The Blue Cave chamber on Biševo, the whole pool glowing electric blue

TheBlue Cave5 Island Tourfrom Split

The most-booked day-trip from Split. Blue Cave, Stiniva Beach, Budikovac Lagoon, Hvar and the Pakleni Islands: all in one ten-hour Adriatic adventure.

110per person · 10 hours · 5 islands
Skipper & sailor includedSnorkel gear on boardWeather-safe reschedule
A boat of visitors inside the Blue Cave on Biševo, the water below it glowing blue. Blue Cave & 5 Island Tour
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Blue Cave & 5 Island Tour

The legendary Adriatic day: Blue Cave, Stiniva, Hvar & a quiet swim off Brač in 10 unforgettable hours

Duration

10 hours

Departs

07:00 (16 Jun – 15 Sep) or 07:45

Islands

6 stops

The route

  1. 1
    Blue Cave, Biševo Island~45 min
  2. 2
    Sea Side Cliffs, south coast of Vis~20 min
  3. 3
    Stiniva Beach, Vis Island~15 min
  4. 4
    Budikovac Lagoon~60 min
  5. 5
    Hvar Old Town~120 min
  6. 6
    Hidden cove near Milna, Brač~45 min

Per person, all-in

129110

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Fleet of 3 speedboats

4.96

Across 341 verified Airbnb reviews

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Why this tour

The day everyone comes to Split for

In ten hours you see five completely different islands. Most guests say it's the best day of their entire Croatia trip.

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The Blue Cave itself

Sea cave on Biševo that fills with electric blue light when sunlight enters the underwater passage. One of the most magical natural phenomena in the Mediterranean.

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Europe's best beach

Stiniva on Vis, a cliff-walled cove only reached through a narrow rock passage. Crystal water, dramatic walls of stone rising straight from the sea.

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Hvar & the Pakleni

Lunch on the marble Pjaca of Croatia's glamour island, then cruise the pine-covered Pakleni archipelago on the way home as the light turns gold.

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“The Blue Cave was even more incredible than the photos. The captain timed everything perfectly so we beat the queue. By 11am we were already swimming at Stiniva. Best day of our two weeks in Croatia.”

Liam & Sophie, Blue Cave 5 Island Tour, July 2025

Two Blue Cave Tours crew at the helm of a speedboat off Split

Who runs the boats

A fishing family from Split

Fishing came first and it never stopped. This family has worked the Adriatic for generations, and once the last guests fly home in November most of the crew goes back to the nets.

Every one of us came through the Maritime Faculty in Split, so the licences are the boring part. The useful part is knowing which bay stays flat when the jugo gets up, which cove is empty at eleven in August, and why a village on Brač looks the way it does.

That is the whole idea behind these days. Twelve guests, a skipper and a sailor on every departure, and someone on board who can actually tell you what you are looking at.

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Our crew

Two brothers, both with degrees from the Faculty of Maritime Studies in Split, and two very different routes to the same wheel. One went fishing and then to sea on merchant ships. The other went into mega yachts. What comes back is the same thing either way: years on the water, a professional standard, and a day run properly rather than run cheaply.

Tino, one of the two brothers who run the boats, holding a dentex caught off Split. Tino

Tino

Skipper

Fisherman first, and still one every winter once the last guests have flown home. If you want to know why the dentex sit off one headland and not the next, or which cove is empty at eleven in the morning in August, Tino is the reason this website can tell you.

He has also been a long way from here: a full circumnavigation on merchant ships, which is the kind of sea time that makes a two-hour Adriatic crossing feel like nothing at all. On a rough morning that is exactly who you want at the wheel.

Ivan, one of the two brothers who run the boats, in uniform aboard a motor yacht. Ivan

Ivan

Skipper

Years on mega yachts, where the standard is set by owners and charter guests who notice everything and forgive nothing. That is where the habits come from: the briefing before you leave, the boat that is already clean when you step on, the day that runs without anybody having to ask.

He brought that back to a twelve-guest speedboat on his own coast, which is the whole idea. The service is the one he was trained to give on a hundred-metre yacht. The setting is the sea he grew up on.

Where the day takes you

Gallery of locations

The Blue Cave itself, Stiniva, Budikovac lagoon and Hvar town, photographed on our own boats. Click any image for full size.

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Before you book

Blue Cave tour: the honest answers

The Blue Cave glows best between 10:00 and 12:00 when sunlight enters its underwater opening at the optimal angle. Our 07:00 (16 Jun – 15 Sep) or 07:45 departure is timed exactly so you arrive in this window. May through early October is peak season; July and August are the busiest but the cave is no less beautiful.

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