Lombok to Flores boat trip

A custom trip may or may not be possible, but it would mean the two of you would have to pay the whole ship, which is meant for cca 15 people, so it would be costly.

The trip I did covered the dragons on both Komodo and Rinca, Pink Beach and Gili Lawadarat (perfect view definitely comparable to Padar without any crowd). If you insist on Padar, I guess you would need to go for it from Labuan bajo as a day trip together with Komodo and Rinca (maybe day trips to Padar only are also possible). The advantage of sleeping on the boat in Komodo archipelago is that you will be at the view at 7 am, while leaving from Labuan bajo for a day trip, you would make only several hours later.

Thank you for your answer.
I am aware of that, I was thinking about maybe going with one of the smaller ships (-5ppl).

Could you tell me with which company you went? And if you booked in advance of on the spot in Indonesia.

Regards

I went with Wanua Adventures, it was a bigger ship for cca 15 people equipped with lifejackets. I booked on the spot, be sure to haggle the price. Be careful about safety, there have been sinkings in the past. I can imagine smaller ship may be more relaxed about safety than the bigger ones.

There is quite a bit of info about the Perama trips (there are a few - (a) with different durations and (b) they stop at (slightly) different islands, depending which direction you are going) on their website

https://www.peramatour.com/hkc/schedule?hkcId=1
https://www.peramatour.com/hkc/detail/1/hkc-01

and a detailed user-experience report at Tezzas site:
http://tezzasthaiinfo.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/perama-slow-boat-flores-to-komodo-np-to.html

In my experience (not with Perama), operators running scheduled trips will haggle on price if you are in the first ten or so applicants (when they are keen to fill a boat and justify the trip). but after the 'minimum quota' for the boat is met, it's all money-in-the-bank and tickets get sold at full price only.

These days, most every operator will have lifejackets on the boat, but is still a good idea to ask in advance anyway!

I am also trying to find a good company to do this trip with. I would prefer to do it with a smaller group of people on board. Could anyone recommend a company?
I heard that doing the trip reversed, so start in Labuan Bajo, makes it less crowded. I'm courious what your experiences are with this!

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