Blue Cave Tour
Overview
This tour is a beautiful experience that can be of great importance to the tourists. We have fun and enjoy the views of nature together with a little history and culture that has shaped our small bay and people for centuries. We will ride the waves and enjoy the sunny day and fresh air. We will swim on the open sea and dive in the most beautiful cave that Montenegro has to offer.
We will get into the submarine tunnels that were used during world war 2. We will learn the stories they had. We will also stop and take a little break on the natural island of the Lady of the Rocks. There is a secret and a legend that we will reveal to you if you embark on an adventure with us!
We will get into the submarine tunnels that were used during world war 2. We will learn the stories they had. We will also stop and take a little break on the natural island of the Lady of the Rocks. There is a secret and a legend that we will reveal to you if you embark on an adventure with us!
Inclusions
- Bottled water
- Use of Snorkelling equipment
- WiFi on board
- Private transportation
- Snacks
- Soda/Pop
What to expect
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Our Lady of the Rocks, Island in Boka Bay, Perast, Kotor Municipality 85336 Montenegro
Our Lady of the Rocks is one of the two islands off the coast of Perast in the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro (the other being Sveti Đorđe island). It is an artificial island created by bulwark of rocks and by sinking old and seized ships loaded with rocks. The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rocks is the largest building on the island; it has a museum attached. There is also a small gift shop close to the church and a navigation light at the western end of the island.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Tivat, Tivat, Tivat Municipality
After we pass through the strait of Verige, we enter Tivat Bay, and on the far left we will see its rich marina - Porto Montenegro, brimming with yachts and ships of all sizes.
On our way, we are stopping at the ex-submarine military base which description we’ll leave up to you to find it. Its more fun that way. I will give you a hint. It was a WW2 submarine base.
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Mamula Fortress, Island Lastavica, Herceg-Novi, Herceg-Novi Municipality Montenegro
At the very entrance to the magnificent Boka Bay, one of the most beautiful bays in the world, there is a lonely, uninhabited island with a fortress. The island is called Lastavica, but more often reffered to and better known as simply Mamula. The monumental fortress was built by the Austrian Admiral, Lazar Mamula at the end of the 19th century. At first sight, the fort looks a bit scary. For years, Mamula has had many purposes. Due to its isolated position, it was used as a concentration camp in both World Wars. Partly, the fort served as a prison, as well. The main reason for building Mamula was, therefore, to stop the enemy ships from entering the Boka Bay. Even so, the fortress never served its purpose, since not a single cannonball was ever shot from it.
Stop At: Blue Grotto, Miriste, Lustica, Kotor Municipality Montenegro
The Blue Grotto is a sea cave on the coast of the Lustica. Sunlight passing through an underwater cavity and shining through the seawater creates a blue reflection that illuminates the cavern. The cave extends some 50 metres into the cliff at the surface, and is about 100 metres (490 ft) deep, with a sandy bottom.
Duration: 25 minutes
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Our Lady of the Rocks, Island in Boka Bay, Perast, Kotor Municipality 85336 Montenegro
Our Lady of the Rocks is one of the two islands off the coast of Perast in the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro (the other being Sveti Đorđe island). It is an artificial island created by bulwark of rocks and by sinking old and seized ships loaded with rocks. The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rocks is the largest building on the island; it has a museum attached. There is also a small gift shop close to the church and a navigation light at the western end of the island.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Tivat, Tivat, Tivat Municipality
After we pass through the strait of Verige, we enter Tivat Bay, and on the far left we will see its rich marina - Porto Montenegro, brimming with yachts and ships of all sizes.
On our way, we are stopping at the ex-submarine military base which description we’ll leave up to you to find it. Its more fun that way. I will give you a hint. It was a WW2 submarine base.
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Mamula Fortress, Island Lastavica, Herceg-Novi, Herceg-Novi Municipality Montenegro
At the very entrance to the magnificent Boka Bay, one of the most beautiful bays in the world, there is a lonely, uninhabited island with a fortress. The island is called Lastavica, but more often reffered to and better known as simply Mamula. The monumental fortress was built by the Austrian Admiral, Lazar Mamula at the end of the 19th century. At first sight, the fort looks a bit scary. For years, Mamula has had many purposes. Due to its isolated position, it was used as a concentration camp in both World Wars. Partly, the fort served as a prison, as well. The main reason for building Mamula was, therefore, to stop the enemy ships from entering the Boka Bay. Even so, the fortress never served its purpose, since not a single cannonball was ever shot from it.
Stop At: Blue Grotto, Miriste, Lustica, Kotor Municipality Montenegro
The Blue Grotto is a sea cave on the coast of the Lustica. Sunlight passing through an underwater cavity and shining through the seawater creates a blue reflection that illuminates the cavern. The cave extends some 50 metres into the cliff at the surface, and is about 100 metres (490 ft) deep, with a sandy bottom.
Duration: 25 minutes
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- Pet friendly
- Face masks provided for travelers
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
pilotapaul
June 2022
It all started with a walk along the Kotor waterfront, where we were picked up by a wonderful Mr. Nikola, as we heard I think they call him Cuki. He first explained to us how the group tour works and besides everyone else who tried to explain to us how things are with the tour around the beautifu...
It all started with a walk along the Kotor waterfront, where we were picked up by a wonderful Mr. Nikola, as we heard I think they call him Cuki. He first explained to us how the group tour works and besides everyone else who tried to explain to us how things are with the tour around the beautiful Bay of Kotor, Nikola left the biggest impression on us, and this is our way to thank him for this spectacular tour. We have experienced and will remain forever in our minds. The tour started from the Port of Kotor, where you get a tour of huge yachts and cruisers, the sun shines on the calm sea over which you can see the walls of beautiful Kotor called the city of cats, circling around the city you have views of huge mountains surrounding this small town with great history. Nikola explained to us that in the past many peoples inhabited this place, who were engaged in trade across the sea because the city is connected to the whole world by the same Sea. The next place we went was the blue cave, the journey whic takes about an hour maybe a little longer. On the way to the cave, you pass stunning places like Perast with two churches we were thrilled with both Christian churches, and the difference is that one is orthodox and the other one catholic, one weird thing about these churches is that they are both built on two different islands, then you pass Tivat, the city of the rich, with the most beautiful port we have ever seen, and we have seen many of them, then visit a new place that is still under construction near Herceg Novi called Porto Novi, Nikola says they are preparing to make even bigger a miracle with a much larger area than Tivat, but in return I will explain to you a little more clearly about everything we heard on this tour related to these places. We came to as I want to call the eighth wonder of the world Blue Cave. A place in the middle of nowhere surrounded by stone on one side and the open sea on the other, a place where all the noise and restlessness of the outside world ends where you feel as if your soul is resting, a place that seems not to be on this planet where water is warm and clear where you feel like reaching out to touch the ocean floor, where on one side of the rock you enter the gates of paradise, where you are greeted by the court and around you is a black cave with stunning blue color where you stay or through which you step aside into peaceful gardens illuminated by the sun poured into you the deepest peace of mind. A place that leaves you breathless. In the blue cave Nikola gave us a service to bathe to feel the emperor of the Adriatic Sea, at first we were afraid that there are no huge fish or something like that but he explained that he would not take us to such a place and that he is a top swimmer because he trained swimming for 14 years, we are safe in his hands. What we did without discussion, we immediately jumped into the salt sea to feel the beauty. The rest in the cave lasted about thirty minutes, we headed back to Kotor. We were fascinated by an island that is still under construction, with huge walls around the whole island, as we were interested in what was happening there, Nikola took us with his huge speedboat to show us a little closer and explain what is really happening there. This island called Mamula was a former prison that is being renovated and a hotel is being built. I believe everyone has heard of that name. An island from which there is no escape Prison like Alcatraz. In order to revive its past the people who rented it a real hotel, so that others had the opportunity to attend some of the old historiji connected to this place. After the hangover, we headed to the so-called shelters for submarines that were used during Yugoslavia for defense in World War II. The way to the shelter, Nikola gave us the opportunity to be a little closer to the coast and in a small town we saw a ship stranded wreck, Nikola explained that it is a fishing boat and that it has stood for a hundred years as an ornament for tourists. This is a city of fishermens, who once lived only from caughting fish. Now it is a bit tidy and there are two hotels with a beautiful Russian palace next to them ,to which the only road leads again by boat. We came to the submarine depots, other people with other companies only had the opportunity to enter by boat and return while Nikola let us walk and get to know a little better that part of the hill where there are masked warehouses that you can not see with the naked eye. Inside the whole system of tunnels is as if the whole hill is connected by tunnels in case of some major offensive in place to keep the people safe, huge tunnels take up a huge belt and occupy. Very strange and passionate place with hidden beauty. After visiting the warehouse, we headed to Perast, a city with 300 churches and a 5-kilometer-long waterfront, which is the beginning and end of the city, strange isn't it? Such a small town with so much to give for looking. Driving to Perast, you pass Tivat, a place with a rich clientele and city with the most beautiful port, where you have about a thousand huge yachts, we even had the opportunity to see the most expensive and largest sailing ship in the world anchored in the port. We had the feeling that the sailboat has no end is over 200 meters long, it looks like a ship from space hahahh, who has so much money to buy this or the imagination to build it, wonderful. We arrived in a colorful city with 300 different churches, and two most beautiful churches ever built with a very strange history, one is Orthodox St. George and the island is naturally created, this island is now private because it was leased by a Russian tycoon as we learned from the story . The second place is Our Lady of Skrpjela, which was made by the locals so that people of both faiths could pray on them, the strange thing is that the locals threw stone after stone into the sea so that the island could be built and be used to build a church. A beautiful story related to this church is that an angel comes to the altar for which you pray while the church is open, obeys your wishes and sends them to God for fulfillment. People from all over the world came to pray there, they say that the desired ones were answered, so we also make a wishes :). You get 15 minutes to take pictures on the island, we are a big family and we all wanted to have a memory from the island so we asked our captain Nikola to do it, of course he took pictures of us from all possible angles even though we asked for only one, this wonderful gentleman knows just how to treats people and we are very grateful to him for that. We also had the opportunity to walk around Perast, although the tour does not allow it, but it was the end of the day, so the captain let us without complains, although we pressed him a little hahah, but he did not hesitate much. He even went with us so that we wouldn't get lost because the city is full of small stairs and passages, so to be sure that we managed, once again Nikola, thank you very much. The time came when the sun was shining over the big hill and we had to end this wonderful experience. The trip to Kotor has started, just to describe what awaits you while riding Nikola's boat, you get an 8 meter speedboat that is bigger than any other on the waterfront, a speedboat that can accommodate 17 people but Nikola never rides more than 12 For safety's sake, what I'm telling you I'm not saying by heart, but from the side as Captain Nikola explained to us. The seats are comfortable , seats can be made into a bed, but on group tours due to guests it is not possible, only in a private tour, which I will explain in more detail at the end. You get refreshing drinks from the captain, free internet and the best music this guy plays while driving. He has completely perfected his tour and knows at all times how to set what to say, and he is a great connoisseur of his city, he told us more, but I did not bring a notebook to write hahah, a fool remembers, smart writes as they say. Time to leave the speedboat approaching mooring the boat, perhaps the saddest part of this tour. Farewell time, the captain ensured the safety of the speedboat for docking and, most importantly, helped everyone get out of the speedboat, as he says, the last captain leaves his boat, when he is sure everyone is safe, with his words we were thrilled. In the end, we asked him for a private tour because we will definitely come back to him one day, to try private miracle. This is the case with the private tour, I must mention that after everything and the end of working hours he had the patience for us, and to explain everything to us in detail. The tour is similar to a group tour, only your wishes are fulfilled. During the tour you choose the places you want to go, depending on what you choose, there can be a three hour tour as a group tour, etc or all day tour ... In the tour you choose a restaurant where you will eat many interesting stories, you get a swim on the shore of your choice and on the way to the blue cave your eyes are longing for every beach. You get a drink of your choice on a speedboat, you get the whole speedboat just for yourself and no one is allowed to approach you anymore the whole tour is yours. You also get a bed to enjoy the tour as well as a shower on the speedboat in case the seawater bothers you. These are some of the many details we picked up, and I'm sure the next tour we will choose is a whole private day :) For total enjoyment. Many thanks to Captain Nikola, and he knows he won't get rid of us so easily :). This is a tour to remember and I would like everyone to experience what we are. Nikola, you are the best, destiny has given you to us and we will not forget you. Thank you, I have no words to describe our experience with yours , and with your a little excursion as you mantioned. :)231297mk
June 2022
Visited from Denmark, in may,. did tour of both the blue cave and lady of the rocks. Excellent trip, very good value for money. Boat looked ( and probably was) brand new. Good and kind crew, with lots of knowledge of the area. Defiantly would recommend to anyone in the Kotor area looking for a...
Visited from Denmark, in may,. did tour of both the blue cave and lady of the rocks. Excellent trip, very good value for money. Boat looked ( and probably was) brand new. Good and kind crew, with lots of knowledge of the area. Defiantly would recommend to anyone in the Kotor area looking for an enjoyable day.844tea
May 2022
The tour was very well organized and the atmosphere was lovely. I can't wait to come again. Highly recommend!
The tour was very well organized and the atmosphere was lovely. I can't wait to come again. Highly recommend!markosG8900LK
June 2022
The tour was great, skipper is very nice and friendly. We enjoyed our time very much! The blue cave is amazing, including the tour. We will definitely come back for another great experience.
The tour was great, skipper is very nice and friendly. We enjoyed our time very much! The blue cave is amazing, including the tour. We will definitely come back for another great experience.Martin C
June 2022
Memorable tour. Very professional guys and very attentive. The tour was great the best 3 hours at sea. The blue cave is amazing, with free internet, water and the skipper told us all the history for these places. Definitely choose them
Memorable tour. Very professional guys and very attentive. The tour was great the best 3 hours at sea. The blue cave is amazing, with free internet, water and the skipper told us all the history for these places. Definitely choose themRossa1819
June 2022
This is the second time that I have been on a boat trip with Msd Adriatic while visiting Kotor and I cannot recommend them enough. There are several companies in the area offering tours to the Blue Cave and other beautiful sights and you could go with and enjoy the trip with any of them. I cho...
This is the second time that I have been on a boat trip with Msd Adriatic while visiting Kotor and I cannot recommend them enough. There are several companies in the area offering tours to the Blue Cave and other beautiful sights and you could go with and enjoy the trip with any of them. I chose to go with Msd Adriatic after a local couple suggested them while I was having coffee in the old town. They said they knew the owner Vido and that he was a great guy and well known in the area. I was not disappointed. I cannot believe Vido is 55 (Well, 53 the first time we met). The man is a beast. Strong and fit like a Spartan. The lifestyle of a boat tour guide on the Adriatic must have its benefits. When I went back for the second time Vido remembered and recognised me and we had a good old chat. He offered me some of his delicious homemade wine and told me several interesting stories of his days as a merchant mariner, sailing the world. The boats and crew were fantastic and very knowledgeable about the area. If there is something, in particular, you want to see then they are happy to oblige, but you are far better just letting them take you where they wish to. They are the ones that are local and know the waters and sights after all. We visited the Islands Gospa od Škrpjela. I will not hesitate to return to Vido, his sons David and Stefan. Not to forget Nikola and Marko next time I am in Kotor for another boat trip. Nikola was our skipper and he was very polite and professional. I am from Scotland and other than the common courtesies you learn when visiting a country my Montenegrin is pretty much non-existent, but thankfully Nikola speaks very good English.