Island Hopping by Bike Northern Dalmatia With Kornati & Krka Cruise 2025

Embarkation in Zadar Port between 1130HRS and 1300HRS. Your bicycles are already waiting for you in front of the ship. After you have chosen a bike and possibly taken it for a test spin, you will be greeted by your tour guide with a welcome drink and get to know the crew and fellow passengers. Set course for the Island of Molat. After arriving in the fishing village of Molat, cycle from the jetty to the village of Zapuntel and back to Molat. Afterwards you set sail again and head for the Island of Zverinac. Overnight stay in Zverinac. 

Cycle route approx 16.9km
Ascent/Descent 180m/180m.
 

After breakfast, weigh anchor and set sail for Božava on the Island of Dugi Otok. The Island has its name ‘Long Island’ not by chance; with a length of about 44km it is often only a few hundred metres wide. Load the bikes from the deck and set off for the Veli Rat Lighthouse, which marks the north-western end of the Island. You then continue to Brbinj, where you have lunch onboard. After lunch you can decide whether to continue by bike or by boat to Sali, the main and administrative town of the Island of Dugi Otok. Opportunity for dinner in one of the restaurants and overnight stay. (B, L)

Cycle route approx 29.6km or 25.4km
Ascent/Descent 430m/430m or 370m/370m

After breakfast, cycle from Sali to the Telašćica Nature Park, an approximately 8km deep bay in the south of the Island. Here, take a walk past lush Mediterranean vegetation to the saltwater lake, which is connected to the sea underground. From here you also reach the cliffs, which are up to 161m high and offer a breathtaking view of the sea. After returning to Sali, set sail again and enjoy lunch onboard. After a swim break, set course for the National Park of the Kornati Islands and enjoy the tranquillity of the National Park, which consists of 125 mostly uninhabited, partly barren islands and islets. After a good four-hour drive, reach Šibenik. Guided tour of the lively Old Town, followed by dinner in one of Šibenik’s restaurants and overnight onboard. (B, L)

Cycle route approx 18.1km
Ascent/Descent 270m/270m

After breakfast, head up the Krka River and moor in Skradin, just before the Krka Waterfalls. Cycle to the ‘Skradinski Buk’, at 800m the longest and probably best-known part of the waterfalls. It is an impressive natural spectacle, as here the Krka falls in 17 steps with cascades up to 100m wide. After a stay in the area of the waterfalls, cycle back to Skradin to have lunch onboard. Afterwards, it is again up to you to decide whether you want to take the boat directly to the popular holiday resort of Vodice or cycle first to the approximately 100m high Okit Mountain and then to Vodice. Opportunity for dinner in Vodice and overnight stay. (B, L)

Cycle route approx 8.9km or 35.1km
Ascent/Descent 80/80m or 290m/290m

Today you first get to know a coastal strip with numerous offshore islets, from Vodice you cycle to Tribunj. The picturesque little town lies on an island connected to the mainland by a natural stone bridge. After a break, continue to Tisno, where you have a coffee break. In Tisno a lift bridge takes you to the Island of Murter, and along the sea, cycle to Betina. Betina is a place with a long tradition of wooden shipbuilding. Here you also have the opportunity to visit the museum of wooden shipbuilding. Your tour continues to Murter, where you have for lunch (at leisure). Afterwards, it is only a few kilometres to Podvrške Bay with a beautiful pebble beach, where your ship is already waiting for us. Dinner onboard and overnight stay in the bay. (B, D)

Cycle route approx 26.2km
Ascent/Descent 180m/180m

After breakfast, the boat takes us to Biograd na Moru in just over an hour, where you unload the bikes again. Cycle first to Pakoštane and then on to the ornithologically significant nature and bird reserve of Lake Vrana (Vransko Jezero). In the Village of Vrana, stop for lunch at the former caravanserai, Maškovića Han, built in the 17th century when Vrana was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. Maškovića Han is now a heritage hotel and restaurant, where you have the opportunity for lunch. Afterwards, head along Lake Vrana via Pakoštane back to Biograd. Set sail again and cross over to Tkon on the Island of Pašman, only about 15 minutes away. Dinner onboard and overnight stay in Tkon. (B, D)

Cycle route approx 49.1km
Ascent/Descent 420m/420m

Today, cycle to two islands, Pašman and Ugljan. From Tkon, cycle via Pašman to the bridge that connects the two islands. At lunchtime, arrive in Preko where you have lunch onboard your boat before enjoying a last bathing break. Then cross over to nearby Zadar, where your guide will be waiting for you for a guided tour of the Old Town, which is situated on a peninsula and surrounded by mighty walls. Opportunity for dinner in one of the numerous restaurants and overnight stay in Zadar. (B, L)

Cycle route approx 32.8km
Ascent/Descent 190m/190m

After breakfast, disembarkation by 0900HRS. (B)