Luxury Komodo Cruise 2027: Lady Grace Phinisi from Labuan Bajo

Rate note. Every rupiah figure on this page is the operator’s published rate read on 31 July 2026. Komodo National Park fees are set by government regulation, are not included, and change without notice. Ask the booking desk to confirm the current total in writing before you pay a deposit.

What actually makes this a luxury Komodo cruise

The word “luxury” gets attached to almost every boat leaving Labuan Bajo harbour, so it is worth being precise about what is on this hull and what is not. Lady Grace is a traditional phinisi built in Indonesian hardwood – ironwood below, teak on the working surfaces – rather than a fibreglass day-boat with beds bolted in. She measures 34 metres with a 6.3-metre beam, which is what allows ten separate guest cabins, every one of them with its own bathroom and air conditioning, rather than the shared-facility layouts common further down the market.

The comfort case rests on three things you can verify before you pay: cabin count and configuration, guest ceiling, and deck space. Ten cabins for 22-24 guests means the boat is never carrying more bodies than it has private bathrooms. The sundeck carries a jacuzzi and the dining area is open-air, so the social space is genuinely usable in the tropics rather than a saloon with the air conditioning fighting the humidity.

Navigation and safety equipment is listed openly: AIS, GPS and Radar SART for position and traffic, plus an EPIRB for emergency location. Twelve tonnes of freshwater capacity matters more than it sounds on a three-day trip – it is the difference between rationed showers and rinsing the salt off after every snorkel stop.

Cabin grades and open-trip pricing

On an open trip you buy a cabin, not the boat, and sail with other guests. Rates are per person with a two-person minimum, so a solo traveller books two seats or waits for the desk to pair them. The two Suite Ocean View cabins are the only cabins on board with a private balcony and jacuzzi – see the Suite Ocean View cabin detail page for the current shared-trip configuration.

One honest caveat. The operator’s published specification lists a single bunk-bed Superior cabin while the cabin section lists two. If Superior berths matter to your group, ask the booking desk to confirm the exact count for your departure before you commit.

Full room-by-room detail for every grade sits on the cabins, suites and deluxe options overview, which is the page to read if you are choosing between Grand Deluxe and Deluxe on view alone.

Private charter rates

Chartering the whole vessel replaces per-person pricing with a boat price. You get all ten cabins, the jacuzzi, the sundeck and the schedule. For couples travelling as a group of ten or fewer, the 1-10 guest column applies regardless of how many cabins you actually sleep in.

The mechanics of a whole-boat booking – what flexes in the itinerary, what does not, and how the crew handles custom requests – are covered on the whole-boat phinisi charter page.

Where a 34-metre phinisi sits in the 2026 Komodo market

Honest positioning helps more than superlatives. Independent market ranges for Komodo in 2026 fall into three bands.

A 3D2N private charter at IDR 123,000,000 works out at roughly IDR 61,500,000 per night, which is the entry of the luxury charter band. A Suite open trip at IDR 8,500,000 for two nights is about IDR 4,250,000 per person per night – again, the entry of the luxury per-person band. Lady Grace is a luxury-entry vessel with unusually high capacity for her class: the typical boutique Komodo phinisi runs 30-50 metres with four to eight cabins and 8-16 guests, so ten cabins and 22-24 berths is a genuine differentiator for larger groups rather than a marketing line.

What is included

What the rate includes

• Accommodation on board for the full itinerary
• All meals prepared on board
• Mineral water, coffee and tea
• English-speaking guide
• Snorkelling gear and life vests
• Premium photo and video coverage with drone, GoPro and mirrorless camera (raw footage handed over)
• Hotel or airport pickup and drop-off within the Labuan Bajo mainland area near the harbour

What it does not include

• Komodo National Park entrance and conservation fees (government-regulated, subject to change)
• Flights to and from Komodo Airport, Labuan Bajo
• Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages beyond water, coffee and tea
• Personal snacks
• Drone ticket, quoted by the operator at approximately IDR 2,100,000, with the permit requested seven days ahead
• Crew gratuities

The photo and video inclusion is worth reading twice: drone, GoPro and mirrorless coverage is included and the raw footage is handed over. There is no edited film in the package, and the drone ticket itself is a separate cost with a seven-day permit lead time.

The 3D2N route

The flagship itinerary runs Kelor, Manjarite and Kalong on day one; Padar, Pink Beach, Komodo Island, Manta Point and Taka Makassar on day two; Sebayur on the morning of day three before returning to harbour. The hour-by-hour timetable, departure pattern and per-cabin pricing for that trip sit on the 3D2N liveaboard itinerary page. For the extended version that adds Rangko Cave and Seraya, see the four-day route.

Background on the vessel, the crew and how this operation runs is on the Lady Grace phinisi cruise overview. If Lady Grace is booked out on your dates, the operator’s full Komodo fleet covers the same waters on other hulls.

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