What‘s Included

Reviews

• Amazing views and calm dragons

  Thea d,

  Dec 29, 2024

  - Viator

  5.00

  Wow what an incredible day! On this trip you visit Padar and Komodo island and several snorkelling spots in between. I’m a weak swimmer but even I snorkelled in the shallows along the pink beach with a life jacket so don’t be put off if you’re not a swimmer - it’s also fine to stay on the boat at the deeper spots. Others on my trip saw manta rays, turtles and a shark! It’s not guaranteed to see Komodo dragons but we were lucky to see two very calm ones. I was on my period when we visited and had read they’re sensitive to the smell of blood but they didn’t even flinch - I was only 3ish meters away from them and they were completely unfazed. They seemed used to having humans walking past and didn’t care. There are always rangers with you so stick close to them if you feel unsure. The market on Komodo island has some fun souvenirs but the sellers REALLY give it the hard sell and thrust the items at you and encourage you to haggle, so be prepared for that if you want to buy something. The guides and boat crew were also really friendly, funny and informative and made everyone feel welcome and looked after. Would 100% recommend, it was a real bucket list day!

• Great excursion

  EDWINCARTER,

  Oct 8, 2024

  - Viator

  5.00

  Great crew! Amazing way to see so many islands and have great experiences! Snorkel was amazing, Turtles and 15 mantas!

• Things need to change and be improved for better customer care!

  KIRSTY S,

  Jan 7, 2024

  - Viator

  4.00

  OK - so this is no fault of the local booking operator - Discovery Komodo Adventure was who we paid. BUT, as there are so many operators in Flores - Labuan Bajo to Komodo and Padar etc then everyone gets boxed together and that's when the problems started. Everyone turns up to a spot and you check your name off. ALL of these tourists have booked thru varying agencies - everyone had paid a diff price, got a different itinerary and thus expecting different service. I have no idea who the local operator was or who the guide was working for. We had all been given different order of sites, we had booked a trip with 4 sites (as we wanted more time at the better ones and didn't want the boring ones) but others had picked 6 sites and time allocations were all different. So when shopping here online - they're all the same if a gp tour. So even star rating is all the same as they all use the same operator. Pink Beach - was really a waste of time. Small beach, little pink colour and a lot of boats amongst the snorkellers. I had to stand up and wave and yell at a boat that was heading our way - i and other tourists were in the correct place for water activities - not the big boats! Padar, Komodo and Taka Makassar were fine. The Manta Rays were fabulous and an excellent stop. Lunch was great, service and drinks - all fine! The last stop was Kanawa Island - too busy, too many novice snorkellers. Crowded, misunderstandings between a multitude of boats and how visitors were meant to access water and get out. People were feeding fish their lunch and biscuits, people standing on the coral. Then we were about to leave, and we had to yell to the captain to stop the boat as 2 of our visitors were still out swimming. No head count. Then we realised another boat had left people behind so we had to collect their people up also. Then another boat did a 360' in the water and they had to quickly power down the motors as it was close to swimmers. A COMPLETE SHAMBLES - something needs to change - better communication and instructions + head counts at all locations. MY suggestion would be to rotate the 4-6 activities between all the providers and not at the same time. Gp 1 @ Padar Island, Gp 2 start at Komodo, Gp 3 start at Kanawa etc - less hectic and better organisation before someone gets left behind or killed by average boat operators.

• Great well organised tour

  Richard B,

  Jan 7, 2024

  - Viator

  5.00

  Well organised tour that hit all the highlights. Manta rays , dragons the lot. Could not recommend this tour more

• Toimur not as exoected

  Nisle S,

  Oct 2, 2023

  - Viator

  2.00

  My main objective was to see some komodo dragons. We just walk for 1.30 hours and didnt see any komodo. Its just a hype. Very poor experience and not worth the money. Dont recommend this tour.