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Bay of Kotor boat tours

Bay of Kotor boat tours

Boat tours from Kotor cover Our Lady of the Rocks, Perast, the Blue Cave, Mamula island and the former submarine tunnels; the bay is a submerged river canyon, not a fjord.

Bay of Kotor

Photo: Pudelek (Marcin Szala) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Boat tours of the Bay of Kotor leave from Kotor and the other bay towns and string together the same handful of stops: the island church of Our Lady of the Rocks, Perast, the Blue Cave, Mamula island and the WWII submarine tunnels. The Kotor tourist office describes the bay as a submerged river canyon, often mistakenly called a fjord.

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What the tours stop at

  • Our Lady of the Rocks and Perast: named by both the NTO and the Kotor tourist office as standard stops.
  • Blue Cave: the one sea cave named on any official list. Since 20 May 2026 a Ministry of Maritime Affairs rulebook allows only craft without a motor into the cave, so tour boats stop outside it (RTCG, 25 May 2026).
  • Mamula: seen from the boat, according to the NTO.
  • Submarine tunnels: WWII-era tunnels listed by the Kotor tourist office among speed-boat tour stops; the NTO calls it a former submarine base.
  • Žanjice beach: named by the NTO as a stop; swimming stops are part of the tours.
The stone church and blue-domed bell tower of Our Lady of the Rocks on its islet, seen from the water
Our Lady of the Rocks seen from a boat, PerastPhoto: Marcin Konsek, CC BY-SA 4.0

The tours sail through the Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor, on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1979.

Slow boats and speed boats

The Kotor tourist office lists both slow boat tours and speed-boat tours, the latter with the Blue Cave, Mamula and the tunnels as stops. The office stresses that boats must keep to the speed limits inside the bay. No official source gives typical durations or prices, so none are listed here; the NTO lists spring and summer as the season.

Small boats on turquoise water inside the Blue Cave, seen from a boat at the entrance
Boats inside the Blue CavePhoto: Miomir Magdevski, CC BY-SA 4.0

Beyond the bay

The NTO's boat-tour page covers the whole coast from Herceg Novi to Ulcinj. From Marina Bar, boats cruise 46 km of coast and taxi boats run to beaches reachable only by sea; Budva agencies run daily trips in summer. On Skadar Lake, licensed operators sail from Vranjina, Virpazar, Rijeka Crnojevića and Plavnica. See the boat tours hub for all of them.

The low round fort on Mamula island in a choppy sea
Fort Mamula on its island at the entrance to the Bay of KotorPhoto: Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden, CC BY 2.0

Highlights

  • Our Lady of the Rocks and Perast
  • Blue Cave, Mamula, submarine tunnels
  • UNESCO region since 1979
  • Speed limits apply inside the bay

On these trips

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Sources

NTO: Boat Tours · Kotor Tourist Organisation: Kotor Old Town, slow boat tours, speed boat tours · TO Bar: Activities · National Parks of Montenegro: Skadar Lake, active holidays · TO Budva: Activities · RTCG, 25 May 2026: Radulović: zabrana ulaska plovilima u Plavu špilju (minister quoted; only craft without a motor may enter) · CdM, 26 May 2026: Vlasnici glisera traže hitnu izmjenu pravilnika (rulebook in force 20 May 2026, 20 m limit, per the boat owners)

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