Bat Island
Kalong Island can be reached by short boat ride from Labuan Bajo. The trip is included in Komodo National Park tour so you can see the island's unique natural wonder.
To make your visit more memorable, join Komodo Island Tour with Komodo Luxury. Our itinerary has Kalong Island as one of the highlight, so you can have a smooth and full experience.
| Distance from Labuan Bajo | ±20 km, 45–60 min by boat, on the lane toward Rinca Island |
|---|---|
| Landing | Not permitted; viewing is from anchor offshore |
| Best hour | Roughly 17:30–18:15, season-dependent |
| Combine with | Rinca trek by day, overnight at anchor nearby — positions on our Komodo National Park map |
The animals pouring off Kalong each dusk are flying foxes of the genus Pteropus — the largest bats on Earth, with wingspans that can exceed a meter on the biggest individuals. They are fruit- and nectar-eaters, not insect hunters: no echolocation, just big eyes, a keen nose and slow, powerful wingbeats that carry them across the strait to the fruiting trees of Flores each night. That commute makes them essential workers for the whole coastline — flying foxes pollinate night-blooming trees and scatter seeds across kilometers, quietly replanting the forests that feed them. They return to the mangroves before dawn, so the morning fly-back is a second, quieter show for guests anchored nearby overnight.
Kalong’s position writes the next chapter for you. Overnight boats usually stay put — the holding ground is decent and the morning fly-back over breakfast is the payoff — or shift twenty minutes to a calmer bay off Rinca’s coast. From either anchorage, day two opens with a Loh Buaya dragon trek before the day-boat fleet arrives, then runs west into the central channel for Padar and the reef sites — the natural final chapter of day one on a 3D2N sailing itinerary. Day-trip boats watching the exodus point straight home to Labuan Bajo, about an hour’s run in the dark — which is why crews check navigation lights before sunset, and why the overnight version of this stop is simply the better one.
Plan your visit: Komodo Luxury (PT Komodo Bahari Nusantara, sailing Komodo since 2015) operates 9 owned phinisi and works with 200+ vetted partner yachts, rated 4.9/5 by more than 1,500 guests. Message our team on WhatsApp at +62 811-3823-875 or email [email protected] and we will match the right boat and route to your dates.
Kalong is a sunset-only spectacle — day boats miss it, which is why overnight sailings pair it with Kelor for the classic first evening.
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