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Best time to visit is in the dry season Mar.-Sept. as during that time there's a regular weekly boat plying between Sape (East Sumbawa), Komodo Island, and Labuhanbajo (West Flores), which costs Rp4000 or just Rp2000 either way to Komodo. Alternatively, count on between Rp5000 (as low as that) or up to Rp18,000 to charter a small sailing boat from Labuhanbajo. Share expenses with several people. The boat rental is usually for 3 nights only, you won't get a permit from the Forestry Department longer than 5 nights anyways. Because of the reefs, seldom do big boats go out to Komodo but you can take a small sailing boat which takes 36 hours; going back takes only 12 hours. You might meet with some reluctance; there are hazardous rip tides, sand bars, and some currents around Komodo can attain a speed of 13 knots. In places the sea bubbles, boils and foams like a river below a waterfall. Boats sometimes just disappear, even in calm weather. First your chartered prahu will go out to a small 500 sq m island where the crew dives for pearls and you stay overnight. Next morning you reach Komodo Isla,,d. It could be such a hassel getting out to Komodo in the rainy season (Nov.-Mar.) that you might as well buy a macro lens and find a couple of willing gekkos. There's a house to stay at in Komodo village for free, or sleep on your boat, or on the beach. This village has the only water on the island, so you must stay in the vicinity or bring water with you. To carry your dead goat 2 km to the place where you view the dragons the villagers will want you to pay for another guide besides the one you've already hired from Labuhanbajo, but just refuse. If you want to hire a boat at Komodo village to explore the island, the headman charges your ass. dragon-watching: Take water. You can find their borrows along the banks of dry riverbeds but the villagers know of the best places to watch them. The dragons don't as a rule come out of their holes in the earth and rocks until after 10 am when the air really begins to get hot. Build a hidden shaded platform, tie the rotting carcass to a stake, and quietly wait.
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