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Signal verified · updated 2026-09-03

Komodo

Rugged Indonesian island and core of Komodo National Park — the only wild home of the Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard.

8.550° S119.450° E
site access marine
Komodo Airport, Labuan Bajo (LBJ)
Komodo dragon trekking ranges
Pink Beach
Manta Point
Formation
volcanic; rugged hills with savanna grassland
Population
1,800
Water
Pacific Ocean
Access
moderate

Every required movement

The passage
to Komodo.

Fly to Labuan Bajo (LBJ) on Flores, then take a licensed day-trip or liveaboard boat into the national park; all dragon trekking requires a park ranger guide.

  1. 01
    Komodo Airport, Labuan Bajo (LBJ)

    Nearest recorded air access

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  2. 02
    Water crossing

    Daily licensed tour boats and liveaboards from Labuan Bajo harbour; no public car ferry to the island.

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  3. 03
    Entry check

    Indonesia visa-exemption or visa-on-arrival; Komodo National Park entrance fee and ranger guide mandatory.

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What the chart cannot hold

What becomes visible when you follow komodo dragons beyond the familiar map?

Komodo is a volcanic island between Flores and Sumbawa, almost entirely protected as Komodo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991. Its ~1,800 residents live mainly in Kampung Komodo; the island's savanna hills shelter the endemic Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), found nowhere else except neighbouring Rinca, Padar and western Flores.

Long under Bimanese (Sumbawa) influence, then Dutch colonial rule; Komodo dragons described to science in 1912; national park established 1980, UNESCO-listed 1991.

Field ledger

The useful
details.

Coordinates
8.55° S · 119.45° E
Sovereignty
Indonesia · part of country
Nearest mainland
Flores (~25 km east); Sumbawa across Sape Strait to the west
Best recorded window
April–November (dry season; calmest seas).
Permits / entry
Indonesia visa-exemption or visa-on-arrival; Komodo National Park entrance fee and ranger guide mandatory.
Languages
Indonesian, Komodo, Bimanese

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