One seat on a boat built for company

The seat made for one is Coral Sharing, a berth in a bunk room on the lower deck, at IDR 4,450,000 (≈ USD 273). The queen cabins are booked by the seat for two guests: Pacific at IDR 6,200,000 (≈ USD 380) is the quiet one, Oceanic at IDR 7,450,000 (≈ USD 457) adds an extra bed and Atlantic opens a door onto the sea. Azure costs IDR 5,200,000 (≈ USD 319); ask us which bathroom arrangement your cabin has. A lone traveller who wants one of these asks us, and the price for one person comes back in writing.

The Coral cabins are bunk rooms with one double and one single bed, on the lower deck. Coral Private is IDR 5,700,000 (≈ USD 350), and Coral Sharing is the lowest seat of all. They suit someone who sleeps anywhere and spends the day on deck, which on this boat is a perfectly reasonable thing to be.

You will be sharing the boat with strangers, and the politest way to do that is to know early who they are. A traveller on their own takes a Coral Sharing berth in one of the lower-deck bunk rooms, since a queen cabin is booked by the seat only with a companion. How the bunk room is shared, and with whom, you have in writing before you pay, and beyond that we promise nothing about who it will be.

On deck it is easier than it sounds. The boat offers an indoor dining room and an outdoor one, meals are shared, and a speaker and karaoke set make conversation unavoidable by the second evening. A day bed, two paddle boards and a crew of 9 soften the rest.

Write to us with your dates, the cabin you prefer and whether you would share. We reply in writing with the seat and the cabin. If the cabin is shared, we say who shares it, and nothing is final until that message is in your hands. If you would rather have a queen cabin to yourself, ask us what it costs on the date you want.

The seat leaves out the park package, flights, hotels either side, tips and any alcohol. Card payments carry 3 percent; the deposit of 50 percent holds the seat.