For 2027, budget roughly IDR 400,000–550,000 (about USD
25–35) per foreign visitor per day inside Komodo National Park, made up
of the base entrance ticket plus separate activity fees — snorkeling,
trekking, wildlife observation — and mandatory ranger fees at the dragon
sites. There is no single “Komodo ticket.” The park charges by
component, per day, and the exact stack depends on what you do that day.
This guide itemises every line so nothing on your invoice is a
surprise.
I am Jo Rangga, and my team settles these fees at the park gates for
every departure we run — over 300 since 2016 — so the figures below come
from tickets we actually buy, not from forum threads. One honesty note
before the table: park tariffs are set by Indonesian government
regulation and can change with little notice. The current
framework is Government Regulation (PP) No. 36 of 2024 on non-tax state
revenue (PNBP) tariffs for the Ministry of Environment and Forestry,
administered locally by the Komodo National Park Office (Balai Taman
Nasional Komodo). Always treat any 2027 figure — including mine — as
“verify at booking,” which we do for every guest the week before
departure.
The fee components, one by
one
| Component | Who pays | Typical 2027 figure (IDR) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entrance ticket, foreign visitor | per person / day | 150,000 weekdays; 225,000 Sundays & public holidays | The base ticket everything else stacks on |
| Entrance ticket, Indonesian visitor | per person / day | 5,000–20,000 | Domestic rate, KTP required |
| Ranger/naturalist guide fee | per group (max ~5) | 120,000–200,000 per site | Mandatory at Loh Liang (Komodo) and Loh Buaya (Rinca) |
| Trekking fee | per person | 5,000–15,000 | Charged at hiking sites incl. Padar |
| Snorkeling fee | per person / day | 15,000–25,000 | Any day you enter the water |
| Diving fee | per person / day | 25,000–35,000 | Replaces snorkeling fee on dive days |
| Wildlife observation fee | per person | 10,000–15,000 | Applied at dragon-viewing sites |
| Boat entry/anchorage | per vessel / day | 100,000–300,000 by size | Paid by the operator — check it is included |
| Still camera fee | per device | 0–50,000 | Professional/commercial shoots pay more |
| Drone permit | per drone | Special permit via park office | Not a gate ticket — see park rules |
Rates are the published PNBP-framework figures as applied through
late 2026; Sunday/holiday surcharges apply to the entrance ticket
only.
What a real 5-day trip pays
On our standard route, you are inside the park boundaries on three of
the five days (Days 2–4). A typical foreign guest’s park-fee stack looks
like this:
- Day 2 (Padar + Pink Beach + Komodo/Loh Liang):
entrance 150,000 + trekking 10,000 + snorkeling 20,000 + wildlife
observation 10,000 + share of ranger fee ~40,000 = ≈ IDR
230,000 - Day 3 (Manta Point + Kanawa/Taka Makassar):
entrance 150,000 + snorkeling 20,000 = ≈ IDR
170,000 - Day 4 (Rinca/Loh Buaya + Kelor): entrance 150,000 +
trekking 10,000 + wildlife observation 10,000 + ranger share ~40,000 =
≈ IDR 210,000
Total: about IDR 610,000 per person (~USD 38–40) for the
whole trip at weekday rates — more like IDR 760,000 if your
park days include a Sunday or public holiday. Divers add roughly IDR
30,000 per dive day. This is the exact line that appears as “park &
ranger fees” in the quotes we send; the complete trip budget, boat
included, is broken down on our 5 day Komodo
trip cost page.
Five things people
get wrong about the fees
1. There is no multi-day ticket. Entrance is charged
again each calendar day you are inside park waters. A 3-park-day trip
pays three times. No operator can “stretch” one ticket — if a cheap
quote seems to, the fees are simply being skipped, and ranger posts do
check.
2. Sunday costs more. The foreign entrance ticket
carries a ~50% surcharge on Sundays and Indonesian public holidays. On a
5-day plan we can often sequence your park days to avoid it — one of the
small routing tricks that pays for itself.
3. The ranger fee is per group, not per person.
Groups are capped (usually five guests per ranger) at Loh Liang and Loh
Buaya. A couple pays the same ranger fee as a family of five; solo
travellers on shared boats split it with cabin-mates.
4. “All park fees included” needs reading. Some
operators include only the entrance ticket and re-bill activity and
ranger fees in cash on board. Our quotes state the full stack in
writing. Whoever you book with, ask for the list in this article, line
by line.
5. Cash still rules at the gates. Card and QRIS
acceptance has improved at the main posts, but outages are routine. We
carry and settle fees for our guests; independent travellers should
bring IDR cash.
A note on the on-again, off-again “conservation
fee”: in 2022 a plan to introduce a IDR 3.75 million annual
membership for Komodo Island was announced and then postponed after
local consultation. Variants of this idea resurface in the news most
years. As of this writing no such scheme is in force for 2027 — but this
is exactly the kind of change we monitor through the park office and
communicate to booked guests immediately if it lands.
Where the money goes
PNBP receipts fund park operations: ranger patrols, the visitor
infrastructure at Loh Liang and Loh Buaya, and conservation monitoring
of a dragon population of roughly 3,000 individuals in the wild. Komodo
National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the fee system —
clunky as the stack can feel — is the mechanism that keeps it staffed.
We pay every line, every departure, and we itemise it so you can see we
did.
Get a fee-complete quote
If you want a 2027 quote where park fees are calculated for your
exact dates — weekday vs Sunday, snorkeler vs diver, group size for the
ranger split — start at the 5 Day
Komodo Trip homepage for the route overview, then send your dates
via the inquiry page
or WhatsApp me at wa.me/6281139414563. I will reply
with the full line-item stack, verified against the park office’s
current tariff sheet for your travel week.
Sources: Government Regulation (PP) No. 36/2024 on PNBP tariffs
applicable to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry; Komodo National
Park Office (Balai Taman Nasional Komodo), Labuan Bajo. Figures verified
against tickets purchased on 5 Day Komodo Trip departures through late
2026 — always reconfirm current tariffs before travel.