Sea Escape is a 16-metre VIP shared speedboat running full-day Komodo tours from Labuan Bajo. Four Suzuki DF200 engines push her to 21 knots, covering seven destinations in a 12-hour day for up to 20 guests, from USD 148.57 per person with hotel transfers included.
If you have one day in Labuan Bajo and want the park anyway, speed is the only currency that matters. Sea Escape’s answer is 800 horsepower across four outboards, a 21-knot cruise, and a documented seven-stop day that would take a phinisi three days to cover. She sells this as a shared komodo speedboat tour on a per-seat basis, which makes her the practical pick for couples and small groups who do not need a whole boat — just a guaranteed seat, cold air conditioning between stops, and the full highlight reel before dinner.
Specifications
| Class | Speedboat |
|---|---|
| Length | 16 m (beam 4 m) |
| Built | 2020 |
| Speed | 21 knots, 4x Suzuki DF200 engines |
| Guests | Up to 20 |
| Cabins | None — day boat with AC lounge |
| Crew | 3 |
| Base | Labuan Bajo |
| Style | Shared full-day tour, per-person seats |
Kristo’s curation note
Sea Escape earns her VIP label in the layout: a genuinely air-conditioned indoor lounge with sofas, and a bean-bag bow deck for the crossings — most day boats give you one or the other. She suits people who want maximum park per hour. The honest tradeoff is the length of that hour: seven stops in twelve hours is a strong pace, and by Kalong at sunset you will have earned your dinner.
Kristoforus “Kristo” Jehamat, Fleet Director
Best for
- Travelers with one day in Labuan Bajo who still want Padar, dragons and mantas
- Couples and small groups happy to share — per-seat pricing beats chartering a whole hull
- A komodo island hopping tour with real shade and AC between the swims
- Cruise-ship and tight-connection visitors: hotel transfers are included both ways
On board
The split-level layout is the selling point: an indoor air-conditioned lounge with proper sofas for the longer crossings, an outdoor bean-bag deck for the scenery, and a dining area where the included lunch box and soft drinks appear somewhere between Pink Beach and Taka Makassar. Three crew work the day — skipper, deckhand and guide — handling park logistics so the schedule holds. Compare her against her private siblings in our speedboat charter Labuan Bajo overview if you would rather set your own timetable.
A typical full day on board
Her documented seven-destination day runs the park’s greatest hits in one loop: Padar’s ridge climb while the light is still soft, Komodo Island for the dragons at Loh Liang, Pink Beach for the first long swim, then the Labuan Bajo to Komodo speedboat advantage really shows — Manta Point and the Taka Makassar sandbar back to back in the hours a slow boat spends motoring, with Rinca and Kalong Island’s bat flight closing the day at sunset. Twelve hours, harbor to harbor, transfers at both ends.
Pricing, stated plainly
Sea Escape is priced per person on shared full-day departures: from USD 148.57 per seat as documented, including hotel transfers, lunch box and soft drinks. Komodo National Park entrance and ranger fees are billed separately, standard across every boat we list. There is no whole-boat rate published for her; if you want a private fast boat, the fleet has dedicated options in the same class linked below, and our Komodo day trip by private boat guide walks the private-versus-shared math.
Message us on WhatsApp at (+62) 811 3823 875 to reserve Sea Escape seats — send your date and group size and we confirm the pickup time with the reply. This desk is operated by Komodo Luxury, and day boats are graded on the same standard as the liveaboards: engines, safety kit, crew.
Similar boats in the fleet
- New Hope 6 — 25-guest private speedboat for whole-boat day charters
- Kaia Explorer — 12-guest speedboat, the small-group private option
- New Spirit — 10-guest private speedboat at the sharpest day rate