Short answer. Documented 2026 market rates run roughly IDR 800,000 to 1,500,000 per person per night for budget open trips, IDR 1,800,000 to 3,500,000 mid-range, and IDR 4,000,000 to 8,000,000 plus for luxury. Whole-boat charter runs IDR 15,000,000 to 25,000,000 per night at the budget end and IDR 60,000,000 to 120,000,000 plus at the luxury end.
Komodo liveaboard pricing is opaque on purpose. Every operator quotes a different inclusion set, park fees float outside the number, and the same vessel is sold at three prices through three agents. This page sets out the market bands, plots one boat’s published rates against them without spin, and lists the costs that never appear in a headline.
The three market bands
| Segment | Per person, per night | What you are actually getting |
|---|---|---|
| Budget open trip | IDR 800,000 – 1,500,000 | Wooden day-boat conversions, shared bathrooms common, fan or basic AC, minimal deck space |
| Mid-range open trip | IDR 1,800,000 – 3,500,000 | Small phinisi, en-suite cabins, air conditioning, a proper crew and guide |
| Luxury open trip | IDR 4,000,000 – 8,000,000+ | Large phinisi, private bathrooms, full crew, sundeck, on-board extras |
| Segment | Per boat, per night | Typical vessel |
|---|---|---|
| Budget charter | IDR 15,000,000 – 25,000,000 | Small vessels, basic fit-out |
| Mid-range charter | IDR 25,000,000 – 50,000,000 | Boutique phinisi, 4-8 cabins |
| Luxury charter | IDR 60,000,000 – 120,000,000+ | Large phinisi and motor yachts |
Where does Lady Grace actually sit?
No spin, just arithmetic. The published open-trip rates are per person for a three-day, two-night trip, so dividing by two nights gives a per-night figure comparable with the bands above.
| Cabin grade | Published 3D2N per person | Implied per person, per night | Band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suite Ocean View | IDR 8,500,000 | IDR 4,250,000 | Luxury, at the entry line |
| Junior Suite Ocean View | IDR 8,000,000 | IDR 4,000,000 | Luxury, at the entry line |
| Grand Deluxe Ocean View | IDR 7,750,000 | IDR 3,875,000 | Top of mid-range |
| Deluxe | IDR 5,750,000 | IDR 2,875,000 | Mid-range |
| Superior | IDR 5,250,000 | IDR 2,625,000 | Mid-range |
The same exercise on the charter side: a 3D2N whole-boat charter at IDR 123,000,000 across two nights is roughly IDR 61,500,000 per night, which lands just inside the luxury charter band that starts around IDR 60,000,000.
| Duration | 1-10 guests | 11-20 guests | Each additional guest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2D1N | IDR 94,000,000 | IDR 100,000,000 | IDR 4,000,000 |
| 3D2N | IDR 123,000,000 | IDR 129,000,000 | IDR 5,500,000 |
| 4D3N | IDR 157,000,000 | IDR 165,000,000 | IDR 7,000,000 |
The honest conclusion is that this vessel sits at the entry line of the luxury band rather than in ultra-luxury territory, and that its suites and its deluxe cabins occupy genuinely different segments of the market. Anyone claiming otherwise in either direction is selling you something. Full detail on what the rate buys is on the luxury Komodo cruise page, and the whole-boat economics are on the price and packages guide.
The costs that are never in the headline
| Extra | Realistic amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Komodo National Park fees | IDR 550,000 – 900,000 per person for 3D2N | Government-set, excluded from every boat rate |
| Flights to Labuan Bajo | Varies | Usually via Denpasar or Jakarta into Komodo Airport |
| One hotel night before departure | Varies | Almost always necessary for a 09:00 boarding |
| Drone permit | Approx. IDR 2,100,000, operator estimate | Requested about seven days ahead |
| Alcohol and soft drinks | Varies | Water, coffee and tea are included; nothing else is |
| Crew gratuities | Discretionary | Customary but not fixed |
Add those up and a IDR 5,250,000 cabin is realistically a IDR 6,000,000 to 6,500,000 trip before flights. That is not a criticism of the pricing; it is the shape of every Komodo quote in the market. The itemised version is in the guide to Komodo National Park entrance fees.
What actually separates the bands?
It is tempting to read the jump from IDR 1,500,000 to IDR 4,000,000 a night as pure branding. It is not. Four concrete things move as you climb.
The first is the bathroom. Shared facilities are normal at the budget end and effectively unheard of above mid-range, and on a three-day trip with twenty other people that single difference changes the character of the holiday more than anything else on the list. The second is power. Cheaper vessels frequently shut the generator down overnight, which means no air conditioning between midnight and dawn in a climate that does not cool off; boats in the upper bands run through the night, which is why generator capacity appears in their specifications at all.
The third is space, and it is the one nobody quotes. Deck area per guest determines whether the sundeck is somewhere you spend the afternoon or somewhere you queue for a lounger. A larger hull with a 6.3-metre beam simply has more of it than a converted day boat, regardless of how the cabins are priced. The fourth is crew depth: a boat with a full galley team, a dedicated guide and enough hands to run a tender continuously delivers a different day from one where the same three people cook, drive and guide.
None of that makes an expensive boat automatically right for you. A confident traveller who spends the whole trip in the water and sleeps anywhere is genuinely better served by the budget band. The point is to know which of the four you are buying, so the premium is a decision rather than a surprise.
Why the same boat costs three different amounts
Agent margin, season and group size, in that order. A vessel sold direct by its operator, through a local agent and through an overseas dive-travel wholesaler will carry three different prices for the identical cabin. Peak months from June to September command more than February. And on a charter, the per-head cost collapses as the group grows, because the boat price barely moves.
The practical advice: get the quote from the operator directly, ask for the inclusion list in writing, and compare inclusion lists rather than headline numbers.
Bands, not quotations. The market ranges above are documented 2026 figures reviewed 31 July 2026 and vary by season, agent and vessel. The Lady Grace figures are the operator’s own published rates on that date. Neither constitutes a quotation; confirm current pricing in writing before you pay.
Boats in adjacent price bands, including smaller vessels for couples and larger ones for groups, are listed by the parent company’s Komodo page.
Sailing with Lady Grace
Ask for the written inclusion list and the all-in total for your dates before comparing any two boats on price.
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Lady Grace is operated by Komodo Luxury in Labuan Bajo. Quotes, availability, deposit terms and cancellation terms are issued by the operator in writing before payment.
For the per-cabin version of this arithmetic — all five grades and their published 3D2N rates in one table, with the 2026 month-by-month departure calendar — see the Komodo open trip price per cabin guide.
