Active & Cappuccino Cruise Kvarner Bay & Northern Dalmatia 2025

Embarkation at Rijeka Port is from 1130HRS to 1300HRS. Your bicycles will be waiting for you in front of the boat. After having chosen the right bike for you, your staff will proceed with loading the bicycles onboard. There follows a meet and greet, including a welcome drink with your representative, and you will have a chance to get to know the crew and your fellow passengers. While enjoying a snack, weigh anchor and head towards the Island of Cres. Stop in one of the bays to take a refreshing dip in the crystal-clear waters of the Adriatic Sea for the first time. Then continue to the town of Cres. Upon arrival, you will take a walk through the town. Overnight stay in Cres. 

After breakfast, head towards the Island of Lošinj. On your way, you will stop in a beautiful bay to enjoy a long break for swimming and sunbathing. Continue your journey, and after lunch onboard, enter the port of Mali Lošinj. The Island of Lošinj is covered with pine forests, and is well known for its 300 cloudless, or slightly cloudy, sunny days per year. With a bit of luck you may even see dolphins playing in the waves. The waters surrounding the Island of Lošinj offer home to more than 220 dolphins registered by the “Adriatic Dolphin Project”. Afterwards, enjoy a comfortable bicycle tour to the picturesque Veli Lošinj with its colourful houses (approx 4km). On the way back, you will visit the “Mediterranean Fragrant Garden”, where many different kinds of plants are grown. On your guided tour through the garden, you will have the opportunity to learn more about some of them. Opportunity for dinner in the konoba of the Mediterranean Fragrant Garden or in Mali Lošinj, overnight stay onboard. (B, L)

Cycle route approx 4km

 

Your first destination of the day is the Island of Molat. Starting from the pier of the village Molat, go by bike to the village of Zapuntel, and then on the same way back to your boat (approx 18km). Those who do not want to take the bike tour, can enjoy a hike across the Island. After lunch onboard, you will have some time for swimming and sunbathing before continuing your voyage towards Zadar, the former capital of Dalmatia. After docking in Zadar, your guide will take you on a tour of the Old Town, which is surrounded by impressive walls and offers many historical monuments. The guide will show you the main attractions, such as the Roman Forum; the Round Church of Sveti Donat; the Cathedral of Sveta Stošija; and the unique Sea Organs, their sounds and ‘melodies’ are created purely by the movement of the waves. Afterwards, you will have the opportunity to enjoy dinner in one of the restaurants or konobas. Overnight stay in the port of Zadar. (B, L)

Cycle route approx 18km
Bicycle tour or hike on the island of Molat

After breakfast, bus excursion to the Zrmanja River. Here you will take over your kayaks, and after a briefing you will head down the river over rapids and waterfalls (in case of very high-water levels the excursion will be carried out as rafting with large inflatable boats). At lunchtime you will have a picnic at one of the most beautiful parts of the river. Then continue paddling through the Zrmanja Canyon with its unique scenery and bird life. At the destination of the kayak safari there is ample opportunity for bathing in the crystal-clear waters of the river. Bus transfer to Mandre on the Island of Pag, where you will return to your boat. Dinner onboard, overnight stay. (B, D)

Kayak safari or Zrmanja River rafting

The Island of Pag stands out above all by its extremes, partly meagre like a lunar landscape, partly covered with lush green mountain fields, where numerous sheep graze, ‘producing’ the famous Pag cheese. By boat, continue from Mandre to Lun, a small place at the north-western tip of the Island. There, you will make a short walk to visit one of the most beautiful olive groves in the entire Mediterranean area. Spread over a surface of 24 acres of land there are about 80,000 impressive olive trees. Some of them are more than five metres high and older than 1,500 years. Enjoy the beauties of nature during a guided walk through the olive grove and learn more about olives and the precious oil and their significance for a healthy diet. After lunch onboard and an extended break for swimming and sunbathing, set of for Rab, the capital of the homonymous Island. The Old Town of Rab with its unique bell towers stretches along a narrow rocky peninsula, surrounded by water on three sides. Three streets run through the Old Town; the ‘Lower Street’, with cafés and pubs, the ‘Middle Street’ with boutiques, souvenir shops, and ice cream parlours, and the ‘Upper Street’, which will take you to the four churches with their bell towers. After arrival, guided tour of Rab. Enjoy dinner in one of the numerous restaurants. Overnight stay onboard. (B, L)
 

After breakfast, take an easy bicycle tour through the pine-covered Peninsula of Suha Punta (approx 12km). Those who wish to take a more challenging tour can alternatively enjoy a ‘mountain hike’ on the Kamenjak (408m). The mountain not only protects the city of Rab from the cold north winds; it also offers a fantastic view on the Velebit Mountain Range, the islands, the town of Rab and the Nature Park of the Kalifront Peninsula. After returning onboard with plenty of appetite, you will enjoy lunch and leave the Port of Rab, heading to a secluded bay. Here you will anchor for a swimming break, before continuing to the Island of Krk, the last island of your trip. After a walk through the Old Town of Krk, head for Njivice, where will stay for overnight. (B, L)

Cycle Route approx 12km or Mount Kamenjak Hike (408m)
 

After breakfast, you will leave the Island of Krk, sailing in direction to Rijeka. On your way to Rijeka, you will have plenty of time to enjoy lunch and a last refreshing dip in the crystal-clear water of the Adriatic Sea. After this last swimming break, you will bid farewell to the Adriatic Sea and enter the Port of Rijeka. Once moored, take a walk to the sanctuary and the Fortress of Trsat, a pilgrimage site above the town. You will not regret climbing the 485 steps because from the fortress you will enjoy a magnificent view over the entire Kvarner Bay. Afterwards you can go out for dinner to one of the numerous restaurants ashore. Overnight stay in Rijeka. (B, L)

Trsat Fortress Hike

After breakfast, disembarkation by 0900HRS. (B)