Bali Seaplane Charter, explained plainly — indicative prices with their source and date, and a clear booking process. Honest guidance · primary-source figures, date-stamped.
Bali Seaplane Charter — private seaplane charter at golden hour: a sleek amphibious seaplane taxiing on calm water along the Bali coas
Independent charter broker · flights by licensed Indonesian AOC operators · no published tariff, every price is quoted 100 questions answered

Sheet 01 · exploded-view charter schematic

Six ways to book a Bali seaplane charter, and an honest account of what the quote is made of

A seaplane from Bali is chartered by configuration, not by seat: celebration, wedding, corporate, golf and villa hops, yacht rendezvous, or a multi-leg island day. There is no per-seat tariff; every price is a full-aircraft quotation built from block time, fees and tax, and we print the only public figures we hold with their date. Our desk briefs licensed Indonesian operators, confirms the water-landing site, and bundles the resort, tender and ground partners around the flight.

Exploded-view schematic of a generic amphibious single-engine seaplane with six charter configuration callouts Wing, propeller and twin amphibious floats are drawn apart from the fuselage with dashed assembly lines. Callouts C1 to C6 point to the cabin, windscreen, cabin door, wing, float bow and wheels; each links to a charter configuration below. exploded · not to scale Wing · fuel · range Cabin · 8 seats marketed Twin amphibious floats Prop Tail Sheet 01 · Bali seaplane charter · generic amphibian · no operator livery · six charter configurations C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6
Amphibious floatplane at rest on a calm Bali bay at sunrise
A generic amphibious floatplane. The desk owns no aircraft and shows no operator livery; flights are performed by licensed Indonesian operators.

Callout index · six configurations

Each callout is a way to charter, not a destination

Routes belong on the operator's page. What changes your quote is the configuration: who is flying, what shape the day takes, and which cost lines that shape switches on. Pick the callout that matches your brief, then open its sheet.

C1

Celebration & Proposal

Party fit
2 to 8 guests, most often a couple or one family
Leg shape
Scenic loop or return same day, timed for sunset
Adds lines
Return leg; approvals only if a photographer or drone joins
C2

Wedding Arrival & Aerial Photo

Party fit
Couple plus photographer; 4 to 8 with close family
Leg shape
One-way to the venue coast, or a scenic return over it
Adds lines
Filming, drone and venue approvals; water-landing gate if the venue is a bay
C3

Corporate & Incentive

Party fit
8 to 24 guests, flown in rotations or on two aircraft
Leg shape
Return same day; often paired with a resort lunch
Adds lines
Extra rotations above 8 seats; ground transfer and resort handoff
C4

Golf & Villa Hops

Party fit
2 to 8 golfers or one villa household
Leg shape
Return with the aircraft standing by, or one-way villa to island
Adds lines
Aircraft standby at destination; water-landing gate near a villa or resort
C5

Yacht & Liveaboard Rendezvous

Party fit
2 to 8 guests joining or leaving a yacht or phinisi
Leg shape
One-way to an anchorage, with a positioning leg for the aircraft
Adds lines
Positioning; water-landing confirmation; tender handoff by the desk's partners
C6

Multi-Leg Island Day

Party fit
2 to 8 guests who want two or three islands in one day
Leg shape
Three or more stops, each a separate movement
Adds lines
Every additional leg; repositioning between stops; per-site landing fees

The Quote Anatomy · a dissector, not a calculator

What is inside a seaplane charter quote

Choose your configuration and the panel prints the skeleton of the quotation: ten possible cost lines, each stamped with whether it belongs in your brief, and who sets it. It counts aircraft movements and splits one dated public figure per guest. It never invents a total for your route.

Charter configuration
Party size 8 seats marketed per aircraft
2
181624
Leg shape
Landing mode
Extras

Reference figures as of Sep 2026. The panel classifies lines; it does not price them.

Quote skeleton

Ten possible lines. Status follows your brief; the party that sets each line is named so you know who to ask when the operator's quotation arrives.

  1. 01Aircraft block time per legoperator-published indicative minutes drive the baseSet by OperatorIn every quote
  2. 02Airport / landing-site feescharged per movement, shown apart from the aircraft lineSet by Airport or siteIn every quote
  3. 03Taxapplied on the quoted amountSet by StateIn every quote
  4. 04Return lega second movement, not a discount of the firstSet by OperatorAppears for your brief
  5. 05Aircraft standby at destinationaircraft waits instead of repositioningSet by OperatorNot in this brief
  6. 06Positioning / repositioningempty legs to reach a yacht or the next stop are billedSet by OperatorNot in this brief
  7. 07Extra rotations8 seats marketed per aircraft; larger parties fly in rotations or with a second aircraftSet by OperatorNot in this brief
  8. 08Filming / drone / venue approvalsaerial filming and beach-venue overflight need separate approvalSet by Authority & venueNot in this brief
  9. 09Water-landing site confirmationa gate, not a fee: the route is not available until the site is confirmedSet by Operator + regulatorGate, not a feeNot in this brief
  10. 10Ground transfer / tender / resort handoffquoted on separate lines by the partner, coordinated by the deskSet by Desk-arranged partnersNot in this brief
Aircraft movements 2

Movements: 2 (1 rotation × 2 legs, 8 seats per marketed aircraft)

Reference split · as of Sep 2026 quoted on request

per guest as a split of the 18 Sep 2026 Gili full-aircraft figure, confirmed only on a written quotation (airport fees and tax quoted separately, per case); not a per-seat fare, not your route’s figure.

The structure above is certain, the numbers are quoted.

Detail columns · public figures, dated

Block time, reference prices, seats and load

Three plates, no scroll tricks, complete on print. The minutes are the operator's, the figures are the operator's, the dates are ours.

Block-Time Register

Operator-published indicative durations (santaiseaplane.com, Sep 2026). Weather and approval dependent.

LegIndicativeUsed by
From South Bali (Ngurah Rai)
to Lombok~24 minC4C5C6
to Gili~30 minC5C6
to North Bali / Menjangan~32 minC4C6
to Sumbawa / Poto Tano~50 minC5C6
to Sumba / Tambolaka~115 minC6
Scenic Bali loop~40 minC1C2
From Banyuwangi
to North Bali~15 minC4C6
to South Bali~25 minC6
to Lombok~45 minC5C6

Block time is the largest single cost driver; minutes are the operator's figures, not ours.

Dated Reference Prices

The only public figures the desk will print. Full-aircraft, charter-only, billed in IDR, captured 18 Sep 2026 from the operator's route pages.

South Bali → Gili~30 min · up to 8 guests
Aircraft
quoted on request
Airport fees
quoted on request
Tax
quoted on request
South Bali → Lombok Airport~24 min
Aircraft
quoted on request
Airport fees
quoted on request
Tax
quoted on request
South Bali → Sumbawa, Poto Tano~50 min
Aircraft
quoted on request
Airport fees
quoted on request
Tax
quoted on request
Scenic Bali loop~40 min · full charter
Aircraft
quoted on request
Fees and tax
quoted separately

The operator states it does not sell individual seats; any "per guest" number is a split of the aircraft figure. Fees are shown apart because they are not a rounding error. Figures are in Indonesian rupiah; ask the desk for a same-day conversion rather than relying on a rounded USD estimate.

Seat & Load Plate

8premium seats marketed

Cessna Grand Caravan 208B EX amphibian, runway and water capable, as marketed by the operator in Sep 2026.

Eight-seat cabin interior of a small amphibious aircraft

Rotation ladder

GuestsAircraft plan
1 to 81 aircraft, 1 rotation
9 to 162 movements, or 2 aircraft
17 to 243 movements

Four offload methods

  • Dock
  • Mooring with boat transfer
  • Floating platform
  • Beach or ramp, amphibious

Eight Ministry-designated priority water-landing locations

  • Mandalika
  • Menjangan
  • Labuan Bajo
  • Derawan
  • Kupang
  • Raja Ampat
  • Lake Toba
  • Riau

A route is not available until the operator confirms the site.

Permit triggers

  • Drone or aerial filming approval
  • Komodo SIMAKSI for special activities

Golf bags and luggage have their own limits: see the golf day sheet and the FAQ.

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Desk procedure

How the desk works

  1. 1

    Brief

    You send configuration, party size, leg shape, landing mode and extras. The Copy Brief button above assembles it; a WhatsApp message in your own words does the same.

  2. 2

    Operator quotation

    The desk briefs a licensed Indonesian operator. The quotation returns line by line: aircraft, fees, tax, and any of lines 04 to 10 your brief switched on.

  3. 3

    Water-landing site confirmation

    If your brief lands on water, the route waits on the operator and the regulator confirming the site. We say so before you commit, not after.

  4. 4

    Itinerary bundle

    Resort, phinisi or yacht tender and ground partners are quoted on their own lines and coordinated by the desk around the flight times.

Wooden jetty and tender boat in a sheltered bay used for seaplane offload
Offload is part of the plan: dock, mooring and tender, floating platform, or beach ramp.

Configuration sheet rail · ten sheets

Open the sheet that matches your brief

Each sheet carries the configuration, its typical cost-line count, and what the desk needs from you. Counts follow the ten-line skeleton above, as of Sep 2026.

FAQ teaser · six of one hundred

Questions the desk answers before you ask

01How many passengers fit on a Bali seaplane charter?

The marketed configuration is up to 8 premium seats on a Cessna Grand Caravan 208B EX amphibian. Parties of 9 to 24 fly in rotations or on two aircraft, and each extra movement is a separate line in the quote.

02What luggage can I bring?

Load is set by the operator per flight from passenger weights, fuel and the leg. Soft bags travel best; golf bags are possible but counted, which is why the golf sheet has its own load notes.

03Can it land at my resort or villa?

Only at a confirmed water-landing site or a runway. The route is not available until the operator and regulator confirm the site, so the desk checks this before anything is priced.

04Seaplane or helicopter for my brief?

A seaplane carries up to 8 and can use water; a helicopter lands on pads and decks. For yacht rendezvous and island days the seaplane usually fits; for rooftop or short hops a helicopter may.

05How much does a seaplane charter cost?

There is no tariff. The most-cited dated public reference is South Bali to Gili, with indicative pricing for the full aircraft, plus airport fees and tax, captured 18 Sep 2026. Your route is quoted, not extrapolated.

06How far ahead should I book?

Runway-to-runway charters need the least lead time; water-landing sites, filming approvals and Komodo SIMAKSI add days to weeks. Send the brief early and the desk tells you which gate applies.

All 100 questions

CTA band · send the desk a brief

Send the desk a brief

Configuration, party size, leg shape, landing mode, extras. The desk answers with the operator's line-by-line quotation and tells you which gate applies. No tariff, no invented total.

Independent charter broker · flights by licensed Indonesian AOC operators · no published tariff, every price is quoted.

Backup form

Handled by bd@juaraholding.com. No tariff is attached; the reply is a quotation for your brief.

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