Is the Lombok to Flores boat trip worth it? For most travellers, yes — a 4-day open-trip crossing is one of the best-value adventures in Indonesia, trading hotel comfort for three days of islands, dragons…
Yes, you can sail Flores and Komodo on a budget: deck-class open trips and the Lombok–Flores crossing start from around IDR 2,500,000 per person, and a shared one-day Komodo speedboat runs from about IDR 1,300,000…
Yes, you can take children on a Komodo boat trip, and families do it every week in the dry season — but the right boat depends almost entirely on your kids’ ages. For toddlers and…
Book an open trip if you are one or two people who want the lowest per-person price and don’t mind sharing the boat with strangers; book a private charter if you have a group of…
A standard Komodo open trip price nearly always covers the boat and crew, an English-speaking guide, your deck space or cabin bunk, all onboard meals and drinking water, and basic snorkeling gear — but it…
On an open-trip boat, “deck” means sleeping on a mattress in the open air on the shared upper deck for the lowest fare, while a “cabin” gives you a private or shared bunk below deck…
The short answer: pack light, pack for salt and strong sun, and put everything in a soft duffel or backpack — never a hard suitcase, because there is no room for one in a shared…
The best time for a Flores boat trip is the dry season from June to September, when the sea inside Komodo National Park is at its calmest, snorkeling visibility is clearest, and boats depart almost…
Most Komodo boat trips are safe, but the distance between the best-run boat at the jetty and the worst one is enormous — and you usually find out which one you booked only after you…
Yes, the Lombok to Flores boat trip can be rough — it crosses genuine open water across the Sumbawa strait, and the traditional wooden open-trip boats feel every swell. But whether it is rough for…