Full-Day Private Boat Tour of Elafiti Islands from Dubrovnik

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Duration8h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Your skipper adjusts the route based on what you want to do that day.

A full-day private boat tour departing from Dubrovnik explores the Elafiti Islands with a skipper-guide who customizes the stops based on your interests. The boat carries snorkeling gear, an underwater camera, drinks and water; you visit a Renaissance village, enter sea caves by speedboat, snorkel at three sites, and anchor at Šunj beach for lunch and swimming. Hotel pickup and all fees are included.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Elafiti Islands by private boat

Meet at departure location
Discuss itinerary and surprises
Visit village with renaissance houses
Enter cave by speedboat for photos
Snorkel and swim at Three Cave place
Snorkel and swim inside Blue Cave Island
See Romanic churches and botanic garden
Lunch at old style restaurant
Visit and swim at Šunj sandy beach

The Experience

You meet your skipper at one of the departure points near Dubrovnik — transport there is included — and before the boat leaves, you talk through the day together. The Elafiti Islands sit close enough that you can reach multiple stops without spending the whole tour traveling. The skipper knows the archipelago and the conditions, so the route stays flexible: if you want more time in the caves or prefer to skip a stop and anchor longer at one beach, that conversation shapes what happens next.

The day moves through a sequence of stops. You'll visit a village with old Renaissance houses and fisherman cabins, then motor into a sea cave where the speedboat itself becomes the camera angle — the underwater camera is there to capture it. Three separate cove sites offer snorkeling in clear water; you bring the masks and fins the boat provides, and the skipper points out where to look. Šunj beach, the archipelago's only sandy beach, is where most tours spend their longest stretch: you swim, rest, and eat lunch at one of the waterfront restaurants there, where the food is local and the pace is yours.

Everything that usually requires separate payment — snorkeling equipment, beer and soft drinks, bottled water, the skipper's knowledge, fuel, the underwater camera — arrives as part of the booking. The boat returns you to your hotel or apartment by the end of the day. Because the itinerary is not locked, you're not following a script; you're working with someone who knows the water and can read what the group actually wants.

What’s included

Hotel or apartment pickup and drop-off from Dubrovnik.
skipper-guide speaking English.
fuel and mooring.
snorkeling masks and fins.
underwater GoPro camera.
beer, soft drinks, bottled water and sparkling water.
all fees and taxes.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPets welcomePublic transport nearbyNot for heart conditionsNot for back problemsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Boat Rental Dubrovnik | Private Boat Tours Dubrovnik | Walking Tours Dubrovnik | Snooky Tours

Is this one for you?The boat departs for eight hours and involves getting in and out of the water at multiple stops, so plan for an active day rather than a leisurely one. The flexibility is the point — you're not locked into a fixed schedule, which means the skipper can linger where you want to linger and skip what doesn't interest you.