3 days
A Komodo boat tour 3 days 2 nights is the same park the day boats visit, with the racing taken out of it. You sleep on the water, you wake up already anchored somewhere the day boats are still two hours away from, and the hours you would have spent crossing become hours spent stopped. Three listings here run that shape — $288, $300 and $335 — and this page sets them against the shorter and longer versions.
Quick answer
The short answer. The cheapest Komodo boat tour 3 days 2 nights here is $288, a budget liveaboard with a shared cabin, rated 4.6 across 30 reviews. The best rated is $335 at 4.7 across 83, which does the three days under sail. The most reviewed is $300, with 167 ratings and transfers included. If two nights is more than you want, $180 is the same idea in one.
The shape
The islands do not change. Komodo, Rinca, Padar, Pink Beach and the manta water are the same stops a ten-hour day boat makes. What changes is the clock, and on this water the clock is the whole argument.
The crossings move to the night. A day boat spends a large part of its ten hours getting to the islands and back. A Komodo boat tour 3 days 2 nights does those crossings while you are asleep or eating, which is how the same list of stops turns into an unhurried itinerary rather than a march.
You are there at the good hours. The ridge on Padar in the early light, and the anchorages in the evening, belong to the boats that stayed. That is the one thing a day boat structurally cannot sell you, whatever it costs.
The cabin is shared. $288 says so plainly, and so do $300 and $335. A cabin to yourselves on a Komodo boat tour 3 days 2 nights means chartering the hull, which is a different fare altogether — $1,306 upward.
Meals come with it. Three days on a boat means eating on the boat, and the listings that run this shape include the food. It is part of why the per-day number in the table below sits close to a day-boat fare.
Every trip, current fare
All thirteen park boats, cheapest first. The last column divides the fare by the days booked, which is the only way to see what a Komodo boat tour 3 days 2 nights really costs against a ten-hour day.
| Tour | Length | Price | What is included | Cost per day | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From Labuan Bajo: Komodo Island Day Tour with SnorkelingLowest fare — 1,865 reviews | 10 hours | $87 | Padar Island, Pink Beach, Manta Point and the dragons in Komodo National Park | $87.00 | 4.7 · 1,865 |
| Komodo Wellness Tour One Day from Labuan BajoThe unhurried version of the day | 1 day | $87 | The same island round at an unhurried pace: Padar, Pink Beach, Manta Point, dragons | $87.00 | 4.4 · 24 |
| Labuan Bajo: Komodo National Park Full-Day Speedboat TourEight hours, rated 4.8 | 8 hours | $93 | The Padar climb, then snorkelling at Pink Beach, Manta Point and Siaba Island | $93.00 | 4.8 · 377 |
| Labuan Bajo: One Day Tour to Explore Komodo National ParkRated 4.8 across 719 | 10 hours | $99 | Dragons, the reef life of the park and the view down from Padar Island | $99.00 | 4.8 · 719 |
| Komodo Island: Komodo Dragons & Islands Day TourOur top pick — dragons and mantas | 10 hours | $102 | The dragons of Komodo Island and snorkelling where manta rays feed | $102.00 | 4.7 · 672 |
| From Labuan Bajo: Komodo Dragons and Island Hop with All FeesPark fees inside the fare | 11 hours | $135 | Dragons, the Padar view, manta rays — and the park fees inside the fare | $135.00 | 4.5 · 66 |
| Labuan Bajo: 2D1N Komodo & Pink Beach Shared Boat TourCheapest night on board | 2 days | $180 | Komodo Island, Pink Beach and nearby islands, meals and a shared cabin on board | $90.00 | 4.1 · 470 |
| Labuan Bajo: 3D2N Budget Komodo Liveaboard with Shared CabinThree days, shared cabin | 3 days | $288 | Three days on board in a shared cabin, with the main island stops of the park | $96.00 | 4.6 · 30 |
| Labuan Bajo: 3-Day Komodo Island and Pink Beach TourThree days, transfers included | 3 days | $300 | Komodo Island, Pink Beach, smaller islands, transfers and a shared cabin | $100.00 | 3.9 · 167 |
| Labuan Bajo: 3-Day Komodo Sailing TourRated 4.7 across 83 | 3 days | $335 | Komodo, Pink Beach, Padar Island, meals on board and snorkelling with manta rays | $111.67 | 4.7 · 83 |
| Komodo 2D1N Private Boat: Dragons, Padar & Pink BeachPrivate boat, two days | 2 days | $926 | Your own boat: Padar Island, Pink Beach, the dragons, snorkelling stops | $463.00 | 4.2 · 34 |
| Komodo Island: Private 3-Day Tour with Boat and Hotel StayPrivate, boat and hotel | 3 days | $1,306 | Private boat, one night on board and one in a hotel, transfers and guiding | $435.33 | 4.1 · 22 |
| Komodo 4D Private Tour: Boat Stay, Padar & Pink BeachFour days, rated 4.7 | 4 days | $1,550 | Four days with a boat stay and a hotel: Padar, Pink Beach, the dragons | $387.50 | 4.7 · 31 |
The three boats
Three hulls run this shape. They are not the same boat with different names.
| Listing | Rating | What it includes | Fare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budget liveaboardshared cabin | 4.6 across 30 | Three days on board, shared cabin, the main island stops | $288 |
| Komodo and Pink Beachtransfers included | 3.9 across 167 | Roundtrip transfers, shared cabin, Komodo, Pink Beach, smaller islands | $300 |
| Sailing tourunder sail | 4.7 across 83 | Komodo, Pink Beach, Padar, meals on board, snorkelling with manta rays | $335 |
| Private, three daysboat and hotel | 4.1 across 22 | A private boat, one night aboard, one in a hotel, transfers and guiding | $1,306 |
The verdict
Three shared listings, one private one, and four different reasons to pick.
For the lowest fare, book $288. It is sold as a budget liveaboard with a shared cabin, which is exactly what it is, and it holds 4.6 across 30 reviews. As a 3 day Komodo boat tour it is the least you can pay to sleep on the water two nights running.
For the best rating, book $335. Three days under sail through the park, with Komodo, Pink Beach, Padar Island and snorkelling where the manta rays feed, meals on board, at 4.7 across 83 reviews. It is the strongest score of any multi-day boat on this site.
For the largest sample, book $300. 167 people have rated it, more than the other two three-day boats together, and the fare includes roundtrip transfers as well as the cabin. Its 3.9 is the lowest score we list, and we would rather print that than hide it: read the recent reviews before you decide.
For a cabin of your own, book $1,306. A private hull for three days, one night aboard and one in a hotel, transfers and guiding included, 4.1 across 22 reviews. Divided between four or six people it is a different arithmetic than it looks at first glance.
If two nights is too many, book $180. A Komodo boat tour 2 days 1 night with meals and a shared cabin, 470 ratings, and the cheapest way to be out there for a sunrise at all.
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The cheapest liveaboard, the best rated sailing version, the most reviewed three-day boat, and the single-night alternative.
★ 4.6 · 30 reviews
★ 4.7 · 83 reviews
★ 3.9 · 167 reviews
★ 4.1 · 470 reviews
What you gain
The islands are the same. These four are what the extra fare is actually buying.
The early hours
Anchored overnight means being at the good stops before the first hull arrives from Labuan Bajo.
The crossings
The hours a day boat spends in transit are the hours a Komodo boat tour 3 days 2 nights spends at anchor.
The pace
Snorkelling until you are finished rather than until the whistle. $335 is built around that.
The bed
Shared cabins on all three. $1,306 is the version with a cabin and a hotel night of your own.
The other lengths
One night. $180 is the short version: two days, one night, meals and a shared cabin, 470 ratings at 4.1. It is also the cheapest overnight fare on the site by a long way, and for many people it is the right answer — the second night adds rest, not new islands.
Two nights. The three listings on this page. The gap between $288 and $335 is under fifty dollars, and it buys the sailing, the better rating and the larger boat, so the cheapest is not automatically the one to take.
Three nights and more. A Komodo boat tour 4 days 3 nights is not something the shared boats here sell. The longest listing on this site is $1,550, four private days at 4.7 across 31 reviews, and it splits its nights between the boat and a hotel rather than keeping you aboard throughout. If the whole point is four days on the water, that is the listing to read carefully before you book.
And the day boats. If the list of islands matters more than the hours, $87 covers Padar, Pink Beach, Manta Point and the dragons in ten hours at 4.7 across 1,865 reviews, for a fraction of any fare on this page.
Mistakes
Every Komodo boat tour 3 days 2 nights sells the same islands, so the mistakes are all made on the listing page rather than on the water.
All three three-day boats list shared cabins. A cabin of your own starts at $1,306.
It mostly means the same islands with more time at each. The day boats name a very similar list.
$288 and $335 are close on price and different in kind — one is a budget liveaboard, the other is sailing at 4.7.
None of the three-day boats include them. The one listing on this site that does is $135, and it is a day boat.
$300 carries 167 ratings at 3.9. That is the largest sample of the three and the lowest score; both facts are worth a minute.
There are only so many cabins out there on any given night. Free cancellation means holding one costs nothing but a click.
Checklist
Five lines on a Komodo boat tour 3 days 2 nights listing, and the two nights are the ones you pictured.
Shared on $288, $300 and $335. Private means chartering the hull.
Meals on board across all three. $300 adds roundtrip transfers; the park entrance is on top everywhere.
Komodo, Pink Beach, Padar and the manta water are the usual four. $335 names all of them.
4.6 across 30, 3.9 across 167, 4.7 across 83. Read the number and the count together, never one alone.
Shown across the listings gathered here, and worth more on a three-day booking than on any day trip.
The best rated of the three is $335 — three days under sail through the park, rated 4.7 across 83 reviews.
Compare all thirteen park boats→Common questions
From $288 for a shared cabin on a budget liveaboard. $300 includes transfers, and $335 is the sailing version at 4.7 across 83 reviews.
On all three, yes. For a cabin of your own you are chartering the boat, which starts at $1,306 for three days with a hotel night included.
Yes on these boats — three days aboard means eating aboard, and the listings say so. The park entrance is separate.
It is worth it if you want the early hours on Padar and unhurried snorkelling. It is not worth it for a longer list of islands, because the list is much the same.
$180 is two days and one night with meals and a shared cabin, rated across 470 reviews — the cheapest way to be out there overnight.
The longest listing here is $1,550, a private four-day tour at 4.7 across 31 reviews, with nights split between the boat and a hotel.
Go deeper
Every way into the park from Labuan Bajo, compared by islands reached.
Plan the tripHow long you need, when to come and what a day out there costs.
Boat toursSpeedboat, shared boat or your own charter — what each one gives you.
Komodo IslandThe island with the dragons, and what the ranger walk is like.
Park feesWhat the ranger and park fees are, and which tours include them.
Best timeDry season, manta season and the months boats stay in port.
Komodo Island: Komodo Dragons & Islands Day Tour
★ 4.7 · 672 reviews · Free cancellation 24 h