Komodo National Park Entrance Fee 2027

Short answer. Foreign visitors pay a stack of separate charges, not one ticket: daily park entry of IDR 150,000 to 250,000, a harbour fee of IDR 25,000 per day, and ranger trek fees charged per group. For a three-day, two-night liveaboard, budget roughly IDR 550,000 to 900,000 per person on top of your boat rate.

The single most common shock on a Komodo trip is not the boat price. It is the moment at the ranger post when you discover that the park fee is not one number, that it is quoted differently by every operator you asked, and that nobody told you it sits outside your package. This guide itemises every documented component so you can arrive with the right cash and the right expectations.

What are you actually paying for?

Komodo National Park is a government-managed conservation area, and the charges are set by regulation rather than by the boat you book. The money is split across several line items: a conservation entrance charge for each day you are inside the park boundary, a harbour or jetty levy, a ranger fee for every guided land trek, and a surcharge if you are diving with tanks. Some islands are also sold as bundled tickets, which is where operator quotes start to diverge.

Komodo National Park charges for foreign visitors, documented 31 July 2026. These are ranges reported across operators, not a quotation.
Charge	Documented 2026 amount	Note
Daily park entrance, foreign visitor	IDR 150,000 – 250,000 per person per day	Operators generally budget the upper figure
Harbour fee	IDR 25,000 per person per day	Charged on entry
Ranger trek, Komodo or Rinca	IDR 200,000 per group of up to 5	Split across the group
Ranger trek, Padar	IDR 150,000 per group of up to 5	Split across the group
Bundled ticket, Komodo + Padar	IDR 650,000 per person	Common two-island package
Bundled ticket including Rinca	IDR 900,000 per person	Three-island version
Diver surcharge	IDR 25,000 per person per day	Applies to certified diving activity

Why do published figures conflict between operators?

Three reasons, and none of them are sinister. First, the tariff has been revised more than once in recent years, and older blog posts and brochures are never updated. Second, some operators quote the bundled island ticket while others itemise the components, so the same trip appears to cost two different amounts. Third, ranger trek fees are charged per group of up to five people, so the per-person share depends entirely on how many of you walk up the hill together. A couple on a private charter pays a very different share from a couple on a full open-trip departure.

The practical response is not to hunt for one true number. It is to ask your operator, in writing, which of the charges above are collected on your behalf, which you pay directly at the ranger post, and what total they expect for your specific departure date and group size.

What is a realistic total for a 3D2N liveaboard?

A standard three-day, two-night route enters the park on day one and leaves on day three, which is two to three chargeable days depending on how the ranger post counts your entry. Add the harbour fee, a share of the Padar ranger fee, a share of the Komodo or Rinca ranger fee, and the bundled island ticket if your operator uses that route. That arithmetic lands most travellers between IDR 550,000 and IDR 900,000 per person.

How the per-group ranger fee behaves as your walking group grows. Groups are capped at five, so a party of ten is billed as two groups.
Group size on the trek	Ranger fee, Komodo (IDR 200,000 per group)	Ranger fee, Padar (IDR 150,000 per group)	Combined per person
2 people	IDR 100,000 each	IDR 75,000 each	IDR 175,000
4 people	IDR 50,000 each	IDR 37,500 each	IDR 87,500
5 people	IDR 40,000 each	IDR 30,000 each	IDR 70,000
10 people (2 groups)	IDR 40,000 each	IDR 30,000 each	IDR 70,000

That table explains most of the confusion you will read online. Someone travelling as a couple genuinely paid more per head than someone on a full boat, and both of them reported their number as the truth.

What does Lady Grace collect on your behalf?

The operator’s published inclusion list for the Lady Grace phinisi covers accommodation, all meals, water, coffee and tea, an English-speaking guide, snorkelling gear, life vests, on-board photo and video coverage, and hotel or airport pickup within the Labuan Bajo mainland area near the harbour. Park entrance and conservation fees are explicitly excluded, as are flights, alcoholic and soft drinks, personal snacks, crew gratuities, and the drone ticket the operator estimates at IDR 2,100,000 with the permit requested seven days ahead.

In practice the crew will usually handle the ranger-post paperwork for the group, because they do it every week and you do not. What matters is that the money is yours to budget, not something already folded into the cabin rate you compared online.

How does the fee compare with the rest of your trip budget?

Set against a cabin on a large phinisi, the park charge is a small line. The published open-trip rates on Lady Grace run from IDR 5,250,000 for a Superior berth to IDR 8,500,000 for a Suite Ocean View with a private balcony and jacuzzi, per person for three days and two nights. A park total of IDR 550,000 to 900,000 is roughly ten to fifteen per cent on top of the cheapest berth, and well under ten per cent on a suite. It is worth knowing about, but it is not the number that decides your trip. If you want the wider cost picture, the companion piece on what a Komodo liveaboard actually costs plots those rates against the 2026 market bands.

Practical notes before you sail

Bring rupiah in cash. Card facilities at ranger posts are not something to rely on.
Carry your passport. Foreign-visitor pricing is checked against it.
Weekend and public-holiday rates have historically differed from weekday rates in Indonesian conservation areas, so ask whether your dates fall on a premium day.
Keep the receipts. If a second ranger post asks, having the paperwork saves an argument.
Ask whether your operator’s quote assumes a bundled ticket or itemised charges, so you are comparing like with like across boats.

Date-stamped, and worth re-checking. Every amount above was documented on 31 July 2026. Indonesian conservation tariffs are revised by regulation and have changed more than once in recent years. Treat this page as a planning framework and ask the booking desk to confirm the current figures for your departure in writing.

Groups chartering the whole boat sometimes prefer to have the park charges collated into a single settlement rather than handled berth by berth; the family and group charter page explains how a full-boat booking is structured. For departures on other vessels around the same dates, fleet-wide Komodo departures are listed by the operating company.

All rupiah figures on this page are the operator’s published rates read on 31 July 2026, or documented 2026 market ranges. Komodo National Park charges are set by government regulation, are not included in any boat rate, and change without notice. Confirm your final total in writing with the booking desk before you pay a deposit.

Frequently asked questions

How much is the Komodo National Park entrance fee for foreigners?

Daily park entry is documented at IDR 150,000 to 250,000 per person per day, plus a harbour fee of IDR 25,000 per day. Ranger treks are charged per group of up to five: IDR 200,000 at Komodo or Rinca and IDR 150,000 at Padar. Bundled island tickets are commonly quoted at IDR 650,000 per person for Komodo and Padar, or IDR 900,000 including Rinca.

Is the park fee included in a Komodo liveaboard price?

Not on Lady Grace, and rarely anywhere else. The operator’s published exclusion list names park entrance and conservation fees explicitly. Any boat advertising an all-inclusive rate should be asked in writing whether park charges are genuinely inside the number.

Do children pay the same Komodo park fee?

Indonesian conservation tariffs have historically applied different treatment by age and by nationality. Because the schedule is revised by regulation, ask the booking desk to confirm the current position for your children’s ages before you travel rather than relying on a figure published online.

Can I pay the Komodo park fee by card?

Bring cash in rupiah. Ranger posts in the park are not a place to depend on card terminals or connectivity, and the amounts are modest enough to carry comfortably.

Why does my quote differ from another operator’s?

Usually because one quote bundles the island tickets and the other itemises them, or because the per-group ranger fee is being divided across a different number of people. Ask both operators to break the number down line by line and the gap normally closes.

Sailing with Lady Grace

Ask the booking desk for a written breakdown of park charges for your exact dates and group size before you pay a deposit.

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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.

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