A Komodo grad trip on the Superior phinisi: one boat split by 24 friends

Take three class sizes. At 12 friends the whole boat costs IDR 3,580,000 (≈ USD 220) each on Lamborajo 1, IDR 7,330,000 (≈ USD 450) on Lamborajo 2 and IDR 10,080,000 (≈ USD 618) on Lamborajo 3. At 16 the figures fall to IDR 2,810,000 (≈ USD 172), IDR 6,060,000 (≈ USD 372) and IDR 8,120,000 (≈ USD 498). At 20 they reach IDR 2,400,000 (≈ USD 147), IDR 5,350,000 (≈ USD 328) and IDR 7,000,000 (≈ USD 429).

Every row is 3D2N, whole boat, from the 2026 price list updated 4 May 2026. Prices step down at 13 and 17 guests, and each added friend inside a band lowers everyone's share.

For most classes the choice is between the first two. Lamborajo 1 keeps the cost low. Lamborajo 2 gives every friend a private bathroom. Lamborajo 3 suits a class that wants jacuzzi cabins as a prize for a few.

Lamborajo 1 is the natural fit. Its three Share Cabins hold 4 single bunks each, so 12 friends fill them without a second thought. The Full Ocean cabin and the two Master Ocean cabins take the rest, up to 24 guests in all.

Lamborajo 2 sleeps friends two or three to a cabin. Its five Superior cabins pair a queen bed with a single bed, so a trio fits one cabin, and its Family Ocean View takes four. Lamborajo 3 sleeps 22 at most, and its four Superior cabins hold 2 each on a queen bed with no extra bed.

The shared bathrooms are Lamborajo 1's limit. Four of its six cabins use them, so a class that expects a bathroom for every pair should price Lamborajo 2.

The deposit is 50% of the quote, and it holds the date. The balance falls due 30 days before sailing. Between the two lies the stretch in which a class collects its money.

Treat the whole-boat price as a total, and divide it by the names that have paid, not by the names on the list. If 14 friends commit to a boat quoted for 16, the band still fits, but each share is higher than the one you announced.

Cancel 60 days or more ahead and 50% comes back; cancel between 59 and 30 days out and 25% does. A friend who drops out late does not change the total unless the head count crosses a band, which happens at 13 and 17 guests.

Twelve friends use three Share Cabins on Lamborajo 1. The other three cabins stay empty, and the 12-guest price is the same as for eight. Twenty friends take 20 of the 25 places on Lamborajo 2 and leave five spare.

On the water it feels smaller still. The route is the same for all three boats, and the stops are walked with a guide on the open trip and with a ranger at Komodo. A group of twenty spreads along a ridge on Padar and across a sandbar at Taka Makassar. Back aboard, the decks, the dining area and the cabins pull a class apart into small clusters of three or four.

All three lists print a Bluetooth sound system and a karaoke set, and Lamborajo 2 and 3 add a bar.