Private Boat Day on Capri from Sorrento: Blue Grotto & grottoes

Choose your own pace around Capri's sea caves and coastline

A private boat tour departing from Sorrento takes you around Capri for seven hours, with stops at the Blue Grotto, White Grotto and Marina Piccola, plus time to snorkel in the island's clear waters. You decide whether to enter each cave or stay aboard, and can land in town for a walk if you want. A live guide speaks English, Spanish or Italian. Prosecco, snorkeling gear, towels and refreshments are included.

Step-by-step itinerary

Stops and time spent at each

1. White Grotto25m · entry included
2. Marina Piccola20m · entry included
3. Blue Grotto15m

Private boat tour around Capri

• View Sorrento and gulf of Naples
• Boat tour around Capri island
• Visit the White Grotto cave
• See Marina Piccola from sea or land
• Pass by Italy's second lighthouse
• Optionally wait for Blue Grotto entrance
• Disembark at Capri tourist port

The experience

The boat leaves Sorrento and heads out across the Gulf of Naples, giving you the panoramic view of the coast from the water before reaching Capri. Once there, you'll tour the island by sea, passing the lighthouse, Italy's second-largest, and pulling up to the White Grotto, where the limestone rock creates a natural cathedral of pale stone. The choice to enter or skip each stop is yours. If the Blue Grotto has a queue of smaller boats at its entrance, you can wait or continue exploring elsewhere on the island.

Marina Piccola, Capri's most exclusive waterfront district, comes into view from the boat, and you can land there if you want to walk through the town center. Between the named stops, you'll have time in the water with snorkeling equipment provided, and the boat carries everything you need: bottled water, beach towels, prosecco, soft drinks, fruit and beer. A restroom is on board for the full seven hours.

The tour operates from either Sorrento or Massa Lubrense depending on which option you choose at checkout. Both departures give you the same route and inclusions. The difference is where you start. Your guide will be live and present throughout, speaking English, Spanish or Italian.

What’s included

• Snorkeling equipment and beach towels.
• bottled water, prosecco, soft drinks, fruit and beer.
• a live guide in English, Spanish or Italian.
• a restroom on board throughout the seven hours.

Options for this experience

2 options

Full-day private boat trip to Capri from SorrentoUp to 6 per booking · Guide in English, Spanish or Italian · 09:00 and 11:00

Leaves from Massa LubrenseUp to 8 per booking · Guide in English, Spanish or Italian · 09:00 and 11:00Alternative departure point

You pick the guide language when booking.

You'll see the exact price of each option when you check availability.See dates and prices

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDepartures at 09:00 and 11:00

Book up to3h before

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish, Spanish and Italian

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather or if the minimum number of travelers isn't reached. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

Paid on site€ 268

Prices and times updated 11 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effortStroller-friendlyPublic transport nearbyNot recommended with heart problemsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Coral Charter Sorrento

Is this one for you?The private boat means you're not on a schedule with other groups, so you can linger at the White Grotto or Marina Piccola as long as you want, or skip them entirely and spend more time snorkeling in the open water. If the Blue Grotto has a queue, you decide whether the wait is worth it instead of being locked into a group decision.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English, Spanish and Italian.

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

Can I enter the Blue Grotto, or do I have to skip it if there's a wait?

The Blue Grotto is Capri's top attraction, but entry depends on the queue of small boats at the cave mouth. Your guide will let you know the wait time when you arrive, and you decide whether to go in or keep exploring the rest of the island by boat.

What's included in the seven-hour tour?

Snorkeling equipment, beach towels, bottled water, prosecco, soft drinks, fruit and beer are all included. You also get a live guide in your chosen language and a restroom on board for the full day.

Do I have to land on Capri, or can I stay on the boat the whole time?

You choose. The boat passes Marina Piccola and the tourist port, where you can disembark for a walk in town, but staying aboard to snorkel and see the grottoes from the water is equally valid.

What's the difference between departing from Sorrento versus Massa Lubrense?

Both options follow the same route around Capri with the same stops and inclusions. The choice is simply where your day starts: Sorrento or Massa Lubrense, depending on which is closer to where you're staying.

Is the White Grotto worth seeing if I'm mainly interested in the Blue Grotto?

The White Grotto is a separate stop earlier in the tour, named for the pale limestone rock that forms it. Since the boat passes it on the way to the Blue Grotto, you'll see it either way. Whether you spend time there is part of your choice about pacing the day.