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29 m · 16 guests · 8 cabins · 18 crew members
Komodo Aggressor is a wooden phinisi 95 feet (29 metres) long, built in Indonesia to the traditional pattern: two masts, a bowsprit, two diesel engines and two generators, 220-volt power with the ordinary European type C plug. Sixteen guests, eight cabins, a crew of eighteen, cruising speed 8 knots. The name is painted in script on the white hull and repeated on the bowsprit board.
She flies the Aggressor Adventures flag but belongs to an Indonesian company and runs an Indonesian crew — you can see it even in the visa paperwork, which the operator asks to be made out to an address in Manado. The finish matches: inside the yacht is almost entirely timber — walls, ceilings, floors, bed frames.
Six itineraries, and that is what sets her apart. Most Indonesian liveaboards circle a single park; this one covers half the archipelago over a year: North Komodo in 7 nights, the whole of Komodo in 10, Komodo with Sumbawa in 10, Alor in 9, the Banda Sea in 11 and a crossing of Sulawesi from north to south in 11. Each itinerary has its own embarkation port — Labuan Bajo, Kalabahi on Alor, Bitung near Manado — and its own season, chosen by the operator for the weather. The yacht has no fixed berth: the operator asks for your flight number and hotel name in advance, otherwise there is no one to send for you.
Cabins sit on three decks. On the upper deck, two Balcony Suites with a picture window and a private balcony with table and chairs, and two Master staterooms with a picture window. One more Master is on the main deck. On the lower deck, three Deluxe staterooms with portholes. Every cabin has individually controlled air conditioning, an en-suite with shower, hairdryer, bathrobes and daily housekeeping. The saloon and restaurant are on the main deck, the sun deck with lounge and deck chairs is above, and there is a camera room for equipment and a fresh-water shower on the aft deck.
All diving here is from two tenders — never off the yacht itself, anywhere. Guests board the tender and gear up at the dive site. A week gives 22–24 dives, the longer itineraries up to 30, and night dives are on every programme. Tanks are 80 cubic feet with a K/DIN convertible valve; weights and belt are included. A surface marker buoy with a reel is mandatory on every dive: the currents in the straits are strong, you surface well away from the yacht, and the tender finds you by the buoy. The operator recommends bringing a reef hook.
Two payments are settled on board: a port and park fee of $250 per person and a fuel surcharge of $140 to $220 depending on trip length. Both figures are quoted by the operator and by the booking aggregator alike — a rare case where the numbers agree. Cards are accepted on board with a 2.5% service charge, and cash only as crisp $100 notes dated after 2006.
No mark-up
You pay the rate the operator publishes. The only thing added on top is the actual payment processing cost — no fee of ours.
We run the booking
Correspondence with the operator, holding your places, the contract, confirmation and all paperwork sit on our side. Nothing for you to arrange yourself.
Pay by card
We send you a Stripe invoice — pay by card, in your own currency, from anywhere in the world. The transfer to the operator is handled on our side.
Support in your language
We help you pick the cabin and dates, answer questions on the route and gear, and stay reachable until you are home — in English, in your time zone.
We quote the exact amount when confirming the booking: it covers the operator's rate plus the actual payment processing cost. No hidden charges.
Yacht Specifications
Length
29 m
Beam
7.9 m
Material
Wood
Capacity
16 guests
Cabins
8
Crew
18 members
Speed
8 knots (cruising)
Engine
two diesels and two generators, 220 V onboard power, type C European sockets
Bathrooms
8
Tender
two tenders — all diving is from them, never off the yacht
On Board
Diving on board
The operator publishes no minimum certification level and no minimum number of logged dives, neither on the vessel page nor in the pre-trip document — a certification card, a dive computer and a buoy are mandatory, and everyone dives in buddy pairs. The crew gives a detailed briefing and goes into the water with each group, but does not lead divers: planning and execution are down to the buddy pair, and the operator does not provide private guides as a matter of policy. All diving is recreational, with no decompression stops. Water temperature varies noticeably across the park — from 22 °C in the south to 29 °C in the north, with visibility of 10–30 m; the operator recommends a 3–5 mm wetsuit with a hood year round and a reef hook for the currents. On DIN adaptors the operator contradicts itself: the fleet-wide equipment page lists Komodo Aggressor among the yachts with K/DIN convertible valves where no adaptor is needed, while the pre-trip document for this same vessel says the number of adaptors on board is limited and you should bring your own. Minimum age is 10; children aged 5 to 17 get a 25% discount, and under-18s travel only with a parent and share a cabin with them.
Food and drink
Spirits are not sold on board because of the high duty — the operator openly suggests bringing your own from duty free. Local rules require the bar to be closed while the yacht is in port. Special diets and allergies go into the booking form and are discussed with the chef on day one, but the galley is honest about the limits: the yacht works in remote areas, the same meal is prepared for everyone, and rare items — gluten-free products, sports nutrition — are better brought along. The range of fresh produce varies from week to week.
Navigation and safety
Cabins
· 2 cabins
Two single beds, convertible to a king
Beds: Two single beds 91 × 203 cm, convertible to a double
The two most expensive cabins on the yacht sit on the upper deck next to the wheelhouse. Each has a picture window and a private balcony with a table and chairs — the only cabins on board you can step outside from without crossing the deck. The beds convert to a double. The finish, as everywhere on this yacht, is timber: dark wood walls, ceiling and floor, built-in cabinets and a wardrobe. The cabin has individually controlled air conditioning, an en-suite with shower, hairdryer, bathrobes and daily housekeeping with evening turndown.
· 3 cabins
Two singles, or a queen with a single
Beds: Cabins 5 and 6 — two single beds 91 × 203 cm convertible to a double; cabin 4 — a queen 152 × 203 cm and a single
Three mid-range cabins. Five and six are on the upper deck beside the balcony suites: a picture window, two single beds that convert to a double, about 9 m². Four is on the main deck next to the saloon, noticeably larger at about 14.5 m², and suited to a couple with different habits: a wide queen bed plus a separate single. All three have a picture window, individually controlled air conditioning, an en-suite with shower, hairdryer, bathrobes and the full set of hotel touches.
· 3 cabins
Two singles, or a queen with a single
Beds: Cabins 2 and 3 — two single beds 91 × 203 cm; cabin 1 — a queen 152 × 203 cm and a single
Three cabins on the lower deck — these set the headline price. Light comes through portholes, there are no picture windows here, but there is also the least motion. Two and three are compact, about 8 m², with two single beds. One is the largest cabin on the yacht after the balcony suites, about 18 m², with a wide queen bed and a separate single. Same timber finish, and every cabin has individually controlled air conditioning, an en-suite with shower, hairdryer and bathrobes. The gap to a Balcony Suite is $525 over seven nights and $1,200 over eleven.
Schedule & Pricing
North Komodo
Labuan Bajo to Labuan Bajo, 7 nights. The vessel's core itinerary and the most frequent in the schedule: the northern half of Komodo National Park plus Banta Island. Most of the diving is in the Sape Strait between Komodo and Banta - this is current country, and the current is exactly what gathers the fish. Makassar Reef is the manta site; Crystal Rock and Castle Rock off Gili Lawa Laut are the walls with schooling trevally and barracuda; Shotgun flushes a diver down a channel on the flow. Add the Tatawa islands, Batu Bolong in the Sape Strait, K2, Circus and Rollercoaster off Banta, macro at Sebayor Kecil and the coral garden at Batu Moncho. There are two shore outings: the climb on Gili Lawa Darat for the view over the bays, and after the final dive a walk to see the Komodo dragons with park rangers. Season: January to April and June to September.
January 2027
2 departuresFebruary 2027
2 departuresMarch 2027
3 departuresJune 2027
3 departuresJuly 2027
3 departuresAugust 2027
2 departuresSeptember 2027
2 departuresJanuary 2028
3 departuresFebruary 2028
2 departuresMarch 2028
3 departuresJune 2028
3 departuresJuly 2028
3 departuresAugust 2028
2 departuresSeptember 2028
2 departuresJanuary 2029
3 departuresFebruary 2029
2 departuresMarch 2029
3 departuresJune 2029
3 departuresJuly 2029
3 departuresAugust 2029
2 departuresSeptember 2029
2 departuresKomodo North and South
Labuan Bajo to Labuan Bajo, 10 nights. The only itinerary that takes in the whole park, and it runs in the first quarter only: the south of Komodo opens up during the north-west monsoon. To the northern sites it adds Padar with Secret Garden and W Reef, Langkoi with Manta Alley, Horseshoe Bay with Cannibal Rock, Rodeo Rock, Yellow Wall and Torpedo Alley, south-west Flores, Mota Island and the Molo Strait between Rinca and Flores. The south means cold water, upwelling and quite different life: sea apples, torpedo rays, the occasional mola mola, and alongside them the same mantas, bumphead wrasse and schooling trevally. The Molo Strait and Mota Island appear on this programme only. The dragon walk is on Komodo or Rinca.
February 2027
1 departureMarch 2027
1 departureFebruary 2028
1 departureMarch 2028
1 departureFebruary 2029
1 departureMarch 2029
1 departureKomodo and Sumbawa
Labuan Bajo to Labuan Bajo, 10 nights. The north of the park, Banta and then west - Sangeang volcano, Bima Bay, Satonda and Moyo islands off Sumbawa. Sangeang is an active volcano, and the dives at Hot Rocks and Deep Purple run right through the gas streams rising out of the black sand. Bima Bay and Satonda are macro and soft coral, and in the evening thousands of fruit bats lift off over Satonda. Along the way, the same Crystal Rock, Castle Rock and Makassar Reef, oceanic whitetips, eagle rays and mantas. Season: late June, August and early September.
June 2027
1 departureAugust 2027
2 departuresJune 2028
1 departureAugust 2028
2 departuresJune 2029
1 departureAugust 2029
2 departuresAlor and Wetar
Kalabahi on Alor to Kalabahi, 9 nights. A separate itinerary with its own embarkation port: you fly into Alor Island Airport (ARD), and the operator insists on arriving a day early because flights are scarce. Alor, in the Lesser Sunda archipelago, means shallow coral gardens, sheer drop-offs, underwater volcanoes and walls falling into the blue. Neighbouring Wetar is barely visited: the reefs there are untouched, with frogfish, flamboyant cuttlefish, schools of trevally and barracuda and the occasional manta. Currents come in every strength, from gentle to serious, so the route reads for a confident newcomer and for an experienced diver alike. Night diving here is particularly good. Season: April to May and late September to October.
October 2026
1 departureApril 2027
3 departuresMay 2027
2 departuresSeptember 2027
1 departureOctober 2027
2 departuresApril 2028
3 departuresMay 2028
2 departuresSeptember 2028
1 departureOctober 2028
2 departuresApril 2029
2 departuresMay 2029
3 departuresOctober 2029
3 departuresBanda Sea
Kalabahi on Alor to Ambon, 11 nights. A one-way crossing of the Banda Sea: you board on Alor and disembark in Ambon, Pattimura Airport (AMQ). It runs once a year, in late October or early November. This is the classic Indonesian trip for divers who have already seen Komodo: schooling hammerheads, the reefs of Ai and Hatta islands, Gunung Api with its underwater lava flows, the isolated Nildesperandum reef in deep water and Pulau Manuk, ringed by thousands of sea kraits. It finishes with the muck diving of Ambon. The operator quotes the length as 10 nights in some documents and 11 in others - the schedule and the aggregator both say 11, and that is what the dates work out to.
October 2027
1 departureOctober 2028
1 departureOctober 2029
1 departureSulawesi North to South
Bitung on the Lembeh Strait to Kendari, 11 nights. A New Year crossing of the whole of Sulawesi, the only departure of the year: you board at Bitung on the Lembeh Strait (Manado airport, MDC) and disembark at Kendari in the south-east (KDI). It starts in Lembeh, the muck diving capital of the world, where the black sand hosts the strangest creatures in the archipelago. Then Bolaang Mongondow with its big coral reefs, Gorontalo with a chance of whale sharks, the Togian islands with pristine reefs, Pulau Dua where dives run with whitetip, blacktip, grey reef and silvertip sharks, and finally the Banggai islands - barely inhabited, with no dive base at all. Beyond the first days in Lembeh you will hardly meet another boat or diver.
December 2026
1 departureDecember 2027
1 departureDecember 2028
1 departureDecember 2029
1 departurePrices and availability can change. Get in touch and we'll confirm current dates and pricing.
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from 2494 USD / 7 nights
Estimated wait time — 24 hours
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Two single beds, convertible to a king
The two most expensive cabins on the yacht sit on the upper deck next to the wheelhouse. Each has a picture window and a private balcony with a table and chairs — the only cabins on board you can step outside from without crossing the deck. The beds convert to a double. The finish, as everywhere on this yacht, is timber: dark wood walls, ceiling and floor, built-in cabinets and a wardrobe. The cabin has individually controlled air conditioning, an en-suite with shower, hairdryer, bathrobes and daily housekeeping with evening turndown.
- Deck
- upper deck
- Beds
- Two single beds 91 × 203 cm, convertible to a double
- Windows
- Picture window and private balcony
- Cabin numbers
- 7, 8
- Yacht Specifications
- 11 × 13 feet, about 13 m²
- cabins of this type
- 2
- from
- from $3,850 for 7 nights
Two singles, or a queen with a single
Three mid-range cabins. Five and six are on the upper deck beside the balcony suites: a picture window, two single beds that convert to a double, about 9 m². Four is on the main deck next to the saloon, noticeably larger at about 14.5 m², and suited to a couple with different habits: a wide queen bed plus a separate single. All three have a picture window, individually controlled air conditioning, an en-suite with shower, hairdryer, bathrobes and the full set of hotel touches.
- Deck
- upper and main deck
- Beds
- Cabins 5 and 6 — two single beds 91 × 203 cm convertible to a double; cabin 4 — a queen 152 × 203 cm and a single
- Windows
- Picture window
- Cabin numbers
- 4, 5, 6
- Yacht Specifications
- 9 × 11 feet (cabins 5 and 6) and 12 × 13 feet (cabin 4)
- cabins of this type
- 3
- from
- from $3,500 for 7 nights
Two singles, or a queen with a single
Three cabins on the lower deck — these set the headline price. Light comes through portholes, there are no picture windows here, but there is also the least motion. Two and three are compact, about 8 m², with two single beds. One is the largest cabin on the yacht after the balcony suites, about 18 m², with a wide queen bed and a separate single. Same timber finish, and every cabin has individually controlled air conditioning, an en-suite with shower, hairdryer and bathrobes. The gap to a Balcony Suite is $525 over seven nights and $1,200 over eleven.
- Deck
- lower deck
- Beds
- Cabins 2 and 3 — two single beds 91 × 203 cm; cabin 1 — a queen 152 × 203 cm and a single
- Windows
- Porthole
- Cabin numbers
- 1, 2, 3
- Yacht Specifications
- 10 × 9 feet (cabins 2 and 3) and 16 × 12 feet (cabin 1)
- cabins of this type
- 3
- from
- from $3,325 for 7 nights
Komodo Aggressor
from 2494 USD
