Sanctuary, a 48m custom yacht launched 2023 for up to 18 guests. Raja Ampat charters from $94,500/week + expenses with end-to-end concierge planning.
Sanctuary is a 48-metre custom-built charter yacht, launched in 2023, hosting up to 18 guests in Raja Ampat from $94,500 per week plus expenses. She belongs to the new generation of large Indonesian charter vessels: recent build, full-size capacity, and a programme designed around the marine park rather than adapted to it. Our Bali-based concierge desk, operated by Komodo Luxury and part of Juara Holding Group since 2015, plans every Sanctuary charter end to end.
| Length overall | 48 m (157 ft) |
|---|---|
| Guests | Up to 18 |
| Builder | Custom build |
| Year | 2023 |
| Charter rate | From $94,500 per week + expenses |
Sanctuary’s cabin plan, crew roster and toy inventory are confirmed at proposal stage, so the specification you decide on is exactly the one you board against.
The name reads as a promise, and the capacity is the point. Eighteen guests is the practical ceiling for private charter in these waters, which positions Sanctuary squarely for the charters that are hardest to place: three-generation family reunions, milestone birthdays, wellness retreats and dive groups that refuse to split across two boats. Where a 12-guest yacht forces a cut-down guest list, Sanctuary lets the whole party travel together with a single galley, a single itinerary and a single bill.
Being launched in 2023 matters more in remote cruising than almost anywhere else. Raja Ampat is a long way from any shipyard, and a young vessel means current systems, fresh interiors and the reliability margin that a 1,000-nautical-mile season demands. Nothing aboard has been through a decade of charters; the first owners of her guest book are still writing it.
At 48 metres she carries her eighteen guests with genuine space rather than density. In a destination where days are spent between water and deck, that ratio of hull to headcount decides whether a group holiday feels like a retreat or a rota.
There is also a plain economic logic to her format. Split eighteen travellers across two twelve-guest yachts and you pay two charter fees, run two itineraries and spend the week waving at the other half of your party across an anchorage. Kept on one hull, the same group shares a single weekly rate, one provisioning bill and every sunset. For organisers of retreats and reunions doing the arithmetic, Sanctuary’s capacity is not just convenient — it is the budget’s best friend.
Raja Ampat’s prime season runs October to April; the park remains charterable year-round with quieter low-season anchorages. Large vessels in this fleet typically follow the Raja Ampat (November–April) and Komodo (May–October) rotation.
| Season | Cruising area | Weekly rate |
|---|---|---|
| October–April (prime) | Raja Ampat | From $94,500 per week + expenses |
| December–March peak | Raja Ampat | Fleet-wide premiums of 10–20% apply; book 9–12 months ahead |
| May–October | Komodo rotation / on request | Via the concierge desk |
Rates verified August 2026. Expenses typically cover fuel, provisioning and Raja Ampat Marine Park entry fees (currently around IDR 700,000–1,000,000 per person per year; verify at booking), plus cruising and village fees per itinerary. See the Raja Ampat charter cost guide for how weekly rates convert into a total trip budget.
For a group of this size we usually propose the classic seven-night northern circuit — Sorong, the Dampier Strait’s manta stations and Cape Kri, Penemu and Melissa’s Garden, the Piaynemo panorama, Wayag’s karst maze, and home via The Passage — because it offers the widest mix of diving, snorkelling, hikes and village culture for mixed-interest parties. Groups with more time extend south to Misool across 10–12 nights. Compare both shapes on our Raja Ampat itineraries page and the desk will tailor the balance to your party.
Eighteen guests rarely means eighteen divers, and Raja Ampat is generous to both halves of the manifest. Divers get the Bird’s Head Seascape’s headline numbers — more than 1,700 fish species, 550-plus corals — at sites like Cape Kri and Blue Magic, while snorkellers meet much of the same spectacle in the top five metres at Melissa’s Garden and the Fam lagoons. Our concierge assigns licensed dive guides to every charter and choreographs the split days: tanks for some, karst lookouts, village visits and sandbar lunches for the rest, everyone back on deck for sunset.
Sanctuary embarks in Sorong, served by Domine Eduard Osok Airport (SOQ) with nonstop flights from Jakarta in roughly four hours and routings via Makassar, Manado or Bali. An eighteen-guest charter is a small expedition — multiple arrival flights, mixed dietary briefs, a spread of ages and interests — and this is where an end-to-end desk earns its keep. We track every inbound flight, run staggered airport pickups, move luggage direct to the tender, and complete the marine-park formalities — entry PIN cards, cruising and anchorage arrangements, village fees — before anyone reaches the gangway. Pre-departure, the concierge runs a full planning cycle from Bali: cabin allocation, menus, celebration details, activity preferences per guest. By embarkation day the crew is executing a finished plan, not improvising one. The network behind this desk has run 800-plus voyages since 2015 for guests from more than 45 countries; large-group choreography is the speciality, not the exception.
From $94,500 per week plus expenses, verified August 2026. Your proposal itemises fuel, provisioning and park fees so the complete budget is fixed before you sign.
Up to 18 guests — the top of the private-charter bracket in Raja Ampat. Her exact cabin configuration is confirmed at proposal stage and matched to your group’s mix of couples, singles and families.
She launched in 2023, making her one of the youngest large charter vessels working Raja Ampat. Systems, interiors and equipment are all first-generation.
Her prime window is October to April. Eighteen-guest boats are scarce and book early for holiday weeks, so confirm 9 to 12 months ahead for December–March dates; 2027 is already filling.
Tell us your headcount, dates and interests and the concierge desk will confirm Sanctuary’s availability, cabin plan and a routing built for your group. For a same-generation alternative with a published cabin plan, compare Bhavana, or browse the complete Raja Ampat charter fleet.
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