| country: | Croatia |
| location: | Vis Island |
| departures: | 2008: 2 Aug |
| price: | From €435 (4 days) excluding flights |
the amazing things you'll be doing
Adventurous sailing tour to open sea Adriatic Islands; Hvar - Komiza - Bisevo - Palagruza - Susac - Hvar
Rarely visited, wild and unpredictable, the open sea islands Palagruza and Susac are irresistible as a goal on our adventurous sailing tour. Join us and see why this holiday is different…
Rarely visited, wild and unpredictable, the open sea islands Palagruza and Susac are irresistible as a goal on our adventurous sailing tour. Join us and see why this holiday is different…
day-by-day itinerary
| Day 1: | Departure from Hvar town. We start our sailing trip from Hvar town at 10am. Our first direction is towards island of Vis. We will spend overnight in Komiza where we will arrive during the afternoon. Komiža is a town and harbour on the western coast of the island of Vis in the Adriatic Sea; population 1,677. It is famous for its fishermen (fishermen from Komiza are also known in San Pedro, California), so that fish and other seafood are traditionally served daily. |
| Day 2: | Komiza - Bisevo - Palagruza. From Komiza we will sail to island of Bisevo. Its area is 5.8 km, and it has population of 19. The island has several caves, there are many caves, most famous being Blue Cave, which is accessible since 1884, and approach is possible only by boat. It is 18 meters long, 6 meters deep and 6 meters high. The entrance to the cave is only 1.5 meters high and 2.5 meters wide. Around 10 to 13 o'clock sunbeams that penetrate through the submarine opening in the Blue Cave, reflect from the white bottom floor and colour the cave in blue and objects in the water in silver. Latest at noon we will continue our sailing tour towards Palagruza. Plagruza is 40 miles away from Bisevo, so we would arrive there in the evening. Palagruza island is situated in the middle of the Adriatic sea, between the Italian and Croatian coasts, 68 NM south of Split and 26 NM south of the island of Lastovo is Croatia's furthest island. There is an archaeological site on the island Palagruza Velika, while numerous finds bear witness to the fact that Plagruza was the island of the Greek hero Diomedes. The island is a nature reserve with numerous endemic species of flora and fauna. Palagruza lighthouse was built in 1875. |
| Day 3: | During the morning time don’t miss the opportunity to walk through the island of Palagruza, visit to the lighthouse, swimming, fishing…. In the afternoon we will continue our tour towards island of Susac, which is 24 miles away from Palagruza. The island is surrounded by endless open sea that makes you feel completely secluded from the rest of the world. When seen from distance, it seems as though Susac consists of two islands. Susac lighthouse was built in 1878 on the highest point of the extremely steep southern side of the island, where there are numerous cliffs jetting out of the deep crystal clear sea. The lighthouse building lies at a height of 100 m and offers views of the endless open sea. |
| Day 4: | After breakfast we will continue our return sailing back to Hvar. We will arrive to Hvar in the late afternoon… Last leg of this trip has 25 miles. |
travelling with a local operator
This holiday is operated by a company based in the holiday destination and they will be able to provide expert local knowledge. They will be able to tailor make your holiday to suit your requirements not only concerning the dates of travel but also typically the standard of accommodation, and thus price. It is rare for local operators to be able to help with the booking of your flights.how this holiday makes a difference
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We employ local guides. Beside the fact that this kind of employment brings benefits to the local community, local guides are very familiar with the area and they know local people. We direct our travellers to local private accommodation providers. Overnight in private accommodation enhances the visitors' experience, since they get an opportunity to be welcomed by a local host and thus get better insight in everyday life of local people on Croatian islands. Also, in this way our travellers are contributing to the local economy. While on tours we stop for a lunch in local restaurants. Thus the guests have an opportunity to taste some of the typical specialties of the region and at the same time help the local economy.
While on this trip, we will visit Komiza on Vis island, Town of fishermen. There we will visit one of the best local restaurants. Also we will suggest you local producers of food, honey, wine, spices where you could buy supply for our journey. After Vis island, there are no inhabited islands, where you could do shopping or find local products. We will also visit Plagaruza, the lighthouse and bring people on the lighthouse necessary groceries from Vis. Same we will do on Susac. All guides are aware of their surrounding and they are constantly providing the travellers with suggestions of how to minimize potential negative impacts to the environment and marine ecosystems. We always collect our litter and encourage people to help us collecting litter from beaches and other beautiful places we visit. Our guides emphasize on the importance of leaving the environment as it is. We observe nature but we do not disturb it. We choose our activities because of the minimum impact they have on the nature. While sailing we use only power of the wind, for kayaking and walking we use our body and muscles – our strength. We do not cause any form of air or water pollution and we try not to produce noise that could be disturbing for marine or wildlife life Sailing itself is one of the most environmental friendly ways of travelling. We use sails as much as possible and try to minimize motoring. As we understand the importance of conserving marine environments for future generations, you will also learn how to help conserve the unspoiled locations we all love to sail in. We will teach you what to do with litter, waste waters, black tanks from the boats… |
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