A new name enters the premium tier for 2026: LASHA Phinisi, a ten-cabin, 466-gross-ton liveaboard built in 2023, begins Komodo sailings from Labuan Bajo on 17 August 2026.
Where it sits in the premium landscape is easy to describe. Most Komodo liveaboards in this class carry six to nine cabins; LASHA carries ten, all ensuite with marble bathrooms and rain showers, and tops the range with two Master Suites whose jacuzzi bathtubs face ocean-view windows. Groups of up to 26 can therefore keep a full-boat booking in one hull instead of splitting across two vessels — usually the deciding factor for multi-generation families and celebration charters.
Newcomers like this rarely arrive in isolation, and readers weighing up their options will want to see how the wider fleet actually compares. For a broader view of the boats sailing the same Komodo routes, the specialist guide at Labuan Bajo Boat Charter is a sensible place to start before settling on any single vessel.
The vessel publishes its own specifications, cabin pages and complete rate tables at Lasha Phinisi — a transparency habit we wish more owners adopted, since written per-night pricing with free-of-charge scales makes comparisons honest.
Season logic applies as it does fleet-wide: Komodo runs strongest April through October, July–August sells out first, and the boat repositions toward Raja Ampat and the Banda Sea for the October–April window on five-night minimums. For how a maiden-season vessel compares against established hulls — newer systems and fresh interiors versus longer guest track records — our liveaboard guides cover the trade-offs in detail.