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The Pasir Timbul sandbar at low tide, Raja Ampat

Pricing

What It Costs, and Why

Boats here are chartered per boat and split across your group, not sold per seat. Here are the rates, the fixed extras, and the four things that move the number.

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In short

A Raja Ampat speedboat day trip is chartered per boat and split across your group, so the per-person figure falls as the group grows; we quote each trip on request. The marine park permit is separate at around IDR 1,000,000 per person.

  • Per boat, not per person
  • Six people pay roughly a third each of what two pay
  • Permit, flights and lodging sit outside the rate
  • All figures indicative as of June 2026

Rates

What a boat costs

Indicative per-group figures as of June 2026. They move with fuel, season and boat availability, and we confirm the live rate when you book.

Most common

Day charter

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per boat, per day

Covers boat, fuel, skipper and basic snorkel gear. What moves the number is route distance and boat size.

Piaynemo half-day

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Half day · ~5 hrs

The viewpoint, one reef snorkel, and Pasir Timbul if the tide allows.

Pianemo full-day

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Full day · ~8 hrs

The karst maze, the sandbar at low tide, three reef snorkels and lunch.

Boat only

Two-day explorer

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2 days · 1 night

Pianemo, Pasir Timbul, Friwen Wall and five or more reef stops. Homestay extra.

We quote each trip rather than publish a fixed rate, because the number moves with fuel, season, route distance and boat availability. Send your dates and group size and we will come back in IDR, in writing.

Boat under way between islands in Raja Ampat

Why per boat, not per person

There is no seat to buy. You charter the whole boat and divide the cost across your group, which is how every operator here works — the fuel and the skipper cost the same whether two people or eight are aboard.

So the per-person figure is arithmetic, not a price list. Six people split one boat six ways; two split the same boat two ways. Same boat, same day, a far lower of the cost.

That is why the first thing we ask is how many of you there are. Any quote given before that number is a guess, and any operator quoting you a firm per-person price without it is rounding in their own favour.

What is in the rate

Boat

In the boat rate
Hull, fuel and skipper
Paid separately
Marine park permit, ~IDR 1,000,000 per person

Gear

In the boat rate
Mask, snorkel and fins
Paid separately
Dive packages and dive gear

Food

In the boat rate
Drinking water
Paid separately
Lunch, IDR 75,000–150,000 per person

Guide

In the boat rate
Included on some routes
Paid separately
IDR 350,000 per day where it is not

Travel

In the boat rate
Pickup at Waisai or your homestay
Paid separately
Flights, and the Sorong–Waisai ferry

The permit, lunch and guide above are the costs that sit outside the boat rate. We list them so a quote can be read against what it does not include.

The variables

What drives the price up or down

Four things, in roughly this order of impact.

Group size

The single biggest lever. The boat costs what it costs; every extra person lowers what each of you pays.

How far you go

Distant spots like Wayag cost more in fuel and sea time than nearby Piaynemo.

Trip length

Half-day, full-day or multi-day. Overnights add homestay nights on top of the boat.

Boat and engine

A twin-engine speedboat burns more fuel than a slow wooden boat over the same route.

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Dates, group size and route. We come back in IDR with the day's exchange rate, the current permit fee, and exactly what is and is not covered. No deposit pressure, no padded extras.