A Private Day at Croatia's Most Storied National Park
Price: 1000 € for max 6 adults
Additional adult: €30 per person
Children (3–11 years): €20 per child
Pick-up from Lanterna:€50
Brijuni National Park tickets are mandatory for everyone going ashore and are not included in the price above. Ticket rates are listed below under What’s Not Included.
- Departure From: Poreč
- When: every day, 1 April – 1 November
- Departure/Return: dep. 09,00 / return 18,00 – 18,30 h
- Duration: 6 hours
- Max person: 8
Tour Itinerary
Morning Run South:
Leave Poreč at 09:00 and follow the Istrian coastline past Vrsar, the mouth of the Lim Fjord and the skyline of Rovinj — a stretch most visitors only ever see from the road.Panoramic Cruise of the Archipelago:
Sail past all fourteen islands and islets of the Brijuni group, a landscape the Austro-Hungarian aristocracy chose over every other stretch of the Adriatic.Veliki Brijun Ashore:
Step onto the main island to see the safari park, the 1,600-year-old olive tree still bearing fruit, and the Roman and Byzantine ruins scattered among the pines.Verige Bay from the Water:
Pass the foundations of a first-century Roman villa that once ran the length of the shoreline, still visible beneath the surface.Swimming and Snorkelling Stop:
Anchor in clear water on the way back, with mask, snorkel and fins provided on board.Evening Return:
An unhurried cruise home along the coast, back in Poreč between 18:00 and 18:30.
Pro Tip: Book your national park tickets through us when you reserve the boat. Slots for the guided tour are limited in July and August, and they sell out days ahead.
Excursion Highlights
- A Full Day: Nine hours from Poreč, with time to walk the island rather than glance at it.
Fourteen Islands: A panoramic run through the whole archipelago, not just the main island.
Living History: Roman ruins, a Byzantine fortress, and a Habsburg health resort on one island.
The Safari Park: Zebras, zebu cattle and deer, descendants of gifts from heads of state.
Private Boat: A maximum of 8 guests, your group and nobody else’s.
Snorkelling Included: Gear on board and a swim stop in clear Adriatic water.
What’s Included
✅ Private speedboat with a professional skipper and guide
✅ Panoramic cruise of all 14 islands and islets
✅ Full snorkelling equipment (mask, snorkel and fins)
✅ Soft drinks on board
✅ Swimming and snorkelling stop
✅ Fuel and harbour fees
What’s NOT Included
❌ Brijuni National Park tickets (see below)
❌ Food and alcoholic drinks
❌ Towels
Entry to Brijuni National Park is compulsory for every guest going ashore. Tickets are not included in the tour price — they are booked separately and paid per person. Tell us which option you would like when you reserve, and we will arrange it with the park.
Prices depend on the time of year.
HIGH SEASON — 1 June to 30 September
Guided tour in your own language
Adults: €50 per person
Children (7–18 years): €20 per person
Brijuni Pocket Guide app — explore at your own pace
Adults: €40 per person
Children (7–18 years): €15 per person
SHOULDER SEASON — 1 April to 31 May and 1 October to 30 November
Guided tour in your own language
Adults: €35 per person
Children (7–18 years): €15 per person
Brijuni Pocket Guide app — explore at your own pace
Adults: €30 per person
Children (7–18 years): €13 per person
Brijuni: The Islands That Every Century Wanted
Fourteen islands and islets lie off the coast at Fažana, and almost every era of European history has left something on them. The Romans built a villa along Verige Bay whose foundations still run underwater the length of the shore. The Byzantines fortified the coast. In the 1890s an Austrian industrialist named Paul Kupelwieser bought the entire archipelago, drained the malarial marshes with the help of Robert Koch, and turned Veliki Brijun into a health resort with a golf course, seawater swimming pools and a hotel that drew half of Vienna.
Then came the twentieth century’s most unlikely chapter. From 1949 the islands were Josip Broz Tito’s summer residence, and for three decades the leaders of the non-aligned world came here to talk. Many of them brought animals. The safari park on Veliki Brijun still holds their descendants — zebras, zebu cattle, and deer grazing among Roman stonework, which is a sentence that should not be true anywhere else.
What makes the archipelago worth a full day rather than an hour is how much survives in one place. There are dinosaur footprints in the rock along the coastline. There is an olive tree that has been growing for roughly 1,600 years and still produces fruit. There is a Byzantine castrum, a sixth-century basilica, and a Habsburg hotel, all within walking distance of each other on a single island.
The archipelago has been a national park since 1983, which means the pine forest, the meadows and the water around it are protected. It also means the number of boats allowed in is limited — one of the reasons a small private vessel is the pleasant way to arrive.
