Komodo National Park fee for foreigners: who pays what

By Komodo National Park Fee Editorial Desk

Sourced figures: fees in the table carry their source and check month. They are official or third-party figures, not our offers, and they change. This guide is not the park authority.

The Komodo National Park fee for foreigners is one flat entrance rate per person per day, set on the park authority's tariff poster under Government Regulation 36/2024. It does not rise on Sundays or holidays, and it appears in the price table on this page. No line on the poster gives KITAS holders or children a different rate.

What is the Komodo National Park fee for foreigners?

Foreign tourists have a single entrance line on the poster published by the park authority. The unit is per person per day and the figure is in rupiah. The price table on this page repeats that line with its source, and the full entrance fee list sets it beside every other official tariff.

The words "per day" decide the sum. Two adults on a three-day trip come to six person-days, which is a different sum from two tickets. How the last morning of a liveaboard is counted rests on an operator's reading, covered in our guide to the Komodo fee per day.

Official tariffs are set in rupiah and exchange rates move, so a dollar figure in a quote is somebody's conversion. This page does not publish one.

Is there a holiday rate for foreigners?

Not on current sources. The poster lists the foreign ticket only in its weekday-and-Saturday panel, and its Sunday and holiday panel has no foreign line. The park head told Antara that foreigners pay the same on holidays and working days.

Government Regulation 36/2024 points the same way. The line that puts holiday prices at 150% of normal names Indonesian tourists and student groups, with no mention of foreign tourists.

Why do older articles show a different foreign rate?

Because the structure changed on 30 October 2024. According to CNN Indonesia, foreigners paid a lower entrance ticket before that date, a higher price on holidays, and separate activity tickets on top. An article that mentions a foreign holiday surcharge, or an add-on for trekking, may simply be describing the old system. Check its publication date before you trust the arithmetic.

Why do foreigners pay more than Indonesians?

The tariff is written that way, and none of the sources on this page gives a separate reason for the gap. Forestry Minister Regulation 17/2025 places Komodo in Class 1 of national park entrance tickets, and the Class 1 foreign tariff in Government Regulation 36/2024 matches the park's poster. So the foreign line is national law applied to a class of park. It is not a figure chosen by rangers or sellers.

The park head did explain the size of the 2024 increase, telling CNN Indonesia it reflected inflation in the decade since the 2014 regulation. That accounts for the price moving. It does not account for two groups paying different amounts.

Do residents with a KITAS pay the Indonesian rate?

Only the park can say. The poster separates foreign and Indonesian tourists and says nothing about foreign residents in either direction.

The park authority is the place to settle it. Its contact details are on our contact page. Ask before you reserve, name your permit type, and keep the reply in writing. This guide does not answer for the park.

Is there a child rate?

Not on the poster, which has no child or infant line and gives no age for free entry. Neptune Liveaboards and Komodo Guide claim otherwise without naming a line, as the next section shows. Article 14 of the regulation allows tariffs to be set as low as zero under certain considerations, with the details left to a ministerial regulation. The article names neither children nor residents, and it does not establish any exemption at Komodo.

Seniors are in the same position, with no separate line on the poster. Until the park says otherwise, a family is safer budgeting a full person-day for every traveller. If someone gives you an age cut-off, ask which document it comes from.

Why do some travel pages mention a reduced child rate?

Because an operator and a travel site describe one, and their accounts do not match the poster. Neptune Liveaboards says Komodo applies a reduced child fee, without stating a figure or an age. Komodo Guide gives free entry below one age and a reduced ticket up to another. Neither names a line on the poster, and the poster shows none. So a reduced rate stays an operator's claim here: ask the seller which document it rests on, and ask the park to confirm it in writing before you budget on it.

What would two adults and two children pay?

The only entrance total you can defend is a ceiling. With no child line on the poster, count all four travellers at the foreign rate: four person-days for a one-day visit, and twelve for a three-day trip if all three days count. Add the scuba line only for those who dive, and lower the sum only if the park confirms a child rate in writing.

If a seller quotes less for the children, ask whether the saving comes off the state ticket or off its own services. No published tariff line supports a reduction on the state ticket.

Which activities cost extra?

Trekking, wildlife observation and snorkeling need no ticket of their own, as the page on tour inclusions sets out. Other lines depend on what you do:

The rupiah figures for these lines sit in the price table, each labelled by source. Drone flyers should read the drone permit guide before assuming that paying the charge is enough.

What sits outside the state ticket?

Most of what a trip costs. The tourism ministry site says the tariff does not cover boats, accommodation or tour operator services, so those are commercial prices set by whoever sells them.

The harbour fee is a different kind of item. Ocean Earth Travels describes it as a charge when entering the port at Labuan Bajo, and Komodo Island Tour reports the same figure. It is absent from the park poster, which covers state park revenue only, and it reaches this page as an operator report, not a published port tariff. Ask about it if a quote lists it.

Whether any of this is already in your trip price varies by seller. Our page on whether the fee is included in a tour lists the questions to ask.

How should a foreign visitor add this up?

1. Count the days each person will be inside the park, children included until the park confirms otherwise.
2. Multiply by the foreign entrance line.
3. Add the scuba line for each diving day, and the drone line for each day you fly.
4. Ask your operator who pays guides and any harbour fee, and whether those appear as separate lines.
5. Compare the result with your written quote, line by line.

Mixed couples should run the sum twice, because an Indonesian partner pays a different line that does change on Sundays and holidays. The guide for Indonesian visitors explains those days. Check your date on the quota page before paying anything, see whether you can book for yourself, and use the checking guide for a line you cannot match. The Komodo National Park fee overview has the wider map.

What else do foreign visitors ask about the fee?

How much is the Komodo National Park fee for seniors?

The poster has no senior line, so no reduced rate is published. A senior foreign visitor should budget the standard foreign rate unless the park authority says otherwise in writing.

How much is the Komodo National Park fee for children?

The park's lines show no child rate or free-entry age; Neptune Liveaboards and Komodo Guide claim otherwise without naming a line. Article 14 of Government Regulation 36/2024 allows zero tariffs in principle, but it opens no specific exemption for children, so ask the park authority before you budget on one.

Is the Komodo National Park fee different for foreigners?

Yes. Foreign tourists have their own line on the poster, and it stays the same every day. Indonesian tourists have separate lines that are lower and that rise on Sundays, national holidays and collective leave.

What is the Komodo National Park entrance fee for foreign visitors?

It is the foreign tourist line on the park authority's poster, charged per person per day. The figure is in the price table on this page with its source and the month it was checked.

Is the Komodo National Park ticket required for children?

No official source exempts children, although Komodo Guide claims one, so plan on each child needing a ticket unless the park confirms otherwise. The park authority can confirm how it treats infants and young children, so get its answer before you reserve.

Which sources support this page?

• Komodo National Park authority: tariff poster and contact details
• Antara: park authority briefing on the new tariff
• Government Regulation 36/2024, appendix (BKSDA Jakarta copy)
• Government Regulation 36/2024, full text (audit board database)
• Indonesia's tourism ministry: Labuan Bajo and Komodo National Park
• Komodo National Park authority: guide services
• Ocean Earth Travels: Komodo National Park fees (operator)
• CNN Indonesia: tariff list from 30 October 2024
• Forestry Minister Regulation 17/2025
• Komodo Island Tour: national park fees (operator)
• Neptune Liveaboards: operator guide to park fees and paperwork
• Komodo Guide: park fees and visitor quota

How do I reach the desk?

Tell the desk your nationality, residence status, ages and travel dates by WhatsApp 628113823875 or email, and we will say which lines to raise with the park. The desk is a private request service and does not set resident or child rates. A request can lead to a paid booking, which gives us a commercial interest. Fees, prices and the contracting company are stated in a written offer, and only that offer binds.