Every Blue Cave tour, compared

Which Blue Cave tours run from Split in 2026?

Seven full-day speedboat tours, from $89 to $139, all 10 to 11 hours. Only one includes the cave ticket.

The headline numbers, cheapest first:

Every one has free cancellation up to 24 hours before, and a new date or a refund if the operator cancels for weather.

How do the Blue Cave tour routes differ?

Five tours stop in Komiža; Salty Experience and Booker Travel skip it. The time at Budikovac, Stiniva and the Pakleni islands varies a lot.

Stop times from each listing. "Photo" means you look from the boat; "swim" means you get in.

Komiža is the Mamma Mia harbour and a coffee stop. Skipping it, as Salty Experience does, buys a quiet swim on the way home. Valiant, Speed Line and Day Trips add a 15-minute stop at the old Stupišće rocket base on Vis.

Which Blue Cave tour includes the cave ticket?

Day Trips, from $120, with hotel pickup too. Booker Travel sells an option with tickets; everyone else charges EUR 18 to 24 in cash.

Two listings are misleading here. Speed Line puts the ticket under Includes but says it's payable in cash on the boat, and Valiant lists it under Includes while its itinerary marks the cave as an extra fee. Bring cash for both unless your confirmation says otherwise. Rates and dates are in the entrance fee guide.

One price for the boat, the cave ticket and hotel pickup in Split or Trogir. The least cash to carry.

★ 4.4 · 10 hours · from $120

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Which Blue Cave tour is best for families?

Toto Travel, for its hour of swimming in the Pakleni islands. Day Trips and Gray Line take the youngest children, from age 3.

Minimum ages from the listings: Day Trips and Gray Line from 3, Valiant and Toto Travel from 4, Booker Travel from 5. Salty Experience excludes under-2s, and under-4s on some options. Speed Line rules out pregnant travellers and back problems but sets no age. The cave ticket is free under 6 and half price from 6 to 12 on every tour.

Kids care about swimming, not about Stupišće. Toto Travel gives about an hour in the Pakleni islands, the longest swim stop on any of these tours apart from Budikovac. It's back in Split around 6 p.m.

The Blue Cave plus a long swim in the Pakleni islands, and the standard half-price cave ticket for ages 6 to 12.

★ 4.6 · 10 hours · from $111

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Which Blue Cave tour has food on board?

Salty Experience lists food and drinks on board. Day Trips and Toto Travel list food and drink too; on the others, lunch in Hvar is on you.

• Food and drinks included: Salty Experience, Day Trips and Toto Travel. Toto doesn't detail what.
• Water and drinks: Speed Line lists water, food and beverages; Gray Line a bottle of water.
• Nothing: Booker Travel asks you to bring a packed lunch. Valiant leaves lunch in Hvar to you.

Even with food on board, most groups still eat in Hvar town. Budget for it.

Can you book a private Blue Cave boat from Split?

Yes. Gray Line sells a private option for 1 to 12 people, and Toto Travel has a private option with its own pickup point.

A private boat makes sense for a group of six or more, or a family that wants to set the pace. You still queue at Mezuporat like everyone else and pay the cave ticket in cash, unless your option says otherwise. Gray Line's check-in is 30 minutes before departure, and from 1 April to 15 May and in October its boats leave at 8:00.

The full Blue Cave and Hvar day in a 12-seat speedboat, shared or with the whole boat for your own group.

★ 4.3 · 10 to 10.5 hours · from $126

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Where do Blue Cave tours meet in Split, and is there hotel pickup?

Valiant and Speed Line meet at the south steps of Prokurative, Salty Experience at the SPLIT letters, Day Trips at Obala Lazareta 3 with hotel pickup.

• Prokurative (Trg Republike), south steps: Valiant and Speed Line. Arrive 15 minutes early; the exact time comes by WhatsApp the day before, so keep it active. Speed Line suggests parking at Zrinsko Frankopanska 6.
• The big SPLIT letters: Salty Experience. A crew member walks you to the boat.
• Obala Lazareta 3, or Trogir: Day Trips, with hotel pickup and drop-off included.
• Split or Trogir by option: Gray Line; check the pickup on your option.
• Operator offices: Toto Travel and Booker Travel. Booker warns that groups booked separately can end up on different boats.

Which Blue Cave tour should you book?

For most people, Valiant or Speed Line. Pick Day Trips to avoid cash, Salty Experience for food, Toto Travel for kids, Booker Travel for the longest day.

• Lowest price, classic route: Valiant, from $89.
• Same route, crews guests name by name: Speed Line.
• No cash, hotel pickup: Day Trips.
• Food on board, quieter finish: Salty Experience.
• Late sunset return: Booker Travel, 11 hours.

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