Private Speedboat Komodo Tour With Mac Cruise from Labuan Bajo

The hotel provides pier pickup and drop-off. Departure is at 7:30 AM and return to the hotel is around 4:30 PM. We visited six attractions. The boat is a bit smaller than it appears in the photos, probably due to the angle of the shot. It fits six people comfortably, but eight might be a bit crowded. The waves were high at sea, so for safety, we asked the boat driver for life jackets in advance, but we were refused. The toilet on the boat was also broken. On the plus side, the boat driver found a great manta ray diving spot, and we saw four very large ones, but we were only allowed to watch for a short time before being asked to get back on the boat.

What an absolutely fantastic day! Truly a once in a lifetime experience! If you get a chance you must do this.

Our boat captain took us to a counterfeit site — Komodo Tourism Village — instead of the Komodo National Park, without our knowledge or consent. While we did see three dragons at the village, this is NOT what was advertised. The experience was highly suspicious from the start: after we docked at the pier, the crew led us to the “entrance.” We paid 300k IDR for two people in cash, but the cashier did not provide a ticket. A "guide" in a uniform showed us a map and three supposed routes, but we simply walked through a residential village where locals live. After a ten-minute walk, we saw dragons lying in the shade, essentially acting as props for tourist photos. It was clear that many other operators are part of this scam. If you are visiting Komodo, communicate with your operator in advance and demand to be taken to the official National Park.

friendly and helpful guides. private boat works well to suit our own timing and preference.

Highly recommended! The waves are calm, and the guide will help take photos on each trip and control the length of stay. Thanks to him, we saw turtles, manta rays, and small sharks.

I absolutely would not recommend this. For the price, the boat's condition was poor. They put out monkey bananas as a welcome fruit but didn't say anything, so we just ate them ourselves. There were no other snacks, and the meal quality was very bad. It was a trip where I felt like I wasted my money.