Komodo Private Charter Cost Per Person: The Group Split Math for 6, 10 and 26 Guests

A Komodo private charter is priced per boat per night, not per person. LASHA charters from US$10,800 per night for up to 14 guests, minimum two nights. Split a US$21,600 three-day, two-night charter and the cost per person is US$3,600 at 6 guests, US$2,160 at 10, and about US$1,308 at 26.

Why Is There No Per-Person Price on a Private Charter?

A private charter buys the whole vessel. On LASHA, the leisure rate for Komodo starts at US$10,800 per night for one to fourteen guests, with a two-night minimum. Whether four guests board or fourteen, the boat price is identical — which is exactly why per-person arithmetic rewards larger groups. The only genuinely per-person line on a Komodo charter is the national park entrance fee of US$25 per guest per night. The full tier ladder sits on our rates page, and how a charter actually runs day to day is covered on the Komodo charter page; this article is purely the division.

What Does the 2026 Komodo Charter Market Charge Per Night?

The private phinisi market out of Labuan Bajo settles into recognisable bands in 2026. By category, not by name:

LASHA sails in the flagship class: a 52.5-metre, 466 GT Buginese-built phinisi of ironwood and teak, with four decks, ten ensuite cabins and a maximum of 26 guests. That capacity is the whole point of the split math. A smaller boat caps your denominator at 10 or 12; LASHA lets a large group divide one charter 26 ways.

The Worked Example: One Boat, Three Days, Two Nights

Take the shortest standard itinerary, 3D2N. For groups of one to fourteen, the whole-boat leisure total is US$21,600 — two nights at US$10,800. The diving version of the same itinerary is US$23,200. For 26 guests, the charter is billed at the 22-pax tier of US$17,000 per night, US$34,000 for two nights, with four guests sailing free of charge. Divide, and the ladder looks like this:

Figures are rounded to the nearest dollar; the Komodo National Park entrance fee is US$25 per guest per night, so US$50 per person on a two-night trip. Read the bottom line against the top: between 6 and 26 guests, the per-person cost falls by roughly 64 percent — same yacht, same route, same crew.

How Does the 26-Guest Split Actually Work?

LASHA's large-group pricing uses paying-guest tiers with complimentary (FOC) places layered on top. Groups of 1–14 add no FOC places; 15–16 paying guests add one; 17–18 add two; 19–20 add three; and 21–22 add four — capping the vessel at 22 paying guests plus 4 FOC, 26 aboard. The rule for any group is simple: book the smallest tier whose paying-plus-FOC count covers everyone.

The official worked example: 19 guests on a seven-night itinerary book the 17-pax tier at US$13,100 per night — US$91,700 in total, about US$4,826 per person before park fees, with two of the nineteen travelling free. The complete tier ladder and FOC mechanics are laid out in the LASHA price guide, and the practicalities of filling all 26 places are covered in our 26-guest retreat guide — no need to repeat either here.

How Close Does a Full Split Get to Open-Trip Pricing?

Mid-range shared-cabin liveaboards in Komodo — the open-trip category, where you buy a berth and share the boat with strangers — typically sell 3D2N places at roughly US$700–900 per person. Two comparisons put the split math in context.

First, the broader market: an entry-luxury private phinisi at 2026 rates runs US$7,000–11,000 for a 3D2N whole-boat total. Split among 10–12 guests, that is US$700–1,100 per person — already overlapping the open-trip band. Second, LASHA at full capacity: US$1,358 all-in per person for a flagship-class private vessel with ten ensuite cabins, including two Master Suites with private jacuzzi and balcony. The premium over a shared bunk narrows to a few hundred dollars, while the product moves up two classes: your own cabins, your own schedule, your own dining table. That is the argument for organising the group rather than booking berths — the comparison is unpacked further on our liveaboard page.

What Happens to the Per-Person Cost on Longer Itineraries?

The split logic scales linearly with nights, because the charter is a nightly rate multiplied out:

Add the US$25 per-guest, per-night park fee on top of each figure. Which duration suits which route is mapped on our itineraries page. Note that these are Komodo numbers: Raja Ampat, Banda Sea and Wakatobi expeditions run October to April from Sorong on a five-night minimum, from US$11,600 per night, and sit in their own bands — see the expedition rates and route bands page and the Raja Ampat overview before applying this article's arithmetic there.

What Should the Group Treasurer Double-Check?

Four items keep the spreadsheet honest:

• Park fees are per person. US$25 per guest per night applies to every guest aboard, and it is the one line that does not shrink as the group grows.
• Short formats are flat rates, not nightly math. The Full Day charter is US$11,000 for 1–20 guests (up to 16 hours, with a US$35 per-guest daily fee, and 21–35 guests at +US$550 each), and the 2D1N special rate starts at US$13,900. Neither divides by the nightly logic above.
• Diving charters use their own tiers. Dive itineraries run from US$11,600 per night (1–14) to US$18,200 at the 22-pax tier — details on the diving page.
• Know the vessel you are splitting. LASHA is a traditional ironwood-and-teak phinisi — she does not carry active fin stabilizers, so itineraries are planned around season and sea state. Full specifications are on the yacht page.

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