Early Bird Group Speedboat Tour - Explore Komodo Ahead of Crowds
Overview
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11 hours
Mobile ticket
Start your adventure early with a 5:25 AM pick-up from your hotel lobby, as our group speedboat departs promptly latest at 6:00 AM from Labuan Bajo.
The speedboats you see in our photos are the very ones you'll ride—clean and crewed by friendly locals. We offer three types of speedboats to suit our booking needs : a larger speedboat for up to 17 guest, a medium speedboat for up to 14 guest, and a smaller speedboat for up to 7 guest. Even with just one booking, our boat will depart as scheduled.
Arrive ahead of the crowds and explore the iconic attractions of Komodo National Park with a thoughtfully designed itinerary that includes trekking, photography, and snorkeling activities. Our schedule ensures you experience these attractions at their best and you'll arrive in Labuan Bajo by 4:00 PM, making it ideal for those catching an afternoon return flight.
If you look at our reviews, you'll see our guests consistently say our actions truly reflect our words.
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Additional Info
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
As we do not provide breakfast and towels, kindly bring your own breakfast box and towel for the trip.
Guests planning to bring a drone to Komodo National Park must inform us at least 5 days in advance, hold a valid drone flying certification, and obtain a permit costing 2.5 million rupiah, which we must pay upfront and can be reimbursed upon your arrival. Please let us know if you’d like our assistance.
For clients with an afternoon flight after the tour, you are welcome to keep your luggage on our shuttle car.
The total duration of the tour is approximately 650 minutes, including 195 minutes of speedboat transfers between destinations, 400 minutes for activities and 55 minutes for the shuttle service and check-in process at the harbor
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Simple Snack, Mineral Water, Soft Drink and Seasonal Fruits.
Tourist Personal Accident Insurance
You’ll enjoy an Indonesian lunch box which includes rice, vegetables, egg, and chicken. We’re happy to provide vegetarian or vegan meals as well—just let us know if you have any food allergies.
Please provide your shoe size (women’s or men’s) when booking so we can prepare the right fins for you.
Breakfast and Towel
The fee covers entrance to all destinations—Padar, Pink Beach, Komodo, Taka Makasar, Manta Point, and Turtle Town—as well as the ranger fees at Padar & Komodo.
Meeting and Pickup
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What To Expect
Labuan Bajo
Our pick-up service begins at 5:30 AM, depending on your hotel’s location. Simply wait in your hotel lobby, and we’ll ensure a smooth transfer to the harbor for the check-in process. Once the formalities are complete, you’ll board one of our speedboats, which departs promptly before 6:00 AM from Labuan Bajo. Depending on bookings, we offer three speedboat options tailored to group sizes: a large speedboat for up to 17 passengers, a medium speedboat for up to 14 passengers, and a small speedboat for up to 7 passengers. In total, we can accommodate up to 38 guests daily and even with just one booking, our boat will depart as scheduled.
Padar Island
From your hotel, we’ll head directly to the harbor to board our speedboat and set off on a day filled with discovery. It takes approximately 60 minutes by speedboat from Labuan Bajo to reach our first destination, the iconic Padar Island. Renowned for its dramatic landscapes and unique trio of colored beaches—white, pink, and black—Padar is a feast for the senses. As we approach, you’ll be captivated by the island’s rugged hills and stunning vistas. To reach the best viewpoint for capturing truly stunning pictures, guests will need to walk up 815 well-constructed concrete steps. While a good physical condition is required, the steady steps make the ascent more manageable and guests can take their time to rest along the way. At the top, you’ll be rewarded with sweeping panoramic views—an unforgettable highlight of Komodo National Park.
Options
Excludes Park Fees
Pickup included
Reviews
219 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Your photo highlight is waiting for you!
allylil,
Dec 5, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This is your highlight waiting for you. We had three nights and two days on labuan bajo. Here we arrived in early afternoon before, relaxed and started in morning at 5:30 that amazing full day tour. For second day we had a relaxed half day tour with snorkelingand sunset. This tour here is powerful and embraces highlight after highlight. It exceeded my ecpectations. My thought highlight was padar island, but honestly in the end all together was so round and smooth. The tour guides were looking for you that you get not lost, and feel save all the time. All was perfectly managed, and the time well planned for every stop. You should be fit, but in the time between the stops you have time to relax on the boat, which is clean and comfortable. At every stop at islands there are also toilets available. All spots are soooo beautiful. Many photos can be taken. We saw about 6 Mantas, baby sharks, turtle, two kommodo dragons… we were lucky… blue star, and mannnyyy fishes….and chorals. Amazing. The guides instruct also to not leave garbage, not to touch any marine life and not to take anything. They also saw one of our group who took sth into his back like a red choral. Happily, it was seen and sent back to the ocean. The guides were very much caring and cool people. General note: please use UV shirts and so much sunscreen. As in the end every day hundreds of people are snorkeling there, and might still disturb the marine life. If locals could bring bottles from the kiosk to mainland would be great and if no plastic straws would be used but sustainable alternatives! Thank you for working on it.
Your highlight Tour is waiting for you!!
Caroline S,
Dec 5, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00This day trip is recommended to anybody coming to Labuan Bajo and surroundings. It is definitively your highlight. It is a day fully packed with most beautiful locations. We were happy with sunshine and no rain, so all locations were perfect. We saw multiple Mantas, two kommodo dragons, blue star, and so many beautiful fishes and chorals. It was perfectly organized, and perfectly cared by all staff members. We felt pampered the whole day and it was amazing. Yes, the 815 steps are challenging in the heat and when you want to take a lot of photos…. But amazing. Padar island was my highlight why i wanted to do the tour, but honestly the whole day was a pure highlight. In general, as this area is still visited with high frequency, we felt in our small group of ten people super comfortable and private. But in sight of nature, maybe do not use sunscreen to not disturb the marine life (but UV shirts), do not leave plastic, and dont take anything (in our group one person took a dead choral, but happily it was seen by our tour guide and thrown back into the ocean). The tour guides instruct nicely about the importance to not leave garbage, but still of course tourism causes this, and many bottles are on the islands also behind kiosk, however hopefully one day carried back to main land). Plastic straws should be banned, and replaced by other sustainsble possibilities, but this only locals can change to the positive. Many greetings and big Thank you
Komodo Dragons and Manta Rays! Amazing!
Samantha B,
Dec 5, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00I work in a National Park back in the US, and I know that seeing animals is never a guarantee, so you can imagine my delight when we SAW ABSOLUTELY EVERY POSSIBLE ANIMAL. I saw SEVEN Komodo dragons, I saw deer, baby reef sharks, and Dozens of Manta Rays. It was breathtaking and life altering and an amazing experience!
The best experience in Indonesia!
G4684VEalexw,
Dec 1, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great experience! From picking us up from the hotel everything was very seamless and straight forward. About the experience all four of us found it to be the best part of a month-long trip to most of the Indonesian islands, and had we not already booked ahead we would have gone on another of these tours. We saw a big heap of manta rays, (big ones at that), a 1,5-2m komodo dragon, sea turtles and baby sharks which was super cool, for us the manta point snorkeling stop was the best! The people on the boat as well are great people who we enjoyed talking and learning from a lot and although we had many stops, the trip never felt rushed. 100/10 would recommend going to Labuan Bajo just for this tour!!
Well organized tour!!
Nantha151,
Nov 28, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This was a great tour to the Komodo National Park. The tour boat gets in slightly earlier than the other boats and gives some time to have the place to yourself before others arrive. The snorkeling spots were very beautiful and the crew took a lot of care of the guests onboard. Great tour and will do it again!
Exceptional tour and team
Michelangelo L,
Nov 18, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Lots of activities, the whole crew was very friendly, helpful, and professional. Special mention goes to Hugo, one of the best guides I've ever had. We climbed the highest mountain on Pulau Padar, swam at Pink Beach, visited Komodo Island, saw Komodo dragons, manta rays, sea turtles, and baby sharks. Great tour, highly recommended.
Great boat and great crew.
Paulo R,
Nov 15, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00The crew is great. They are always trying to provide the best experience to the guests. They are the first host to leave the harbor and arrive first than the other boats to the spots. 🙂
Great overall experience for wildlife viewing.
Navigator00985791864,
Nov 14, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Awesome experience seeing komodo dragons and snorkeling along the numerous reefs of the park. The crew on tbe tour boat were professional and knowledgeable about ecology and terrain of the islands.
Amazing tour - Highly recommend!!
janicemY6322WT,
Nov 13, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The tour was well organized. Padar Island has spectacular views from the top of hike. Giant Manta Rays amazing, many sea turtles, fun swimming with baby sharks. Saw 7 Komodo dragons. The crew were helpful and professional. Everything was GREAT!!
Excellent on All Counts. Experience of a Lifetime!
Timothy C,
Nov 13, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00An epic hike up 800 steps to see white, black and pink sand beaches from above. A visit to a pink sand beach and opportunity see the red coral that gives it the unique colour. A 2.5 km hike on Komodo Island, and opportunity to see Komodo Dragons up close. Then a visit to a beautiful sandbar, followed by snorkeling at three epic spots where you can see, if you're lucky, mantas, baby sharks, and turtles. We were very fortunate and saw all three. An excellent day overall!
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