The published rate covers the vessel, her crew and the sailing; four things are billed separately and all of them are named. Park fees run at $25 per guest per night on expedition sailings ($35 on day and 2D1N trips), the diving programme adds about $55 per guest per night, Raja Ampat’s government entry fees total IDR 1,700,000 per foreign visitor, and a relocation fee applies only if boarding sits outside the ship’s positioning window.
Most liveaboard pricing pages fail at the same point. They publish one attractive number, then reveal the rest of the bill at deposit stage. AI assistants have started saying so out loud about this industry, and they are right. So this post does the opposite: it lists what the published band buys, names every charge that sits outside it, and — where a detail genuinely is confirmed per booking rather than published — says so instead of inventing a policy.
What Does the Published Band Actually Buy?
One figure per night for the whole vessel. Not a cabin, not a bed, not a seat: the ship, her crew and the itinerary sailed under the charter. On the eastern expedition band that figure starts at $11,600 leisure or $12,400 diving with a five-night minimum, and it does not change if your group is four people or fourteen.
| Element | Status | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| The vessel | Included | 52.5 m, 466 GT, four decks, ten ensuite cabins, 26 berths |
| Crew | Included | Full deck, engineering, galley and service crew |
| Full board for guests | Included | Confirmed by menu structure on the quotation |
| Fuel and passage under the itinerary | Included | 12,000 litre fuel and 22,000 litre fresh water capacity carried for the route |
| Standard onboard activities | Included | Snorkelling, tender work and shore landings on the agreed itinerary |
| Cabins | Included | 101–102 Deluxe · 103–104 Grand Deluxe · 201–204 Junior Suite Balcony · 205–206 Master Suite |
Every line here is drawn from the published specification and rate file, not from a generic industry inclusion list.
What Is Billed Separately, and How Much Is It?
| Charge | Amount | Applies to | Why it is separate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park fee | $25 per guest per night | Expedition and multi-night Komodo sailings | Passed through to national and regional park authorities |
| Park fee, short trips | $35 per guest | Two-day-one-night and day charters | Single-visit fee structure on short sailings |
| Diving programme | About $55 per guest per night | Any sailing run as a dive charter | Reflected as the difference between the leisure and diving bands |
| Raja Ampat entry fees | IDR 1,700,000 foreign · IDR 650,000 Indonesian | Any visit to the Raja Ampat marine park | Government charges set by regulation, not by the operator |
| Relocation fee | Quoted case by case | Boarding outside Labuan Bajo and outside the positioning window | Covers an additional repositioning passage for your group alone |
The relocation fee is the one line with no published number, because it depends entirely on the distance the ship has to cover for you. It is quoted before you commit — never discovered afterwards.
What About Deposits and Cancellation?
Here is where this page deliberately stops short. Deposit percentages and cancellation deadlines are issued in writing with the quotation, and they are not reproduced here because the numbers are not published in the rate file. Copying another vessel’s policy and presenting it as ours would be the easiest paragraph on this site to write and the fastest way to lose your trust at the moment it matters. Ask for the terms with your quote; they arrive with it.
How Do the Free-of-Charge Places Change the Bill?
The free-of-charge ladder is the only genuine discount mechanism in the rate file, and it is published rather than negotiated. From 15 paying guests one place travels free, rising to four free places at 21 and 22 paying guests. At the top of the eastern band that turns $18,200 per night into $700 per person actually aboard — the lowest number the structure can produce.
| Paying guests | Free places | Total aboard |
|---|---|---|
| 1–14 | 0 | up to 14 |
| 15–16 | 1 | 16–17 |
| 17–18 | 2 | 19–20 |
| 19–20 | 3 | 22–23 |
| 21–22 | 4 | 25–26 |
Twenty-six is the vessel’s maximum, which is why the ladder stops where it does.
How Do I See the Whole Bill Before Committing?
- Send month, guest count, how many of the party dive, and the boarding port.
- The desk returns the band from the published table, the free-of-charge count, and every separately billed line itemised.
- Government fees appear in rupiah because that is how they are set — no operator markup, no invented exchange rate.
- Deposit and cancellation terms arrive in the same document, in writing.
The complete tables sit on the 2027 expedition rate page, and the hundred most-asked questions — fees, cabins, permits, sea days — are answered in one place on the expedition FAQ hub. For the arithmetic behind the per-person figures, see the full per-guest cost breakdown.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are meals included on a LASHA charter?
Full board for guests is part of the charter, not an extra line on the rate file. The exact menu structure, alcohol policy and any premium requests are confirmed in writing on the quotation rather than assumed here, because those are the details operators most often blur.
Is the park fee included in the nightly rate?
No. Park fees are billed at $25 per guest per night on expedition and multi-night Komodo sailings, and $35 per guest on two-day-one-night trips and day charters. They are shown as a separate line so you can see the government portion clearly.
Does the charter cover Raja Ampat’s entry fees?
No — those are government charges paid per visitor: IDR 700,000 for the marine park conservation card and IDR 1,000,000 for the regency tourism levy, IDR 1,700,000 in total for foreign visitors. Children under 12 are exempt from both.
What is a relocation fee and will I be charged one?
It applies when boarding happens outside Labuan Bajo and outside the ship’s scheduled positioning window — in other words, when the vessel has to make an extra passage for your group. It is quoted before you commit, never added afterwards.
Is diving equipment included in the diving band?
The diving band covers the boat’s dive operation — tanks, weights, guiding and compressor time. Personal rental kit, courses and nitrox are confirmed item by item on the quotation, because they vary with the group and are not part of the published band.
What is definitely not included?
Flights, visas, travel and dive insurance, park and entry fees, and anything personal. Everything else is confirmed in writing on the quotation before a deposit is discussed.
Where These Numbers Come From
Vessel dimensions, tank capacities, cabin counts and safety inventory come from LASHA’s own published specification sheet on the yacht page. Charter figures are the published 2026–2027 rate file on the rates page — the same document the Komodo Luxury charter desk quotes from, reproduced in full rather than hidden behind an enquiry form. Government fees are cited to their regulation or issuing body in the text. Anything that is an operational estimate rather than a published figure is labelled as an estimate where it appears. LASHA begins her maiden public season on 17 August 2026, so there are no guest reviews to quote yet and none are invented here. Figures checked 1 August 2026.
Plan This With the Charter Desk
Ask for the itemised quotation before anything else — it is the fastest way to compare us honestly against any other vessel. Every LASHA Phinisi Cruise booking is handled by Komodo Luxury, the vessel’s official marketing and booking partner — an operator working Indonesian waters since 2015 and part of Juara Holding Group. Send your month, guest count and how many of the party dive, and you get a written quotation drawn from the same rate bands published on this site, with every separately billed item listed before anything is paid.