Catnazse — Komodo Liveaboard Profile, Cabins & Booking

Who Catnazse Suits Best

Catnazse sits at the upper end of the shared-trip market: a traditional wooden phinisi finished to VIP standard, running the classic Komodo circuit with eight air-conditioned cabins, every one with its own private bathroom. If you want a real step up from budget open-deck boats — upper-deck suites with private balconies, a chef-run galley, proper indoor dining — without paying full charter money, this is the bracket to shop in. We book it most often for couples who want a king-bed suite and for families who need a four-berth cabin on the same departure.

Because Catnazse sells cabin-by-cabin on its weekly open trips, couples and small groups can board a VIP-class vessel from $430 per person. For context against the wider market, see our Komodo boat trip options: standard shared 3D2N phinisi berths start around $220 per person, so the Catnazse premium buys cabin quality, food, and deck space — the route itself is the same national park.

Catnazse Liveaboard Specifications

These figures are cross-checked against the operator’s published sheet and the major Komodo fleet listings; where sources disagree, we say so rather than pick a flattering number.

One honesty note on capacity: the operator’s own materials headline 18 guests while a specs section elsewhere quotes 24, and one aggregator lists 20. Eighteen is the figure most sources agree on and the configuration we sell to. The build is recent — commonly listed as 2021, though we treat the shipyard date as unconfirmed — and the hull is typically described as ironwood, standard for high-end phinisi construction in Sulawesi yards.

Cabin Classes & 2026 Open Trip Rates

Catnazse runs four cabin classes across three decks. The 3D2N open-trip prices below match the operator’s published 2026 rates and are per person, sharing.

How to choose: the two Santalum suites are the only cabins with private balconies and king beds — book those first, they sell out earliest. Cafasa at $490 is the best value for couples who plan to live on deck anyway. The lower-deck Grandis family cabins give the lowest per-head price on the boat when four share. At current exchange rates the range works out to roughly IDR 7–11 million per person — clearly above the IDR 3.5–5.5 million market band for standard shared phinisi, which is exactly the gap the suite tier occupies. Budget a further $40–50 per person for Komodo National Park fees over a 3D2N: entry IDR 250,000 per day for foreign visitors, ranger trekking IDR 200,000 per group of up to five (IDR 150,000 on Padar), plus IDR 25,000 harbor fee.

Facilities On Board

Trip Types, Routes & Sample Itinerary

Catnazse runs two formats. The signature shared trip is a 3D2N Komodo circuit with weekly Friday–Sunday departures on the published 2026 schedule — you book a cabin, not the boat. Private charters run from 2D1N up to 7D6N with the full vessel and crew; see our private charter in Komodo guide for how whole-boat pricing works. Note the in-water program is snorkeling: no source confirms a dedicated dive package on this vessel, so certified divers should shortlist from our Komodo liveaboard guide instead, where the dive-equipped boats are flagged.

Day 1 — Kelor, Manjarite & Kalong

Pickup from your Labuan Bajo hotel or the airport around 09:00, then the boat clears the harbor and sails for Kelor Island for the first short summit trek and swim. Afternoon snorkeling at Manjarite’s reef, then the crew anchors off Kalong Island for sunset, when thousands of flying foxes stream off the mangroves — dinner is served on deck while they pass.

Day 2 — Padar, Pink Beach, Komodo & Manta Point

The big day starts pre-dawn: guides begin the Padar viewpoint climb around 05:15 to catch sunrise over the three bays before the heat builds. Back on board for breakfast, then Pink Beach for a swim, a licensed-ranger dragon trek on Komodo Island, a drift snorkel with reef mantas at Manta Point, and a stop at the Taka Makassar sandbar before the overnight anchorage.

Day 3 — Kanawa & Return

A final morning snorkel at Kanawa — or Sebayur/Siaba depending on conditions — then the boat sails back to Labuan Bajo with lunch on board and transfers to your hotel or flight. At 7–10 knots cruising speed, nothing on this route is a long crossing; most legs run under two hours.

How to Book Catnazse Through Komodo Trip

Straight framing: Komodo Trip does not own Catnazse. We are a booking desk in Labuan Bajo — operated by Komodo Luxury since 2015 — and we arrange this vessel the same way we arrange the rest of the fleet: we hold the operator’s published 2026 schedule, confirm cabin availability directly, and issue one booking that covers the boat, park permits, and your harbor transfers. That permit piece matters more in 2026 than it used to: Komodo and Padar are under a 1,000-visitor daily cap with SiOra reservations enforced from April 2026, so on peak dry-season dates (April–November) the park slot needs securing alongside the cabin, not after it.

Open-trip cabin prices are the operator’s own rates — you pay the same as booking direct. Private charter is quoted case-by-case: published per-night figures for Catnazse vary widely between sources and seasons, so treat any single number you find online with caution and get a written quote from our desk instead. If your dates are sold out, we can usually slot you onto a comparable boat from the wider Komodo boat fleet list at the same tier.

How Catnazse Compares to Sister Boats

Against Magika — a 26.74 m, nine-cabin phinisi with open trips from $310 — Catnazse is a physically bigger boat with fewer, larger cabins and true balcony suites, at roughly $120 more per person at entry level. The Lamborajo fleet covers the value end of the same route from $190 per person, while Ayvara opens at $450 with seven cabins and Starlink on board. In short: Catnazse is the pick when the cabin itself is the point — if you just want the cheapest berth on the classic circuit, it is not the right boat, and we will say so.