Yumana is a 32-metre luxury phinisi liveaboard sailing Komodo from Labuan Bajo, with eight ensuite cabins for up to 20 guests and a crew of nine. Book her privately from USD 6,059 for 2D1N, or join a shared 3D2N cruise from USD 553.45 per person.
Few boats in the harbor work both sides of the market as well as Yumana. As a private charter she is a proper luxury phinisi Labuan Bajo departure for large groups, with the kind of cabin count that lets ten couples sail together. As a shared cruise she gives solo travelers and pairs a graded way into the luxury tier: pick a Superior cabin and pay hundreds less than the Royal Suite, on the same boat, eating the same food, anchoring in the same bays. Anyone researching the Yumana liveaboard Komodo route will find the details below documented from her actual published trips, not brochure copy.
Specifications
| Class | Luxury phinisi |
|---|---|
| Length | 32 m |
| Guests | Up to 20 |
| Cabins | 8, all ensuite with air conditioning and hot water |
| Crew | 9 |
| Base | Labuan Bajo |
| Style | Private whole-boat charter and shared cabins |
Kristo’s curation note
Yumana’s royal suite is the single best cabin trick on a shared Komodo cruise: a private balcony and a jacuzzi on a boat where other guests paid a shared-trip fare. If you can take the suite, take it. The tradeoff to know: twenty guests at capacity means the sundeck gets social on shared departures — couples who want silence should charter her privately or look at a smaller hull.
Kristoforus “Kristo” Jehamat, Fleet Director
Best for
- Large private groups — 8 ensuite cabins split a whole-boat rate 20 ways
- Couples who want the luxury phinisi Komodo experience at a per-cabin shared price
- Royal-suite hunters: private balcony and jacuzzi on a shared-departure boat
- Guests who value crew depth — nine crew for twenty guests is a strong ratio at this tier
On board
All eight cabins are ensuite with hot water and air conditioning, topped by the royal suite with its own balcony. Deck life runs across a large sundeck with bean bags, a mini bar, and a canoe for slow mornings in flat anchorages. She carries 13,000 litres of fresh water and 8,000 litres of fuel — tank capacity that matters more than it sounds on longer itineraries, because it is what keeps showers hot and generators quiet through night three.
A typical 3D2N route
Her published 3D2N pattern reads like the definitive Komodo loop: Kelor and Manjarite to open, Kalong Island’s bat exodus at dusk, then Komodo Island’s dragons, Pink Beach, Padar’s ridge at sunrise, Manta Point and the reef stops at Kanawa, Rinca and Siaba threaded through days two and three. Private charters can stretch the same waters across 4D3N with unhurried afternoons; our 3D2N Komodo charter guide maps the timing logic stop by stop.
Pricing, stated plainly
Two formats, two bases. Private charter is priced per trip for the whole boat: the listed from-rate is USD 6,059, though the 2D1N booking figure we documented was USD 6,359 — treat the lower number as a headline and let us confirm the live rate. Documented 3D2N runs USD 7,298 and 4D3N USD 8,812 per boat. Shared 3D2N cruises are priced per person by cabin: Superior at USD 577.69, Deluxe at USD 619.93, Signature at USD 625.93 and the Royal Suite at USD 736.80. The advertised “from USD 553.45” sat below the cheapest cabin we observed, so budget from the Superior figure. If you are weighing Yumana boat price against the rest of the tier, our notes on what a Komodo charter really costs put these numbers in context.
Message us on WhatsApp at (+62) 811 3823 875 for live Yumana availability — tell us private or shared and we will send the current cabin map. Our fleet desk is operated by Komodo Luxury, the team that boards and grades every hull we list.
Similar boats in the fleet
- Semesta Voyage — 18-guest luxury phinisi, the closest private-or-shared rival
- Raffles Cruise — 12-guest luxury phinisi with both charter formats
- Elbark Cruises — 21-guest luxury phinisi for shared departures at scale