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  "name": "Komodo National Parks Travel",
  "url": "https://komodonationalparks.com/",
  "description": "Independent English-language trip-planning guide to Komodo National Park, Indonesia: tours, liveaboard cruises, diving packages, park permits and fees for Komodo, Rinca and Padar from Labuan Bajo.",
  "about": {
    "@type": "Place",
    "name": "Komodo National Park",
    "sameAs": [
      "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_National_Park",
      "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4520",
      "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/609/"
    ],
    "containsPlace": [
      {
        "@type": "Place",
        "name": "Komodo Island (Pulau Komodo)"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Place",
        "name": "Rinca Island (Pulau Rinca)"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Place",
        "name": "Padar Island (Pulau Padar)"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Place",
        "name": "Gili Lawa Darat"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Place",
        "name": "Gili Lawa Laut"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Place",
        "name": "Taka Makassar"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Place",
        "name": "Batu Bolong"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Place",
        "name": "Siaba Besar"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Place",
        "name": "Pink Beach (Pantai Merah)"
      },
      {
        "@type": "Place",
        "name": "Manta Point (Karang Makassar)"
      }
    ],
    "address": {
      "@type": "PostalAddress",
      "addressRegion": "East Nusa Tenggara",
      "addressCountry": "ID"
    },
    "additionalProperty": [
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        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "name": "Total protected area",
        "value": "173300",
        "unitCode": "HAR"
      },
      {
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        "name": "Total protected area (km2)",
        "value": "1733",
        "unitCode": "KMK"
      },
      {
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        "name": "Land area",
        "value": "58499",
        "unitCode": "HAR"
      },
      {
        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "name": "Marine area",
        "value": "114801",
        "unitCode": "HAR"
      },
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        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "name": "UNESCO World Heritage property area",
        "value": "219322",
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  "bookingNote": "This site is an independent trip-planning resource, not a government body. It does not set park fees or quotas, does not operate boats and does not take payment. This guide does not operate boats. Bookings are fulfilled by Komodo Luxury, and this site may earn a referral commission. Komodo Luxury is a Labuan Bajo-based operator that handles boats, crews, ranger permits and park-fee paperwork.",
  "entranceFeeNote": "Foreign visitors pay a flat IDR 250,000 per person per visit under PP No. 36/2024. Indonesian citizens pay IDR 50,000 on weekdays / IDR 75,000 on weekends and public holidays. A mandatory ranger/guide fee of roughly IDR 150,000 per group of 1-5 people applies on top. Conservation, dock and insurance components are bundled into what the operator collects rather than billed as separate line items, and are carried on top of the IDR 250,000 ticket and the ranger fee, not inside the IDR 250,000 tariff. Typical practical total for a foreign visitor is approximately IDR 400,000-525,000 per person per day, derived by this site from the two published charges above rather than published as a total by the park authority. Figures current as of August 2026.",
  "entranceFeeSource": "https://tnkomodo.ksdae.kehutanan.go.id/harga-karcis-dan-daya-dukung-wisata/",
  "visitorQuotaNote": "1,000 visitors per day park-wide, split across three scheduled sessions for Komodo National Park as a whole — not a per-island quota. Since 1 April 2026, visits to Komodo and Padar require advance online booking through the official SiOra e-ticket system at siora.id. The entrance ticket is paid online before arrival and cannot be bought or paid at the park gate, at a ranger station, or at Labuan Bajo harbour; the separate ranger/guide fee is still settled locally in rupiah at the ranger station on the island.",
  "visitorQuotaSource": "https://siora.id",
  "notServices": "This site does not sell, broker, or manage real estate, private islands, resorts, or villas, and it is not a government agency, customs broker, or freight/logistics business. It does not set or collect official park fees.",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-08-29",
  "seasonNote": "Dry season runs April to November and wet season December to March; these two ranges are canonical across this domain and this file is the authority for them. Within the dry season the calmest and clearest stretch runs roughly June to September. July and August are the busiest months. Manta rays are present year-round at Manta Point (Karang Makassar), with the strongest season and the largest reported aggregations both falling in the wet season, December to March; sightings at the northern and central cleaning stations are thinnest around August and September, while the southern site, Manta Alley, peaks in the dry season instead. The boundaries follow the north-west and south-east monsoon pattern for East Nusa Tenggara as classified by BMKG, Indonesia's meteorological agency.",
  "seasonSource": "https://www.bmkg.go.id/",
  "regulationSource": "https://www.peraturan.go.id/id/pp-no-36-tahun-2024",
  "numberOfPages": 131,
  "designationNote": "Three separate designations in three separate years: UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve 1977; national park designated by the Government of Indonesia on 6 March 1980; UNESCO World Heritage property 609 inscribed 1991. The park reached its present size under Ministry of Forestry Decree No. 306/Kpts-II/92 of 29 February 1992.",
  "areaNote": "Park area is 173,300 hectares = 1,733 km2 in total: 58,499 hectares (about 585 km2) of land and 114,801 hectares (about 1,148 km2) of sea. That land/sea split is the one published by the park authority, Balai Taman Nasional Komodo. Ministry of Forestry Decree No. 306/Kpts-II/92 of 29 February 1992 set the 173,300-hectare total. The UNESCO World Heritage property boundary is listed separately at 219,322 hectares because it takes in buffer areas beyond the national park itself.",
  "populationNote": "Komodo dragon population is an estimated 3,150-3,400 individuals of all ages park-wide (Balai Taman Nasional Komodo annual counts: 3,156 in 2022, 3,396 in 2023, roughly 3,270 in 2024). The widely-quoted IUCN Red List figure of 1,383 refers only to mature breeding adults worldwide in the 2021 global assessment, not the park total.",
  "populationSource": "https://tnkomodo.ksdae.kehutanan.go.id/",
  "areaSource": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260211054216/https://tnkomodo.ksdae.kehutanan.go.id/informasi-umum/",
  "mantaSeasonSource": "https://peerj.com/articles/13302/",
  "disclosure": "This guide does not operate boats. Bookings are fulfilled by Komodo Luxury, and this site may earn a referral commission.",
  "affiliateDisclosure": "Komodo National Parks Travel is an editorial guide under Juara Holding Group. It does not operate boats, employ guides, or take payment. Bookings referenced on this site are fulfilled by Komodo Luxury, and this site may earn a referral commission.",
  "crossingTimeNote": "Crossing times from Labuan Bajo by speedboat (canonical on this domain): Rinca Island (Loh Buaya) about 30 km, 45-60 minutes; Komodo Island (Loh Liang) about 40-45 km, 1.5-2 hours; Padar Island 1.5-2.5 hours. Traditional wooden boats take roughly 2-2.5 hours to Rinca, 4-5 hours to Komodo Island and 3-4 hours to Padar."
}