**Multi-day Bali to Raja Ampat luxury itineraries on small ships are an emerging, largely repositioning-style route rather than a fixed weekly schedule as of 2026. The realistic 2027 shape: boutique expedition vessels using Benoa as a Bali hub, sailing eastbound over 7 to 14-plus nights toward the far east of Indonesia, sold per person per cabin.** This is an outlook, not a prediction.
Does a scheduled Bali-to-Raja Ampat small-ship cruise actually exist yet?
Honest answer first: not as a dense, year-round timetable the way Bali-to-Nusa-islands day cruising already runs. Raja Ampat sits roughly 1,500 kilometres east of Bali in West Papua, far beyond the Nusa Penida and Lembongan routes that make up most scheduled Benoa departures today. The verified signals we can point to are eastbound repositioning and expedition sailings, not a Raja Ampat shuttle.
What we do know, as of 2026, is that Benoa Harbour is Bali’s busiest passenger port. Celebrity Cruises calls Tanjung Benoa Bali’s principal cruise port, “buzzing with vessels of all sizes,” and roughly 50 cruise ships arrive at Benoa’s South Berth each year. Luxury lines including Regent Seven Seas, Oceania, Viking, PONANT and Celebrity already feature Benoa as a key call or turnaround into 2027 and 2028. Boutique eastbound operators such as Aqua Blu use Benoa and Bali as a hub toward Komodo and Flores. Extend that same eastbound logic another leg and Raja Ampat becomes the natural expedition endpoint.
So the 2027 picture is best read as: the ships, the hub and the eastbound direction all exist; a packaged, repeatable Bali-to-Raja-Ampat small-ship product is the frontier still forming.
What would a 2027 Bali-to-Raja-Ampat small-ship itinerary look like?
Based on how boutique Indonesian expedition cruising is already structured, the credible template for 2027 looks like a 7-to-14-night eastbound arc. A realistic sketch, offered as illustrative outlook rather than a bookable schedule:
| Segment | Indicative nights | Likely highlights |
|---|---|---|
| Benoa (Bali) embarkation | Day 0 | Board at Tanjung Benoa; short transfer from Nusa Dua, Sanur or the airport via Grab/Gojek |
| Bali to Komodo leg | 2-3 nights | Komodo National Park, Padar, Pink Beach (Komodo park fees often charged separately) |
| Flores and Banda arc | 3-5 nights | Remote anchorages, snorkelling, cultural stops |
| Approach to Raja Ampat | 4-6 nights | Wayag lagoons, Misool reefs, Dampier Strait diving |
Two structural notes matter here. First, many true Bali-to-Raja-Ampat sailings in this style are one-way repositioning voyages, meaning the ship ends far from Bali and guests fly back from Sorong. Second, because Raja Ampat is a protected marine area, national and marine-park fees may be billed on top of the cabin fare rather than baked into the headline price. Confirm those inclusions closer to departure.
For travellers who want the fuller cruise-versus-day-trip context before committing to a longer voyage, our overview of the [multi day Bali cruise](/bali-multi-day-luxury-cruise/) options lays out how the shorter Benoa-based departures compare to these longer eastbound expeditions.
How is 2027 pricing likely to be structured?
Bali luxury cruises are sold per person, with occupancy typically calculated on double-occupancy cabins across suite, balcony and oceanview categories. Per-person price is driven by cabin category, inclusions such as drinks, excursions and guides, season, and national or marine-park fees that may be charged separately from the fare. That pricing logic carries directly into any Raja Ampat expedition.
The dated 2027 fare snapshots we can verify come from the luxury lines already using Benoa, and they anchor the upper end of expectation. According to fares published as of early 2027, Regent Seven Seas Explorer runs a 14-night Bali-to-Bangkok voyage departing Benoa on 16 February 2027 with per-person fares above USD 12,000. Viking Venus offers a 26-night Southeast Asia cruise departing Benoa on 30 March 2027, with balcony fares around USD 13,998 per person. Oceania advertises 2027 Bali voyages from roughly USD 3,960 per guest. Separately, a scheduled ocean cruise from Benoa on 20 November 2026 was published “from $2,779 per person, taxes and fees included.”
A Raja Ampat-specific small-ship expedition would likely sit inside these reference bands rather than below them, because expedition logistics in remote West Papua are expensive to run. Treat the table below as indicative, date-stamped and subject to change.
| Voyage style | Indicative per-person band (as of 2026-2027) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Benoa scheduled ocean cruise (verified) | From about USD 2,779 | 20 Nov 2026 published fare, taxes and fees included |
| Oceania 2027 Bali voyages (verified) | From roughly USD 3,960 | Per guest, scheduled departures |
| Long eastbound luxury repositioning (verified) | USD 12,000-14,000-plus | Regent 14-night, Viking 26-night, early-2027 fares |
| Boutique Bali-to-Raja-Ampat expedition (outlook) | Indicative, not yet a fixed published fare | Marine-park fees likely separate; confirm inclusions |
No fixed IDR figure is a citable fact here. Convert USD to IDR at prevailing bank or card rates on the day you book.
When would these sailings run, and from where?
Season shapes everything. At Benoa Harbour the vast majority of cruises take place in the dry season, generally April to September in climate references. Raja Ampat’s own diving conditions favour drier, calmer months too, which is why any credible 2027 eastbound expedition programme would cluster in that window rather than run year-round.
Getting to the ship stays simple on the Bali side. Benoa sits on the Bukit Peninsula, north of Nusa Dua and south of Denpasar, a short drive from Sanur, Kuta, Legian, Nusa Dua, Jimbaran and Denpasar, and from Uluwatu Temple. From Ngurah Rai International Airport, ride-hailing apps Grab or Gojek reach Benoa Port cheaply and easily, and port-related visitor services are listed as operating daily. Nearby you will also find Turtle Island, the Caow Eng Bio Chinese Buddhist Temple and the Bumbu Bali Cooking School if you build in a pre-cruise Bali stay, much as Regent Seven Seas markets pre and post-cruise land programs from Bali, one beginning with a three-night stay at The Apurva Kempinski Bali.
Cruise, charter, or wait?
Three honest options as the 2027 route matures:
- Book an existing eastbound luxury cruise now. If your priority is a confirmed 2027 departure, the verified Regent, Viking and Oceania Benoa sailings are real and bookable per person, even if they route toward Bangkok or across Southeast Asia rather than Raja Ampat specifically.
- Wait for a dedicated Raja Ampat expedition to firm up. If Raja Ampat itself is the goal, a boutique small-ship product from Benoa is the direction of travel, but confirm schedules, one-way logistics and marine-park fees closer to implementation.
- Consider a private full-boat buyout. If you want a whole vessel to yourself on your own dates rather than a fixed per-seat departure, that is a private charter question and belongs with our charter sibling brands, not this scheduled-departure cruise line.
Velamar Cruises is operated by Bali Premium Trip, and where we do not own a vessel we arrange experiences via vetted, licensed partners. For a personalised read on which 2027 eastbound option fits your dates and budget, message our concierge on WhatsApp at 6281128590000 or email sales@balipremiumtrip.com. All figures above are stated as of 2026-2027 and are subject to change.