Shared day trip
The cheapest legitimate route. Fixed schedule, fixed stops, and you share the ranger group. From around USD 90 per person.
Getting There & Costs
Fly to Labuan Bajo, Then Take a Boat
There is one route and no shortcut. Every visitor flies into Komodo Airport and crosses by sea — 30 to 45 minutes on a speedboat, an hour and a half to two on a wooden boat.
Arrange the Crossing- Denpasar to Labuan Bajo by air, 1h20–1h40
- 1h20 +
- Speedboat crossing
- 30–45 min
- Wooden or phinisi day boat
- 1.5–2 hrs
- Public ferries to Rinca
- 0
In short
Komodo Airport in Labuan Bajo is the gateway. From the harbour it is a chartered boat, a shared day trip, or a liveaboard — there is no scheduled public service to the island.
- Book park entry through SiOra before you travel; it is no longer sold at the jetty.
- Leave early. The first departures reach Loh Buaya while the dragons are still moving.
- Overseas travellers connect through Jakarta, Denpasar or Surabaya to reach Labuan Bajo.
Choose a Boat
Three Ways Across
The park fee is identical whichever you take. What changes is time, comfort and how much of the day is yours.
Private charter
Your own departure time and second stop. Priced per boat per day, so cost per head falls sharply with group size.
Liveaboard
Rinca folded into a multi-day route. Reaches the island outside the day-trip window, which is a real advantage at dawn.
Before the boat
Flights from Denpasar run 1h20 to 1h40. Build in a night in Labuan Bajo rather than connecting straight onto a boat.
What the Day Actually Costs
Two fixed layers and one variable. Foreign visitors pay a flat IDR 250,000 park fee under PP No. 36/2024; Indonesian citizens pay IDR 50,000 on weekdays and IDR 75,000 at weekends and public holidays.
On top sits the ranger-guide fee of roughly IDR 150,000 per group of one to five. The boat is the part that actually moves the total, and it is quoted in USD.
Frequently Asked Questions
Let Someone Sequence It
Komodo Luxury handle flights-to-harbour timing, the boat and the SiOra booking as one chain rather than three separate problems.