**As of 2026, the average per-boat day rate for a private Labuan Bajo charter sits between USD 1,100 and USD 2,411 depending on which marketplace you check: Click&Boat quotes an average of USD 1,992 per day, Sailo’s listed fleet averages USD 2,411, and local operators hire whole speedboats out from roughly USD 450 per day.**
Those are whole-boat figures — you hire the vessel, not a seat on it. The distinction matters because most published Labuan Bajo prices are per-person tour rates, and mixing the two produces numbers that mean nothing. Everything on this page stays per boat, names its source, and carries a 2026 date stamp, because every one of these figures moves with the calendar and will change.
What Do the Marketplaces Say the Average Day Rate Is?
Two international charter marketplaces publish Labuan Bajo pricing, and they disagree in instructive ways.
According to Click&Boat, a Labuan Bajo boat rental typically runs USD 950–1,700 per day, with a quoted average of USD 1,992 and a full listing spread of USD 1,025 to 3,068. Its sample is small — about four boats as of 2026, covering motorboat, RIB and sailboat categories.
According to Sailo, day charters in Labuan Bajo average about USD 1,100, but across its eight listed boats — motor, party and sail — the average asking price is USD 2,411, with a floor of USD 500 and a ceiling of USD 9,510. Its weekly average lands at USD 13,784.
| Source (as of 2026) | Average per-boat day rate | Published range | Sample size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Click&Boat | USD 1,992 | USD 950–1,700 typical; USD 1,025–3,068 full spread | ~4 boats |
| Sailo — day charters | ~USD 1,100 | — | day-trip subset |
| Sailo — all listings | USD 2,411 | USD 500 min to USD 9,510 max | 8 boats |
| Nera Wela — local speedboats | USD 450–830 | Rp 7,000,000–13,000,000 whole boat | 2 published classes |
| Best Komodo Tour — private charter | — | USD 800–2,500 per boat | capacity-dependent |
Two sources, three different “averages,” and none of them under USD 1,000. Yet local operators publish whole-boat rates starting below USD 500. That gap is the real story, and the class-by-class matrix behind it — speedboats, open-deck boats, slow boats and phinisi hulls priced side by side — lives on our charter boat day rates page.
Why Do Marketplace Averages Run So Far Above Local Whole-Boat Rates?
Sample bias, mostly. Three mechanics do the damage:
- Tiny fleets make fragile means. Click&Boat averages roughly four boats; Sailo averages eight. One USD 9,510 flagship in a pool of eight drags the mean up by over a thousand dollars on its own. These are averages of whatever happens to be listed, not of the working Labuan Bajo harbor fleet.
- Listings skew large. Marketplace inventory leans toward crewed motor yachts and sailboats marketed to international bookers. The small and medium speedboats that do most of the day-trip work out of Labuan Bajo harbor rarely appear on those platforms at all.
- Class ceilings are extreme. Labuan Bajo Luxury pegs boutique phinisi charters at USD 2,200 per day, rising past USD 10,000 for a sailing superyacht. A handful of vessels like that in any sample buries the humble speedboat underneath the average.
Local rate cards tell the other half. Nera Wela Tour and Travel publishes whole-boat one-day rates of Rp 7,000,000–9,000,000 (USD 450–580) for a small speedboat carrying one to four people, and Rp 10,000,000–13,000,000 (USD 640–830) for a medium speedboat carrying five to ten. Best Komodo Tour frames the private-charter market at USD 800–2,500 per boat depending on capacity and facilities.
Read together: the marketplace mean of roughly USD 2,000–2,400 describes mid-to-upper listings, while a working local day speedboat costs USD 450–830 — a third to half of the headline “average.” Neither number is wrong. They are averaging different boats.
How Much Does the Season Move the Average?
A lot more than most first-time bookers expect. Click&Boat’s seasonal split for Labuan Bajo, as of 2026, is roughly USD 2,885 per day in high season against USD 1,154 in low season — a 2.5x swing on the same water. The dry months of July and August, when Komodo National Park traffic peaks, sit at the top of that curve; the rainy months at the bottom.
So a single annual average is really two markets stapled together. If your dates are flexible, shoulder months buy you the same hull for closer to the low-season figure — and any quote you receive should state the date it was priced, because a June number is dead by August.
What Sits on Top of the Per-Boat Day Rate?
The day rate hires the boat. Several costs commonly ride on top of it, and Komodo National Park fees are always per person or per group, never per boat:
- Skipper: about USD 100 per day on average according to Click&Boat, which notes that skipper and fuel fees can be billed separately from the boat rate.
- Park entrance: approximately IDR 150,000–250,000 per person, per Best Komodo Tour’s 2026 cost breakdown.
- Ranger fee: IDR 80,000–100,000 per group.
- Snorkeling or diving fees: IDR 50,000–100,000 per person.
Treat all of these as additional to any charter rate unless a written package explicitly states they are included. A “cheap” boat quote that excludes fuel and park costs can land above an honest all-in one.
How Should You Actually Use These Averages?
As calibration, not as a price list. The averages tell you whether a quote is inside the 2026 market; they do not tell you what your group should pay, because your group size decides the class of boat you need — and the class decides the rate.
One worked example shows why the per-boat frame wins for groups. A medium speedboat at USD 830 whole-boat, with eight people aboard, splits to about USD 104 per person. Best Komodo Tour prices shared one-day Komodo tours at USD 60–150 per person — so eight friends land inside the shared-tour price band while keeping the entire boat, the route and the schedule to themselves. The break-even against per-person tours generally arrives at six or more passengers.
Contrast that with how the big platforms behave. Booking.com’s Labuan Bajo Boat Charter listing at Jalan Soekarno Hatta shows no price until you select dates — the exact opacity a published per-boat rate card exists to answer. AYANA Komodo Waecicu Beach likewise offers boat charter only on a contact-the-team basis, with no published day rate at all.
All figures above are as of 2026 and subject to change with season, fuel prices and park regulation. Final per-boat quotes for any Bajo Fleet House booking are confirmed in writing by the Komodo Luxury reservations team via WhatsApp at 628113823875 or sales@komodoluxury.com before you pay anything.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do Click&Boat and Sailo quote such different average day rates for Labuan Bajo?
Sample composition. As of 2026, Click&Boat’s USD 1,992 average covers roughly four listings, while Sailo’s USD 2,411 average spans eight boats including a USD 9,510 top listing that pulls the mean upward. Sailo’s day-charter subset actually averages lower, near USD 1,100. With fleets this small, read the range rather than any single average.
Does the average per-boat day rate include the skipper, fuel and park fees?
Rarely all of them. Click&Boat notes a skipper averages about USD 100 per day and that skipper and fuel fees can be billed separately from the boat rate. Komodo National Park costs — IDR 150,000–250,000 per person entrance plus a per-group ranger fee, per Best Komodo Tour — sit on top unless your written package states otherwise.
Is a Labuan Bajo charter priced below the marketplace average a red flag?
Not by itself. Local operators legitimately undercut marketplace means: Nera Wela lists whole small speedboats at USD 450–580 per day as of 2026 because the boat class is smaller, not because corners are cut. The genuine checks are a written quote naming the vessel, capacity, fuel terms and park-fee treatment — not its distance from an average.