Islands by Yacht

Basing yourself in Dubrovnik and taking day charters keeps you close to comfort and the walled city each night. Living aboard for the week turns the yacht itself into the journey, waking in a different cove each morning and reaching islands the day boats never touch. For the Elaphiti and beyond, the week aboard is the finer choice.

Match the yacht to your pace. A gulet is convivial and roomy. A sailing yacht is swifter and more private. Either way, you cast off from the old port with a crew for the Elaphiti isles and their empty coves. Your advisor helps you weigh the two against the rhythm you want aboard.

The captain decides, day by day. The best coves depend entirely on the wind, so our advisors suggest letting the captain choose the anchorages rather than fixing them in advance. That flexibility is how you end up anchored off Sipan, in water so clear the shadow of the hull falls to the seabed. It is also how you slip into a hidden inlet at dusk, with only the anchor chain and the cicadas for sound.

Mostly what the sea and the market offer that day. Lunch is taken on deck from the morning's catch while the crew reads the wind for the afternoon. Evenings settle over a quiet dinner at anchor, with the lights of a fishing village trembling across the bay. Our advisors suggest provisioning through your crew for the local wines and the morning market catch.

Plan on 5-7 days. This is the coast at its most unhurried, measured in anchorages rather than hours. Mornings open with a slow crossing to the next island, the sails set as the mainland falls away. Afternoons are for swimming, shade on deck and coves reachable only from the water. Evenings close with a quiet dinner at anchor. Living aboard for the week means waking in a different cove each morning and reaching islands the day boats never touch. Leave one full day unplanned: the finest swim of the trip is usually the one no one scheduled.

As a private, tailored journey it starts from roughly US$11,800 per traveler (double occupancy) and scales with your dates, party and level of privacy — a starting point, never a fixed package price. Your advisor confirms the figure once the itinerary is tailored.

Late May through September. The Adriatic is warm then for swims off Sipan, and the light is long enough for lunches on deck and dusk arrivals in hidden inlets. The islands are at their most alive before the autumn quiet returns. Your advisor times the journey to the light, the crowds and your own calendar.

Yes. Islands by Yacht spans Dubrovnik, Croatia and Montenegro: two coastlines of walled cities, wine-terraced islands and hidden coves, all close enough to weave into a single seamless journey by water. The Elaphiti isles are the heart of it, and living aboard for the week is the finer choice for reaching the Elaphiti and beyond, including islands the day boats never touch. Each experience is arranged privately and shaped to you.

The journey casts off from Dubrovnik's old port by crewed yacht, bound for the Elaphiti isles and their empty coves. Mornings open with a slow crossing to the next island, the sails set as the mainland falls away. This is the coast at its most unhurried, measured in anchorages rather than hours, with afternoons given to swimming, shade on deck and coves reachable only from the water.

Yes, especially by private yacht. The Elaphiti isles lie just off Dubrovnik's old port, close enough for a day sail yet quiet enough to feel far from the walled city's crowds. Their appeal is the empty coves, water so clear off Sipan that the shadow of the hull reaches the seabed, and lunch on deck from the morning's catch. Five to seven days aboard lets the captain choose each anchorage by the wind.