Gilis: coral, sea turtles, a casual open bar, and a golden-hour sail back toward Bangsal or Senggigi.
Typically 3–5 nights
Privacy is the whole point: breakfast on deck, empty beaches, late starts at anchor, and a route you can change over coffee.
Usually 8–20 guests
Micro-weddings on deck as Rinjani recedes, or a symbolic ceremony at anchor near the Gilis. Retreats mix meeting space with water time.
Three is the minimum for a meaningful Komodo-bound trip from Lombok, and four days three nights is the sweet spot for Lombok to Labuan Bajo. Two nights can work if you skim the headline stops and finish in Labuan Bajo for a hotel night and a flight out.
We reference from around $4,800 for a shorter, lower-capacity charter and scale from there. Smaller phinisi or catamarans at 4–6 guests for 2–3 nights sit in the low to mid four figures; larger hulls at 8–12 guests over four or five nights move into the mid to upper four figures.
Yes, though 35m-plus vessels are usually based in or around Labuan Bajo. We connect you from Lombok by flight or speedboat and board on Flores, which saves a transit day on trips shorter than four nights.
An all-inclusive structure covers yacht hire, crew and fuel inside an agreed cruising area, all meals and non-alcoholic drinks, standard snorkelling gear, kayaks and paddleboards, and permits for the usual Komodo National Park stops. Alcohol upgrades and dedicated dive guiding are extra.
Not for offshore trips toward Komodo. Bareboat is rare on this corridor because of currents, reefs and how quickly local conditions change. The crew can involve you in the sailing without handing you the helm on an overnight passage.
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Ask us to cost more than one hull. The step from a polished phinisi to a near-superyacht finish is significant, and it should be a conscious decision rather than a surprise.
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