Charter Mischief, a custom 30m yacht for 8 guests from $59,500 per week in Raja Ampat. Seasons, itinerary, diving and concierge planning by Komodo Luxury.
Mischief is a custom-built 30-metre charter yacht for up to 8 guests, chartering in Raja Ampat from $59,500 per week plus expenses. Launched in 2015, she sits at the premium end of the 30-metre bracket on our Raja Ampat charter list — at full occupancy her rate works out to just over $1,000 per guest per night, which is boutique-superyacht territory delivered at expedition scale. She is the yacht for small groups who want the 30-metre format finished to a different standard.
| Length overall | 30.0 m |
|---|---|
| Guests | 8 |
| Builder | Custom |
| Year | 2015 |
| Weekly rate | From $59,500 per week + expenses |
In charter, price is the most honest spec on the page. Two custom 30-metre yachts can look similar in a photograph; the market’s verdict on what is inside them shows up in the weekly rate. Mischief charters at $59,500 per week for eight guests — nearly three times the entry point of her size bracket — and rates like that are not sentiment. They are what a yacht commands when the finish, the crew ratio and the charter experience have earned repeat bookings at the top of the class. On a per-guest basis she prices among the highest in the 30-metre bracket on our list, which is precisely the point: eight guests, treated the way fourteen-cabin superyachts treat their owners.
The 2015 custom build gives her the one-of-one character that defines the best small charter yachts. Eight guests is the format where luxury actually concentrates: one table at dinner, one conversation on the aft deck, a crew that learns every preference by the second morning. Where twelve-guest boats host a holiday, an eight-guest yacht at this level curates one — the day shaped around your group’s rhythm, not a programme’s.
Mischief charters within the partner fleet network coordinated by Komodo Luxury, established 2015 — the same year she launched — whose Bali-based concierge team has planned more than 800 voyages across the network for guests from 45-plus countries. For a yacht at her level, that end-to-end layer matters: the right season, the right route, permits, provisioning to standard, and the Sorong arrival handled so the charter begins at the aircraft door rather than the gangway.
Mischief charters from $59,500 per week plus expenses — rates verified August 2026. Expenses follow the standard Indonesian charter format: fuel, marine park and village fees, and provisioning beyond the standard menu, itemised transparently at booking. Raja Ampat’s prime season runs October to April, with a 10–20% premium across December–March and the festive weeks the first to close. Vessels of her class commonly rotate to Komodo for May–October, so Raja Ampat availability concentrates into the prime window; for peak dates, book 9–12 months out — 2027 calendars are already taking reservations. To see how her rate compares across the whole market, from $21,000 entry phinisi to $700,000 flagship weeks, read our Raja Ampat charter cost guide.
Her natural programme is the 7-night northern circuit run at an unhurried, high-touch cadence: board in Sorong, cross the Dampier Strait to Arborek — roughly 53 nautical miles, about eight hours — then alternate the strait’s celebrated dive sites with the Fam group’s coral gardens, a private sunrise on the Piaynemo lookout before the day boats arrive, and, on longer charters, the karst maze of Wayag at the archipelago’s crown. The route’s full day-by-day is on our northern loop itinerary; ten-to-twelve-night charters pair it with Misool’s southern reefs for the complete Raja Ampat argument. At her pace, the itinerary is a menu rather than a mandate — the concierge desk tunes it to your group before departure, and the crew re-tunes it daily.
Arrival works the way the rest of the charter does: seamlessly. Guests fly into Sorong (SOQ), roughly four hours from Jakarta with connections via Makassar, Manado or Bali; our team meets the flight and the walk from arrivals to the waiting transfer is the last logistics you will think about until the return leg.
Raja Ampat sits at the centre of the Bird’s Head Seascape — more than 1,700 fish species and 550 coral species recorded by scientific surveys, the highest counts on the planet — and an eight-guest yacht dives it the premium way: one small group, private guiding, sites timed for slack water and empty moorings. Northern highlights include Cape Kri’s fish storms, Blue Magic’s oceanic mantas, the etiquette-managed manta queue at Manta Sandy, and Melissa’s Garden, the Fam Islands’ hard-coral showpiece. For the non-divers aboard, the same geography converts into world-class snorkelling, kayak lagoons, village visits and sandbar afternoons. Marine park entry (the PIN card, currently around IDR 700,000–1,000,000 per person per year — confirmed at booking) is arranged before arrival.
Charter rates are set by what the experience sustains, and hers — $59,500 per week, verified August 2026 — reflects premium finish and service at the top of her size class. The honest comparison is per guest per night: at just over $1,000, she competes with boutique superyacht product, not with value phinisi.
Up to 8 guests. If you are comparing the premium end of the bracket, Sequoia — a 31-metre for eight from $77,000 per week — is her nearest published-rate neighbour on our list.
Yes — the 30-metre class is the archipelago’s workhorse size, and it carries an advantage: access. Lagoon entrances and tight anchorages that turn larger yachts away are exactly where charters at this scale spend their best afternoons.
For October–April, open the conversation 9–12 months ahead; December–March carries a 10–20% premium and closes first. Shoulder weeks in October–November and late March–April are the insider’s window.
Send our concierge desk your dates and group size, and we will confirm availability, quote your route, and run the trip end-to-end from Sorong pickup to the final transfer. WhatsApp +62 811-3823-875 or email sales@komodoluxury.com — plan my charter.
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