The Blue Cave
About 6 nautical miles from Herceg Novi, between Zlatna Luka Bay and Cape Mokra Gora, on the Lustica Peninsula, is perhaps the most beautiful natural phenomenon on the Montenegrin coast, and some classify it as a natural jewel of the Mediterranean, the Blue Cave.
The cave has two openings, smaller, on the south side and larger, 3 meters high and 15 meters wide, located on the southwest side. Boats can enter the cave through a larger opening, which allows tourists to attend indescribable games of light and water in the interior and speedboats can enter on both sides. This natural cave, with a dome of 9 meters above sea level, is a unique stage of natural wonders, which will leave everyone who visits the Blue Cave breathless.
If you are coming to Montenegro on a vacation and are deciding to get to know its coast, then you must see the most beautiful attraction, which is a little out of sight. The most breathtaking cave on the Montenegrin coast! This was the pinnacle of our tour. The color of this cave cannot be described with words.
– Sheldon Waters, Miami USA.
When the day is clear and sunny, through the openings of the cave, sunlight enters its interior, and there it refracts on the surface of the water in indescribable shades of blue, making the water and cave walls the color after which the cave is named.
You will hardly be able to see such shades of blue anywhere in the world, and clean and warm water simply entices you to dive into and become one with the indescribable ambience of this natural cave. The resonance of this cave turns every sound inside it into an echo, which is another phenomenon characteristic of this hidden wonder of nature, and one of the most beautiful places on our coast. Whoever swims in the Blue Cave once, will forever carry a part of that indescribable blue, as one of the most memorable memories in his life and you will always want to come back for another dive.
Basic tour informaiton
The Blue Cave tour lasts 3 hours. Guests have 2 stops for break, first for 20 minute break on Our Lady of the Rocks island, where guests can look around, explore the church and museum and use the restroom, and the second one, in the Blue Cave where guests have 30 minutes to swim inside it. Maximum guest capacity per speedboat is 10 people (not including 2 crew members). At the beginning of the tour, every guest will receive one bottled water.
Tour Content
The tour starts from Old Town Kotor, where guests board the speedboat. After that, the speedboat is headed towards the Perast. During this first part of the tour guests will enjoy in the beautiful landscapes and panoramic views of Boka Bay.
Firstly, guests will enjoy in the panoramic view of Old Town Perast. Perast’s shore is lined with Baroque palaces and graceful churches. Perast was once a powerful maritime centre and it even had a shipyard.
St. George’s Island is one of the two islands on the coast of Perast. Unlike Our Lady of the Rocks, it is a natural island. It is forbiden for turists to visit it so the speedboat will cruise around it while guests take pictures and will continue to islet Our Lady of the Rocks.
Afterwards the speedboat docks on Our Lady of the Rocks islet, where guests have 20 minutes to look aroud, take pictures and even go inside the church and musem. Our Lady of the Rocks is a man-made islet and a Catholic church that has been built over 600 years ago.
In this part of the tour the guest are boarding the speedboat and the tour continues to the Submarine Tunnels. The speed boat enters in one of these submarine tunnels so that the guest can experience it fully and take pictures and record videos. These 3 tunnels were built by the Yugoslav Army in the middle of last century. They were used by smaller submarines for hideout and cover from enemy spy planes and possible attacks.
After exiting the tunnels, the tour continues to the panoramic view of Islet Mamula. The islet Mamula has a fort, built in 1853 and was used as a prison during both World Wars. Now it is under conversion into a luxury beach resort.
The final highlight of this tour is the famous Blue Cave in which the guests have 30 minutes to swim and even snorkel inside it. The cave has two openings, smaller on the south side and larger 3 meters high and 15 meters wide, located on the southwest side.
Finaly, after 3 hours later, the tour is finished. Guests have seen some of the most iconic places in the Boka Bay. In this last part of the tour guests are enjoying breathtaking landescapes and the speedboat is headed back to Old Town Kotor.
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Our Lady of the Rocks
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With this 1 and a half hour tour guests can explore the islet of Our Lady of the Rocks, enjoy in panoramic views of Perast, St. George’s island and the Bay of Kotor!
Submarine Tunnels
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These 3 tunnels were built by the Yugoslav Army in the middle of last century. They were used by a smaller submarines for hideout.
Perast
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This tour lasts 2 hours. Perast’s shore is lined with Baroque palaces and graceful churches, with islet Our Lady of The Rocks across it.
