Yoga
Hatha, Vinyasa and Restorative, on the main deck at first light and on a beach in the late afternoon. Ask which certification your instructor holds and we will tell you.
Wellness retreats that sail through Komodo
Charter a wellness-equipped phinisi through Komodo National Park. Yoga at sunrise, diving at Batu Bolong, and a boat that anchors somewhere different every night.
USD 5,900
per yacht, per night — full private charter
- Operating since
- 2015
- Owned and operated
- 9boats
- Vetted partner yachts
- 200+
- Komodo National Park
- 1,733km²
A retreat that moves with the tide
Most retreats ask you to stay put. This one does not. The Phinisi repositions overnight, so the bay you practise in at sunrise is rarely the one you fell asleep in — and the day's diving, trekking and sound work all happen within a few hundred metres of the deck.
Groups are capped at twelve. That is small enough for the facilitators to build the week around the people actually on board, and small enough that nobody spends their morning waiting for a tender.
Komodo National Park has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1980 and a marine protected area since 1991. The reefs are the reason the diving is what it is, and the reason the schedule bends around the tides rather than the other way round.
Wellness and diving, on the same boat
Retreats usually make you choose. A dive boat has no space to practise; a wellness resort is an hour from the reef. Living aboard is the compromise neither one has to make.
The practice
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Twice-daily sessions
Sunrise on the deck, late afternoon on a beach.
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Twelve people at most
Small enough to teach the room, not an average.
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No signal, by geography
The park has almost no coverage. Nothing to switch off.
Both, in one week
The water
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PADI dive team aboard
Serviced gear in every size, own compressor.
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1,000+ fish species
And 260 corals, inside a protected marine park.
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Moored at the site
Batu Bolong, Manta Point and Castle Rock on the tide.
Daily practice
Four disciplines, led by people who teach them for a living
Sessions run twice a day, on deck or on a beach, and are set to whoever is aboard that week.
Meditation
Guided mindfulness, loving-kindness and Vipassana, in sittings short enough to be useful to people who have never done one.
Breathwork
Guided breathwork built to steady the nervous system, with optional cold exposure on the longer charters.
Sound healing
Gongs, crystal bowls and Indonesian instruments, usually at dusk with the engines off and the boat at anchor.
How it works
From first message to the mooring at Labuan Bajo
Four steps, and nothing is charged until the third.
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Tell us who is coming
A short call covers dates, dive certification, injuries and what you want the week to do. Nothing is booked yet.
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We draft the week
Practice schedule, dive sites and trek days, built around the tides and the group. You get it in writing before paying anything.
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Fly to Labuan Bajo
Daily connections from Denpasar and Jakarta into Komodo Airport (LBJ). A private transfer meets you and runs you to the harbour.
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Board and cast off
Suites, dive gear fitting and the first briefing happen the same afternoon. The boat sails that evening.
Dive certification is not required. Non-divers snorkel the same sites, and the dive team runs discovery sessions for anyone who wants to start.
Three lengths, one boat
Three ways to sail the same park. Rates below are published starting figures; the final quote depends on the vessel, the season and the length of the route.
Most chosenAcross the whole fleet, nightly rates run from USD 1,800 to USD 30,000 depending on the vessel. National park fees (around USD 40 per person), scuba dives (USD 50 to 80 each) and crew tips are not included in any of the figures above.
The vessel
The fleet
Eight wellness-equipped phinisi, from a two-cabin boat for four to a twenty-guest liveaboard. Which one you take depends on the size of your group and how much deck you want to yourselves.
Lamima · 7 cabins, 14 guests
One of the larger sailing phinisi in the fleet, and the one most often taken for a full-boat wellness charter.
Prana · 9 cabins, 18 guests
The largest of the wellness-equipped boats, with the deck space for a full practice group and a dedicated treatment area.
Senja · 2 cabins, 4 guests
The small end of the fleet. A couple or a family of four with the whole boat and crew to themselves.
Before you ask
Frequently asked questions
The route
Labuan Bajo, and where the boat goes from there
Every journey starts and ends at the harbour in Labuan Bajo, on the western tip of Flores. From there the route runs south to Rinca and Padar, west into the park for Pink Beach and Manta Point, and north to Castle Rock when the tide allows.
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Labuan Bajo
Departure harbour · 15 minutes from Komodo Airport (LBJ)
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Rinca Island
Komodo dragons, ranger-guided walk
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Padar Island
Sunrise trek to the three-bay viewpoint
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Pink Beach
Foraminifera sand, beach practice and snorkelling
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Manta Point
Manta cleaning station, tide dependent
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Batu Bolong & Castle Rock
The park's two headline dive sites
Tell us when you want to sail
Send the dates you have in mind and how many are coming. You will get back a route, a boat availability window and a quote — usually the same day.