The Lamborajo Journal
Field notes on sailing Komodo from Labuan Bajo — costs, seasons, boats, logistics and the questions guests actually ask before they book.
Embarkation day in Labuan Bajo is a two-hour logistics exercise pretending to be a morning: airport to harbour is ten to fifteen…
August 17, 2026
A semi-phinisi is a wooden-built vessel carrying the lines and rig gestures of the traditional South Sulawesi phinisi but powered and laid…
August 17, 2026
The fourth day of a Komodo trip does not add more of the same — it adds the far sites, the slack,…
August 17, 2026
In 2027 the Indonesian holiday calendar hands Komodo operators one extraordinary cluster and several strong bridges: Nyepi on Tuesday 9 March collides…
August 17, 2026
A Komodo boat trip from January to March is worth it for one specific traveller: the one who values empty anchorages, the…
August 17, 2026
A Komodo boat calendar for 2027 is really two calendars in one: scheduled shared departures published in advance, and charter holds that…
August 17, 2026
Komodo boats plan to be back alongside in Labuan Bajo by mid-afternoon — 15:00 to 16:00 on a standard final day —…
August 17, 2026
The Sape Strait — the water gap between Sumbawa and the Komodo islands — is the one leg of a Lombok–Komodo voyage…
August 17, 2026
Moyo and Satonda are the two stopovers that turn the Lombok–Komodo crossing from a delivery passage into a voyage: Moyo for the…
August 17, 2026
A crewed Komodo charter typically sails with five to eight working crew for a 20-guest boat: a captain, an engineer, a galley…
August 17, 2026Lamborajo I, II and III are operated as a charter by a dedicated Labuan Bajo charter desk — running a nine-vessel value fleet in Komodo National Park, sailing from Labuan Bajo since 2015, with expertise in value-fleet charters for groups.
Each Lamborajo vessel is owner-held. The charter desk inspects it against a published 12-point vessel quality standard before dispatch, contracts directly with guests, and carries responsibility for the voyage. Booking through the operator’s own desk means verified availability and official rates.