In short. You reach Komodo National Park from Bali by flying to Labuan Bajo, and you move between the park's islands by boat. A foreigner's ticket under government regulation PP 36/2024 costs 250,000 rupiah per person per day, the same on weekdays and holidays, and it is bought only through the park authority's SiOra app. Since 1 April 2026 no more than 1,000 people a day are admitted to Komodo, Rinca, Padar and 23 dive sites, so in the season it is better to book a ticket for your date in advance. Choose a boat carefully: in December 2025 and October 2026 tourist pinisi boats sank in the park.
How to get there. Labuan Bajo is in the west of Flores island, and its airport is called Komodo. Domestic flights go there from the domestic terminal at Ngurah Rai: which airlines, how much baggage and what you are entitled to in a delay is in our guide on domestic flights from Bali. The park itself is the islands and the sea around them: Komodo, Rinca, Padar and spots for snorkelling and diving. From Labuan Bajo you reach them only by boat, for a day or with nights on board.
What entry costs. Park tariffs are set by government regulation PP 36/2024 on payments to the budget under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. According to the Komodo National Park authority (Antara, 26 October 2024), it has been in force since 30 October 2024 and replaced the old regulation of 2014.
- Foreigner: 250,000 rupiah per person per day, the same on weekdays and holidays. Before it was 150,000 rupiah.
- Indonesian citizen: 50,000 rupiah on weekdays and 75,000 rupiah on holidays.
- Diving: a separate ticket, 25,000 rupiah per person.
- Drone: 2,000,000 rupiah per device per day.
- Boat: the fee depends on engine power, and the authority did not name amounts in these reports.
In October 2025 the authority repeated the foreigner tariff of 250,000 rupiah (Antara, 31 October 2025). Local media retell differently what exactly the ticket includes and what is paid separately, so check the ticket contents in SiOra when you buy. Old articles mention an amount of 3.75 million rupiah: that is the history of 2022, when the provincial authorities announced a separate fee. In 2024 and 2025 the park authority names a tariff of 250,000 rupiah for a foreigner.
Tickets only through SiOra. According to the park authority (Antara, 31 October 2025), all tickets to the national park are sold through its SiOra app, with cashless payment only. The app is there so that tourists do not queue at the park's four ticket offices and buy a ticket before entry. In the same report the authority said that some guides, boatmen and travel agents took ticket money from tourists and did not pass it to the state: a patrol on 24 to 28 October 2025 found such underpayments of 68.4 million rupiah.
The limit of 1,000 people a day. The park authority announced the limit in October 2025: a trial period from January to March 2026, the full one from April (detikBali, 7 October 2025). The forestry minister confirmed that the limit has applied since 1 April 2026, covers the islands of Padar, Rinca and Komodo and the 23 dive sites around them, and that visits are split into three sessions: early morning, morning and evening (Okezone, 14 April 2026). The figure of 1,000 comes from a 2018 study of the park's capacity.
Where you can walk. Komodo means wild predators, and they are reached along trails with the park's local rangers. In February 2026 a patrol of the authority and the water police detained 16 foreigners on Rinca: they had no tickets, landed in a zone closed to tourists and came on a local boat on days when tourist trips were stopped (detikBali, 3 February 2026). The head of the authority called any tour without a permit a violation of the nature protection laws, and the case is being investigated.
Boats: what happened. On 26 December 2025 at about 21:00 local time the tourist pinisi Putri Sakinah sank in the strait by Padar island. There were 11 people on board, and by 1 January seven had been rescued, while four, among them a coach of a Spanish club and his three children, were still being searched for. According to the transport minister (InvestorTrust, 1 January 2026), the boat had a permit to sail from the KSOP port authority, and such a permit is issued only after a weather forecast from BMKG. After the wreck KSOP Labuan Bajo closed sea trips, reopened them on 10 January 2026 and banned boats from moving at night in dangerous places, including crossing the Padar strait; tours of three days and two nights are allowed with overnight stops at anchor (Metro TV, 9 January 2026). On 13 October 2026 a current swamped the pinisi Feronia with 30 people, 21 of them foreigners, at the Batu Bolong point; the details are in our news item on the sinking of the Feronia.
How to prepare, step by step.
- Buy a flight to Labuan Bajo and check the baggage allowance with the carrier.
- Choose the tour dates and buy the park ticket through SiOra in your own name. If an agent sells the tour, ask to see a SiOra ticket in your name.
- On the day of sailing, ask the captain whether the KSOP permit to sail today has been received, and look for where the life jackets for everyone are on board.
- Before sailing, open the BMKG marine forecast at maritim.bmkg.go.id and do not go to sea if high waves are announced for the Komodo area.
- On the islands walk only with a ranger and only on permitted trails.
Our advice: in the rainy season leave a spare day in your plan. Sailings are closed because of weather, and a tour may slip. Check whether your insurance covers sea trips and diving, and do not get on a boat that plans to cross the Padar strait at night. We have a separate guide on currents and flags on the water.
What this means for you. A trip to Komodo from Bali is still simple, but the ticket is now tied to a date and a limit, and it is safer to pay for it yourself through SiOra. The tariff figures are taken from reports of the park authority under regulation PP 36/2024 (checked on 5 November 2026); the official text of the regulation could not be opened that day, so check the price in the app before you travel.