Blue Cave and Our Lady of the Rocks: frequently asked questions

The trip includes a 20-minute swim at the cave. But with a swell the boat does not go in and you swim beside it, not inside: it is the most repeated complaint in the reviews. Pick a calm-sea day and, if you can, the 9:00 departure. More detail.

€45 per person from Kotor, three hours, with Mamula and Our Lady of the Rocks on the route. Entry to the cave is free; the islet church entrance is €5 extra. By private boat, €150 per boat.

€5 per person, and it is not included in any trip, neither those from Kotor nor the one from Dubrovnik. You pay on the islet.

The €5 church entrance is paid on the islet; bring coins. The €3 customs fee on the Dubrovnik trip is paid in cash on the day. The small boats from the Perast waterfront are also paid in cash.

All the trips leave from Kotor harbour, at Park Slobode 1, next to the old town. The boat does not wait: one review says they arrived two minutes before the time and it had already left.

Blue Cave: departures at 9:00, 12:00 and 15:00 (not all three every day). Perast and the islet: 16:00. Private boat: 9:00, 12:00 or 15:00, your choice. From Dubrovnik, pickup between 6:00 and 6:40.

Trips can be cancelled in adverse weather; in that case the operator offers an alternative date or a refund. Check the weather in Kotor before booking.

Yes: on the Blue Cave and Perast trips the guide speaks English, and the boat also carries QR codes with recorded Spanish commentary. The Dubrovnik trip is guided in Spanish, sometimes bilingual.

On the Blue Cave trip, no: pets are not allowed. On the others, ask when booking.

Free up to 24 hours before on the Blue Cave, and up to 36 hours before on Perast and the private boat. With less notice, or if you do not show up, there is no refund.

It is the way to see the bay if Dubrovnik is your base: Perast, guided Kotor and the Verige ferry for €65, in a 10-to-12-hour day with a wait at the border. What it does not include is any boat: no Blue Cave and no crossing to the islet. How the day goes.

Yes: small boats leave the Perast waterfront, cross to the islet in a few minutes and are paid in cash. We don’t publish a price or timetable because we could not verify them with an official source.

No. Mamula is seen from the boat and St George’s is a monastery that is not visited. The only islet you land on is Our Lady of the Rocks.
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