Blue and Green Cave Speedboat Excursion from Hvar Town
Description
Experience an unforgettable day trip from Hvar Town to the breathtaking Blue and Green Caves. Cruise across the Adriatic on a comfortable speedboat, visiting stunning spots such as Stiniva Beach, Budikovac Island, and the Pakleni Islands. Spend your day swimming and snorkeling in crystal-clear waters, exploring hidden coves, and soaking in the unspoiled beauty of nature.
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The Blue Cave or Blue Grotto or Modra špilja is a splendorous and unique geomorphological natural wonder on the Croatian Adriatic located in a bay of Balun on the island of Biševo. A hypnotizing silver-blue light illuminates the space inside the cave when the sunlight hits the surface of the ocean through a crack or vault (natural opening) on its arched roof and reflects off the seabed.
Stiniva Beach (also referred to as Stiniva Bay or Stiniva Cove) on Vis island is one of the most beautiful beaches in Croatia and not to be missed during your visit! A secluded turquoise cove with pebbly shores and surrounding verdant cliffs are just some of the reasons why Stiniva Beach was rated Europe’s Best Beach in 2019.
The cave on the island of Ravnik is well known as a Green Cave. It is a cave formed by means of abrasion with two entrances and an aperture on the top through which light enters reflecting colors from the sea bottom painting its walls green. In the period of the Second World Ware, smaller warships also found shelter here.
Even though we like to call them “blue lagoons”, the color of the sea inside the Budikovac lagoon is closer to beautiful turquoise, constantly changing shades as the sun moves on the horizon above. Budikovac island is situated on the SE side of the island Vis and its lagoon is formed by Budikovac island and two little islands called “small Budikovac” and “Sanak” located just outside the main beach of island Budikovac. Its crystal clear sea is the perfect stage for some underwater photography and selfies to share with your friends.
We will visit the crystal-clear waters, hidden beaches and deserted lagoons, such as Palmižana and Mlini, of the Pakleni Islands (Pakleni otoci), a gorgeous chain of wooded isles that stretches out immediately in front of the Hvar town.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(78)
We had the most incredible experience on this tour. Antonio and Luca were amazing!! They ensured that we were safe, educated us on all the sights/islands we were seeing, and were overall extremely positive which made the trip a highlight of our time in Croatia. We would 100% recommend this trip to people looking to go on an excursion from Hvar.
Organisation was very good and the price was very reasonable. We were lucky to see the blue cave as seeing this is weather dependent. Make sure you find this out before leaving port although it can be closed at any time - it’s outside the control of the tour companies as you get in a separate small boat to enter the cave skippered by a specialist navigator. If you’re lucky enough to get in the cave, you’ll realise why. No queues at the blue cave in shoulder season but we heard about very long queues in high season (at least 1 hour and up to 2 hours). Other places visited as part of the tour were ok but not that remarkable. The speedboat journey to the blue cave was quite long, over an hour. No cover on the speedboat and the ride was quite choppy. Again, this part is outside the control of the tour company. Would recommend this tour as long as you get to see the blue cave.
First both the blue & green caves were closed but we went anyway! Should have been told as we would have canceled! Guide did not ask our names or where we were from & had the personality of a fish! I do not recommend this tour! Said he was supposed to have snorkeling equipment but only had 2 masks! Only water to drink & no noodles or floatation devices!
We did a tour the whole day and we visited some islands around Hvar, the red rocks and other parts of Hvar. It was incredible despite the wind and the sea that day. Definitely I would recommend this tour.
We had an exceptional Experience with the Hvar Cruise team. Every stop was unfogettable and the captain also brought us to Vis as an extra place not expected on the tour. We higly reccomend this company!
The tour itself was fabulous on the speedboat. The two guys running. It was so friendly and knowledgeable not happy with viator not giving us exact instructions on where we should meet the boat and we were lost… took a cab to the wrong place we emailed viator with questions and they never responded.
Both boys on the tour were very good and showed us parts of the islands we would never have seen. A great day for all of us on the boat.
From the start of the booking with Laetitia everything was absolutely perfectly wonderful. As it was perfect weather we were taken to two additional caves along with the green and blue cave. Also for the blue cave tour we were the only boat in the cave so the guide took us around two times. The sea was calm the water 19 degrees celsius and it was nothing but glorious for the whole day.
The two main targets were not reached. Closing of blue cave was told at the start, the green bay when in the boat. Overall, it would be fair to inform on the cancellations beforehand, as it appeared that there was information on the long queeing times available online. The staff tried their best, but a lot can be improved, starting from the safety procedures.
A beautiful experience to swim in the Green Cave, it's not necessarily unique but the Blue Cave was amazing! The trip is a bit too long without many options to relax, have food, and use the toilets. It seemed a bit too hurried but definitely recommended nonetheless. One has to pay separately "in cash" to go into the Green Cave, it felt like a scam run by the local guys who take tourists there. One needs to pay to enter the Blue Cave as well but at least it did not feel like a scam and was somewhat organised. Not sure who is charging and who is getting paid and what is being done with the money collected. I guess people who take tourists to the Blue Cave are probably getting paid by the collection from the ticket sold.
