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Travel Guide

Season-by-season advice, hiking notes and honest comparisons from people who sail Komodo National Park every week of the year.

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13 June 2026

Flight, ferry or a boat trip you will never forget — every realistic way to get from Lombok to Labuan Bajo, with honest durations, costs and…

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4 June 2026

Dry season, manta season, crowd season — they are not the same thing. Our captains break down all twelve months so you can pick the right on…

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26 May 2026

The three-bay panorama is real, the staircase is honest work, and the timing makes all the difference. Everything we tell our own guests bef…

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17 May 2026

We sell both, so we have no horse in this race — only ten years of watching which guests come back happiest. Here is the honest comparison.

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8 May 2026

Why a quiet bay in Sumbawa offers the most reliable — and most ethical — whale shark encounter in Indonesia, and exactly how to do it right.

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29 April 2026

Three islands, three personalities, one flight east of Bali. Here is how to choose between them — or, better, how to string all three into a…

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