Hvar Town Departure · Blue + Green Caves · The Adriatic Day
Everyone on the quay at Split is sailing an hour just to reach where you already are. The 5-island day from Hvar starts closer to everything it visits - the Blue Cave on Biševo, the Green Cave, Stiniva's cliff gap, the Pakleni lagoons - which buys you a later start and more time in the water. The featured speedboat day runs it at 4.8/5 across 904 bookings, $121, free cancellation. Cave entry (€24 high season) is a separate on-site ticket on every tour - we say so up front.
The Experience
From the operator's listing.
Four steps, fee truth included.
Hvar departures leave around 10:15 and still reach Biševo inside the cave's late-morning light window - the geographic head start Split boats spend an hour of sailing to close.
The Blue Cave ticket (€24 high season, €18 shoulder) is sold at the cave by its operator and is not in any tour price. Crews collect it in cash on board - budget it and nothing about the day surprises you.
Speedboat days are weather days: a southerly swell can close the cave and reroute the itinerary. Every listing here carries free cancellation to 24 hours - the honest hedge.
The shorter legs from Hvar buy real water time - Stiniva's gap, the Green Cave's spotlight, the Pakleni shallows. That, not the boat, is what you're buying.
Photo Gallery
Biševo's electric blue, Stiniva's cliff gap, the Pakleni shallows.
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The 5-island classic, the Vis deep-cut, or your own boat. Same sea; three manifests.
| Feature | Vis & Blue Cave day ($137) | THE CLASSIC FROM HVAR 5-island speedboat day ($121) | Private speedboat (from ~$1,322/boat) |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you get | Fewer, longer stops - Vis island time, the Blue Cave and the Pakleni on the way home - 4.8/5 across 837 bookings | The full sequence: Blue Cave, Green Cave, Stiniva viewpoint stop, swim stops, five islands in one day - 4.8/5 across 904 | Your own boat, your own clock - same caves, no manifest but yours |
| Best for | Second-time visitors and anyone who wants Vis itself, not just its caves | First-timers: this is the day the Adriatic postcard rack is selling | Parties of 5+ (the per-boat price divides into sense) and anyone allergic to group clocks |
| Honest note | You trade the Green Cave and some island count for depth - a fair trade, but know you're making it | Speedboat days pound a little in chop; the seasickness-prone should sit aft and pick a calm forecast | Cave entry (€24 pp high season) is still extra even on a private - the cave's operator sells it, not the boat |
| Check the Vis Day | Check Availability | Check the Private |
The other boats
A capped 12-seat variant, the lagoon half-day, and the private speedboats for your own manifest. Free cancellation on all.
THE VIS FOCUSEmbark on a full-day speedboat tour of Vis island and the surrounding area. Take a speedboat ride to the many caves and beaches with stops at the Blue Cave and Blue …
SMALL GROUP OF 12Explore the Adriatic on a speedboat tour visiting five unforgettable islands and iconic coastal highlights, including the Blue Cave. Enjoy a day of swimming, …
PAKLENI HALF-DAYJoin a speedboat tour from Hvar to the Blue and Green Caves, swim in Stiniva Bay, visit Vis and Pakleni Islands, and enjoy stunning beaches, hidden spots, and …
PRIVATE SPEEDBOATYes - the famous 5-island day runs from Hvar too, and if you’re already on the island it is the obviously better door: the boats from Split spend their first hour crossing the channel to roughly where your morning coffee is. Google’s own question box asks “Is there a 5-island tour available from Hvar?” often enough that we built this site to answer it properly.
The featured day - Blue Cave, Green Cave & 5 Islands by speedboat, 4.8/5 across 904 bookings, $121 - leaves Hvar Town around 10:15 and still makes Biševo inside the cave’s late-morning light window, because the sailing legs are that much shorter. What follows is the Adriatic’s best single-day sequence: the electric-blue chamber, the Green Cave’s ceiling spotlight, Stiniva’s cliff-gap cove on Vis, the Pakleni shallows on the way home. The full route logic - including the honest seasickness paragraph - lives one click deeper.
Two truths every listing should state and mostly doesn’t. First, the Blue Cave ticket (€24 high season / €18 shoulder, set by the cave’s operator) is never inside the tour price; crews collect it aboard, usually in cash. Second, the cave is a 1 April – 31 October operation whose best color happens roughly 10:30–1:00 - book mornings, not afternoons. Both facts, sourced and dated, are in the fee and timing guides.
Choosing a format: the comparison below sets the classic speedboat against the Vis-focused day (4.8/5 across 837) and the private boats ($1,100–1,300 per group - honest math only for parties of five-plus). Day-trippers based in Split instead of Hvar should read the departure-point comparison - or fiveislandtoursplit.com, which covers the Split-departure version of this exact day in depth. And travelers whose real question is caves-versus- swimming should see the Blue Lagoon page: different trip, different answer, honestly compared.
Guest Reviews
"We left the harbor of Hvar on time and returned on time as well. Our guide was amazing. He gave us lots of tips and explained the attractions in detail. The Blue Lagoon really is perfect. We didn't visit the green lagoon because, according to our guide, it wouldn't be worth it. Later, when the guards left, we were lucky enough to get in. It really wouldn't be worth paying 15 euros for that. The beaches are wonderful. The diving gear is also very good."
"It was really fun, truly the highlight of Hvar. Chala was great, enjoyed our experience with him. He gave good explanations and recommendations!"
"One of the best days I’ve ever had. Our skippers were amazing"
"It was great! We got to see many caves, the pakleni islands, however some spots were too short of a swim but totally understandable given how many islands we were covering! Overall highly recommend"
"OMG THE BEST DAY 💙 our guide Chala was amazing, very knowledgeable, fun and made sure we all had a great day out! 110% recommend. Thank you x"
"The day with our guide (Shala) was really wonderful. The tour itself was very varied. We had enough time for swimming, snorkeling and eating, and we also saw many beautiful places around Hvar and Vis. Our guide gave us great insider tips and information about the places we visited. The highlight was the Blue Cave and a really good lunch in Komiza (thanks to our guide's recommendation). The day and the timing were just perfect. The ride on the boat was also comfortable and had a good vibe thanks to the good selection of music. We had a good time. The price plus the entrance fee to the Blue Cave is not exactly cheap, but the tour has a lot to offer."
"Excellent. On arrival, the captain seemed to be in a bad mood. Not at all. He and the tour guide were absolutely wonderful. Two great guys."
"We had amazing guides who made sure we were safe and gave us a fun ride throughout the tour. They went above and beyond the call of duty. It left us with an unforgettable lifetime experience."
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See All ReviewsBlue Cave, Green Cave and the swim stops on a speedboat from Hvar Town - 4.8/5 across 904 bookings. Free cancellation to 24 hours. Starting from $121 per person.
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The caves, the fee, the sea state, the season - answered plainly.
Yes - the same famous itinerary that fills the Split quay runs from Hvar Town, and geography favors it: Hvar sits an hour of sailing closer to Vis and Biševo, so departures leave later (~10:15) and spend more of the day at the stops. The featured speedboat day runs it at 4.8/5 across 904 bookings, $121, free cancellation to 24 hours.
Roughly an hour by speedboat from Hvar Town to Mezuporat on Biševo, sea state permitting - against about two hours from Split. That gap is the whole argument for booking on-island: shorter legs, later start, same light window. At the cave you transfer to the operator's small entry boats regardless of which tour brought you.
The shared speedboat days run $116-137 depending on route, plus the cave's own entry ticket - €24 per adult in high season (20 Jun-10 Sep), €18 in the shoulder months - collected on site, usually in cash, and never included in any tour price. Private boats run from about $1,100-1,322 per boat, cave ticket still extra per person.
On a clear late morning in season, genuinely yes - sunlight enters through an underwater opening and lights the water electric blue from below, and no photograph quite prepares you. The honest caveats: the visit inside lasts about 10-15 minutes, August queues at Mezuporat are real, and on a south-swell day the cave closes. Book a morning departure and a calm forecast, and it earns its fame.
Morning, and specifically because of the cave: its color depends on high sun through the underwater window, strongest roughly 10:30 to 13:00. Hvar's ~10:15 departures are timed to arrive inside that window. Afternoon boats trade the electric blue for a dimmer chamber - fine for swimming days, wrong for cave days.
The Blue Cave operates 1 April to 31 October, and the tour season follows it - with June and September the connoisseur months: cave-quality light, warm sea, thinner crowds than the July-August peak. Outside those dates the boats largely stop, and the handful that run can't include the cave.
Vis, without much argument - it's the anchor of every 5-island day: the Blue Cave on its islet Biševo, Stiniva's cliff-gap cove (voted Europe's best beach in 2016), Komiža's harbor, and the Mamma Mia 2 filming locations for those who care. Our Vis guide covers what the boats show you and what needs a longer stay.
No - and be glad of it. A southerly swell closes the Blue Cave itself and open-sea legs get punishing in chop, so operators reroute or cancel rather than pound you across it. Every listing on this site carries free cancellation to 24 hours; watch the forecast and rebook rather than gamble - the sea always wins the argument.
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