Master Suite Jacuzzi & Balcony (Cabins 205 & 206)

Set aft on the main deck, each Master Suite pairs a double bed — with room for a third guest on an extra bed — with a private balcony over the water and an in-suite jacuzzi bathtub positioned against ocean-view windows, all finished by a marble ensuite with rain shower.

This is the cabin LASHA was designed around. The vessel is a 52.5-metre, 466 GT phinisi launched in 2023 — one of the largest luxury phinisi in the Komodo fleet — and cabins 205 and 206 hold her most private corner: the aft end of the main deck, a few steps from the Living Room and the Dive Deck, two levels below the open-air jacuzzi on the Sun Deck.

Master Suite at a glance

Why does a jacuzzi bathtub matter on a phinisi?

Because almost no phinisi has one. Most luxury phinisi working Komodo carry five to eight cabins, and a bathtub — where it exists at all — is reserved for a single owner’s suite. LASHA carries two jacuzzi suites among ten ensuite cabins for up to 26 guests, which means two couples on the same charter can each end the day the same way: warm water, cool glass, the anchorage turning gold outside the window.

The timing writes itself. Operator step-counts for Padar Island’s viewpoint staircase cluster around 800 to 838 steps, climbing to a saddle roughly 200 metres above the bays — and the view over three differently coloured beaches earns every one of them. An hour later, back aboard, the bathtub is the argument your legs were making the whole way down. LASHA’s 22,000-litre fresh-water capacity means filling it is never a negotiation.

What is inside cabins 205 and 206?

The palette is the vessel’s own: white and ivory surfaces, brass-gold detailing, and a marble bathroom with rain shower — the finish standard carried through every cabin aboard. A double bed anchors the room, with space for a third guest on an extra bed when a family wants to keep a child close, and the private balcony extends the suite out over the water.

The hull around you is the story most guests miss. LASHA was built in 2023 in the Buginese phinisi style, her structure worked from Ulin ironwood and Jati teak — the same hardwood pairing named in the UNESCO listing that inscribed South Sulawesi’s pinisi boatbuilding as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2017. That craft is centred on the Konjo boatbuilders of Tana Beru, Ara and Lemo-Lemo, and it is the reason a modern suite with a jacuzzi can still smell faintly, warmly, of teak.

Who takes the Master Suites?

LASHA sails as a full-boat charter, so the Master Suites are less booked than assigned — and the assignment is usually the first happy argument of the trip. On honeymoon and anniversary charters the answer is obvious. On multi-generation family charters, the natural split sends 205 and 206 to the grandparents and the hosting couple, with the four Junior Suite Balcony cabins next door taking the couples who still want their own balcony, and the lower-deck twins taking the teenagers. Ten ensuite cabins across a 26-guest manifest give a group room to sort itself honestly.

Compare all ten cabins side by side on the cabins & suites overview.

What do you see from the private balcony?

Komodo National Park — established in 1980 to protect the dragon and inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991 — is a seascape of volcanic islands, and the balcony is your private box seat over it. Mornings often open on the ridgelines of Padar; afternoons on Pink Beach, where the sand blushes because white coral grains mix with the red shells of foraminifera, according to marine guides. At Manta Point, dive operators such as Scuba Junkie Komodo report most reef-manta encounters at 10–20 metres — shallow enough that from the balcony rail you can sometimes trace the wings from above.

Season matters. The dry season runs roughly April to October, and liveaboard season data from operators such as Samara Liveaboard puts the clearest water — 30 to 40 metres of visibility — between June and September. LASHA’s maiden public sailing departs Labuan Bajo on 17 August 2026, Indonesian Independence Day, squarely inside that window.

How do you reserve a Master Suite?

You charter the whole vessel and assign the suites within your group. July and August departures on luxury phinisi routinely book out six to twelve months in advance according to operator season data, so peak-week 2027 dates are already being shopped; shoulder weeks from late August through November are the realistic first-season window.

Bookings for LASHA Phinisi Cruise are handled end-to-end by Komodo Luxury, the vessel’s official marketing partner.