Oracle is a 35-metre custom-built phinisi liveaboard carrying six guests in three cabins — two master suites above deck and a double below. She charters privately from Labuan Bajo for Komodo National Park, with diving arranged through rendezvous dive support rather than a packed onboard dive deck. Price on request.
That distinction matters, so we lead with it. Guests searching for an Oracle liveaboard Komodo trip are usually weighing her against the classic komodo liveaboard diving boat format: bunks, tanks, four dives a day, a compressor humming behind the salon. Oracle is the other answer. She is a private sailing home for six that happens to dive — a professional dive team meets the boat at the sites, so divers get their Batu Bolong and non-divers never live inside a dive operation.
Oracle at a glance
| Class | Liveaboard — private charter, dive-ready |
|---|---|
| Length | 35 m |
| Guests | 6 |
| Cabins | 3 — 2 master suites above deck, 1 double below |
| Crew | Full private crew; rendezvous dive team on request |
| Base | Labuan Bajo |
| Style | Private whole-boat charter only |
Kristo’s curation note
Oracle is my pick for the mixed group — two or three divers, three non-divers — because nobody compromises: the divers get guided sites, the rest get a genuinely beautiful boat. The tradeoff is honest: if your party is six committed divers wanting repetitive tanks and nitrox on tap, a purpose-built dive liveaboard will serve you harder for less. Know which trip you are booking.
Best for
- Mixed parties of divers and non-divers who refuse to split the holiday
- Couples or two couples wanting above-deck master suites
- Guests who want a komodo dive liveaboard experience without dive-camp atmosphere
- Photography-led charters that need flexible anchorage timing
A typical 3D2N route in her class
A dive-capable private liveaboard splits each day between water and land. Day one runs a warm-up snorkel or check dive at Sebayur, then Kelor’s ridge and the Kalong bat flight at anchor. Day two is the strong-current heart of the park: Batu Bolong or Siaba for the morning dive window, Padar’s ridge before lunch, Pink Beach, and Karang Makassar — Manta Point — in the afternoon drift. Day three adds a dawn dive or the Taka Makassar sandbar, a ranger walk on Rinca, and the sail home. Current windows rule the sequence; see our Komodo diving charter page for how sites are called day by day.
Rendezvous diving, explained
Rendezvous diving means the dive operation travels to you. A licensed local dive team meets Oracle at the site by fast tender, bringing tanks, weights and guides; divers step off the yacht into a fully guided dive and step back aboard to a boat that never smelled of neoprene. The practical wins are real. The yacht’s anchorages are chosen for comfort and scenery rather than compressor logistics, non-divers keep the whole boat while the divers are down, and dive days can be added or dropped mid-charter as the group’s mood changes — try doing that on a fixed dive schedule. The cost shows up as a per-dive line on the quote rather than a package, which some guests prefer for its honesty. What you give up is volume: two well-chosen dives a day, not four, so committed tank-counters should read the Neptune One page before this one.
Pricing: how Oracle is quoted
Oracle quotes on request, on a whole-boat per-trip basis. Rendezvous dive support, park permits and equipment are itemised on top of the charter rate, so the quote you receive reads line by line rather than as one blended number. We do not publish placeholder rates; send dates and party size and we return the operator’s live figure, documented. Contracting runs through our operating team at Komodo Luxury, TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice 2022–2025.
Check dates for Oracle
WhatsApp us at (+62) 811 3823 875 with dates, guest count and how many certified divers, or email sales@komodoluxury.com.
Similar boats in the liveaboard class
- Neptune One — the purpose-built dive liveaboard, 16 divers, guided groups
- Tatawa — the working dive boat with real park mileage
- Vagabond — dive-and-sail expedition style, seasonal departures
Every graded vessel lives on the Labuan Bajo charter fleet page; the wider format guide is on liveaboard charter Labuan Bajo.