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  "name": "Flores Island Travel",
  "url": "https://floresislandtravel.com/",
  "description": "Independent editorial overland travel guide for Flores Island, Indonesia. This guide does not operate boats. Bookings are fulfilled by Komodo Luxury, and this site may earn a referral commission. Trips referenced on this site (Trans-Flores routes, Labuan Bajo to Kelimutu itineraries, private drivers, Wae Rebo, and Komodo National Park visitor logistics) are booked through and fulfilled by Komodo Luxury, operated by PT. Komodo Bahari Nusantara (KBLI 79120), part of Juara Holding Group.",
  "about": {
    "@type": "Place",
    "name": "Flores Island (Pulau Flores)",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flores",
      "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q148440"
    ],
    "containedInPlace": {
      "@type": "Place",
      "name": "East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia",
      "sameAs": [
        "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Nusa_Tenggara",
        "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5061"
      ]
    }
  },
  "publisher": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "Flores Island Travel",
    "url": "https://floresislandtravel.com/",
    "email": "sales@komodoluxury.com",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://wa.me/628113823875",
      "https://www.komodoluxury.com/"
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  "entranceFeeNote": "For visits to Komodo National Park (Komodo / Rinca / Padar) reached via Labuan Bajo: foreign visitors pay a flat IDR 250,000 per person under PP No. 36/2024 (effective 30 October 2024) — the same on weekdays and weekends. Indonesian citizens pay IDR 50,000 on weekdays / IDR 75,000 on weekends and public holidays. A mandatory ranger/guide fee of roughly IDR 150,000 per group of 1-5 people applies on top of the entrance ticket. Practical all-in total for a foreign visitor: approximately IDR 400,000-525,000 per day. Figures current as of August 2026.",
  "entranceFeeSource": "https://tnkomodo.ksdae.kehutanan.go.id/harga-karcis-dan-daya-dukung-wisata/",
  "visitorQuotaNote": "Komodo National Park limits visitors to 1,000 per day across the whole park, split into three scheduled sessions — this is a park-wide cap, not a separate quota per island. Since April 2026, visits to Komodo and Padar require advance online reservation through the official SiOra e-ticket system (siora.id).",
  "servicesNote": "Flores Island Travel publishes independent Trans-Flores overland itineraries, Kelimutu and Wae Rebo guides, and Komodo National Park visitor logistics. This guide does not operate boats. Bookings are fulfilled by Komodo Luxury, and this site may earn a referral commission. Every trip named on the site - private driver, car hire, overland tour, boat, liveaboard or yacht - is operated and invoiced by Komodo Luxury (komodoluxury.com), operated by PT. Komodo Bahari Nusantara (KBLI 79120), part of the same Juara Holding Group network.",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-08-29",
  "notServices": "This site does not sell, broker, or manage real estate, private islands, resorts, or villas, and it does not set, collect, or charge official park fees — all government tariffs referenced on this site are cited from the official KSDAE source above.",
  "routeCanonNote": "Trans-Flores Highway, Labuan Bajo to Maumere: 532 km, 16.5-21 hours of driving, normally spread over 5-7 days. Legs: Labuan Bajo-Ruteng 135 km / 4-5 h; Ruteng-Bajawa 130 km / 4-5 h; Bajawa-Ende 120 km / 4-5 h; Ende-Moni 52 km / 1.5-2 h; Moni-Maumere 95 km / 3-4 h. Labuan Bajo to Moni (Kelimutu) is 437 km; Labuan Bajo to Ende direct via Bajawa is 385 km; Ende to Maumere via Moni is 147 km; Maumere to Larantuka is 137 km, making the full highway Labuan Bajo to Larantuka 670 km. Bajawa to Riung is 71 km (2.5-3 hours by private car, 3.5-6 hours by public bus); Labuan Bajo to Riung is 336 km via Ruteng and Bajawa. Flores island measures 354 km west to east. Distances are road distances and times are typical dry-season driving times excluding stops.",
  "elevationCanonNote": "Town elevations on the Trans-Flores route: Labuan Bajo sea level, Ruteng about 1,200 m, Bajawa about 1,100 m, Ende sea level, Moni about 750 m, Maumere sea level, giving a net altitude change of 0 m across the traverse. The Kelimutu summit is 1,639 m and is reached on foot at dawn from Moni; it is not a point the highway crosses, and the road's own high point is Ruteng at about 1,200 m.",
  "seasonCanonNote": "Dry season on Flores runs April to November; wet season runs December to March. Inside the dry season, June to September is the calmest and most reliable sailing window, and July and August are the busiest and priciest months. The two-season split is BMKG's monsoon zoning for East Nusa Tenggara; BMKG is cited on this site for that classification only and is not the source of any narrower window. Rainfall varies west to east, so these ranges describe the general pattern rather than a forecast for a given week.",
  "driverRateCanonNote": "Private car with driver on Flores, 2026, per vehicle per day with fuel included: IDR 700,000-1,500,000 across all car classes. By class: MPV (Avanza / Xenia) IDR 700,000-950,000; Toyota Innova class IDR 950,000-1,250,000; 4WD or higher-clearance IDR 1,000,000-1,500,000; Hiace / ELF minibus (10-15 seats) IDR 1,300,000-1,800,000, quoted separately from the car band. The rate covers fuel for the agreed route, the driver's meals and the driver's lodging on multi-day trips; it excludes park and site entrance fees, village guide fees, your own meals and tips. A separately hired licensed English-speaking guide is about USD 40-60 per day. Full class table: https://floresislandtravel.com/flores-private-driver/",
  "journeyTimeCanonNote": "Journey times, canon August 2026, one value per fact. Flight Denpasar/Bali (DPS) to Labuan Bajo (LBJ): about 1 hour 15 minutes (published schedules for the airlines currently on the route run 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes; carriers change, so check the airline's own schedule rather than a fixed roster of names). Wae Rebo, walk in from Denge: 3-4 hours uphill on a forest trail, and a comparable walk back down (Ministry of Tourism, indonesia.travel). Wae Rebo village elevation: about 1,100 m above sea level; the ~1,200 m figure belongs to Ruteng, not to the village. Padar Island viewpoint: 30-45 minutes on foot each way from the boat landing. Labuan Bajo to Padar Island by speedboat: roughly 45-90 minutes, the same band as Rinca; Labuan Bajo to Komodo Island by speedboat: roughly 1.5-2 hours; the wooden slow boats take 2-3 hours or more to Padar and 4-5 hours or more to Komodo Island. Manta Point (Karang Makassar): working depth roughly 8-18 m, shallow enough to snorkel; 10-30 m figures describe other Komodo sites or visibility, not this one. Kelimutu, car park to the main viewpoint: 20-30 minutes on foot over roughly 1.5 km of paved path and stone steps. Moni to the Kelimutu National Park entrance and car park: 30-45 minutes by car over roughly 13 km of winding uphill road. Minimum distance from a Komodo dragon: at least 5 metres, always with a licensed park ranger. Flight Jakarta (CGK) to Labuan Bajo (LBJ): about 2 hours 30 minutes non-stop (published schedules about 2 hours 20 minutes to 2 hours 40 minutes); the route is flown non-stop daily, so a figure quoted \"with a stop\" describes a connecting itinerary, not the direct service. Ruteng to the Denge trailhead for Wae Rebo: about 2.5 to 3 hours by car over roughly 60-70 km of narrow mountain road. Moni to Maumere: 95 km, 3-4 hours by road. Air temperature on the Flores coast and lowlands: about 24-32 C, with highland towns cooler (Ruteng and Bajawa to about 15 C at night, the Kelimutu viewpoint 10-15 C before dawn). Sea temperature in Komodo: 21-29 C by area and season (26-29 C north October-December, 21-24 C south July-August).",
  "dragonPopulationCanonNote": "Komodo dragon population, canon August 2026. Balai Taman Nasional Komodo's annual monitoring counted 3,270 dragons inside the park in 2024 and 3,396 in 2023; the Ministry of Forestry states the current figure as 3,270, published with a margin of error. Roughly 700 more live on mainland Flores outside the park, and a further group is held ex situ. The IUCN's 2021 Red List assessment lists Varanus komodoensis as Endangered with fewer than 1,400 mature individuals worldwide. UNESCO's World Heritage listing text still carries an older estimate; that number predates the Indonesian government's annual surveys, must not be presented as a current count, and must not be reconciled with the monitoring figures by claiming it includes the dragons on mainland Flores outside the park.",
  "dragonPopulationSource": [
    "https://www.antaranews.com/berita/4696657/balai-tnk-sebut-populasi-satwa-komodo-relatif-stabil",
    "https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22884/123633058",
    "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/609/"
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      "name": "Wae Rebo",
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  "boatPriceCanonNote": "Komodo boat and charter prices, canon August 2026, one value per fact. Every figure is a published starting rate on the rate card of Komodo Luxury (PT. Komodo Bahari Nusantara, KBLI 79120), the licensed operator that fulfils trips referenced on this site, read from that operator's own public pages on 28 August 2026; they are published from-rates for one operator, not a market survey and not a quote. Shared (open-trip) Komodo day trip: from USD 90 per person. Private speedboat Komodo day charter: from USD 800 per boat per day for the whole boat. Shared cabin on the standard 3D2N Komodo open trip: from USD 300 per person per voyage, rising to about USD 850 for the best cabin classes on the same vessel, with weekday departures from USD 220 per person. Private whole-boat charter: from USD 1,800 per yacht per night for the smallest boutique phinisi and from USD 5,300 per yacht per night at the entry-luxury tier. Published whole-boat span across the owned and vetted partner fleet: USD 1,800-30,000 per yacht per night; this site publishes no single ceiling figure above that span. Riung 17 Islands full-day private boat hire from Riung harbour: IDR 700,000-1,500,000 for the whole boat, set locally at the harbour. Komodo dive day trip, three dives, per person: IDR 1,800,000-3,300,000; the spread reflects what is bundled, since the top of the band is an all-inclusive published rate with park fees, equipment and lunch included while cheaper headline figures collect park fees separately at the dock.",
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    "https://www.komodoluxury.com/boat-charter/speedboat/",
    "https://www.komodoluxury.com/tour-packages/komodo-island-sailing-tour-packages/3d2n-komodo-tour/",
    "https://www.komodoluxury.com/tour-packages/komodo-island-sailing-tour-packages/private-trip/",
    "https://mantadivekomodo.com/komodo-diving-cost/"
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