Private luxury phinisi · Komodo · Raja AmpatAliikai

Aliikai is a 41-metre wooden yacht with an ironwood hull, credited in her brochure to the builder Haji Wahab and rebuilt between 2019 and 2021 by more than a dozen carpenters in Bulukumba, South Sulawesi — ‘a reinvention’, in her operator’s word. The refit gave her seven cabins over three decks, an air-conditioned lounge and dining room with wrap-around windows, folding glass doors to a covered outdoor dining deck, and an upper-deck lounge used for yoga in the morning and as an open-air cinema at night.

Two owner’s cabins sit at the stern with king beds and private terraces: Kei on the upper deck and Fam on the main deck. Koon and Savu, also on the upper deck, have ocean-view windows; Dayak and Abui, on the lower deck, have portholes; and Asmat, the family cabin in the bow, adds a sofa bed. All have en-suite bathrooms and air conditioning, and the beds in the owner’s and window cabins convert to twins on request. Pieces collected on earlier voyages decorate the boat.

A crew of fourteen includes PADI divemasters, and the dive deck has its own shower and a ventilated camera room; she carries nitrox, tenders of 6 and 5.5 metres, two tandem kayaks, four paddleboards, water skis and surfboards, and a licensed therapist gives Balinese massages on private charters. She is sold both ways. In 2026 the private rate is USD 10,500 a night plus 11% tax for up to fifteen guests; shared departures, priced per person, follow a circuit of Raja Ampat from November to early April, Komodo from late May to September and the Spice Islands in October.