Vhale
Vhale Phinisi
Travelling alone, with a seat and not a boat
Updated 4 November 2026
A Komodo solo traveller seat on Vhale costs from IDR 4,450,000 (≈ USD 273) a person on the Monday & Friday 3D2N open trip, with the guide and the photo documentation included. You share a cabin, we confirm your cabin partner in writing before you pay, and the park package and flights are extra.
Travelling alone on a boat built for crowds
Vhale has 12 cabins and takes up to 28 guests on standard beds. For a single traveller that is neither a warning nor a welcome; it is the size of the table. The rule is plain. You do not hire the boat. You buy one seat, per person, on a sailing that leaves every Monday & Friday and that already has other guests in it.
The whole-boat fare exists, and one person could pay it. It is the same sum as for twenty-eight, so nobody should. A seat is how one person travels here. It is cheaper, it is sociable, and it comes with the guide and the documentation, which the private charter leaves for later.
What a lone seat costs
The lowest seat is IDR 4,450,000 (≈ USD 273) a person, in a Coral Sharing room. The ladder above it runs through Azure at IDR 5,200,000 (≈ USD 319), Coral Private at IDR 5,700,000 (≈ USD 350), Pacific at IDR 6,200,000 (≈ USD 380) and Oceanic at IDR 7,450,000 (≈ USD 457), to Atlantic at IDR 8,950,000 (≈ USD 549), the cabin with the private balcony. Each is a price for one person for three days and two nights.
A queen cabin for one person is on request: ask us what it costs, and the answer comes in writing for your date, not from a table. The seat covers the cabin, all meals and the transfers both ways, and it leaves out the park package, flights, hotels, tips and any alcohol.
| Cabins | Deck | per person |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic | Upper deck | IDR 8,950,000 (≈ USD 549) |
| Azure | Upper deck | IDR 5,200,000 (≈ USD 319) |
| Oceanic | Main deck | IDR 7,450,000 (≈ USD 457) |
| Pacific | Main deck | IDR 6,200,000 (≈ USD 380) |
| Coral Private Room | Lower deck | IDR 5,700,000 (≈ USD 350) |
| Coral Sharing Room | Lower deck | IDR 4,450,000 (≈ USD 273) |
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Atlantic, Azure and Oceanic cabins can take an extra bed on request; we confirm the bed and its price in writing before you pay.
Open trips start every Monday (Mon-Wed) and Friday (Fri-Sun) on the dates listed; we confirm your cabin live on WhatsApp before you pay. Next departures: 6 November 2026, 9 November 2026, 13 November 2026, 16 November 2026
Checked 4 November 2026
Who shares your cabin
A solo traveller is paired in a Coral Sharing berth, the one seat sold by the berth, with up to two other guests in the bunk room. A queen cabin is booked by the seat only together with a travelling companion; alone, ask us what it costs; we quote it on request. Who shares your Coral room, we tell you in writing before you pay, so that you never discover it at the pier. Tell us in your first message if this matters to you, and we say what can be done.
On deck the question solves itself within a day. Meals are at a shared table, indoors or out, there is a day bed to be fought over, and everyone is on the same route at the same hours. A seat is a modest way to meet people.
Dates for a seat of one
The open trip sails every Monday & Friday. The list below carries the dates ahead, per 4 November 2026. The next sailing is Friday, 6 November 2026.
If the date you want is full, tell us. We propose the nearest sailing on the other weekday, or, if the party is large enough, the whole-boat route. A seat is confirmed live on WhatsApp ahead of any payment, since a calendar on a web page cannot know who has just written to us.
Open trips start every Monday (Mon-Wed) and Friday (Fri-Sun) on the dates listed; we confirm your cabin live on WhatsApp before you pay.
2026
November
- 3D2NFrom IDR 4,450,000 (≈ USD 273)Ask about this date
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- 3D2NFrom IDR 4,450,000 (≈ USD 273)Ask about this date
- 3D2NFrom IDR 4,450,000 (≈ USD 273)Ask about this date
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December
- 3D2NFrom IDR 4,450,000 (≈ USD 273)Ask about this date
- 3D2NFrom IDR 4,450,000 (≈ USD 273)Ask about this date
- 3D2NFrom IDR 4,450,000 (≈ USD 273)Ask about this date
- 3D2NFrom IDR 4,450,000 (≈ USD 273)Ask about this date
- 3D2NFrom IDR 4,450,000 (≈ USD 273)Ask about this date
- 3D2NFrom IDR 4,450,000 (≈ USD 273)Ask about this date
- 3D2NFrom IDR 4,450,000 (≈ USD 273)Ask about this date
- 3D2NFrom IDR 4,450,000 (≈ USD 273)Ask about this date
Our promise before you pay
Before you pay anything we confirm three things in writing: the seat, the cabin, and who shares it. The seat is held by 50 percent paid early; what remains is due 30 days before you sail.
A car from your hotel or the airport is included in both directions, before the 11:00 start. Book a flight home after 14:00 on day three, with margin. And if you are unsure about travelling alone, a message to us costs nothing and commits you to less.
- Answered on WhatsAppSend dates, group size and route
- 50 percent of the totalDeposit confirms the date
- 30 days beforeBalance before sailing
FAQ
I am travelling alone: who would I share a cabin with?
With one other guest in a queen cabin, or up to two in a Coral room, on the same sailing. We confirm who in writing before you pay, and we make no claim about their age or gender beyond what we write. Tell us if you have a preference.
My date is full: what are my options?
We propose the nearest sailing, on the same weekday or the other one of Monday & Friday. For a larger party the whole-boat fare is another route. We confirm every seat live on WhatsApp before payment, since the calendar cannot see who wrote to us today.
Which days does the open trip leave?
Each Monday & Friday sailing runs three days and two nights. A Monday sailing returns on Wednesday and a Friday sailing on Sunday, at about 12:00. The next date is Friday, 6 November 2026, and the calendar below is listed per 4 November 2026.
Check availability — Vhale
Bookings for Vhale are made with the Komodo Explorer team in Labuan Bajo; the boat sails with its own crew of nine.