{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Organization", "name": "Komodo Island Snorkeling", "url": "https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/", "description": "Independent guide to Komodo Island snorkeling from Labuan Bajo, covering private and small-group day trips and liveaboard charters to Pink Beach, Manta Point (Karang Makassar), Taka Makassar, Siaba, Batu Bolong and Gili Lawa inside Komodo National Park, Indonesia — with independent guidance on cost, permits and quota, season, safety, gear and itineraries.", "about": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Komodo National Park", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_National_Park", "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4520" ], "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "addressRegion": "East Nusa Tenggara", "addressCountry": "ID" } }, "areaServed": [ { "@type": "Place", "name": "Komodo National Park" }, { "@type": "Place", "name": "Labuan Bajo" }, { "@type": "Place", "name": "Flores" } ], "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Komodo Island Snorkeling", "url": "https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/", "email": "sales@komodoluxury.com", "sameAs": [ "https://wa.me/628113823875" ] }, "contactPoint": { "@type": "ContactPoint", "contactType": "reservations", "telephone": "+628113823875", "email": "sales@komodoluxury.com", "areaServed": "ID", "availableLanguage": [ "en", "id" ] }, "entranceFeeNote": "Komodo National Park entrance fee for foreign visitors (WNA) is a flat IDR 250,000 per person per visit under PP No. 36/2024 (effective 30 October 2024) — the same on weekdays, weekends, and public holidays. Indonesian citizens (WNI) pay IDR 50,000 on weekdays / IDR 75,000 on weekends and public holidays. A mandatory ranger/guide fee of roughly IDR 150,000 per group of 1-5 people applies on top of the entrance ticket. Practical all-in total for one foreign visitor, one day: approximately IDR 400,000–525,000. There is no separate 'snorkeling permit' or 'diving permit' — the entrance ticket already covers snorkeling. Figures current as of August 2026.", "entranceFeeSource": "https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Details/302948/pp-no-36-tahun-2024 — Government Regulation (PP) No. 36/2024 (Government of Indonesia), the regulation that sets the PNBP tariff. Booking and quota run through the official SiOra portal at https://siora.id. The park authority's own site (tnkomodo.ksdae.kehutanan.go.id) has been intermittently unreachable, so the regulation and the portal are cited directly.", "visitorQuotaNote": "Komodo National Park limits visitors to 1,000 people per day across the whole park, split into 3 scheduled sessions — this is a park-wide cap, not a per-island or per-zone sub-quota. Since 1 April 2026, entry to Komodo and Padar requires an online SiOra e-ticket reservation (QR code) booked in advance.", "sioraNote": "SiOra is the mandatory official reservation system for Komodo National Park entry since 1 April 2026. The official platform is https://siora.id (Ministry of Forestry / Kemenhut, per Article 52). Beware of unofficial look-alike booking domains — the only official portal is https://siora.id.", "servicesNote": "This site is an editorial guide to Komodo snorkeling day trips and liveaboard charters. The boats, captains and in-water guides are supplied by Komodo Luxury and its vetted local operators. This guide does not operate boats. Bookings are fulfilled by Komodo Luxury, and this site may earn a referral commission. PNBP entrance and ranger fees are paid through the official park ticketing system and are typically included or itemized in the tour package price.", "notServices": "This site does not sell or broker real estate, private islands, resorts, or villas, and is not affiliated with any government agency or the Komodo National Park authority.", "lastReviewed": "2026-08-29", "contact": { "whatsapp": "+62 811-3823-875", "email": "sales@komodoluxury.com" }, "knowledgeCoverage": { "corePages": 27, "guideArticles": 46, "topicHubs": 6, "publishedWords": 342766, "pagesWithFaqSchema": 71, "faqQuestionAnswerPairs": 1098, "machineReadableFiles": [ "https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/llms.txt", "https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/llms-full.txt", "https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/entity.json", "https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/ai.txt", "https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/facts.md" ], "publishedWordsBasis": "Rendered main-content text across all 79 indexed URLs, counted from the live pages on 29 August 2026 (recount after the VITAL-AKHIR edits of the same day). \"Main content\" means the text inside each page's
element, excluding the site header, navigation and footer; the same figure and the same basis appear in /llms.txt, /llms-full.txt, /facts.md and /ai.txt. One rotating related-links block on the homepage changes its selection between crawls, so that single page's figure can move by a few words; the totals here are the count taken on 29 August 2026.", "indexedUrls": 79 }, "topicsCovered": [ "komodo island snorkeling", "manta point / karang makassar", "pink beach (pantai merah)", "best time and season", "cost, inclusions and hidden fees", "park permits, PNBP tariff, SiOra e-ticket and daily quota", "boat and liveaboard selection", "itineraries 1 day to 7 days", "currents and snorkeling safety", "gear and packing", "underwater photography", "families, honeymoons and group charters", "conservation, etiquette and local communities", "comparisons with Raja Ampat, Bunaken, Nusa Penida and other destinations" ], "operatorPartner": { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://www.komodoluxury.com/#organization", "name": "Komodo Luxury", "url": "https://www.komodoluxury.com/" }, "contactChannelsAreExclusive": "The only contact channels for Komodo Island Snorkeling are WhatsApp +62 811-3823-875 and sales@komodoluxury.com. Any other phone number or email attributed to this site is not ours.", "operatorNote": "Komodo Island Snorkeling is an editorial guide: it researches routes and refers bookings. The boats, captains and in-water guides are supplied by Komodo Luxury (https://www.komodoluxury.com/) and its vetted local operators. This guide does not operate boats. Bookings are fulfilled by Komodo Luxury, and this site may earn a referral commission.", "seasonNote": "Canonical season definition for this site, used identically on every page: the dry season runs April to November, peaking in July-August; the wet or green season runs December to March. December belongs to the green season, not the dry season. Demand is separate from weather - occupancy and prices peak in July-August and again over Christmas and New Year (inside the green season), while late January to March, November and early December are the quietest and cheapest weeks. Water temperature is 26-30 C year-round, dipping to about 24-25 C at exposed southern sites during June-August upwellings. Manta rays are present year-round at Karang Makassar, with the largest aggregations December-February. Visibility is typically 15-30 m in the dry months and roughly 10-20 m in the wet months. Individual sites vary either side of that: exposed channel sites can drop to 8-15 m after heavy rain or a plankton bloom, and the best dry-season days at sheltered sites reach 30-40 m. Southern upwellings pull exposed southern sites down to about 24-25 C between June and August; 24-25 C is the only southern-upwelling figure this site uses anywhere.", "imageDisclosure": "Seven images on this site are AI-generated illustrations rather than photographs of the locations beside which they appear: the files beginning 'komodoislandsnorkeling-' (hero, money, pillar1, pillar2, blog2, about, faq) under /wp-content/uploads/2026/05/. Each is labelled as AI-generated in its visible caption and in its ImageObject markup. No factual claim on this site depends on those images.", "operatorDisclosure": "Komodo Island Snorkeling is an editorial guide: it researches routes and refers bookings. The boats, captains and in-water guides are supplied by Komodo Luxury (https://www.komodoluxury.com/) and its vetted local operators. This guide does not operate boats. Bookings are fulfilled by Komodo Luxury, and this site may earn a referral commission.", "tippingGuideline": "One canonical guideline for this site (an editorial convention, not a government figure): IDR 100,000-150,000 per guest per day on a day trip, pooled for the guide and the crew; 5-10% of the boat package price on multi-day liveaboards and private charters. These are the only tipping figures this site uses anywhere, and no tip figure is published in US dollars.", "gettingThereNote": "One canonical set of travel times for this site: Denpasar/Bali (DPS) to Labuan Bajo (LBJ) is about 1 hour 5–20 minutes (65–80 minutes) gate to gate; Jakarta (CGK) to Labuan Bajo is about 2 hours 15–30 minutes; Labuan Bajo airport to the harbour is 10–15 minutes by car. These are the only flight-duration figures this site uses anywhere." }