Why visit the Blue Cave?

Well, it is unique natural phenomena and true traveler asset as experience, to remember decades after, and proudly show photographs to all of your friends and wider family, not to forget colleagues from work.

What is the Blue Cave ?

The Blue Cave is located in Biševo, the most remote inhabited island of Croatia. It is known because of the beautiful blue light that fills the cave when the sun shines through the sea at a certain part of the day. Thanks to the artificial entrance that was built in 1884 in order to access the cave you won’t need to dive to get to it, but journeying to there from your daytrips from Split for an example will be a tad challenging than the more urban tours and sights.

How to get to the Blue Cave ?

Biševo is the most remote inhabited island and it is 5 kilometers south of the island Vis. Even when it is great weather the sea between Vis and Biševo is known to be rough as it is exposed to all winds. When you do get to Biševo, you’re not allowed to use your own boat as it would provoke chaos with a lot of people trying to access the cave themselves. As you might have expected the trips are not free and in order to get tickets you’ll have to get to Mežuporat as that is where the ticket office is and the boats leave from.

More info you should know

The best time to visit the Blue Cave is between 11 AM and 2 PM. You might also want to know that you’re not allowed to swim in the Blue Cave. Mežuporat’s harbor is usually full so you might have to anchor in the cove. As the queues are quite big during peak times you can go to the café that is located near the ticket office and enjoy a cup of coffee if you desire to do so. You can also visit the Porat or Salbunara bay which are gorgeous sandy beaches, you won’t be able to anchor close to Porat though as it is too shallow, but you can anchor in Salbunara. Depending on the trip program, there might be planned stop in Porat for superb Mediterranean lunch eexclusively made for each tourist group that is visiting Bisevo Island, after the visit to Blue Cave, to relax and let the impressions sink down.  The lunch offered consists of fish grill and local limited edition (homegrown) vine. If not offered, insist to taste “Vugava” the vine that is unique to geographic region. Drink responsibly! Note that salted fish and summertime heat will cause thirst, and it is super easy to be carried away with vine, even if it is diluted with water (popular “bevanda” mostly 50:50 ratio of wine and water).

Porat bay (Porat Big and Porat small) – As it name says it means, “harbor” so “Big harbor” and “small harbor” throughout the centuries was used by local fisherman to anchor in case of severe sea storms.

Observe the fine granulation of the sand in Porat bay – it is ultra-fine due to strong ope sea currents and wind, it differs than other sand commonly found on the coastal areas of the Adriatic sea, much more “soft”, kind of baby powder like.  Just walking on such sand might have relaxing and therapeuticall effect on your feet and whole body.

Practical travel and holiday advice

It is common to book the boat tour Blue Cave as day trip from Split for example. Be sure to be very selective when choosing the travel agency or transfer operator – gather info and compare. Wise choice is to select one strictly specialized in transfers from Split to Bisevo Blue Ceve, professional local agency with experience and credibility.

For example, excellent choice would be  http://www.adriaticatransfer.com/ the agency and their employees come highly recommended, both online and by word of a mouth. We recommend booking in advance in high season months, just to be sure – there is huge demand for day trips to Blue Cave and other destinations in that period, so better to book earlier for the peace of mind.

Make sure that, once inside the Blue Cave (most likely with a smaller boat due to narrow entrance) that swimming, snorkeling and diving is not permitted in recent years. Nevertheless, just observing the cave from a boat, the bottom and walls is exciting enough and fantastic photographic opportunity.

Pay attention that you do not drop your photo equipment (camera or smartphone) as under excitement moments and all people in the group reaching for their phones and positioning their arms to capture the best angle, you might be accidentally pushed and drop it in the sea water. Unless it is water-proof it will be lost forever. Alternatively, your tour Manager might allow you to go in to the sea and try to fetch it out. So best advice would be to take all possible precautions to avoid such scenarios, secure your devices against water and have them attached with a wrist cord or similar.

Pay attention to instructions given by your trip guide: Do not try to explore the inland of island on your own, without consultation with the guide. Although looking not far away, land distance between Porat Bif and Porat small is substantial, and under extreme heat and direct sunlight can have severe consequences, so simply do not wander off! Talk with your guide, even if you have local friend with you to guide you – you do not want to miss the return to coast departure time with your trip operator and cause inconveniences to yourself and all other fellow tourists from the group.