One boat for the whole group chat

Senada is booked whole. For 3 days, 1 to 8 guests pay IDR 73,000,000 (≈ USD 4,479) for the boat, and 9 to 12 guests pay IDR 78,000,000 (≈ USD 4,785). From the thirteenth guest up to 18, each person adds IDR 3,000,000 (≈ USD 184).

Then comes the division, the job nobody volunteers for. Twelve friends share IDR 78,000,000 (≈ USD 4,785), so each pays IDR 6,500,000 (≈ USD 399). With all eighteen aboard it is IDR 96,000,000 (≈ USD 5,890), or IDR 5,330,000 (≈ USD 327) a head. The table below does every group size from 2 to 18.

Two-day and four-day trips work the same way, with bands of their own. Park tickets, flights, hotels either side of the trip and tips are never included. Guide and photo-and-video coverage are extras on a private charter; ask, and we'll quote them separately.

You can already book 2027. Until the 2027 prices are issued, the October 2026 ones apply, and we confirm the figure in writing before anyone pays.

Not every group fills eighteen places. If there are two or four of you, a seat is the easier way aboard, sold cabin by cabin on the shared departures.

The next departure is Wednesday, 4 November 2026, and 25 dates are on the calendar. We confirm your cabin on WhatsApp before you pay.

A Superior Suite seat costs IDR 4,000,000 (≈ USD 245) for 2 days or IDR 5,300,000 (≈ USD 325) for 3; a Panoramic Suite seat, IDR 5,700,000 (≈ USD 350) or IDR 7,450,000 (≈ USD 457). A guide, plus someone taking photos and video, comes with every seat. An extra bed in a Panoramic or Deluxe Ocean Suite adds IDR 4,000,000 (≈ USD 245) on 3 days and IDR 3,000,000 (≈ USD 184) on 2.

The days are set out below. Pickup from your hotel or the airport comes before an 11:00 start, and the last day ends back in Labuan Bajo around midday, so book flights after 14:00. The captain fixes the order of the stops once each day begins. Which spot the boat takes for the night comes down to the weather and the captain's call.

Saturday starts early. Sunrise on Padar is at 06:18 in July, the path up is proper stairs, so agree as a group, the night before, who climbs.

The sundeck is a big open space under the sky, with bean bags and a sofa. Next to it are an outdoor chill area and the indoor dining area, where the Senada Phinisi sign hangs on the wall.

For the evenings there's a karaoke set, plus a TV with a Bluetooth sound system. At the beaches the canoe goes in and everyone gets a turn. Snorkel gear is on board, along with free-flow mineral water, tea, coffee and milk.

Senada means in tune, and seirama, moving to the same rhythm, sits right beside it. Both suit a boat full of people who know each other well. Dinner, the sundeck and the songs are for everyone; a cabin door that closes, or a quiet corner of the bow, is for whoever wants an hour alone.

Three kinds of group book this boat most. Big families with three generations want an easy pace and a cabin near the dining room. Friends and reunions come for the evenings, the karaoke set and a fair way to split the bill. Hikers and snorkellers want the early starts and long hours in the water.

Each of them has a page with its own cabin plan and its own sum. On the family page it is fourteen people across three generations; on the friends page, eighteen adults and the karaoke set. The hikers' page counts the stairs. Couples, solo travellers, budget groups, photographers, divers and companies have pages as well. Start with whichever one sounds like the people in your chat, because that answer shapes the cabin plan, the pace of the days and the month you go.

The classic loop has eight stops. Kelor is the first one off the boat. Rinca is a trek on dirt paths. Kalong is the sunset, at 17:57 in July, and Padar the sunrise ridge, with real stairs on the way up.

After that come Pink Beach for its coloured sand, Taka Makassar for a sandbank and a snorkel, Manta Point for another snorkel, and Siaba or Sebayur on the last morning. Nothing in the water is promised at any of them: the sea decides what turns up, and the captain decides when you go in.

Each stop has a page of its own below. Start with the two your group will talk about most, Padar for the climbers and Manta Point for the swimmers.

April to November is the dry stretch, when the hiking paths are firm. July and August bring the wind and the busiest anchorages. December to March is wet, with showers, a rougher sea and fewer boats about.

Read the table with your own group in mind. Families with small children look for the calm months; hikers look for the cooler dry-season mornings. Friends start from the dates everyone can fly, and the table shows what the weather does with them. The windy months and the wet months are when a rougher sea matters, so find out early who minds one.

Senada suits groups of 4 to 18 who want a boat to themselves, or two to six people happy to take seats on a shared sailing. The check below says who should look at another boat.

Booking goes through PT Komodo Explorer Indonesia, NIB 1805260128363, open every day, 08:00 to 20:00 WITA, and the crew of 7 belongs to the boat. The whole booking takes three messages: your group size and dates, the deposit that holds the cabins, then the balance with everyone's names. If the boat cannot sail, the group gets another phinisi of the same class or above on the same dates with nothing extra to pay, or a full refund within 14 days. The how-to-book page has the terms.