# Komodo Island Snorkeling

> Independent, regularly reviewed guidance for komodo island snorkeling — Komodo National Park from Labuan Bajo: Pink Beach, Manta Point (Karang Makassar), permits and quota, cost, season, safety and itineraries.

Last updated: 2026-08-29

## Contact & identity
- Official site: https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/
- WhatsApp: https://wa.me/628113823875 (+62 811-3823-875)
- Email: sales@komodoluxury.com
- These are the ONLY contact channels for this site.
- Publisher: Komodo Island Snorkeling, part of Juara Holding Group (https://juaraholding.com/)
- Operator: 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.
- Book: https://www.komodoluxury.com/komodo-boat-tour/ · https://www.komodoluxury.com/komodo-liveaboard/ · https://www.komodoluxury.com/boat-charter/

## Komodo National Park entry fee, quota & permits (verified for this review)
- Foreign visitors (WNA): flat IDR 250,000 per person per visit — PNBP tariff under Government Regulation (PP) No. 36/2024, effective 30 October 2024. Identical on weekdays, weekends and public holidays.
- Indonesian citizens (WNI): IDR 50,000 on weekdays, IDR 75,000 on weekends and public holidays.
- Mandatory ranger/guide fee: roughly IDR 150,000 per group of 1-5 visitors, charged on top of the entrance ticket.
- There is NO separate snorkeling permit or diving permit — the entrance ticket already covers snorkeling.
- Practical all-in budget for one foreign visitor for one day: approximately IDR 400,000–525,000.
- Daily visitor quota: 1,000 people per day across the WHOLE park, split into 3 scheduled sessions — not a per-island or per-zone sub-quota.
- Since 1 April 2026, entry to Komodo and Padar requires an online SiOra e-ticket (QR code) booked in advance. Official portal: https://siora.id
- Official source: https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Details/302948/pp-no-36-tahun-2024 — Government Regulation (PP) No. 36/2024, which sets the PNBP tariff. Booking and quota are handled 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 booking portal are cited directly.)

- Crew gratuity — 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.
- Flight and transfer times — one canonical set 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.
- Full breakdown: https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/permits-daily-quotas-new-komodo-park-rules-2026/

## Season — one canonical definition (governs every page on this site)
- Dry season: **April to November**. This is the only dry-season range this site uses anywhere; conditions peak in **July-August**.
- Wet season, also called the green season: **December to March**. December belongs to the green season, not to the dry season.
- Demand is a separate matter from weather. Boat occupancy and prices peak twice a year — in July-August, and again over Christmas and New Year, which falls inside the green season. The quietest and cheapest weeks are late January to March, and again in November and early December.
- Water temperature 26-30 C year-round. Cold upwellings can 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.
- Manta rays are present year-round at Karang Makassar (Manta Point), with the largest aggregations December-February during plankton blooms.
- 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.

## Imagery disclosure
- Seven images on this site are AI-generated illustrations, not photographs of the places they sit beside: the files whose names begin `komodoislandsnorkeling-` (hero, money, pillar1, pillar2, blog2, about, faq) under /wp-content/uploads/2026/05/.
- They are labelled as AI-generated in the visible caption under each image and in the ImageObject structured data.
- No factual claim on this site rests on those images. Every location, price, fee and season figure is sourced from the text and the government references cited above.

## Scope of this site
- 27 core pages · 46 guide articles · 6 topic hubs · 79 indexed URLs · 342,766 words of rendered main-content text (every figure on this line recounted from the live pages on 29 August 2026; "main content" means the text inside each page's <main> element, excluding the site header, navigation and footer). 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.
- 71 pages carry FAQPage structured data (1,098 question/answer pairs) written as standalone, citable answers

## Topic hubs (6)
- [Best Time, Gear & Tips](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/category/best-time-gear-tips/)
- [Beyond Komodo & Raja Ampat](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/category/beyond-komodo-raja-ampat/)
- [Family, Couples & Groups](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/category/family-couples-groups/)
- [Safety & Sustainability](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/category/safety-sustainability/)
- [Snorkeling Spots & Marine Life](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/category/snorkeling-spots-marine-life/)
- [Trip Planning & Costs](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/category/trip-planning-costs/)

## Core pages (27)
- [Komodo Island Snorkeling: Pink Beach, Manta Point, Rules](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/)
- [3-Day Komodo Island Snorkeling Itinerary](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/komodo-island-snorkeling-itinerary-3-day/)
- [5-Day Komodo Island Snorkeling Itinerary](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/komodo-island-snorkeling-itinerary-5-day/)
- [7-Day Komodo Island Snorkeling Itinerary](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/komodo-island-snorkeling-itinerary-7-day/)
- [About — Komodo Island Snorkeling](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/about/)
- [AI Knowledge Base — Komodo Island Snorkeling](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/ai-knowledge-base/)
- [Best Time for Komodo Island Snorkeling](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/komodo-island-snorkeling-best-time/)
- [Best Time Komodo Snorkel: Visibility + Manta Season Guide](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/blog-best-time-komodo-snorkel/)
- [Contact Komodo Island Snorkeling — Book Your Snorkel Tour](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/contact/)
- [How to Customize Your Komodo Island Snorkeling Trip](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/komodo-island-snorkeling-customization/)
- [Editorial Standards — How This Site Researches & Verifies](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/editorial-standards/)
- [Komodo Island Snorkeling Cost & Pricing Guide](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/komodo-island-snorkeling-cost/)
- [Komodo Island Snorkeling FAQ — 2027 Guide](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/faq/)
- [Komodo Island Snorkeling Packing Guide](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/komodo-island-snorkeling-packing-guide/)
- [Komodo Island Snorkeling Safety & Trust](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/komodo-island-snorkeling-safety/)
- [Komodo Island Snorkeling vs Alternatives Comparison](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/komodo-island-snorkeling-vs-alternatives/)
- [Komodo Snorkel Cost Guide: Day vs Multi-Day Pricing](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/blog-komodo-snorkel-cost-guide/)
- [Komodo Snorkeling Guide — Index of All Six Guides](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/snorkeling-guide/)
- [Komodo Sustainability: Environmental & Community Commitments](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/sustainability/)
- [Manta Point Snorkel Karang Makassar — Manta Encounter](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/manta-point-snorkel/)
- [Multi-Day Komodo Snorkel Itinerary — Padar + Pink + Manta](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/multi-day-snorkel-itinerary/)
- [Our Methodology — How We Evaluate Komodo Snorkeling](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/our-methodology/)
- [Our Team — Komodo Island Snorkeling Specialists](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/our-team/)
- [Partners & Affiliations — Verified Komodo Luxury Network](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/partners-and-affiliations/)
- [Pink Beach Komodo Snorkel — Reef, Marine Life, Day Trip](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/pink-beach-snorkel/)
- [Press & Recognition — Komodo Island Snorkeling in Media](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/press-and-recognition/)
- [Safety & Compliance: Certifications and Regulatory Standing](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/safety-and-compliance/)

## Guide articles (46)
- [3-Day Luxury Komodo Snorkeling Itinerary for Couples](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/luxury-komodo-snorkeling-itinerary-couples/)
- [Best Time To Visit Komodo For Snorkeling & Mantas](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/best-time-to-visit-komodo-for-snorkeling-mantas/)
- [Beyond Komodo: Snorkeling Flores, Alor & Eastern Indonesia](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/beyond-komodo-snorkeling-flores-alor-eastern-indonesia/)
- [Blog — Komodo Snorkeling Guides & Trip Journal](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/blog/)
- [Booking Your Luxury Raja Ampat Yacht Charter: A 2027 Guide](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/booking-your-luxury-raja-ampat-yacht-charter-a-2027-guide-for-families/)
- [Chartering a Boat in Komodo: Insider Guide 2026](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/chartering-boat-komodo-insider-guide-2026-part-5/)
- [Choosing The Right Komodo Boat: Budget To Luxury](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/choosing-the-right-komodo-boat-budget-to-luxury/)
- [Discover Padar Island: A Must-Hike in Komodo National Park](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/padar-island-hike-komodo-2026/)
- [Eco-Friendly & Ethical Travel In Komodo National Park](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/eco-friendly-ethical-travel-in-komodo-national-park/)
- [Family-Friendly Komodo Snorkeling Trips With Kids](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/family-friendly-komodo-snorkeling-trips-with-kids/)
- [Getting To Komodo: Flights, Ferries & Transfers Explained](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/getting-to-komodo-flights-ferries-transfers-explained/)
- [Group, Friends & Private Charter Planning For Komodo](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/group-friends-private-charter-planning-for-komodo/)
- [Honeymoon & Couples Komodo Itineraries With Snorkeling](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/honeymoon-couples-komodo-itineraries-with-snorkeling/)
- [How Many Days In Komodo? 2D1N vs 3D2N vs 4D3N](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/how-many-days-in-komodo-2d1n-vs-3d2n-vs-4d3n/)
- [How Much Does a Private Komodo Snorkeling Trip Cost?](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/private-komodo-snorkeling-trip-cost/)
- [How to Capture Perfect Underwater Photos in Komodo](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/how-to-capture-the-perfect-underwater-photos-while-snorkeling-in-komod/)
- [Is Snorkeling with Manta Rays in Komodo National Park Safe?](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/snorkeling-manta-rays-komodo-safe/)
- [Komodo Liveaboard Costs 2026-2027: Families & Groups](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/komodo-liveaboard-costs-2026-2027-a-price-guide-for-families-groups/)
- [Komodo Liveaboard Route for Underwater Photography](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/komodo-liveaboard-snorkeling-route-photography/)
- [Komodo National Park Snorkeling Itinerary From Labuan Bajo](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/komodo-national-park-snorkeling-itinerary-from-labuan-bajo/)
- [Komodo Snorkeling For Beginners And Non-Swimmers](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/komodo-snorkeling-for-beginners-and-non-swimmers/)
- [Komodo Snorkeling vs Diving: Better for Marine Life?](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/komodo-snorkeling-vs-diving-marine-life/)
- [Komodo Snorkeling: 2027 Insider Checklist](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/exploring-raja-ampat-s-marine-wonders-a-biodiversity-hotspot/)
- [Komodo Yacht Charter: Your 2027 How-To Booking Guide](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/komodo-yacht-charter-your-2027-how-to-booking-guide-for-families-group/)
- [Luxury Komodo Snorkeling Tour Price Guide](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/luxury-komodo-snorkeling-tour-price/)
- [Manta Point vs Pink Beach: Best Komodo Snorkeling Spots](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/best-komodo-island-snorkeling-spots/)
- [Manta Point, Makassar & Turtles: Big Animals In Komodo](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/manta-point-makassar-turtles-big-animals-in-komodo/)
- [Padar Sunrise, Rinca Dragons & Pink Beach In One Trip](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/padar-sunrise-rinca-dragons-pink-beach-in-one-trip/)
- [Permits, Daily Quotas & New Komodo Park Rules 2026](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/permits-daily-quotas-new-komodo-park-rules-2026/)
- [Predicting Snorkeling Trends in Komodo for 2027](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/predicting-snorkeling-trends-in-komodo-for-2027/)
- [Prices, Inclusions & Hidden Costs Of Komodo Tours 2026](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/prices-inclusions-hidden-costs-of-komodo-tours-2026/)
- [Seasickness, Safety & Health On Komodo Boats](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/seasickness-safety-health-on-komodo-boats/)
- [Shared Komodo Tours vs Private Charters: Which Is Better?](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/shared-komodo-tours-vs-private-charters-which-is-better/)
- [Snorkeling Komodo National Park in July: What to Expect](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/snorkeling-komodo-national-park-july/)
- [Snorkeling vs Diving in Komodo: Which Is Right for You?](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/comparing-snorkeling-and-diving-in-komodo-which-is-right-for-you/)
- [Sustainable Snorkeling in the Komodo Islands: 2027 Guide](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/sustainable-snorkeling-practices-in-the-komodo-islands-2027-guide/)
- [Tackling Komodo’s Currents Safely: Snorkelers & Divers](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/advanced-snorkelers-divers-tackling-komodo-s-currents-safely/)
- [Technology in Snorkeling: Gadgets for Your Komodo Trip](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/technology-in-snorkeling-gadgets-to-enhance-your-komodo-experience/)
- [The Best Snorkeling Gear for 2027: What to Bring to Komodo](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/the-best-snorkeling-gear-for-2027-what-to-bring-to-komodo/)
- [The Evolution of Snorkeling Tours in Komodo](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/the-evolution-of-snorkeling-tours-in-komodo/)
- [The Impact of Climate Change on Snorkeling in Komodo](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/the-impact-of-climate-change-on-snorkeling-in-komodo/)
- [The Role of Local Communities in Komodo Snorkeling Tours](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/the-role-of-local-communities-in-komodo-snorkeling-tours/)
- [Top Komodo Snorkeling Destinations for 2027](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/top-snorkeling-destinations-komodo-2027-discover-the-best-spots/)
- [Ultimate Guide To Komodo’s Top Snorkeling Spots](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/ultimate-guide-to-komodo-s-top-snorkeling-spots/)
- [What is the Best Time of Year for Snorkeling in Komodo?](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/best-time-year-snorkeling-komodo/)
- [What To Pack For A Komodo Liveaboard & Island Hopping](https://komodoislandsnorkeling.com/what-to-pack-for-a-komodo-liveaboard-island-hopping/)

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