Hemat · shared speedboat
From USD 90 per person for a day trip. Fixed schedule and a shared ranger group — the cheapest legitimate way onto the island.
Getting There & Costs
Two Fixed Layers, One Variable
The park fee and the ranger fee never move. The boat is what decides whether your day costs ninety dollars or three thousand.
Get a Real Quote- Park fee, foreign visitor: USD 40-50
- 40-50 USD
- From, shared speedboat per person
- 90 USD
- Practical park-side day budget, IDR 400,000–525,000
- 400k+
In short
Park fees are set in IDR by government regulation. Boats are quoted in USD by operators. They are added as separate lines because no exchange rate belongs in a statutory figure.
- Foreign visitors: USD 40-50, every day of the week.
- Indonesian citizens: USD 20-25.
The Boat
Three Real Budgets
Published operator rates. The park fee is identical across all three, which is why the boat is the only line worth optimising.
Menengah · speedboat private charter
From USD 800 per boat per day. Split across four or five people it closes most of the gap on a shared trip and buys your own clock.
Mewah · private phinisi
From USD 5,300 per night, whole boat. Rinca becomes one stop on a route rather than the entire day.
Before any of it
Flights to Labuan Bajo and a night ashore. Budget for the leg that gets you to the harbour, not just the one that leaves it.
Where Budgets Go Wrong
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Treating the ranger fee as per person
It is charged per group of up to five. Solo travellers carry it alone; a group of five barely notices it.
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Converting the park fee
It is set in IDR and paid in IDR. Quoting it in dollars invents a rate and hides a statutory number.
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Forgetting what is excluded
Flights, accommodation, meals ashore and tips sit outside every figure on this page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Get an Itemised Quote
Send your dates and group size. Komodo Luxury quote the boat and the fees as separate lines, so you can see what is fixed and what is not.