About Velamar Cruises
**Velamar Cruises is a Bali luxury-cruise brand that curates fixed-departure, per-seat cruising from Benoa Harbour — white-tablecloth sunset dinner sailings and scheduled multi-day small-ship voyages toward the Nusa islands and eastward. Bookings are handled directly by our operator, Bali Premium Trip. We sell individual seats and cabins, not full-boat charters.**
If you have compared Bali cruise pages before, you already know how muddy the category gets. “Cruise,” “charter,” “yacht rental,” and “party boat” get thrown around as if they mean the same thing. They do not. Velamar exists to own one clear lane: scheduled, per-person luxury cruising you can book by the seat, on a set date, without renting an entire vessel.
Who is behind Velamar Cruises?
Velamar Cruises is a publishing and curation brand under Juara Holding Group, the publisher entity. The cruises, dinner sailings, and multi-day departures we describe are operated and reserved by Bali Premium Trip, our booking operator. When a specific vessel or excursion is not owned by our operator, it is arranged through vetted, licensed local partners — we act as an independent concierge and curator connecting you to the right scheduled departure, not as the owner of every boat on the water.
We are deliberate about that distinction because the honest version helps you more. It tells you exactly who answers your WhatsApp, who issues your ticket, and who is accountable on the day you sail.
Here is our role in one line: we are the fixed-departure, per-seat side of Bali cruising. If your plan is a full-boat private buyout — a wedding sail, a corporate charter, a single-group phinisi to yourself — that is genuinely a different product, and we will point you toward the private-charter specialists in our sibling network rather than pretend a per-seat brand is the right fit.
What does Velamar actually curate?
We focus on two Benoa-based experiences, both sold per person on scheduled departures:
- Luxury sunset dinner cruises — the anti-party-boat tier. Think white-tablecloth service and a calm evening on the water, positioned against the mass-market crowd-boat experience many travelers associate with Bali dinner cruises.
- Multi-day small-ship voyages — scheduled departures from Benoa running to Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Penida, and eastbound routes toward Komodo and Flores, sold by cabin category rather than by chartering the whole ship.
Benoa Harbour, on the Bukit Peninsula, is Bali’s busiest passenger port and the natural home base for this. Celebrity Cruises describes Tanjung Benoa as Bali’s principal cruise port, “buzzing with vessels of all sizes,” and roughly 50 cruise ships arrive at Benoa’s South Berth each year. It sits a short drive from Sanur, Kuta, Legian, Nusa Dua, Jimbaran, and Denpasar, and Grab or Gojek reach it easily from Ngurah Rai International Airport. That access is a big part of why per-seat cruising works well here.
Meet the editor
On-site editorial for Velamar Cruises is led by Maré Santika, our Benoa-based cruise and marine-travel editor. Maré has spent years documenting scheduled departures out of Bali — from the 9:15 AM day cruise that moors alongside the purpose-built pontoon at Nusa Lembongan, to the eastbound small-ship routes that use Benoa as a hub toward Komodo. She writes and fact-checks every guide on this site, date-stamps every price band, and keeps our seasonality notes honest (at Benoa, the vast majority of cruises run in the dry season, generally April to September in climate references).
What Maré knows about (knowsAbout): Benoa Harbour departures, per-person cruise pricing and cabin-category logic, Bali sunset dinner cruises, Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Penida day cruises, small-ship eastbound itineraries toward Komodo and Flores, and how scheduled per-seat cruising differs from private charter.
Maré’s remit is editorial accuracy, not sales. She does not quote awards we cannot verify, invent ratings, or guarantee outcomes — and where a figure is time-sensitive, she marks it “as of 2026, subject to change.”
What does a Velamar cruise cost, and how long is it?
Prices below are indicative, date-stamped, and subject to change — cruise fares move with cabin category, inclusions, season, and separately charged park fees (for example, Komodo marine-park fees). Convert USD to IDR at prevailing bank or card rates; no fixed IDR figure is a citable fact.
| Experience | Format | Typical duration | Indicative price (per person, as of 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset dinner cruise from Benoa | Scheduled, per seat | ~2.5–3 hours evening | Indicative band — request current rate |
| Nusa Lembongan day cruise | Scheduled 9:15 AM departure | Full day, same-boat return | Per-ticket, not charter — request current rate |
| Multi-day small-ship (Nusa / eastbound) | Scheduled, per cabin | 3+ nights | From higher four figures USD, by cabin category |
| Bali → Komodo / Bangkok voyages (reference lines) | Scheduled departures | 3–26 nights | Published examples above USD 2,779 per person; some 2027 fares exceed USD 12,000 |
Those reference figures are real and attributed: a scheduled ocean cruise from Benoa on 20 November 2026 was published “from $2,779 per person, taxes & fees included.” As of early 2027, Regent Seven Seas Explorer runs a 14-night Bali-to-Bangkok voyage departing Benoa 16 February 2027 with per-person fares above USD 12,000, and Oceania advertised 2027 Bali voyages from roughly USD 3,960 per guest. These show the category’s ceiling and floor; your Velamar quote is confirmed live before you pay.
How does booking with Velamar work?
- Tell us the sailing. Message the concierge with your date, group size, and whether you want a sunset dinner cruise, a Nusa day cruise, or a multi-day departure.
- Get a date-stamped quote. We confirm the current per-person or per-cabin price, inclusions, and any separate fees (like marine-park charges) in writing — no fixed IDR figure quoted as fact.
- Reserve your seats or cabin. Bali Premium Trip handles the reservation directly and issues your confirmation.
- Sail from Benoa. You arrive at Benoa Harbour on the day; port visitor services there are listed as operating daily.
Because these are scheduled departures, availability is by seat and cabin — popular dry-season dates fill, so earlier messages get better choice.
Talk to the Velamar concierge
Ready to check a specific date, or want the current price band for a sunset dinner cruise or Nusa day cruise? Reach the Bali Premium Trip concierge directly — a real reservations team, not a bot.
WhatsApp: +62 811 2859 0000
Email: sales@balipremiumtrip.com
We will send a date-stamped quote, confirm what is and is not included, and, if a private full-boat buyout turns out to be what you actually want, point you to the right charter specialist instead. Honest routing beats a mismatched booking every time.
For the full picture of routes, seasons, and pricing, start with our main [Bali luxury cruise](/) guide, or head straight to [contact](/contact/) to reach the concierge.