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Natural Phinisi — Komodo Private Charter Profile, Cabins & Rates

21.4 m wooden phinisi · 5 ensuite cabins · up to 16 guests · whole-boat charters from Labuan Bajo

At a Glance

Natural Phinisi at a Glance

  • Wooden Phinisi
  • Private Charter Only
  • Labuan Bajo · Komodo NP

Natural Phinisi is a 21.4 m five-cabin wooden phinisi liveaboard sailing Komodo National Park from Labuan Bajo, sleeping up to 16 guests — private whole-boat charter only. Published 2026 agent rates run from USD 2,400 (IDR 39.2 million) for 2D1N to IDR 71–85 million for 5D4N. Book via the Komodo Trip desk, operated by Komodo Luxury since 2015.

Phinisi Celestia At Sea — Komodo National Park, by our operator Komodo Luxury
  • 21.4 m Length × 4.5 m beam
  • 5 cabins AC, private bath, hot water
  • Up to 16 Guests on board
  • Built 2021 Per most listings
  • 7–11 knots Cruising speed
  • From $2,400 Whole boat, 2D1N

Natural Phinisi — registered on most listings as Natural 001 and painted KM Natural 01 on the hull — is one of the mid-tier workhorses of the Labuan Bajo charter fleet. Launched in 2021 according to most listings (one aggregator says 2020), she is a traditional wooden build listed at 21.38–21.4 m length overall with a 4.5 m beam, pushed along by a Mitsubishi 6D16 diesel at a 7–11 knot cruise. One aggregator files her as a “semi phinisi” — a common label for motor-first hulls carrying traditional rigging lines — and we flag that instead of hiding it. Either way, this is a real, actively chartered boat confirmed across four independent listings plus her own site, not a brochure vessel that exists only in stock photos.

Who she suits: private groups of six to fourteen — families, friend groups, small dive-and-trek crews — who want the entire boat and a fully flexible itinerary without paying superyacht money. Her 2D1N entry price is the lowest whole-boat number in the fleet we book, which makes her the default answer when a compact group asks us for “the cheapest way to get our own boat.” If you only need one or two cabins, a shared Komodo liveaboard open trip (from $220/person for 3D2N) or a Komodo boat trip day departure (from $120/person) will cost far less per head, because Natural Phinisi does not sell individual cabins — ever.

The names sit two letters apart and guests mix them up weekly, so let us be blunt: these are separate vessels with separate owners and very different price tags. Naturalia Cruise is a 33 m premium phinisi with eight designer cabins for 24 guests, jacuzzi suites, and scheduled shared departures. Natural Phinisi is the 21.4 m five-cabin private-charter boat this page covers — roughly a third of Naturalia’s charter money on comparable nights. If an agent quotes you one name and invoices the other, stop and confirm the hull registration (Natural 001) in writing before any deposit moves.

Verified Specs

Natural Phinisi Komodo: Verified Specifications

Everything below is cross-checked against multiple independent listings. Where sources disagree — and on this boat they do, on year built, capacity, and even hull classification — we print the spread instead of picking a flattering number. That is the standard we apply to every hull on our Komodo boats fleet page.
SpecDetail
TypeTraditional wooden phinisi liveaboard (one listing: “semi phinisi”)
Length × beam21.38–21.4 m × 4.5 m (consistent across three sources)
Cabins5, all air-conditioned with private bathroom and hot water
CapacityUp to 16 guests (best-supported figure; some listings quote 17–19)
Engine · speedMitsubishi 6D16 diesel · 7–11 knot cruise
Year built2021 per most listings (one source: 2020)
Tender15 hp Suzuki speedboat listed by one source — confirm before booking
Navigation & safetyGPS, VHF radio, life raft, life jackets, fire extinguishers
Base harborLabuan Bajo, Flores — all trips depart and return here
Trip formatPrivate whole-boat charter only, 2D1N to 5D4N
Two reading notes on that sheet. First, the 7–11 knot cruise band is honest for a hull this size: at 8 knots the run from Labuan Bajo to the Padar anchorage takes roughly three hours, which is exactly why every good itinerary overnights inside the park rather than commuting. Second, the capacity spread (16 vs 17–19) almost certainly reflects agents counting floor mattresses and crew berths differently — we book her at 16 unless the operator confirms extra berths in writing for your specific group.
2026 Rates

Natural Phinisi Charter Rates: What Agents Publish in 2026

Honest caveat first: three agents quote materially different rates for this boat — one lists 2D1N at IDR 39.2 million while another quotes IDR 50–60 million for the same duration, and a 2025 listing pegged her around USD 3,268 per day. That spread is normal for an independently owned hull sold through allotments, and it is exactly why we publish ranges instead of a single seductive number. The published whole-boat picture looks like this:
DurationFrom (approx. USD, whole boat)Published IDR range
2D1Nfrom $2,400–3,700IDR 39.2–60 million
3D2Nfrom $2,650from IDR 43 million
4D3Nfrom $3,250from IDR 53 million
5D4Nfrom $4,350–5,200IDR 71–85 million
Rates shift with season, pax tier, and which agent holds the allotment, so the number that matters is the one our desk confirms in writing for your exact dates. Park fees are always extra and always itemized: foreigners pay IDR 250,000 (~$16) entry per person per day, ranger trekking IDR 200,000 per group of up to five (Padar IDR 150,000), and an IDR 25,000 harbor fee — budget $40–50 per person on a 3D2N. Flying a drone adds an IDR 2,000,000/day BTNK permit. And note the 1,000-visitor daily cap for Komodo and Padar under the SiOra reservation system, enforced from April 2026 — we lock those slots the moment we confirm your charter, because on peak dates the cap fills before the boats do.The dry season runs April through November: calmest crossings, 33°C afternoons, and the brown-gold Padar views on every postcard. January and February bring short, hard rain cells and the occasional port-hold day, but also a green Padar, empty anchorages, and the softest rates of the year. Mantas feed at Manta Point year-round with a clear July–August peak, which is also when this hull’s calendar is tightest — for those weeks, enquire two to three months out. Shoulder months (March, November) are the value play: dry-season conditions at the edge of wet-season pricing.
Two Ways to Sail

Open Trip or Private Charter? On This Boat, One Answer

Natural Phinisi is sold exclusively as a private whole-boat charter, in durations from 2D1N to 5D4N. We found no open or shared-cabin departures on any listing, and we will not pretend otherwise to capture a booking — if a per-person seat is what you need, start with our scheduled shared sailings instead, where boats like Mosalaki sell cabins from $460 per person on weekly 3D2N departures. Diving and fishing on Natural Phinisi are mentioned by a single source each, so treat both as arrangeable on request rather than standard inclusions.Run the arithmetic before you dismiss a whole-boat charter as a splurge. A 3D2N from USD 2,650 (IDR 43 million) split across ten guests is roughly USD 265 per head before park fees — inside the USD 350–600 band that mid-tier shared cabins command on scheduled departures, with the entire boat, itinerary, and daily rhythm answering to your group alone. At fourteen guests the same charter drops under USD 190 a head. That per-person crossover point — usually around eight guests — is the single most useful number in this decision, and our private charter Komodo guide walks through deposits, cancellation windows, and how whole-boat pricing scales from there.
Sample Route

Routes & a Sample 3D2N Itinerary

All charters run round-trip from Labuan Bajo through Komodo National Park. The staple stops across every source: Kelor, Padar, Pink Beach, Komodo Island, Taka Makassar, and Manta Point, with Sebayur and Kanawa added on longer trips. Because the boat is yours, the order below is a template, not a timetable — groups with young kids often swap the dawn Padar climb for a second snorkel stop, and photographers do the reverse.

Day 1 — Kelor, Manjarite & the Bats

Board mid-morning in Labuan Bajo, motor roughly an hour to Kelor Island for a short, steep viewpoint trek, snorkel the Manjarite reef after lunch, then anchor off Kalong Island for the flying-fox exodus at sunset — thousands of fruit bats leaving the mangroves at around 18:15, watched from the bean bags with the engine off.

Day 2 — Padar at First Light, Dragons by Mid-Morning

We time Padar for a 05:15 trailhead start so you summit before the heat; then Pink Beach for a swim, Komodo Island for the ranger-led dragon trek, the Taka Makassar sandbar, and Manta Point — July and August are the peak months for manta sightings, though the boat operates year-round. Andi, our lead park guide, briefs every group on ranger protocol before the Komodo Island landing.

Day 3 — Slow Morning, Return

A final snorkel stop at Sebayur, brunch on deck, and a return to Labuan Bajo harbor by early afternoon — technically in time for a late flight out of Komodo Airport, though we always recommend flying the next day; afternoon sea states and airline schedules both misbehave often enough to make same-day connections a gamble.
Sister Boats

Natural Phinisi vs Her Sister Boats

The closest calls in our fleet sit one shelf up: Pinta, a 30 m five-cabin private phinisi, and Mosalaki, a new-for-2024 build that sells both whole-boat charters and shared cabins. Same tier, different answers:
BoatFrom-priceCabinsGuestsLengthBest for
Natural Phinisi2D1N whole boat from $2,400 (IDR 39.2M)51621.4 mLowest whole-boat entry price; compact private groups
Pintacharter from $4,900/night (IDR 77M)51330 mBigger hull, same cabin count, more deck per guest
Mosalakicharter from IDR 104M (~$6,400)/night · shared from $460/pp51228 mNew 2024 build; option to buy single cabins on shared dates
The short version. Pinta gives you nearly nine extra meters of boat and the polish of a fresh fit-out for roughly double the nightly money — worth it when the group is smaller and the budget per head is looser. Mosalaki is the newest hull of the three and the only one where two of you can join a shared departure this weekend without chartering anything. Natural Phinisi wins the one contest that most compact groups actually care about: the lowest total invoice for a boat that is entirely yours. Browse the full Komodo boats fleet to compare all eighteen hulls side by side.

Cabins: Five Ensuite Classes Across Three Decks

All four external listings agree on the core cabin fact: five air-conditioned cabins, each with a private hot-water bathroom. The operator listing breaks the layout down as one Master cabin on the main deck, two Suite cabins on the upper deck, and one Deluxe plus one Sharing cabin on the lower deck. There is no per-cabin price list to publish because there are no per-cabin sales — on a whole-boat charter you get all five regardless, so the layout mostly matters for deciding who in your group sleeps where. The pattern that works, trip after trip: couples take the Master and the two upper-deck Suites, teenagers or single travelers take the lower-deck Sharing cabin, and the Deluxe absorbs whoever is left. The Master’s main-deck position means the least engine noise underway and the shortest stumble to the dining saloon; the lower-deck cabins run coolest at anchor. We confirm the exact berth arrangement — bed sizes included — with the operator for your group size before you commit, because “sleeps 16” on paper and sixteen comfortable adults are not always the same thing.

On-Board Facilities

Indoor AC Dining & LoungeAn air-conditioned saloon for meals and midday heat breaks — Komodo hits 33°C+ in the dry season, so this matters more than it sounds. Sundeck with Bean BagsA large upper deck with bean bags and lazy chairs — the spot for the Kalong Island bat exodus at dusk and star fields after dinner. Hot-Water EnsuitesEvery cabin has its own bathroom with a water heater — a genuine comfort line between budget deck boats and this deluxe tier. Safety KitGPS, VHF radio, life raft, life jackets, and fire extinguishers are listed across sources; a Bluetooth sound system covers the fun side. A few extras — an on-deck jacuzzi, mini bar, TV, refrigerator, and that 15 hp Suzuki tender — appear on only one or two listings, so treat them as “typically available, varies by season.” Fit-outs on working phinisi change between refits, and a listing photographed in 2023 is not a warranty in 2026. Tell our desk which of these actually matters to your group and we will confirm the current inventory in writing before you pay a deposit — it takes one WhatsApp exchange with the operator and removes the most common source of on-boarding disappointment.

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Booking

How Booking Through the Komodo Trip Desk Works

Straight framing: we are a booking desk, not this vessel’s owner. Komodo Trip — operated by Komodo Luxury since 2015, a licensed Indonesian tour operator — arranges Natural Phinisi through our Labuan Bajo desk, the same way we book every independent hull on this site. The process:What is normally inside a whole-boat rate on this class of charter: crew and captain, full-board meals cooked on board, drinking water, tea and coffee, snorkeling gear, and fuel for the standard park route. What to confirm per charter: the extras list above, dive arrangements, and any pick-up beyond the Labuan Bajo mainland. We put all of it in one written confirmation — if a line item is not on that document, do not assume it is included, on this boat or any other.

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2D1N to 5D4N private charters from Labuan Bajo — current rate confirmed in writing, park permits handled.

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Rates checked & page updated: 26 July 2026 · Komodo Trip desk, Labuan Bajo