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Spectacular Komodo, its steep hillsides jade in the short wet season (December to March) and frazzled by sun to a rusty tan that makes its crystal waters pop the rest of the year, is the largest island in Komodo National Park. A succession of peninsulas spread east, each providing a different perspective with some fringed in pink sand due to red coral offshore.
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3-day Komodo National Park tour from Labuhanbajo
Day 1 You will be picked up from your accommodation in Labuan Bajo at 7:30am and driven to the Harbour. Enjoy a light breakfast which is served on board while cruising to the Komodo National Park. The first stop is at Kanawa Island for some excellent snorkeling or diving (additional costs apply) on a stunning coral reef surrounding the white sand beach island. You will be able to go down to land and explore the island and relax by the beach before having lunch on the boat. Visit Sebayur Kecil for more snorkeling or diving (additional costs apply) before heading to your camp site on Sebayur Island. You will a free afternoon to relax, sunbath and snorkel. You also have the opportunity to dive at Mini-Wall in Sebayur Island (additional costs apply). Experience a sunset on top of the hill or by the beach with grilled fish for dinner, Enjoy a bonfire by the beach under the beautiful starry sky. Camp on the desert island in the comfortable wooden shacks just few steps from the sea. Day 2 Wake up at 6am and enjoy breakfast served on the beach. At 7am start your cruise to Komodo Island to go trekking with the dragons. You will also see the wild flora and fauna of the national park. Visit Pink Sand Beach for amazing snorkeling or diving (additional costs apply) with beautiful coral, fishes and mantas. Visit Batu Bolong for the snorkeling or diving (additional costs apply) of your life! Lunch will be served on board. You will arrive back to Sebayur Island in time for the sunset with dinner beside the beach before another beautiful night camping. Day 3 Wake up and enjoy breakfast by the beach before having your last swim at Sebayur. The first stop will be at Manta Point for a swim, snorkel or dive (additional costs apply) with mantas. Visit Mawan Island for amazing snorkeling on a stunning coral garden with mantas before enjoying lunch on the boat. Trek in Rinca with the Komodo dragons and visit the local gipsy fisherman village, if time permits. Arrive at Kalong Island where you will be served afternoon tea and coffee while waiting for the sun to set, when thousands of flying foxes will take off through the mangroves flying towards Flores Mainland. At 7:30pm arrive back at Labuan Bajo Harbour where a car will bring you back to your accommodation.
Komodo National Park 3-Day Tour with Rinca Island Trek
Your Komodo National Park adventure with a private guide begins with pickup at Komodo Airport. Your 3-day tour includes overnight accommodations in an air-conditioned cabin aboard a private boat. With full board and complimentary transport by private vehicle and boat, all of your itinerary details are provided for. Just keep an eye out for those Komodo dragons! If you’re heading back to Denpasar, don’t forget to upgrade your tour to include a round-trip flight.
4 Days 3 Nights Komodo Cruise Adventure
Day 1 : Arrival Labuan Bajo – Rinca – Kelor – Kalong IslandBegin your trip with the first flight of the day to Komodo Airport in Labuan Bajo on the island of Flores in East Nusa Tenggara province. Meet your assigned guide upon arrival, then directly transfer to Labuan Bajo Harbour to embark on a local wooden boat with full air-conditioned cabin. A 2-hour boat journey gets you to Rinca Island, one of the best locations to see the dragons in their natural habitat. Enjoy an approximate 2-hour soft trek on the island in search for the dragons, guided by a local ranger. Then proceed to Kelor Island for snorkeling near the island. After soft-trekking at Loh Buaya, continue sailing towards Kalong Island where you can observe bats filling the sky as they come home to roost at sunset. Your boat will be positioned nearby the island during your first night in the Komodo National park area. Lunch and dinner are provided onboard. Overnight in cabin on boat Day 2 : Kalong Island – Komodo Island – Pink Beach – Manta Point – GililabaWake up this morning and breakfast is provided onboard as the boat starts sailing towards to Komodo Island, another island that is home to the komodo dragons. Arrive at the island, have a safety briefing then start following the trails of the dragon walking path, guided by a local ranger. Observe the dragons from a safe distance and have a quick stop at the local museum. The boat journey then continues on to Pink Beach for swimming and more snorkeling. A freshly cooked lunch is served onboard as the boat sails to Manta Point. Observe the rich marine life such as turtles, huge clams, various kind of sponges and cuttlefish, along with healthy reefs and corals. If you are lucky, you will get to swim with manta rays! In the afternoon, your boat takes you to Gililaba where your boat is stationed for your last evening on board with dinner provided. Overnight in cabin on boat Day 3 : Gililaba – Sebayur Island – Labuan BajoEnjoy breakfast as your boat sails back to the main island. En-route, have another opportunity for snorkeling nearby Sebayur Island. Crystal clear water provides you great visibility to observe the marine life better while snorkeling. Freshly cooked lunch is served as the boat sails towards Labuan Bajo. Arrive at the harbour, where a chauffeured vehicle is waiting to take you to a hotel in Labuan Bajo. Overnight at Jayakarta Suites KomodoDay 4 : Departure Labuan BajoEnjoy breakfast at the hotel and check out afterwards. You will be picked up at the hotel lobby at the designated time depending on your flight schedule. Proceed directly to Komodo Airport for your onward journey.
Day trip (diving or snorkeling, with our without visiting Rinca island)
For the first time on our boat, our very experienced dive guides will give you a detailed boat briefing, so you will feel home straight away. During the boat ride to the dive sites, they will inform you about Komodo National Park, the way we handle the park and of course safety procedures. Before each dive, they will give you a detailed pre-dive briefing and explain the dive site and the marine life you can expect. To maximize safety and enjoyment we always dive in small groups with a maximum of 4 divers per dive guide.Naring’ is our spacious day trip boat. Her name means ‘respect’ in the local tribe language Manggarai and describes our attitude towards the Komodo National Park. She is 18 meters long and 4 meters wide. Equipped with a 6 cylinder engine, she can reach around 8 sea knots per hour and we can offer you 3 dives a day in Central or North Komodo. Crystal Rock, Cauldron, Castle Rock, Manta Point and Batu Bolong, just to name some of the highlights of Komodo, which we visit on a day trip. At your request we also combine 2 dives with trekking on Rinca Island to see the Komodo dragons.Convenience and comfort for our guests are very important to us. ‘Naring’ is built with 2 passenger decks: a dive- and a sun deck. The dive deck offers in the bow benches and a dive setup area for a maximum of 16 guests and dive guides. In the stern is a rest room with western (marine) toilet, the kitchen for preparing our fresh lunch and the coffee/tea bar with drinking water, snacks and fruits. The sundeck is furnished with mattresses and bean bags. Both decks are covered with roofs for shadow. We provide towels and sufficient fresh water for cameras/equipment, and you can rinse yourself after diving.‘Naring’ has a permanently employed crew: a very experienced captain, an engineer, a chef and an all-round assistant. In addition to their seamanship, they all are adept to work along with divers, diving equipment and of course with guests.On board is a digital tablet available with ID books about fishes, nudibranchs, corals, etc.. You can use this to identify species for your logbook and learn more about the underwater world. And don’t forget our experienced and passionate dive guides who are on hand to help ID marine life, just ask!Our dive equipment is well maintained, and we use quality brands such as Scubapro, AquaLung, Mares, DeepGear, Tusa and Suunto.‘Naring’ has emergency oxygen on board and complies with all safety regulations including life jackets, life buoys, radio, GPS, hand phones and a first aid kit.On our daytrips we offer:2 dives3 dives2 dives and a visit at Rinca Island to see the Komodo dragonsAll our trips include:Coffee, tea and drinking waterSnacks and fresh fruitsFresh lunch cooked on boardTowel
Liveaboard trip (3 to 4 days)
From pristine corals, mantas, sharks, turtles, dolphins, dugongs and giant pelagic animals to tiny pygmy seahorses, nudibranchs, shrimps and frog fishes, you’ll find the diversity of marine life inspiring. Komodo’s beaches, blue lagoons teeming with fish and some of the most spectacular underwater landscapes attract divers from all over the world.The underwater topography is as diverse as the marine life. Dive sites vary from gentle slopes to walls, channels, flat bottoms, pinnacles, overhangs and caves covered by hundreds of different species of hard and soft corals.This location is known for strong current, if you’re an advanced and adventurous diver, you can test your mettle here. But if you prefer calm and relaxed dives, we choose beautiful and sheltered reefs.On our North-Central cruises we offer 3 or 4 days trips and visit all the diving highlights of Komodo National Park. Additional we go trekking on Rinca Island to see the Komodo Dragons, watching the ‘flying foxes’ (bats) at Kalong and climbing one of the hills of Gili Lawa Darat (North Komodo) to enjoy a stunning sunset.On our South cruise we visit beautiful dive sites in the south of Rinca and Komodo, which can’t be reached in a day trip. And one of the highlights is the hill hike on Padar Island for a beautiful sunset experience. (see program C).The exact program of all liveaboards will always depend on tides, weather and season, as well as the diver’s level of experience. We also try to accommodate the preferences of each of you as much as possible and will do the utmost to offer you an unforgettable liveaboard trip in Komodo.As we only have double beds in our cabins we don’t sell “share” cabins. For single bookings we offer 3 options:Sleeping in cabin: surcharge 40% for single occupationSleeping on sheltered deck: 10% discountIf there is an empty cabin on departure date, we offer an upgrade to a “single used” cabin while paying just the full rate for 1 person Included on the liveaboard:Standard dive equipment (BCD, regulator, wetsuit, fins, booties, mask, snorkel (for courses), surface marker buoy, weight system, tank)Night dive torchAll mealsSnacks & fruitsTea, coffee, drinking water & lemonadeTowelsVAT Excluded on the liveaboard:Additional dive equipment (computer, 15L tank)Komodo National Park feesCanned soft drinks & beerTip Komodo National Park FeesFees in Indonesian Rupiah, per person, per day. Foreigner includes KITAS/KITAP holders. These fees need to be paid in cash IDR.
3-Days Sailing Komodo Island,Padar & Manta Point departure every Friday
Day 1 : Labuan Bajo – Kelor island - Rinca Island – Kalong rinca (L, D) You will be picked up from airport arrival Hall or your accommodation in Labuan Bajo. Drive to the harbor between at 10.00 am to 10.45am in the morning ( boat departure from Labuhan bajo Harbor at 11.00am ). Enjoy snacks with coffee and tea during trip which is served on board while sailing to the Komodo Island within a 2-hour boat ride. The first stop is Kelor Island, then hop onto Rinca Island for trekking and hunting Komodo,Begin your private tour with a ranger-led trek along the Rinca Trail. Walk through typical dry forest on Rinca Island, located in UNESCO World Heritage-listed Komodo National Park. Here, mixed vegetation provides habitat for various animals, such as Timor deer, wild water buffalo, pig, wild boar and long-tail macaque, which feed on various leaves, fruit, flowers, roots and grasses found in the national park. Learn about the park’s top predator, the infamous Komodo dragon, whose menu includes all of the animals in the area! Komodo National Park is the only region where the world’s largest monitor lizard is found. These giants can grow to a maximum length of 10 feet (3 meters) and weigh up to 330 pounds (150 kilograms). Never fear—you’ll be safe at all times with your guide! the last stop is Kalong Rinca for hunting bat and enjoy sunset. Lunch and dinner on Board Overnight: Onboard boat in air-conditioned cabin Day 2 : Padar island-Long beach-Taka makassar-Manta point -Gili lawa (B, L, D) After breakfast on board, heading to Padar Island. You will spend 40 minutes to an hour for the trekking to reach the top of the hill and spending time at the summit of Padar Island. After trekking, we will take you to Long Beach for swimming and you can take some pictures here. Then, after you disembark from the boat, hop onto the Taka Makassar and Manta Point to enjoy the snorkeling and take some pictures to conclude the tour on this second day. Continue to do trekking at Gili Lawa to hunt sunset. Lunch and dinner on Board Overnight: Onboard boat in air-conditioned cabin Day 3:Siaba island - Kanawa island-Labuan bajo harbor (B,L ) After breakfast on board, heading to Siaba Island & Kanawa Island to do snorkeling and take some pictures. After lunch, sail back to Labuan Bajo harbor. The trip will end around 13.00pm and drop off to airport or your next hotel. NB) -the Itinerray can be Changed at anytime without further notice,depend on the weather -B= Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner-Please write in special Requirement form booking : all guest Name, All Guest Passport Number and Nationality