Private Boat Tour Elaphiti Islands: Snorkel & Cave Exploration

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Duration4h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN · HR

PickupAt your hotel

Snorkel three sea caves, then anchor at a hidden restaurant while the skipper handles the route

A private boat tour of the Elaphiti Islands off Croatia with a skipper who tailors the route to your pace. You explore the Green Cave, Blue Cave and Three Caves on one island, then visit the sandy beach and village of Šunj on another, with time to linger at each stop. Snorkeling gear, drinks, towels and a coastal restaurant meal are included; the skipper speaks English or Croatian and picks you up from your accommodation.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Elaphite Islands by boat

Visit Green Cave, Blue Cave, Three Caves
Relax at Šunj sandy beach
Walk and dine in local village

The Experience

The boat leaves when you're ready and the skipper steers toward whichever island suits the day. On the first stop, you'll navigate into the Green Cave, Blue Cave and Three Caves—sea-carved formations you reach by water, then explore from the boat or by swimming in. Because it's private, you stay as long as you want at each one instead of moving with a group schedule. Snorkeling gear sits ready on deck; the water here is clear enough that you'll see the cave walls underwater as well as above it.

The second island brings you to Šunj, a sandy beach that's rare along this rocky coast, and a small village where the skipper can drop you to walk around and browse a few restaurants. By mid-afternoon the boat anchors at a coastal restaurant—the kind of place locals eat, not a tourist stop—and you order from the menu while the skipper arranges drinks (water, wine, beer, cola) and handles the boat. The meal is your choice and your pace; some groups linger two hours here, others an hour.

The skipper speaks English or Croatian and knows the islands well enough to adjust if you'd rather skip a cave and spend more time swimming, or if the weather shifts. You'll get a GoPro to capture footage underwater, towels to dry off, and a straightforward pickup and drop-off at your accommodation. Four hours total, but because there's no group waiting and no fixed itinerary, the day feels less like a schedule and more like a boat and a skipper working around what you actually want to do.

What’s included

Skipper who speaks English or Croatian.
snorkeling gear and towels.
drinks (water, cola, beer, white wine).
meal at a coastal restaurant.
GoPro for underwater footage.
pickup and drop-off from your accommodation.
fuel.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Stella Maris Dubrovnik Boats

Is this one for you?The tour runs at your pace—you can linger in a cave or at the beach as long as you want, and the skipper adjusts the route if you'd rather skip a stop. It suits travelers who want to explore without a group schedule or a fixed itinerary, and who want the boat to themselves.