Komodo open trip on Vinca: a cabin of your own, a fixed date and a seat at the long table

Western Room, main deck

A double bed, a balcony, sea-view windows and a bathtub. It sleeps two, and a third guest can have an extra bed on request. This is the room that passes the bathtub test: if you want a soak with the window open, you've found it. Motion is moderate. IDR 8,500,000 (≈ USD 521) per person.

Japanese Room, upper deck

A double bed, big ocean-view windows, a balcony and a low tatami table, where you sit on the floor to eat or play cards. There's room for a third guest on an extra bed. Of the three rooms it rolls the most, and it's also the quietest. IDR 8,500,000 (≈ USD 521) per person.

Balinese Room, lower deck

A double and a single bed, Bali-villa styling and portholes instead of windows. There's no balcony. It moves the least, but it's close to the engine, so it's also the noisiest. With the extra bed it sleeps up to four, and at IDR 6,950,000 (≈ USD 426) per person it's the cheapest berth on the boat.

A word on the balconies in the Japanese and Western rooms: each is a narrow strip of side deck with a bench, not a terrace. We mention it because the photos can mislead.

Open-trip prices are per person, based on two sharing a room. The table below lists each room with its extra-bed rate, and an extra bed costs less than a full place in the cabin.

One gap we should flag before the deposit: the rate sheet doesn't print a single-occupancy supplement. We don't know whether one person in a double pays for the whole room or for a single place, and we're not going to guess here. If you're travelling alone, ask the desk what the room will cost you and get the answer in writing.

Children under 3 travel free with a parent or guardian; from 3 they pay the full rate. VAT at 11 percent is included. Rates were last updated 4 April 2026, and the table carries the same date so you can see how fresh the figures are.

Open trips depart on Monday & Friday, and every one is a 3D2N. There are 122 start dates on the calendar, and the next is Monday, 12 October 2026. Start on a Monday and you're back on Wednesday; start on a Friday and you're back on Sunday. Not every Monday or Friday runs, so check the calendar before you book flights. The 2026 brochure has no February departures.

On an open trip you share the dining table, the sundeck, the tender and the guide with other guests, but never your room. The boat sleeps up to 18 and the cabins sell one by one, so who else is aboard on your date simply depends on who else books.

Pack a board game. The group comes together round the long table, and the karaoke set in the lounge is where it either bonds or votes to sink the boat.

Included: pickup from your hotel or the airport in Labuan Bajo, two nights in your cabin, breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, afternoon coffee or tea with a snack, soft drinks, snorkelling gear, two paddleboards, a tour guide, and photos and video shot on GoPro, mirrorless camera and drone.

Not included: flights, hotels in Labuan Bajo, alcohol (you're welcome to bring your own), crew tips, personal spending and Komodo National Park fees. Park entry is IDR 250,000 per person per day for foreign visitors and IDR 50,000 for Indonesians, or IDR 75,000 at weekends. Ranger, pier and snorkel levies come on top, and a drone permit is billed separately too.

If you're planning to dive, the open trip isn't for you. We're a snorkelling boat and carry no tanks.