Solafide, a 52m Benetti classic refitted 2024, hosts 12 guests in Raja Ampat from US$202,000/week + expenses. Rates verified August 2026.
Solafide is a 52-metre Benetti motor yacht for 12 guests — launched in 1995 and comprehensively refitted in 2024 — chartering in Raja Ampat from US$202,000 per week plus expenses (Rates verified August 2026). She is one of the most accessible routes into the 50-metre-plus superyacht tier on this coast: classic Benetti character, renewed systems, flagship space.
| Length overall | 52.0 m |
|---|---|
| Guests | 12 |
| Type | Motor yacht |
| Builder | Benetti |
| Year / refit | 1995 / 2024 |
| Charter rate | From US$202,000 per week + expenses |
There is a particular pleasure in a great marque kept in service — the vintage watch overhauled by the original house, keeping perfect time. Solafide is that pleasure at 52 metres: a 1995 Benetti carried into the modern era by a 2024 refit, so her proportions and presence belong to an age when yachts were drawn with long, patient lines, while her systems belong to now. Guests who know yachts tend to walk her decks slowly; guests who do not simply register that everything feels settled, generous and unhurried.
Character is not her only argument. In Raja Ampat, where there are no marinas and every service must travel with the vessel, a 52-metre platform with professional crew makes the archipelago effortless: passages overnight, reefs by morning, a different karst amphitheatre every anchorage. The tender and equipment inventory for your dates is confirmed by our concierge desk at enquiry.
The waters she works are the world’s benchmark. Surveys across the Bird’s Head Seascape have documented more than 1,700 fish species and over 550 species of coral — biodiversity without equal — and it shows up unbidden: turtles at the swim platform, fusiliers shoaling under the hull before breakfast, and reef sounds carrying through the anchorage after dark. Few charter grounds anywhere make the case for themselves this effortlessly.
Solafide charters from US$202,000 per week plus expenses (Rates verified August 2026), and she periodically carries special-offer positioning — ask the desk for live terms on your dates. Raja Ampat’s prime season runs October to April; December–March peak weeks typically add a 10–20% premium, led by Christmas and New Year.
| Window | Region | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| October–April | Raja Ampat | Prime season; December–March peak typically +10–20% |
| May–October | Komodo rotation | Large yachts generally reposition for the Komodo season |
| April/May & October/November | Crossing windows | Raja Ampat–Komodo repositioning voyages on request |
Expenses — fuel, provisioning, cruising, anchorage and village fees — are additional, normally via an advance provisioning allowance. Each guest also requires the Raja Ampat Marine Park entry (PIN card), currently around IDR 700,000–1,000,000 per person per year, confirmed at booking. Map the complete budget with our Raja Ampat yacht charter cost guide; for peak weeks, book 9–12 months ahead — 2027 is filling fast.
Solafide’s sweet spot is the combined route: 10–12 nights joining the northern icons — the Dampier Strait, Melissa’s Garden at Penemu, Piaynemo, Wayag — with Misool’s southern lagoon country: Balbulol’s pinnacles, Daram, Wayil’s hidden lagoon, Magic Mountain and Boo Windows. It is two archipelagos’ worth of scenery inside one park, stitched together by overnight passages you sleep through. Around the season’s edges, two extensions suit her range: Triton Bay and Kaimana, two days’ sail east of Misool with soft-coral reefs and whale sharks in the October–April window, or a Raja Ampat–Komodo repositioning voyage in April/May via the Banda Sea and Alor — typically 10–14 nights of the least-visited water in Indonesia. Shorter charters choose one loop; the southern half is mapped day by day in our southern loop Misool itinerary.
Anchored close to the case for Raja Ampat itself. In the north, Melissa’s Garden is the park’s great hard-coral cathedral — acres of unbroken reef crowned with fusiliers — while Cape Kri and Blue Magic supply the big-fish drama and Manta Sandy its choreographed cleaning station. In the south, Magic Mountain doubles the manta species on one reef. Guides, equipment and permits are pre-arranged by the concierge team, with briefings covering the park’s etiquette codes — including the strict queue system at manta cleaning stations — before anyone enters the water. Off-gas hours fill themselves: karst lookouts, village visits at Arborek, kayaks in lagoons so still they photograph like glass.
Charters embark at Sorong, served by Domine Eduard Osok Airport (SOQ) — about four hours from Jakarta, with connections via Makassar, Manado or Bali. The concierge desk handles the arrival meet, harbour transfer, cruising permits and the marine park entry card for each guest before you land. Boarding is normally at Sorong harbour, with Waisai or a southern Misool start available by arrangement — useful when the combined route runs south-first. The aim is a same-day handover: land at midday, swim off the stern by late afternoon.
From US$202,000 per week plus expenses (Rates verified August 2026), with December–March peak weeks typically carrying a 10–20% premium. She periodically runs special offers — ask the desk for live terms.
Yes — Solafide was refitted in 2024, renewing systems and interiors behind her classic Benetti lines. The specific on-board inventory for your dates is confirmed at enquiry.
Up to 12 guests with full professional crew, the standard international charter capacity. Cabin configuration for your party is confirmed at enquiry.
October to April is Raja Ampat’s prime window; large yachts typically rotate to Komodo from May to October, so the shoulder months offer rare crossing voyages between the two regions.
Raja Ampat Yacht Charter is operated by Komodo Luxury, established 2015 — 800+ voyages across the network and guests from 45+ countries, with one concierge desk handling vessel, itinerary, permits and provisioning end to end. Weigh her against the full Raja Ampat charter fleet — the 55 m Purpose is her closest peer — or message the desk on WhatsApp +62 811-3823-875 or sales@komodoluxury.com: plan my charter.
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