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Speak to our captain the way you would speak to a friend. "Seven nights in Komodo this October, a chef, and a sunset where the dragons hunt." We listen, match vessels, hold dates, and hand the conversation to a real curator the moment you say yes.
Scrub through the calendar — destinations light up green when they are at their peak, amber in their shoulder window. Pick one for an itinerary sketch.
Four vessels our editors keep coming back to. Each one shaped by a different shipwright, each with its own way of meeting the sea — a small list, kept short on purpose.
Full day (8h) snorkelling at Manta Bay, Crystal Bay and the Kelingking cliff, or a 4-hour sunset half-day — what you see, which boat, and what a private day charter costs.
Full-day private charters to the Phi Phi Islands or Phang Nga Bay and James Bond Island, or a 4-hour half-day — what you see, which day to pick, and what a private boat costs.
Komodo in shoulder season, a chef who insisted on the fish market every morning, and why the third anchorage matters more than the first.
Three weeks earlier than the brochures suggest. Whales in residence, no rain, and the spice traders' route nearly empty.
The vessel is the means, not the trip. We begin with how you want to travel — the diving, the pace, the table — and match the phinisi, the route and the crew to it.
A great phinisi is its people: a captain who knows which morning to slip into an anchorage before the day boats, a chef who cooks around your table, guides who read each new bay.
Most brokers hand you a hull. We start with a conversation about the voyage you have in mind, then shape every detail of the week around it.