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A 50 to 60m yacht Raja Ampat in the dry-season window (October through April 2026 to 2027) runs $295,000 to $420,000 per week plus 28 to 35 percent APA, takes 10 to 14 guests across 6 to 8 cabins (the phinisi motor-sailor pool runs the higher-cabin layout at the bracket), and carries 14 to 22 crew. Raja Ampat at this LOA is an Indonesian remote-dive expedition product at 0 to 2 degrees south on the four-kings Misool, Salawati, Batanta, and Waigeo archipelago footprint, with the active 50 to 60m fleet at any peak-season week sitting at 3 to 6 hulls on the structural phinisi-motor-sailor base plus a thin motor-yacht overlay on prior positioning from the wider Indonesian or Southeast Asian basin. The bracket runs the destination on the Sorong port-of-entry base on the western Papuan mainland, the Wayag northern karst-cluster bracket on the northern Waigeo reach, the Dampier Strait central-channel dive product between Waigeo and Batanta, and the Misool southern marine-reserve footprint on the southern Pacific reach. The Indonesian KKPI cruising permit, the CAIT clearance, and the Raja Ampat regional conservation-fee framework (the Tarif Layanan Konservasi structure at IDR 1,000,000 per foreign guest on the standing schedule) run the bracket's clearance structure on the prior agent coordination through the Sorong harbour master.
Why the bracket calls Raja Ampat specifically
The Wayag northern karst-cluster expedition product. The Wayag Islands on the northern Waigeo reach at 0 degrees 11 minutes north hold the bracket's marquee shore programme on the karst-cone formation and the Mount Pindito viewpoint shore daylight (the structurally tight 45-minute climb with the prior captain-coordinated guide on the Wayag ranger station). The Wayag lagoon protected hold runs the Pacific blacktip-shark daylight on the inner lagoon and the manta-cleaning station daylight on the prior tide-window check. The Wayag call sits 8 to 12 hours of overnight transit north of the Dampier Strait central footprint and runs the bracket-fit 3 to 5 night extension on the wider dry-season routing.
The Dampier Strait central-channel dive product. The Dampier Strait between Waigeo and Batanta at 0 degrees 30 minutes south holds the bracket's structural dive product on the Cape Kri pinnacle (the Conservation International 2002 fish-count standing reference at 374 species on a single 90-minute dive), the Mioskon and Sardine Reef pinnacle dives, the Manta Sandy cleaning-station daylight at the Arborek northern face (the manta encounter on the inner-strait tide window), and the Friwen Wall sloping-wall dive on the prior captain-coordinated dive-team routine. The Dampier Strait runs the central PADI IDC-certified dive team product on the bracket-fit Raja Ampat week and the dive-team bench is the structural question at the bracket.
The Misool southern marine-reserve product. Misool on the southern reach at 1 degree 50 minutes south holds the bracket's south-Raja-Ampat product on the limestone-karst lagoon and the prehistoric rock-art shore daylight (the Tomolol cave painting and the Keramat rock-art shore call on the prior commercial-tender coordination), the Boo Windows soft-coral pinnacle, the Magic Mountain pinnacle, and the Yilliet anchor with the protected lagoon hold. The Misool Eco Resort marine-reserve framework runs the bracket's wider conservation-fee structure on the prior Misool Foundation coordination.
The Sorong port-of-entry base. Sorong on the western Papuan mainland at 0 degrees 53 minutes south handles the bracket clearance through the Indonesian KKPI and CAIT framework on the prior agent coordination through the Sorong harbour master. The Sorong port runs the structural fuel-and-provisioning base on the wider Raja Ampat routing, but the Sorong alongside reads structurally short for the bracket-fit guest embarkation on the commercial-port basis and the bracket-fit guest pickup runs the captain's-tender shore at the Sorong domestic-airport (SOQ) dock. SOQ takes the connection from Jakarta (CGK), Makassar (UPG), and Bali (DPS) on the Garuda Indonesia and the Lion Air daily-rotation structure with the bracket-fit guest routing on the JKT or DPS overnight on the wider transcontinental routing from JFK, LHR, FRA, DXB, SIN, and HKG.
Weekly rate map for dry season 2026 to 2027
Rates below are firm dry-season pricing (October 2026 through April 2027), before APA at 28 to 35 percent (the higher APA reflects the structurally higher Indonesian remote-supply fuel and provisioning cost on the wider Raja Ampat routing and the conservation-fee structure) and gratuity at 10 to 15 percent. The Raja Ampat conservation-fee tag (the IDR 1,000,000 per foreign guest standing schedule), the KKPI cruising-permit fee, the Misool Foundation marine-reserve coordination, and the Sorong harbour master clearance run through the APA on the daily basis. The Indonesian VAT structure on the chartering activity applies through the captain's-agent prior coordination at the contract.
| LOA bracket | Motor yacht (low to high) | Phinisi motor-sailor (low to high) |
|---|---|---|
| 50 to 53m | $295K to $335K per week | $235K to $275K per week |
| 53 to 57m | $335K to $375K per week | $275K to $315K per week |
| 57 to 60m | $375K to $420K per week | $315K to $360K per week |
The peak dry-season window runs late October through mid-April on the structural Pacific dry-season calendar and pulls a 6 to 12 percent premium against the early October and the late April shoulder edges. The December-through-March central peak runs the structurally tight allocation on the phinisi pool. The Raja Ampat all-in week at the bracket runs roughly 12 to 18 percent above the equivalent Indonesian Komodo Park dry-season week on the structurally remote routing and supply chain, roughly 6 to 12 percent below the equivalent Maldives dry-season week on the lower fuel cost, and roughly 4 to 8 percent above the equivalent Thai Phuket dry-season week on the wider supply structure. For broader context see 50-60m Komodo, 50-60m Thailand Phuket, and the Southeast Asia charter season how-to.
What the bracket buys you in this bracket
Cabins. Six standard on the motor yacht layout. Eight to ten on the phinisi motor-sailor pool (the structurally larger phinisi accommodates a higher guest-and-dive-crew count on the bracket-fit Raja Ampat week). The Raja Ampat dry-season pool runs the on-deck master plus VIP plus four to six guest doubles as the layout, calibrated to the multi-couple Pacific dry-season dive-week pattern.
Crew. Fourteen to twenty-two. The Raja Ampat call rewards a captain bench with prior Sorong harbour master clearance routine, prior Wayag and Dampier Strait routing through the karst-cluster narrow-channel pilotage, prior Misool Eco Resort marine-reserve coordination, prior KKPI cruising-permit handling, and prior dive-product captain-and-team integration. The chef bench runs the Indonesian Pacific and Sulawesi pool with the Sorong wet-market and the Misool Foundation locally-sourced supply network (the limited Raja Ampat fresh-supply window runs through the Sorong outbound restock on the wider 7-day cycle). The dive-team bench with PADI IDC certification on the bracket-fit dive product is the structural load-bearing question on the wider Cape Kri and Manta Sandy daily routine, and the dedicated dive-tender and dive-master complement reads as the bracket-fit constant.
Tenders. Primary 10 to 11m fast tender plus a 7 to 8m beach tender plus a chase boat plus a dedicated dive tender plus a tender garage water-toy load. The Wayag Mount Pindito shore landing, the Dampier Strait Cape Kri dive entry, the Manta Sandy cleaning-station daylight, the Misool Tomolol cave and Boo Windows shore programme, and the Arborek and Kri village shore call run tender-heavy on the wider daily programme. The Sorong base shore shuttle takes the primary on the SOQ dock-to-yacht transfer at the guest embarkation.
At-anchor stabilizers. Recommended on the motor-yacht pool, not load-bearing on the phinisi pool. The Raja Ampat protected lagoon hold (Wayag inner lagoon, Misool Yilliet, Dampier Strait protected face) runs the structurally light-swell window through the central dry-season calendar (the 0.5 to 1.5 metre residual Pacific swell on the open central reach and the zero-swell hold on the inner-lagoon footprint). The 2018-and-newer motor-yacht hulls running the zero-speed product hold the bracket fit on the wider dry-season corridor.
Beach club. Load-bearing at the bracket. The Raja Ampat water temperature runs 27 to 30 degrees through the central dry-season window and the beach club open-platform daylight runs the structural day-anchor swim and dive-entry programme. The bracket-fit guest dive and snorkel routine runs the open beach-club deck on the Cape Kri pre-dive briefing and the Manta Sandy at-anchor hold on the daily structure.
Helipad. Structurally short at the bracket. The Raja Ampat regional Sorong-base helicopter infrastructure runs on the thin standing-commercial basis, the cross-archipelago shore daylight reads the structural tender-and-overnight transit shape on the wider routing, and the Cat A helipad reads as structurally light at the bracket relative to the wider Raja Ampat product. The bracket-fit Raja Ampat week routes the cross-archipelago programme on the prior captain-and-tender coordination rather than the helicopter shuttle.
Trip shape that fits the bracket
The bracket's Raja Ampat call sits inside a 10 to 14 night Indonesian Pacific dry-season programme rather than a 7-night Mediterranean-style port-of-call rotation because the 240-kilometre Sorong-to-Wayag northern reach, the 280-kilometre Sorong-to-Misool southern reach, and the central Dampier Strait daily dive routine run the destination on the structurally long footprint. The 10-night central Raja Ampat routing runs Sorong embarkation, one night at the Sorong outer roads for the clearance and the dive-team briefing, three nights through the Dampier Strait central channel with the Cape Kri, Mioskon, Manta Sandy, Sardine Reef, and Friwen Wall daily dive product, the northbound transit to Wayag with the overnight passage, two nights at the Wayag northern karst-cluster with the Mount Pindito shore daylight and the inner-lagoon blacktip-shark daylight, two nights on the southbound return through the Kabui Bay and the Aljui Bay pearl-farm shore call on the western Waigeo face, one night on the Pulau Mansuar central Dampier Strait return anchor, one night at Sorong for the disembark.
The 14-night Wayag-Dampier-Misool full-archipelago routing runs Sorong embarkation, one night at the Sorong outer roads for the clearance, two nights through the Dampier Strait with the central-channel daily dive product, the northbound transit to Wayag, two nights at the Wayag northern karst-cluster with the Mount Pindito and the Wayag lagoon daylight, two nights on the southbound transit through the central Dampier Strait return with the Friwen Wall and the Mioskon daily dive, the southbound passage to Misool, three nights through the Misool southern marine-reserve with the Tomolol cave shore daylight, the Boo Windows soft-coral pinnacle, the Magic Mountain pinnacle, and the Yilliet lagoon anchor, two nights on the northbound return through the Misool-to-Sorong passage with the structurally tight overnight transit, one night at Sorong for the disembark. Fourteen nights. The bracket-fit Wayag-Dampier-Misool structural shape that holds the destination's strongest product separation.
The 7-night Raja Ampat short loop runs the structural minimum at the bracket on the Dampier Strait central footprint only, but reads structurally short of the Wayag and Misool wider product. We would route the 10-night minimum on the bracket-fit Raja Ampat week.
What the bracket does not do well at Raja Ampat
The May through September southeasterly trade-wind plan. The Raja Ampat southeasterly trade-wind window from May through September runs the structurally heavier swell on the Wayag and the Misool open reach (the Pacific southeast monsoon push), the wider rainfall on the central Dampier Strait corridor, and the reduced dive-visibility window. We would pass on any May through September Raja Ampat plan and route the bracket on the wider Indonesian Komodo Park dry-season window or the Indian Ocean Maldives dry-season for the same calendar.
The non-permit cruise plan. The Raja Ampat regional conservation-fee framework and the KKPI cruising-permit structure run the load-bearing prior coordination on the bracket-fit yacht-charter and the captain's agent runs the prior application on the 8 to 16 week lead-time basis. The walk-up plan without the confirmed KKPI or the Raja Ampat conservation-fee tag reads as the structural blocker at the bracket. We would pass on any unconfirmed permit plan and require the KKPI and the conservation-fee structure in writing through the captain's office at the contract.
The non-IDC-certified dive team. The bracket-fit Raja Ampat product runs the central Cape Kri, Manta Sandy, and Misool Boo Windows daily dive routine on the PADI IDC-certified dive team and the dive-master complement at the dedicated tender. The non-IDC-certified dive team on the bracket-fit Raja Ampat week reads as the structural blocker on the daily product. We would pass on any non-IDC dive-team plan and route the central dive product through the bracket-fit dive-team complement.
The walk-up alongside-marina plan at Sorong. The Sorong commercial port runs the structural fuel-and-provisioning base on the wider Raja Ampat routing, but the Sorong alongside reads structurally short for the bracket-fit guest embarkation on the commercial-traffic structure and the bracket-fit guest routing runs the captain's-tender shore at the SOQ dock on the prior coordination. We would pass on the Sorong walk-up alongside plan and route the guest embarkation through the tender shore shuttle.
What to book
For two couples, 10-night central Raja Ampat routing in late November with Sorong embarkation, one night at the Sorong outer roads for the clearance, three nights through the Dampier Strait with the Cape Kri, Manta Sandy, and Friwen Wall daily dive product, the northbound transit to Wayag, two nights at the Wayag northern karst-cluster with the Mount Pindito shore daylight, two nights on the southbound return through the Kabui Bay and the Aljui Bay pearl-farm shore call, one night on the Pulau Mansuar central return anchor, one night at Sorong for the disembark: a 53 to 55m motor yacht or a structurally upper-end phinisi motor-sailor, 6 to 8 cabins, twin tenders plus chase plus dedicated dive tender, load-bearing beach club on the Pacific swim and dive product, captain bench on the Sorong KKPI clearance and the Wayag karst-cluster narrow-channel routine. Budget $360K per week, all-in roughly $490K including APA at 31 percent. Lead time 10 to 16 months for the late-November central-peak window.
For a family of 10, 14-night Wayag-Dampier-Misool full-archipelago routing in early February with the structural-fit motor-yacht hull on the bracket-fit upper end, two nights through the Dampier Strait, two nights at the Wayag northern karst-cluster, two nights on the southbound central Dampier return, the southbound passage to Misool, three nights through the Misool southern marine-reserve with the Tomolol cave and the Boo Windows pinnacle, two nights on the northbound return, one night at Sorong for the disembark: a 56 to 58m motor yacht with the IDC-grade dive team and the full dive-tender complement, 6 cabins, captain bench on the Misool Foundation marine-reserve coordination and the Misool-to-Sorong overnight transit routine. Budget $400K per week, all-in roughly $545K. Lead time 12 to 18 months.
Inventory
The live 50 to 60m Raja Ampat dry-season inventory updates weekly through the October to April calendar.. For broker-side inquiry, see the brokers pillar and the Southeast Asia charter season how-to.