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Private boat tour Malta: anchor in Blue Lagoon alone

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Duration3h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

What does it feel like to have the Blue Lagoon to yourself?

You get a private boat, a professional English-speaking skipper, and three hours to explore Malta's clearest lagoons and caves without sharing the water with tour groups. Snorkel gear, all park permits, and marina fees are included. The itinerary flexes with sea conditions and your mood, so you stop where the water is bluest and stay as long as you want. Pickup and drop-off are at Cirkewwa or Mgarr, with the option to end on either Malta or Gozo.

Step-by-step itinerary

Depart from Cirkewwa Port or Gozo Marina
Cruise past Paradise Bay
Stop at Blue Lagoon for swim and snorkel
Visit Cominotto Beach and reef
Explore Santa Marija Bay and caves
Snorkel at Crystal Lagoon and caves
See Saint Mary's Tower from boat
Cruise south coast of Gozo including Halfa Rock
Visit Hondoq ir-Rumien Bay and Bemberin Gorge
Pass by Qala coast and caves
Return and drop off at chosen port

The Experience

"You'll have the bluest part of the lagoon to yourself," the skipper said when we talked through the route—and that's the whole point of this trip. Most boats dump fifty people at the same sandy strip and call it done. This one is yours alone: a private charter that leaves from Cirkewwa or Mgarr Harbour and goes where you want to go, when the sea lets you. The skipper speaks English, knows the coast like he built it, and adjusts the whole day around what you actually want to do instead of what a schedule demands.

Three hours sounds short until you're anchored in the Blue Lagoon between Comino and Cominotto, the water so clear it looks like you're swimming in a pool, and there's no one else there. The boat carries mask and snorkel gear, a swim ladder, shaded seating, and an ice box—everything stays on board, so you're not juggling bags on a crowded beach. You stop where the water is deepest and bluest, not where the tour buses point. From there the skipper can take you to Santa Marija Bay on the north side of Comino (white sand, horseshoe shape, good for families), or into the Crystal Lagoon where caves cut into the cliffs and some of them open onto secret beaches you can only reach by boat. The Cominotto reef, the south coast of Gozo with its salt pans and hidden inlets, Hondoq ir-Rumien Bay with its gorge and air pockets—they're all options, not fixed stops.

What makes this different from a group boat isn't just the privacy. It's that the itinerary actually changes. If the sea gets choppy on one side, you go the other way. If you want to spend an hour snorkeling instead of twenty minutes, you do. If someone wants to see the 17th-century Saint Mary's Tower or the Mġarr Harbour in Gozo with its fishing boats and Fort Chambre, the skipper takes you there and tells you the history—he's not rushing to the next checkpoint. All the park fees for the Blue Lagoon, Comino, and Crystal Lagoon National Reserve are already paid, and so are the marina costs, so there's nothing to sort out when you arrive.

Departures run from either Cirkewwa Port (on Malta's north coast, next to a café) or Mgarr Harbour in Gozo, and you can choose a round trip back to where you started or a one-way drop-off to the other island. The boat itself has Bluetooth audio, a cushioned sun deck, and enough shade that you're not cooking all day. Bring a light layer if the wind picks up, and wear shoes you don't mind getting wet for the ladder.

What’s included

Your day includes a professional English-speaking skipper, mask and snorkel gear, all anchoring and park fees for the Blue Lagoon, Comino, and Crystal Lagoon National Reserve, marina costs, shaded seating, a cushioned sun deck, a swim ladder, Bluetooth audio, and an ice box with ice. Departures from Cirkewwa Port or Mgarr Harbour, with flexible drop-off options on Malta or Gozo.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Outdoor Explorers Malta

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see Malta's clearest water and hidden caves without being herded onto a crowded beach—the private boat is what makes the flexible schedule and the bluest anchorages possible.