Aboard Bombana 2, deck by deck: master cabin, bow tub and the rooms below

I'm Jewel, the boat inspector at PT Komodo Explorer Indonesia (KEXI). In this note I walk through Bombana 2's inspection photos from the top deck down, in the order you'd come across the rooms.

The boat is 22.6 metres long with 5 cabins, every one with a private bathroom, air conditioning and a water heater.

The master cabin has a king-size bed, and an extra bed can be added. It also has a bathtub and a balcony. In the pictures the tub is built into a wooden surround right beside the bed, on the sea side, with a tap on its rim and glass doors next to it. You can see the sea through the glass.

The headboard wall is pale, with a cluster of round woven discs above the pillows and carved wooden panels on either side. The balcony door opens to a narrow rail-edged strip with one chair and a small stool. The ensuite has a black rain shower on a rail with a hand shower, white wall tiles and a dark grey tiled floor.

Next door is the private cabin with a balcony, a queen bed with a woven rosette behind the pillows. Its balcony is shallow: two white moulded chairs and a stool, and not much room for anything else. The bathroom has a rain shower, hand shower and a spray hose beside the toilet.

Open-trip fares per person: master IDR 6,950,000 (≈ USD 426), balcony cabin IDR 5,950,000 (≈ USD 365). A private cabin needs two guests.

The main-deck private cabin has a queen bed and, in the pictures, a window over the headboard with grey blinds and teal-blue cushions on the bed. Teal woven discs hang on the wall. A set of teak steps rises beside the bed, and the picture does not show where they lead. The shower has a hand shower on a rail and a soap dispenser. Fare: IDR 5,250,000 (≈ USD 322) per person, two guests minimum.

The main-deck sharing cabin sleeps four. In the pictures it has a wooden ladder beside the beds, a wall-mounted air conditioner high up, a round woven mirror and a window above the beds. Sharing cabins are arranged with you at booking. Seat fare: IDR 4,250,000 (≈ USD 261) per person.

The lowest cabin is the plainest, and the pictures don't hide it. Two beds sit side by side under a framed pair of leaf prints on a marble-effect wall, with a zig-zag runner across each in red, teal and yellow. One bed is visibly wider than the other.

The floor is light wood. A small round porthole shows at the head of one bed, and a small square window sits high on the wall. An air conditioner and a woven mirror share one wall, and a bench with a cushion and a small bin fills the corner.

Nothing here comes close to the upper-deck windows. If daylight in the room matters most to you, this isn't your cabin.

The seat fare is the same as on the main deck: IDR 4,250,000 (≈ USD 261) per person. For three people who know each other, a queen plus a single works well, and that's who I'd point to it.

The round tub at the bow is set into teak decking and ringed with a wooden collar. In the pictures it has two grey headrests and small jets around the inside. It is the bow jacuzzi, shared by the guests on board.

Behind the tub, a white canopy on wooden posts shades a long teak table with cushioned benches on both sides. Orange life rings hang at the rails.

Indoors there is a second table: teak, with benches in tan, and cushions in blue, pink and grey. Wooden double doors, windows on both sides and a wall-mounted screen finish the room. It is the indoor dining room, and karaoke is included.

Higher up, a curved daybed with a grey cushion sits under the canopy. At the very top, the sun deck is a wide bare white deck with white railings and the mast rising from it. The boat also carries a canoe and a paddle board.

Bombana 2 takes up to 13 guests. If a cabin picture decides your booking, ask us for a recent one.

So which cabin for whom? Two people who want the bath and a balcony: the master. Two people who want a balcony and a lower fare: the balcony cabin. A group of friends sharing a bed each: the sharing cabins. Compare Bombana 1 and Bombana 2 if group size decides it, see the cabins page for each room, and the charter page for the whole boat.