Sebayur’s reef delivers the closing snorkel — shallow coral gardens that suit every swimmer aboard — before the unhurried cruise back to Labuan Bajo. On a three-night charter this is disembarkation day; on a week, it is simply the hinge into the quieter northern anchorages.
On a seven-night charter that spine becomes the middle act: divers take repeat days at the manta aggregation sites, the Padar climb can be re-run at sunset instead of sunrise, spa afternoons fill the repositioning legs, and dinner moves between the indoor dining room, the alfresco table and the front sun beds as the anchorage dictates. Eighteen guests never queue for anything — that is what 55 metres buys.
Park costs are never bundled into charter headline rates — ours or anyone’s — so budget them separately: entry IDR 250,000 (≈ USD 16) per person per day, ranger trekking fee IDR 200,000 per group of up to five (IDR 150,000 on Padar), harbor fees IDR 25,000, and roughly USD 40–50 per person across a three-day visit. Two 2026 rules bite at this tier. First, the 1,000-visitor daily cap on the Komodo–Padar zone, reserved through the SiOra system since April 2026 — your crew handles the slots, but flexibility on peak dates helps. Second, drone permits run IDR 2,000,000 per day through the park office and are arranged before, not after, the drone is airborne.