La Nissa: Komodo, 2 nights, Labuan Bajo return

Hotel pickup between 07.30 and 08.00, then out to Siaba to swim over the coral. On to Manta Point, where reef mantas come in to feed on the current. April to November is the window, best from June to September, and even then they are wild animals. Taka Makassar next, a curve of sand that appears and disappears with the tide, then Padar for the climb at sunset. Lunch and dinner on board.

Komodo village in the morning, where rangers lead the walk to find dragons in their own territory. Then Pink Beach, whose colour comes from red coral fragments in the sand, and Pempe for the afternoon. The day ends off Kalong: at dusk thousands of flying foxes lift off the mangroves and cross the channel overhead. Breakfast, lunch and dinner on board.

An early snorkel at Manjarite, then Kelor and its short steep climb for the last view of the islands, before turning back for Labuan Bajo and arriving around 12.00. Breakfast on board.