From roughly October to April, LASHA repositions from Komodo to eastern Indonesia, following the fleet-wide pattern liveaboard operators use to keep guests in sheltered water. Raja Ampat, Banda Sea, Wakatobi and Maratua charters carry a five-night minimum at $825 per guest per night for leisure ($800 with diving), with whole-boat rates from $11,600.
A phinisi that stays in one place half-wastes its hull. LASHA — 52.5 metres, 466 GT, ten ensuite cabins for up to 26 guests — was built to move with the monsoons: Komodo in the dry months, the far east when Komodo turns wet.
The same private full-boat standard travels with her: your group, all four decks, the dive deck staged for the day's sites, and dinner alternating between the Lounge & Resto and the upper-deck alfresco table.
Komodo is a park with famous stops; the east is a wilderness with anchorages. Five nights is the minimum because the distances only make sense with time.
The sheltered northwest-monsoon base: karst islets, reef passes, lagoon swims and long mornings where the tender noses between islands before breakfast is cleared.
The road east, run in inter-monsoon windows. September-November is the prime hammerhead season; March-April brings the return crossing and another weather window.
Atoll walls, lagoon anchorages and reef systems that reward a ship carrying its own dive deck. These sit inside the same five-night eastern program at $750-$880 per guest per night.
Alor belongs to the Komodo-band program — Komodo, Alor, Sumbawa, Lombok and Bali — making it a natural rung between the dry-season and eastern-season calendars.
Ultra-tier competitors in these waters typically price on request. LASHA publishes the eastern band in full, and the quote you receive matches the table.
| Program | Rate per guest/night | Whole boat, 1-14 guests | Whole boat, 22 guests | Minimum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raja Ampat · Banda Sea · Wakatobi · Maratua — leisure | $825 | $11,600/night | $18,200/night | 5 nights, 14 guests |
| Raja Ampat · Banda Sea · Wakatobi · Maratua — dive | $880 | $12,400/night | $19,400/night | 5 nights, 14 guests |
Marine-park entrance fees in the eastern band are $25 per guest per night, charged separately. From guest 15, each additional guest adds $750 leisure or $800 dive per night up to 22, and the free-of-charge scale applies — one FOC guest at 15 paying, up to four at 21-22.
Work backwards from the monsoon. LASHA's maiden Komodo season opens 17 August 2026 and runs the dry months from Labuan Bajo; her first eastern repositioning follows in the October-November 2026 window, putting her in Raja Ampat for the 2026-27 sheltered season.
The March-April 2027 shoulder brings the return crossing, with Banda Sea expedition legs available in both directions, and then the cycle repeats: Komodo April-October 2027, east again from late 2027.
Five-night minimums mean LASHA runs far fewer eastern charters than Komodo ones. If a specific school-holiday or festive window matters to your group, say so in the first message; flexible-date groups get the honest advice about which fortnight the sea favours.
Remote expeditions reward self-sufficiency: the ship is not only transport, but hotel, dive base and dinner table at once.
LASHA's home port is Labuan Bajo. When your charter boards in Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa or Alor outside scheduled positioning windows, a relocation fee applies because the ship has to sail empty to reach you.
Board along a scheduled repositioning leg and the fee can fall away. Those are also the windows when Banda crossings and one-way expedition routes appear; ask before you fix flights.
Tell us your month and we will tell you honestly where LASHA should be, and what the crossing costs.
Planning the journey east? See how to get to Raja Ampat and the Misool southern expedition guide for routes, timing and cost.
Snorkeling-led group? See the Raja Ampat snorkeling liveaboard guide. Divers: the Raja Ampat diving liveaboard page covers the dive band in full.
Official booking, one door: every LASHA Phinisi Cruise reservation is handled end-to-end by Komodo Luxury, the vessel's official marketing partner — one WhatsApp line, one charter desk, verified payment channels.
