Rates & dates
What it costs, and when you can have it.
The base rate is the whole boat for a block of hours. The two things that move it are the season you want and how late you ask. Everything below is the arithmetic behind both.
- Charge basis
- 4h·8h·24h
- Calmest water
- May–Sep
- Booking process
- 6steps
- Itineraries
- 3·5·7day
One figure covers the boat for the block. Plan around the two constraints that sit outside it — the season and the lead time — and the rest is detail.
- The rate is the whole boat, not a seat on a route.
- May to September gives the calm water and the longest lead times.
- Money moves at step five of six; nothing moves until the date is held.
- Route and table are yours to set; the sea state is not.
Plan it properly
Eleven pages, in the order you will need them
The first eight answer what it costs and when you can go. The last three are the multi-day itineraries, for when the answer is more than a day.
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What it costs
One figure, and the short list of what sits outside it. The base rate is the whole boat for the block.
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Availability & lead time
How early is early enough. The lead time the desk actually sees, season by season — and the dates that ignore it.
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Private vs shared tour
A shared Penida day advertises at US$40–55 a head and rebuilds to US$130–180. There is a group size where private goes cheaper.
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The booking process
Enquiry, shortlist, hold, quote, confirm, sail. Six steps, and money only moves at step five.
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Best time to sail
May to September gives calm seas and visibility beyond thirty metres. It also gives you the peak-season lead times.
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What to pack
Soft bag, sun cover, something with sleeves. Less than people bring, and the one or two things almost everyone forgets.
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Safety & vetting
Operator vetting, certification, insurance and shore monitoring — and the one rule that overrides all of them on the morning.
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What you can customise
Route, table, crew brief and occasion are yours to set. Three things are not, and knowing which saves the day rather than spoiling it.
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3-day itinerary
Two nights aboard, south Bali and the Nusa islands. The shortest route where passage time stops eating water time.
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5-day itinerary
Four nights, four anchorages, one real crossing. Every leg is a short hop except the Lombok Strait, and that one is timed for first light.
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7-day itinerary
The full eastbound chain — Nusa, the Gilis, Lombok and the quieter southwest islands — with time at each anchorage instead of a schedule to keep.
Rates and dates
Send the date first.
A dated enquiry gets a real answer on availability and a quote against a named vessel. An undated one gets a price range, which helps nobody.