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A private phinisi under sail at sunset in the Flores Sea
A luxury sailing yacht off the limestone cliffs of Komodo
Sailing through the islands of Komodo National Park
A liveaboard at anchor as the sun drops behind the islands

Flores · Komodo · Indonesia

Private charters, cruises and tours in Flores

Private phinisi charters, cruises, diving and Trans-Flores road journeys — operated with our sister company Komodo Luxury.

Plan your journey Seven ways to travel
From 1,500+ guests
Owned vessels
Vetted partner boats
Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice

The other thing

Search for luxury in Flores and you will find pages of budget boats wearing the word. We are the other thing: an operator that owns its ships, employs its crews and builds each journey around the people on board.

Flores Luxury is the luxury travel brand of Juara Holding Group, and every voyage is operated with Komodo Luxury — one group, one standard, one line of accountability.

Guests on the foredeck of a private charter in the Flores Sea

Nine ships
we actually own

We sail our own ships first: 9 owned vessels, from intimate two-cabin phinisi to full-deck charter yachts. When your dates or group size call for more, we draw on a separately vetted network of over 200 partner boats. Owning the fleet changes what we can promise — cabin plans, crew rosters and safety equipment are things we manage, not things we forward from a supplier.

Crews we train ourselves
Captains, guides and chefs who work the same waters all season — not freelancers assembled the night before departure.
Safety as a system
Navigation, life equipment and weather calls managed centrally across the fleet, every sailing, every season.
Chef-led galleys
Provisioned in Labuan Bajo, cooked fresh on board and tuned to your table — from long lunches at anchor to deck dinners under sail.
A Komodo Luxury liveaboard at anchor off a limestone island

What we run

Seven ways to travel Flores in style

Every journey we run belongs to one of seven signatures, each with its own fleet logic and planning page. Start where your trip starts — at sea, on the road, or both.

Signature routes

Across the Flores Sea

In Flores, getting there is half the journey. These are the four movements we plan most often, each with its own route guide and honest timings.

Already sketching a route? Send it to our crew on WhatsApp and you will have a tailored quote within 24 hours.

Destinations worth slowing down for

Komodo's dragons and dive sites sit just offshore of west Flores, but the island keeps giving long after the park boundary. Each of these pairs naturally with a sailing stage, so land days never feel like a detour.

Why travel with Flores Luxury

Plenty of websites sell Flores. Very few operate it. The difference shows up in the details you cannot see from a booking page — and in the ones you can.

Operated, not resold

Voyages run with our sister company Komodo Luxury — the operator behind the boats, the crews and the standards.

A real fleet

9 owned vessels, plus a separately vetted network of 200+ partner boats for scale and special requests.

Recognised service

Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice 2025 and 2026, awarded to Komodo Luxury.

Tailor-made first

Built around your dates, your party and your pace — sea, land or both.

One conversation

A single WhatsApp thread from first question to boarding, with a tailored quote within 24 hours.

Timing

When to go, and for how long

The Flores Sea is at its calmest from April to October, which is when most sailing journeys run at their best; the months either side reward travellers who prefer fewer boats on the water. Timing shapes everything from manta encounters to summit sunrises.

One practical note: the luxury end of the fleet books out first in the July–August peak, so the earlier the conversation starts, the more of the sea you get to choose from.

Best time to visit Flores Flores itineraries
Calm seas and clear skies over the Flores Sea in the dry season

Before you write

Frequently asked questions

4.9/5

Rated 4.9/5 by 1,500+ guests

Komodo Luxury, the operator of our voyages, holds a 4.9/5 rating from more than 1,500 verified guests. Behind the number the same themes repeat: crews who anticipate rather than react, food that outperforms the setting, and the quiet luxury of having a stretch of sea entirely to yourselves.

Those ratings were earned across thousands of sailing days, on the same vessels and with the same crews you will travel with. Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice 2025 and 2026.

Plan your Flores journey

Tell us your dates, your party and the pace you like to travel. We reply personally — not with a form letter — with a route, boats and a tailored quote within 24 hours.

Start the conversation

Planning more of your trip? Explore luxury Labuan Bajo travel and liveaboards to round out your plans.