Jacuzzi & Sundeck
A large deck jacuzzi plus a spacious bean-bag sundeck — the best seats on board for the Kalong Island bat exodus at dusk.
Premium · Open Trip & Private Charter
Yumana Liveaboard Komodo — Cabins, Open Trip & Charter Rates
32 m × 6 m phinisi · 8 en-suite cabins · 25 guests — shared cabins from $330/person, whole boat from $5,950/night
At a Glance
Yumana Liveaboard at a Glance
Yumana is a 32 m premium phinisi liveaboard sailing Komodo National Park from Labuan Bajo, carrying up to 25 guests in 8 en-suite, air-conditioned cabins across three decks. Shared 3D2N cabins run $330–600 per person; whole-boat charter starts from $5,950 per night. Book through the Komodo Trip desk — operated by Komodo Luxury since 2015.
The Yumana liveaboard is the most widely listed boat in the premium shared fleet out of Labuan Bajo — her rates appear on at least ten agency sites, in two languages, at three different price points. That noise is exactly why our desk keeps this page blunt and complete: every cabin class with its real 2026 number, the shared departure calendar, the fee lines nobody prints, and an honest comparison against her sister boats, all checked against the operator’s rate sheet on 26 July 2026. The short version: a 32-metre traditional wooden phinisi, three decks, 8 air-conditioned en-suite cabins, up to 25 guests, a deck jacuzzi and a karaoke lounge that between them explain most of her bookings.
She suits three kinds of travelers. Couples take the Royal Suite for the private balcony and its own jacuzzi tub — the only cabin on board with either. Families book the lower-deck Superior cabins, which sleep up to three and carry the lowest fare on the boat at $330 per person. And groups of twelve to twenty-five buy the whole hull as a private charter in Komodo; at 25-guest capacity she is one of the largest vessels we place for corporate trips, milestone birthdays and multi-family holidays. Because her shared departures sail on fixed weekend dates from the published 2026 calendar, planning around flights into Labuan Bajo is straightforward.
Two honesty notes before the numbers. Aggregator listings commonly cite a 2021 build year, but the operator does not publish one — treat that detail as unverified until you ask the desk. And on wording: some guests search for the Yumana yacht, others for the Yumana cruise — she is neither a motor yacht nor a cruise ship but a two-masted wooden phinisi in the Sulawesi boatbuilding tradition, sold two ways: by the cabin on shared trips or by the night as a whole boat.
One practical reading note on the listings you will find elsewhere. Because so many agencies resell her, the same Yumana price appears in dollars on English sites and in rupiah bands on Indonesian ones, sometimes converted at stale rates, sometimes quoted for different seasons without saying so. When two numbers disagree, the cheaper one is usually last year’s. The figures on this page are the operator’s current 2026 sheet; if a quote you have seen elsewhere beats them, send it to the desk and we will tell you plainly what it does and does not include.
Photo Gallery
On Board Yumana: Photo Gallery
Sixteen real photographs, no renders — her exterior first, then the Royal Suite, both Signature decks and the Deluxe cabins, and finally the jacuzzi, sundeck and dining room where every meal of the trip is served.
Dining, Bar & Karaoke
Indoor and outdoor dining areas with a bar, free-flow coffee and tea, a Bluetooth sound system and a karaoke set for evenings at anchor.
Water Toys
Snorkeling sets, canoe, kayak and stand-up paddleboard are included; dive gear can be rented as an optional add-on.
Trip Documentation
Drone, GoPro and mirrorless photo-video coverage is included, with the raw files handed over after the trip — no photographer fee.
Verified Specs
Yumana Phinisi: Verified Specifications
These are the operator’s published numbers for the Yumana phinisi — the sheet we hand guests who ask what the boat actually is under the cushions and teak.
Two of those figures matter more than they look. The double PS120 generator sets are what keep cabin air-conditioning running overnight at anchor — a real dividing line from budget hulls that cut power after dinner — and a 13,000-litre fresh-water tank means proper showers for a full boat across three days rather than a rationed rinse. The 7–11-knot cruising band is typical for a loaded 32-metre phinisi; the crew uses the early starts, not the throttle, to beat the day-boat crowds to Padar.
Safety kit covers life jackets, a life raft, first aid and full navigation equipment, and the vessel operates under the annual Indonesian maritime safety inspection regime with licensed crew — the same standard we require of every boat we place guests on.
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Vessel type | Traditional two-masted wooden phinisi, premium liveaboard class |
| Length × beam | 32 m × 6 m, three decks |
| Cabins | 8 — 1 Royal Suite, 3 Signature, 2 Deluxe, 2 Superior; all AC + en-suite |
| Guest capacity | Up to 25 guests |
| Cruising speed | 7–11 knots |
| Engine & power | Mitsubishi 8D C9-cylinder main engine; double PS120 generator sets |
| Fresh water | 13,000 L tank |
| Navigation | Compass, GPS, charts |
| Home port | Labuan Bajo Harbor, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara |
2026 Rates
Yumana Liveaboard Rates 2026: Shared Cabins & Whole-Boat Charter
Every Yumana price you will meet online traces back to one rate sheet, and this is it. On shared 3D2N open trips the boat sells by cabin class, per person, with a two-guest minimum per booking and extra beds at $290. The spread is wide for a reason: the $330 Superior and the $600 Royal Suite are genuinely different products sharing one hull, one chef and one itinerary.
| Cabin class | Count & deck | Setup | Open trip 3D2N |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Suite | 1 | Queen + up to 2 extra beds, private balcony, private jacuzzi, sea view | from $600/person |
| Signature II & III | 2 — upper deck | Queen + extra bed, sea view | from $460/person |
| Signature I | 1 — main deck | Queen + extra bed, sea view | from $460/person |
| Deluxe | 2 | Queen + extra bed, sea view | from $420/person |
| Superior | 2 — lower deck | Sleeps up to 3, porthole view | from $330/person |
| Whole boat — private charter | 8 cabins | All 25 berths, custom route, 2D1N–4D3N (longer on request) | from $5,950/night |
The honest advice we give at the desk: the Deluxe is the value pick — the same queen-plus-extra-bed layout as the Signature cabins with the same sea view, $40 less per person. Pay the Royal premium only if the balcony and the private tub matter to you; the shared jacuzzi deck is open to every guest anyway. Every cabin, including the $330 Superior, has air-conditioning and a private hot-water bathroom.
Anchored in rupiah, the shared fares run roughly IDR 5.4–9.8 juta per person at typical 2026 exchange rates — one clear tier above the IDR 3.5–5.5 juta market band for mid-range shared 3D2N trips, which is what the jacuzzi, the documentation crew and the en-suite cabins are buying you. For the whole boat, the desk quotes private charter from $5,950 per night (about IDR 97 juta) on 2D1N to 4D3N runs, with longer routes on request; Indonesian-language agencies list Yumana charter bands of IDR 82–102 juta depending on group size, so treat any figure inside that range as negotiable through the operator, not a fixed tag.
Budget the park costs separately, because no honest quote bundles them: Komodo National Park entry is IDR 250,000 (about $16) per person per day, ranger trekking IDR 200,000 per group of up to five (IDR 150,000 on Padar), the harbor fee IDR 25,000, and divers add an IDR 25,000 daily surcharge — plan on $40–50 per person across a 3D2N, itemized line by line on our park fees & quota page. From April 2026 the park enforces a 1,000-visitor daily cap on the Komodo–Padar zone through the SiOra reservation system, and a drone permit — if you fly your own rather than using the included documentation crew — is IDR 2,000,000 per day via the park office.
Two Ways to Sail
Open Trip or Private Charter on Yumana
Yumana sells two ways, and they attract different groups. The shared open trip is the volume product: weekly 3D2N departures year-round on the published 2026 calendar, mostly Friday–Sunday blocks, with a weekday alternative for travelers dodging the weekend rush — both covered on our Komodo open trip page. Day-1 pickup is at 09:00 from any hotel or the airport on the Labuan Bajo mainland. Cabins are sold individually, so a couple can hold the Royal Suite while two families split the Superiors, and nobody needs to fill the boat.
The full year’s calendar — every month, every boat — lives on our departure schedule page; per-boat availability against those dates is confirmed at booking. The private charter is the other product: the whole hull from $5,950 per night on 2D1N, 3D2N and 4D3N runs, with 5D4N and longer quoted on request. This is where Yumana’s scale works for you — 8 cabins across three price tiers let a 20-person group give the grandparents the Royal Suite and the teenagers the Superiors without anyone feeling short-changed, something a 5-cabin boat simply cannot do. The trade-off cuts the other way on shared trips: at 25-guest capacity a full Yumana departure is livelier than an eight-guest boat, so guests wanting a quiet deck should charter her, sail a weekday date, or pick a smaller sister.
Timing advice from the desk, since the question comes up daily: July and August weekends carry the heaviest demand and the fullest decks; the May–June and September shoulder weeks buy the same weather with fewer guests aboard; and the January–February wet season brings greener hills, emptier trails and the occasional rescheduled crossing when the wind stands up. The 2026 calendar runs every month regardless — Yumana does not lay up for the rainy season.
Shared 3D2N Departures
| Month (2026) | 3D2N departure blocks |
|---|---|
| August | 7–9 · 14–16 · 21–23 · 28–30 |
| September | 4–6 · 11–13 · 18–20 · 25–27 |
| October | 2–4 · 9–11 · 16–18 · 23–25 · 30 Oct–1 Nov |
Weekend 3D2N open trips sell by cabin class — the two $330 Superior cabins go first.
Sample Route
The Yumana Komodo Route: Sample 3D2N Itinerary
Every Yumana Komodo departure runs the proven west-park loop, sequenced so the hard walking happens before the heat. The times below are how the crew actually sails it.
Day 1 — Kelor, Manjarite & the Kalong Bats
Pickup at 09:00, board at Labuan Bajo Harbor, and the first stop is Kelor Island — a short, steep 20-minute ridge climb for the first postcard view of the archipelago. The afternoon is a snorkel over the Manjarite reef and its house-reef coral gardens, then the boat anchors off Kalong Island for sunset, when thousands of flying foxes stream out of the mangroves in a line that takes half an hour to pass overhead. Dinner is served on deck; the jacuzzi and the karaoke set do their first shift.
Day 2 — Padar at 05:15, Pink Beach, Dragons & Mantas
The big day starts in the dark: on the Padar trail by 05:15, summit for first light, down before the day-trip fleet arrives. Then Pink Beach for a swim over rose-tinted sand, the ranger-guided Komodo dragon trek on Komodo Island itself, drift snorkeling with reef mantas at Manta Point, and the bare white sandbar of Taka Makassar before the anchorage. It is a five-stop day — the reason a liveaboard beats any speedboat itinerary is that you are already inside the park when it starts.
Day 3 — Sebayur & the Run Home
A final morning snorkel at Sebayur or Siaba — turtles are the usual sighting — then the cruise back to Labuan Bajo by early afternoon, in time for onward flights the following morning. On 4D3N charters the route stretches to Rangko Cave, Seraya and Bidadari. Yumana sails year-round; April to October brings the calmest seas and the best visibility. Divers can add tanks through the desk — she is not a dedicated dive boat, so serious dive-first groups should compare our Komodo diving liveaboard options — and if you only have one day in town, the shared-speedboat Komodo boat trip from $120 covers the headline stops without the overnight.
Sister Boats
Yumana vs Ayvara vs Malca: Premium Sisters Compared
All three sail the same shared 3D2N calendar and charter privately by the night, so the choice is temperament and budget, not route.
| Boat | Shared from (pp) | Charter from (night) | Cabins | Guests | Length | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yumana | $330 | $5,950 | 8 | 25 | 32 m | Royal Suite with private jacuzzi & balcony; biggest capacity of the three |
| Ayvara Cruises | $450 | $5,500 | 7 | 15 | 25 m | Private balcony cabins, Starlink, quietest guest count |
| Malca Voyages | $300 | $5,300 | 7 | 21 | 30 m | Cheapest shared cabins in the premium fleet |
Pick Malca when the entry price decides it — her $300 triple-share is the cheapest real cabin in the shared fleet. Pick Ayvara when you value fewer people per metre of deck and want to stay connected mid-park. Pick Yumana when the group is large, the budget spans tiers, or somebody has earned the jacuzzi suite — no sister matches her Royal Suite, and her $330 Superior undercuts Ayvara’s cheapest cabin by $120. Compare all 18 hulls side by side on our Komodo boats page before you commit.
Booking
How to Book the Yumana Liveaboard from Labuan Bajo
We arrange Yumana through our booking desk at Labuan Bajo Harbor. She sails as part of the Komodo Luxury fleet — the operator behind Komodo Trip since 2015, rated 4.8/5 from 150+ Google reviews — so a booking with us is a booking with the people running the vessel, not a reseller layer adding margin. Message the desk with your dates and group size; we confirm cabin availability against the 2026 schedule, lock your SiOra park slots, itemize every park fee in writing so there are no surprise add-ons, and set your 09:00 pickup. A deposit secures the cabin; you can also start from the booking page and pick Yumana from the vessel list.
What the fare includes, in plain terms: your cabin, all meals aboard, water, coffee and tea, a licensed guide, snorkeling gear and life vests, the water toys, and the drone-and-camera documentation with raw files handed over at the end. It excludes park fees, dive-gear rental, and crew gratuities. And if Yumana’s weekend dates fail to line up with your flights, her sisters run parallel routes at similar pricing with different cabin mixes — the desk will lay the options side by side in one reply rather than pushing the boat with the biggest margin.
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Rates checked & page updated: 26 July 2026 · Komodo Trip desk, Labuan Bajo