Boat tours · Bay of Kotor
Half of Boka only reveals itself from the water — island churches, sea caves, fortress islands, and coves with no road in. Here is everything you glide past, and the tours that take you there.
On the route
Boka is a chain of bays, and the most striking sights sit right on the shoreline — or on islands you can only reach by boat.
The man-made island church off Perast — most tours stop and let you step ashore.
Baroque palaces from the water, and the cypress-covered island beside Gospa.
The narrowest, most dramatic stretch — sheer cliffs dropping straight into the sea.
A sea cave near the entrance where the water glows electric blue — a swim stop in summer.
A round fortress island standing alone at the mouth of the bay.
Cold-war tunnels cut into the Luštica cliffs — you can nose a small boat right inside.
The bay's tightest pinch — once chained shut against invaders, now the best photo line.
Pebble coves and an old fishing village on Luštica, reachable only from the sea.
A green, uninhabited island off Tivat — a favourite spot to drop anchor and swim in calm, clear water.
Why the water wins
The Bay of Kotor was built around the sea, not the road. Half its best places turn their back on the coast road and open only to those who arrive by water — and it's a completely different bay from out there.
Our Lady of the Rocks, the Blue Cave, Mamula and the Luštica coves have no road at all — a boat is the only key that fits.
Fortress walls, sheer mountains and Baroque towns line up in a single frame you simply can't see from the shore.
Drop anchor over glass-clear water off an island or in a hidden cove — your own private swim, no crowded public beach.
Glide past the summer coast-road jams and skip the hunt for a parking space in Kotor entirely.
See what you mean
The moment the boat rounds the point and Our Lady of the Rocks drifts into view, engine easing off — this is the reason people come to Boka. Below, the routes that get you here.
Choose your route
From a half-day island hop to a full open-sea run past Mamula and the Blue Cave. Every route below can be run as a shared group departure or as a private charter for just your group — whichever you prefer, I'll arrange it.
Kotor → Perast → Our Lady of the Rocks → Verige → Tivat
The signature loop of the inner bay — old towns, the island church, and the Verige narrows, at an easy pace. The one everyone remembers.
Check availability →Herceg Novi → Mamula → Blue Cave → Luštica tunnels → Žanjic
The adventurous run to the mouth of the bay — a swim in the glowing cave, the fortress island of Mamula, and a look inside the old submarine tunnels.
Check availability →Perast → Our Lady of the Rocks → St George
Short and scenic — ideal if you're based near Perast and want the two islands without committing to a full day out.
Check availability →Tivat → Verige → open bay → back after dark
Golden light on the fortress walls and the marinas lighting up as you glide back in. A glass of something cold optional but recommended.
Check availability →Tivat → Sveti Marko → Žanjic → Mirište → Rose
A slower, water-first day built around swimming — anchoring off quiet islands and pebble coves you can only reach from the sea.
Check availability →Kotor → Perast → Risan → Verige → Blue Cave → Mamula
The whole bay in one day — inner-bay churches and Baroque towns in the morning, the open-sea caves and fortress island after lunch.
Check availability →Your route → your pace → your stops
A boat and skipper for the day, shaped entirely around you — any route across the bay, as many swim and lunch stops as you like.
Check availability →Group or private — your call. Every route runs as an affordable shared departure or as a private charter for just your party. Tell me your dates, your base, and how many you are, and I'll match you with the right boat.
Check AvailabilityBoat taxi
Land at Tivat and be on the water within minutes. A private boat taxi can collect you almost anywhere on the bay and drop you at your hotel's own steps — no coast-road traffic, no parking, and a first view of Boka that no transfer by car can match.
It works just as well for a dinner in Perast, a beach on Luštica, or a late run back to your apartment. Wherever there's a jetty, I can arrange a boat to it.
Met at Tivat and taken by car the short hop to the pier, then straight across the water.
Any jetty on the bay — Kotor, Perast, Herceg Novi, Portonovi, Luštica Bay and everything between.
Dropped off and collected later, so an evening in Perast or a day at Žanjic needs no driving at all.
Early arrivals and late returns included — the bay is quiet and glassy at both ends of the day.
Lunch on the water
Many tours build in a lunch stop at a waterfront konoba or marina restaurant — fresh Adriatic fish, local wine, and a table right on the sea. A few of the bay's best:
A stone terrace under the pines, a cannon on the quay, and the sun dropping behind the mountains as the fish comes off the grill.
Whole grilled sea bass and bream, garlic shrimp, and Swiss chard with potato — the classic Boka fish platter, as fresh as it comes.
Candlelit tables at the water's edge in a tiny harbour reachable only by boat — as local, and as unhurried, as Boka gets.
Ready to cast off
Tell me your base, your date, and how many you are — I'll match you with the right tour or charter myself.