A week of fun, physical and mental activities, pleasure and new friendships. Created to suit needs of most of our clients, the tour is not too demanding, but challenging.
Duration: 8 Days
Grading:MODERATEMax Group Size: 10
Type:SMALL GROUPPrices from: £450
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Tour Overview
If you plan to travel to Croatia and you like to spend active holidays, than this is the right trip for you. Created to suit needs of most of our clients, the tour is not too demanding, but challenging enough to ensure great time which you will remember for a long time. The tour includes sailing, sea kayaking, and hiking.
All restaurants we visit are one of the most popular local restaurants with great food and wines, so besides enjoying in unspoiled scenery you would enjoy one of the best cuisines of the world... Plenty of fish, vegetables, and natural home produced olive oil and wines... For those who don't eat fish there is always a choice...
In 1997 it has been chosen by the „Traveller Magazine“ as one of the ten most beautiful islands in the world.
Hvar is also known as the "Madeira of the Adriatic“. In average you may enjoy 2.715 hours of sunshine a year, what makes Hvar sunnyest island on the Adriatic coast. During winter, Hvar has an average temperature of 9°C while in summer average temperature is 25°C.
Hvar is the second biggest Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea and the longest one. The eastern promontory of Hvar is only 4.5 km away from the mainland, while the western one faces the open sea. It is 67,5 km long and a maximum of 10,5 km in width. Higest peak is St.Nicola which is 626 m high...
There are 11,459 inhabitants on Hvar. Innumerable lavender fields, olive plantations and wineyards cover it. The islanders make their living mostly of tourism, viticulture, olive growing and above all, growing of rosemary and lavander, and fishing...
Dejo has been skipper all his life participating in numerous regattas in Croatia and abroad. He has more than 30 years of working experience on sailboats and motor yachts. As a sailing instructor he has taken many people through their first sailing steps. Now he is skipper.
Pacho, born in 1971 in Split, finished the study of italian and english languages. Has climbed in Slovenia, Thailand, Alps. He is award wining outdoor photographer. Damir participated (and created some) in different adventure sports events in Croatia, He is licenced adventure sports guide and works as a sea kayaking guide.
Purko, born in 1979 in Split, finished courses of paragliding, caving, ice climbing in Chamonix, participated in climbing expeditions in Chile 2004. Josko is authorized instructor of rock climbing (UIAA). He is licenced adventure sports guide and works as a sea kayaking guide and rock climbing instructor.
Riki, born in 1976 in Italy, graduated on Faculty of Economics & Business in Zagreb, but never liked office work since in his heart he is sailor.
Skipper, Yacht-master and sailing instructor with more than 10 years of everyday sailing experience. Now he is sailing school instructor and daily sailing skipper.
Vese, born in 1979 in Zagreb, has lived on Hvar ever since. She is engineer of maritime studies, but she always worked in tourism. Passioned traveler and hiker, traveled and hiked in Croatia, India, Nepal.... She has great love for sailing, so she spends every free moment on sailing boats sailing trips. She is the director and coordinator, as well as hiking guide.
Guest reviews
Paul and Vicki, USA
Thank you for taking us to visit the Island Vis. That day was so beautiful and the lunch was outstanding. You can be sure our friends will contact you in the future for one of your adventures. Hvala...
Julia, USA
Thank you for such an amazing trip. I hope you had a good time as well, I know women can be quite a handful. Ugh, I want to come back now! It was interesting... Hvala vam za lipo praznik, JA nece zaboraviti. Vidjeti te skoro... mozda studeni. ..I tried using an online translator..it is supposed to say, "thank you for the beautiful holiday, I won't forget. See you soon...maybe November.
Secondo from the mountains
I wish all vacations would be like the one I had with Hvar Adventure Team. I recommend it to all seeking to experience non commercial side of the Island from the sea, hills, shores and rocks. I salute you!
Tour Highlights
- Sailing to island Vis. - Sea kayaking - Trekking tour to the peak of St. Nikola - Excursion/cultural tour
Itinerary
Day 1
Arriving to Hvar town. Accommodation in private apartments in Hvar.
Day 2
10:00 Sailing to island Vis. We will sail in one of the best parts of Adriatic, and favorite destinations of people who love the sea and islands.
This tour is all about the sailing, poetry of movement as many would call it. It is not easy to tell precise itinerary of this trip, because we leave the choice to the nature, letting the weather and winds to guide us. One we can tell you for shore: you will see beautiful places, beaches, maybe even a cave, enjoy in best local food and company, hear about the interesting history of our attractive islands Hvar and Vis, traditional way of living on those islands and much more… Or you can just enjoy the music of the winds, waves and warmth of the sun and dance of dolphins passing by… We will stop for swimming and snorkelling (gear is included), so you can explore the underwater world while taking the break...We return back to Hvar around 6pm.
Day 3
8:00 HIKING tour starts from Hvar town. We will climb to hill above the town, aprox 230m above the sea level, you will have a wonderful view of all the surrounding islands. The hiking tour leads you through olive groves and vineyards following ancient paths treaded by locals who still cultivate their land in the same way their ancestors used to do. Since we continue along seaside there would be chance for swimming in one of beautiful bays on the way. The hiking trail ends in Hvar.
We return back to Hvar around 5pm (depends how long we stay on the beach).
Day 4
09:00 Sea-kayaking. The starting point of the kayaking tour is the town of Hvar. You set off to the group of small islands called the Pakleni. The origin of the name goes back to old days when the islands were the main source of rosin for local shipbuilders. Today, just like then, the islands are covered with thick pine woods providing refreshing shade even during the hottest summer days. Besides the well-known beach of Palmizana, the route through narrow straits and along the islands reveals to you small hidden pebble beaches where you can enjoy the privilege of having, at least temporarily, a beach of your own. Returning back to Hvar around 3pm.
Day 5
10:00 am sailing from Hvar to island of Brac. We would visit several small bays, Bol, and famous Golden Horn beach, where we will stop so you could have more fun doing wind surfing or even kite surfing. We return back to Hvar at 6pm.
Day 6
ROCK CLIMBING (guided city tour, or jeep tour instead of climbing)*
16:30 Rock climbing. You would learn about gear which you are going to use and basic climbing techniques. If there are experienced climbers in the group, they can choose other more demanding routes. After climbing you can relax your mussels, swimming in crystal clear water... We return to Hvar by sunset around 8 pm.
*For guests who don’t’ want to participate in Rock climbing we have two activities they can choose instead:
GUIDED CITY TOUR – Hvar Town tour with the guide who will explain you more abot the history, culture and architecture of the town. The tour takes aprox 1h-1.5h
JEEP TOUR – OFFROAD tour through island. The tour takes aprox 3.5-4 hours.
Day 7
DAY FOR RELAXING Relax. Take a break, enjoy in morning cup of coffee on Main Square, explore Hvar town, take a swim, drink a glass of wine in one of the local bars, feel the atmosphere and enjoy Hvar town….
Our Trusted Partner's Responsible and Sustainable Travel Policy
ECONOMIC RESPONSIBILITY 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.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSBILITY 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. 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 life
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY We inform the clients about political and social situation in destination (Croatia). We closely cooperate with local cultural institutions and we point our visitors towards local cultural festivals and similar manifestations. We suggest to our travellers visits to historically, culturally and environmentally important sights on the island and in Croatia in genral. We organize festivals of outdoors, in order to promote the adventures and environmental awareness, both to local community and to travellers.
About our Trusted Partner
Sailing, sea kayaking, hiking and rock climbing tours in Croatia. The joy of adventure...
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