Ikan Kayu on Splendour

The voyage

Six cabins, thirteen guests, based in Labuan Bajo. Komodo, and only Komodo.

Ikan Kayu does one thing and does not pretend otherwise. She is based in Labuan Bajo, an hour from the park boundary, which means your charter starts on the water rather than on a repositioning leg. Six cabins, thirteen guests, thirty two metres of hand built wooden hull with rustic finishes and enough deck and saloon space that a group of thirteen can spread out instead of queueing. The range is Komodo National Park, full stop. No Raja Ampat, no Banda Sea, no long crossings. What that buys is the arithmetic: split thirteen ways, this is the least expensive whole boat charter in the fleet, and the money goes into days at Sebayur and Shot Gun and the sandbanks rather than into fuel spent getting there. For a family group or a set of friends who want the park properly and do not need the boat to be the event, she is the obvious choice.

Sleeps: 13 guests
Cabins: 6
Length: 22m
From: IDR 12,230,000

Cabins and facilities

Spaces

A 32 metre phinisi, hand built in the traditional style, with five cabins for ten guests and a crew of nine. She sails Komodo and East Sumbawa and nowhere else, which is the point. Here is how she is arranged.

The Cabins

Five cabins, ten guests

Five cabins with double beds, every one air conditioned, en suite and facing the sea. The master and three doubles on the main deck, one double up top with the better view. Two more guests fit if the group insists.

Outdoor Decks

Nothing between you and the horizon

Open deck on two levels, main and upper. Mornings for the crossing, afternoons at anchor, evenings for whatever the sky is doing. Room for ten to spread out without anyone counting. Pick a level. Change your mind later.

Dining on Board

From the galley

All meals cooked on board, tea and coffee whenever, the table set wherever the breeze is kindest. Lunch between swims. Snacks appear between them. Dinner when the anchor is down and the light has gone soft.

Water Toys & Tender

Out, and back

Paddleboards for the quiet hours, a banana boat and a beach ball for the loud ones. A 5.5 metre speedboat tender with 85 horsepower to get you to the sandbank first and, eventually, back.

Snorkelling & Diving

Below the surface

Snorkelling gear for everyone, every day. For certified divers, a guide and tanks come with the charter and the rest of the kit can be arranged. Komodo's longest reef is at Manta Point, and the mantas know it.

Aboard

Everything, taken care of

Full crew & private chef
Diving & snorkelling
Paddleboards & kayaks
Sun decks & shaded lounging
Bespoke, unhurried itineraries
Dining, however you like it

Where it sails

Indonesia's finest waters

Komodo National Park
Raja Ampat
Flores & Labuan Bajo
Banda & the Spice Islands

Routes are planned with our concierge around the season, the winds, and what you'd like the days to hold — from Komodo's dragons and manta channels to the reefs of Raja Ampat.

The sea, at the pace you set.