29 Aug 2024
The overall experience was amazing. Ill start with the cons first and the reason for me not rating this 5/5.
Unfortunately our whole private tour was delayed almost 1 hour and that really sucked.
We didn't get any sun on the nice beach part because we went in the afternoon and ended up starting at 4pm. The travel agent we dealt with ,Angela ,was amazing, and super sweet. Everyone apologized profusely, though that late start definitely minuses 1 star for me. I didn't like waiting in the heat for an hour but they did their best with the circumstances to get us a new boat as soon as possible because the boat gas station was backed up that day.
The "unlimited" drinks from a North American understanding was grossly underestimated. There was a cooler with some pop and beer and a ( not so good) bottle of white wine. Id say I expected a little more from this description. Maybe at least 2 wines to choose from in little bottles.. and unfortunately cups were missing. Had we all wanted to drink beer there would not have been enough. I would suggest anyone who purchases this private package let the agent know what kind of drinks you'd like to drink so at least there's enough for everyone in the party.
Pros !
We had a great skipper, joško, he was very easy going and shared some stories and history of the area. He led us on a beautiful scenic route through jutting out rocks and close to the cliff, places we couldn't go with a bigger boat ( like inside a cave) . You could tell he is passionate and enjoys his job and he handled the boat ( from my extreme lack of knowledge in this department :p ) very good.
We could choose when we wanted to leave each of the spots, had there been a bit more sun we would have stayed at the gorgeous sandy beach but I feel that 1 hour delay took that part a bit away from us. Our skipper made up for that though by driving us to a local restaurant on another island, for drinks and food while the sun went down.
We loved being able to snorkel/ swim around with the masks, we enjoyed the views , overall it was a beautiful , relaxing time. I myself am not much of a boat person and I think this was a great experience to re define my feelings on boats, cave swimming and more.
All in all I would not suggest leaving in the afternoon. It's a 4 hour package so if you do leave in the afternoon . Between 1 and 3 pm would be better. We had ours originally scheduled for 3 and I think our sun and beach experience ( had we left on time) would have only been like half an hour or 45 min max. We paid 340 euros for this package, between the 3 of us it was worth it since the other tour would have been 75-80 bucks per person with 15 to 20 other people and a strict time schedule. 30 euros more per person was definitely worth the privacy, sunbathing while we drove and flexibility.