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17 Islands Marine Park · Ngada, Flores
Riung, the sea Flores keeps quiet.
A marine park on the north coast, worked by day boats that leave the pier at 08.00–09.30 and are back by 15.00–16.00.
Riung, 17 Islands Marine Park. Photo: MANSURKOI / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Riung in three numbers
- Marine park area, about 48.93% of it water
- 7,303.16 ha
- Entrance retribusi per person, domestic to foreign
- Rp 5k–100k
- Islands and reefs on a standard day boat
- 3–5 stops
Start here
Find the answer you came for
Six routes into the guides. Each one opens a hub, not a single article.
Getting there & costs
From Bajawa, Ende, Maumere or Labuan Bajo, and what each leg costs.
Boats & charter
Day boats, shared seats, private charter, speedboats, liveaboards.
Tickets & permits
Official tariffs set against the figures visitors actually report paying.
When to go
Dry season April to November, calmest June to September, peak in July.
Riung or Komodo?
Two parks, two tariffs, about 340 km of road between them.
How we work
Four rules this site is held to
Riung is under-documented, and most of what is written about it has been copied from something else. These are the rules that keep this site out of that pile.
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Every number is traced
Fees, areas and distances point at an official source, or they are marked as reported.
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One number, one fact
A figure reads the same on every page. Where sources disagree, we publish the disagreement.
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Independent of operators
We have one commercial relationship, with Komodo Luxury, and we state it plainly wherever it applies.
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Corrections in public
Errors are corrected in the open, and AI-generated imagery is always disclosed.
Boats
Which boat, and what it is priced by
We do not publish boat rates. What matters before you ask is whether a boat is priced per person or per boat — that is the column to read.
Shared wooden boat
Ask for price
per person
- Party
- 6–10 aboard
- Stops
- 3–5 stops
- Timing
- Out 08.00, back 16.00
Private wooden boat
Ask for price
per boat, per day
- Party
- Carries 6–10
- Stops
- 3–5 stops
- Timing
- Out 08.00, back 16.00
Small speedboat
Ask for price
per boat, per day
- Party
- Small party
- Stops
- 3–5 stops
- Timing
- Out 08.00, back 16.00
Premium larger boat
Ask for price
per boat, gear and lunch in
- Party
- Wide deck, roof, guide
- Stops
- Longer route
- Timing
- Out 08.00, back 16.00
Sunset & flying-fox tour
Ask for price
a different product
- Party
- Small boat
- Stops
- Ontoloe only
- Timing
- Out 15.00, colony 17.30
Komodo leg, shared
Ask for price
per person
- Party
- 5–48 depending on vessel
- Stops
- Komodo National Park
- Timing
- Full day
Komodo National Park charges its own entrance tariff — USD 40-50 for foreign visitors, USD 20-25 for Indonesian visitors.
Itineraries
How long have you got?
Each length below is a page on this site, written out day by day.
The marine park, and nothing else
Leave the pier at 08.00, three to five island and reef stops, back by 16.00.
The park plus the flying foxes
Arrive and settle, sunset tour at 15.00, then a full island-hopping day.
Riung without rushing
A full boat day, a slower second day, and time in town. Pairs with Kelimutu.
Riung inside a north-coast run
Ende to Riung is about 130 km via Mbay. Add the Bajawa villages or Kelimutu.
Riung and the Komodo leg
Labuan Bajo to Riung is 340 km overland. Budget them as two separate trips.
The park
What the day actually looks like
Every photograph is credited and says where it was actually taken. Where the picture is not Riung itself, the caption says so.
Booking partner
The Komodo leg, booked through Komodo Luxury
Riung boats are arranged locally, at the pier. Komodo National Park is a different park with a different tariff, and those bookings are fulfilled by Komodo Luxury.
Komodo boat tour
Day and multi-day itineraries inside Komodo National Park.
Open on komodoluxury.com (opens komodoluxury.com in a new tab)Open trip Komodo
Shared departures, priced per seat, for solo travellers and pairs.
Open on komodoluxury.com (opens komodoluxury.com in a new tab)Private trip Komodo
Whole-boat charter on a fixed itinerary for one party.
Open on komodoluxury.com (opens komodoluxury.com in a new tab)Komodo liveaboard
Overnight vessels, for the sites at the far end of the park.
Open on komodoluxury.com (opens komodoluxury.com in a new tab)This is a commercial relationship and we state it plainly: Riung Flores and Komodo Luxury are part of the same publisher network.
Before you go
Frequently asked questions
Journal
Latest from the desk
Notes, corrections and things that changed since the guides were last reviewed.
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Getting there
Riung sits on the north coast, and only roads reach it
There is no airport in Riung. Almost everyone arrives overland from Bajawa, about 70–75 km south and three hours on the road, or from Ende, about 130 km via Mbay. Boats leave from the harbour in the town itself.
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Ready to put dates on it?
Riung boats are arranged locally, at the pier or the evening before. For the Komodo leg, a liveaboard or a full Flores itinerary, the reservations desk answers on WhatsApp.