Half-Day Speedboat Tour: Explore Hvar's Hidden Gems

Interested in exploring more in a shorter duration? This semi-day speedboat excursion from Makarska might suit you. Embark on a journey to discover the less explored treasures of the stunning Hvar island. Delight in swimming and snorkeling in the scenic bays found on the island’s north coast, and immerse yourself in the pristine wilderness.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Pokrivenik - Our tour starts in Makarska with a 35-minute panoramic cruise to our first stop, Veliki Pokrivenik bay on Hvar island.
    It is one of the lesser-known and visited bays on Hvar island, decorated with impressive cliffs, beautiful pebble beaches and one hidden cave. What better way to explore this hidden treasure than while snorkelling. If…
What's Included
  • Safety equipment
  • Bottled water
  • Fuel
  • Use of snorkeling equipment
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Tip
  • On-board restrooms
Additional Information
  • Rest of the time is spent on panoramic cruising between the locations.
  • Not recommended for children under 3 years old.
Location
Rent a Boat Makarska - Promare Charter
Marineta ulica
Meeting point is at our info desk in Makarska harbour. It is located near a big parking lot in front of hotel Osejava, opposite a small wooden pier.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Maireado286
Jun 6, 2025
Great half day boat trip to hidden gems of Hvar islands north shore - Excellent half day boat trip our guide Greg was great would highly recommend port town of Jelsa was beautiful plus cliff jumping and snorkeling great experience
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Voyager60981229734
Apr 22, 2025
Beautiful tour and gorgeous locations - Josipa and our skipper took us on a beautiful and well organised tour of the gems in and around the island of Hvar. The speedboat was very luxurious and comfortable and our day was a perfect one. Our hosts sorted us with water and equipment for scuba diving and informed us of the hidden locations we stopped at. Would highly recommend this tour, the perfect amount of time was given at each location.
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491vangelisk
Nov 6, 2024
Unforettable expirience - We came from Greece with my girlfriend. Was amazing experience exploring places that there was no other way to visit and see, but only by boat. The service was extremely good and the crew as well, so friendly and warm. We definitely recommend to try it and we are sure you will not regret it. We have it on our future plans to come again.
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Climber56575286798
Sep 24, 2024
Go for it :) - This was an amazing experience! I had so much fun snorkeling in Hvar Island. The water was crystal clear. I would definitely recommend it to my friends for an unforgettable adventure.
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Sofieg788
Sep 10, 2024
Fantastic! Highly recommend - Fantastic! Absolutely wonderful to see the sunrise from the boat, a perfectly long day for a good price. Carlo and Anna were great, spoke good English and were very nice. The stop in Jelsa was about 1.5h which was just right to do some touristing and have a coffee. We had a great day on a very nice boat. We even got a ride home to Tucepi by a staff member, so grateful and very good service. Highly recommend!
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Brice
Aug 23, 2024
Ballade Hvar - Marco super Kipper. Beautiful landscape total freedom on the boat. I recommend eyes closed. Hvar is a beautiful island
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Ana_b
Aug 8, 2024
Great half-day boating trip! - Great trip! Everyone working with this company was SO friendly and knowledgeable. Trip was a perfect amount of time on the water and exploring the town.
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Nico
Sep 12, 2024
Good overall experience, friendly staff and comfortabele boat - Boat trip was nice, it was a comfortabele boat. The staff was always friendly. We stopped at a few locations, where we got to swim and snorkel. It was overall a good experience
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Helennav2021
Sep 1, 2024
Lovely bays, town, and some cliff jumping - We got a taxi from Tucepi to Makarska to meet Goran on the harbour - very easy to find and well signposted. We went to Makarska a few hours before our afternoon boat trip which was a good way to spend a few hours in a different place. We were with two other groups and Goran was friendly and spoke great English with us all (we are English, the other families were Norwegian and Hungarian). Water is provided onboard and very welcome! A lot of time is spent on the boat getting from the harbour to the first stop - around 45 minutes and this is of course loud and not easy for chatting. Once in the bays it was lovely to get out for a swim and a snorkel to cool off. The water in Croatia is stunning - crystal clear and calm and a comfortable temperature in August. There are fish to see but it’s not like snorkelling in Egypt or the Maldives - very nice, but only so much to see. The bays felt like the start of a Bond film where he’s retired somewhere secluded and beautiful before it all kicks off! They felt very remote with stunning scenery and mountain backdrops. We were lucky to see dolphins and watched them a while and did some cliff jumping - take your beach shoes if you plan to do this as it is extremely sharp on the rocks! It mentions in the itinerary about a beach bar which now I think was our first stop but this wasn’t made clear so we didn’t stop for a drink there or go on the shore, we just snorkelled. The stop at the little town was very nice - it’s beautiful, quite quiet, and had a lovely vibe. We went to a bakery to get a snack there and enjoyed wandering around. Goran was good fun and listened to what we all wanted to do and shaped the trip around that, but it was harder to bond with him than on other trips as when he was driving the boat it was noisy and when he wasn’t we were off in the sea or on land. I would recommend the trip but it cost nearly £300 for a family of 4 so it’s quite a lot of money hence knocking off the 1 star.
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827angeliquec
May 28, 2025
What a drama - Well this was a setback We had booked an excursion speedboat to blue caves cliff diving and islands 75 Euro pp This one didn’t go through too little enthusiasm but we were offered another one that was much better 🤔more expensive but we were allowed for the same price. Well, we regret that! No blue cave seen no cliff dive and an old rusted parasail boat where we only just fit with 8 people we were so pretty tight The boat was broken up to 2x he had starting problems the skipper and partner were blood cranky so 1 big fun On 1 island where we docked everything was close except for 1 toilet where more wildlife lived than outside the toilet loft mega dirty so . If this tour was much better than the one we ended up booking I wonder how it would have been
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).