🏝️ Scenario G — the lean one, via Kupang

26 Jun → 14 Jul · Jakarta → temple train to Yogya → Bali beach night → fly Dili (3n incl. Atauro) → bus to Kupang → fly Komodo → liveaboard west to Lombok/Gili → home. One linear east-west sweep, fits 18 nights. Gold = optional.
18
nights
3
nts in Timor
+1
new country
~CHF 3.7k
all-in est.
Long-haul Train Bus / road Ferry / liveaboard Flight Optional

💰 Budget estimate (1 person, CHF, mid-scenario)

Etihad long-haul (booked, ref 9ISV8G)668
Internal flights (Yogya→Bali, Bali→Dili one-way, Kupang→LBJ, Bali→Jakarta)400
Komodo liveaboard 4D3N (sharing + park fees)320
Atauro (boat + dive day + eco-lodge night)130
Dili→Kupang bus + fast boats + Yogya train + local320
Accommodation (~14 paid nights; 3 aboard boat)900
Food & drink (~18 days)500
Activities (Borobudur, Prambanan, Gili dives)250
Visas (Indonesia VOA ×2 incl. land re-entry; Timor visa-free, Swiss)70
SIM, insurance, buffer150
Total all-in~CHF 3'710
Per day on the ground (excl. long-haul)~CHF 170
Why this one: your first principles — Yogyakarta temples, Timor-Leste (with the Atauro reef), Komodo NP, beach days, and Jakarta you pass through anyway. Everything is a flight, one bus and one liveaboard, in a single east-west line, so there is no backtracking and no need to extend. Fits the booked 18 nights (home 14 Jul).

🧭 The Kupang connector (3 things to verify before booking): (1) the Dili→Kupang bus runs every other day (Dili→Kupang on even dates per the field guide), so 3 Timor nights are built around a Sat 4 Jul departure. (2) Kupang→Labuan Bajo (Wings ATR) is only ~weekly and seasonal — confirm it operates your day before locking this; the fallback is fly Dili→Bali→LBJ. (3) the Dili→Kupang land border is an Indonesia re-entry, so apply the e-VOA online ~48h ahead (the airport-VOA won't cover a land crossing).

⛵ The Komodo boat (4D3N, one-way to Lombok): ~CHF 267 sharing + ~CHF 50 park fees. This is the ONLY one-way-to-Lombok boat — 3D2N trips are round-trip back to LBJ. It runs ~weekly (Sundays ex-LBJ), which lands on your Sun 5 Jul fly-in, so you must catch THAT day's boat (next Sunday is too late) — confirm the departure time and same-day boarding. Safer fallback: a 3D2N round-trip from LBJ (departs most days) + a LBJ→Lombok flight (Wings, 4×/week), same money, no weekly-boat gamble. opentriplabuanbajo.com · kanhaliveaboard.com

🧳 Packing rule: the Wings ATR (Kupang→LBJ) is the bottleneck — cabin bag ≤ 41×34×17 cm / 7 kg, prepay checked baggage. Every other carrier gives 20 kg.

🌋 Bromo lever: not in this plan. If you love the trip, add it on the way back by pushing the Etihad return (first change fee-free, fare difference may apply).

🚭 Vape: UAE/Indonesia legal; Timor banned-on-paper but sold openly in Dili, discreet + cabin bag only.