Last year for one of our Korcula to Dubrovnik Kayak Expeditions we needed a bigger boat than our leut, Labud. We had been in email contact with Rebecca and Kresimir, owners of the 57′ Danish ketch the Bente Dorte, built in 1929. Rebecca and Kresimir spent the last7 years renovating her in the cold wilds [...]

It has been a long time between posts here on our Lifejacket Adventures blog. That’s because we started a new blog – Our Croatia Life – which now contains all of the more personal stories, and we will continue to publish our adventure business stories here. On facebook, Our Croatian Life can be found here, [...]

The combined efforts of Rene Seindal’s Venice Kayak, our Lifejacket Adventures – Croatia, Ray Fusco Inc. and Jen Kleck’s Aqua Adventures have put together the ultimate 12-day sea kayaking adventure for Europe’s Adriatic Sea. The tour combines the history of towns and cities such as Korcula, Dubrovnik and Venice – their maritime roots and the [...]

The schedule for our 2010 sea-kayaking adventures/expeditions has been added here! In terms of quality of food, knowledge of local history, places visited, wines tasted and overall enjoyment, we believe our tours to be the best in Croatia! Except for coffee at cafes and wine at restaurants, all meals and drinks are included. Our tours [...]

Kayaking into Dubrovnik I often squint my eyes as we paddle up to old Dalmatian towns and try to imagine how it was to arrive in them from the sea before the surrounding modern development occurred. I found myself screwing up my eyes again as we kayaked towards the walls of Dubrovnik from Lopud. It [...]

Ferry to Šipan Island, Kayak to Lopud Island In the morning twilight we sat and cradled our coffees as we waited for the early departure of the ferry to Šipan Island. Šipan is one of the Elafiti Islands, a chain of islands which run between Dubrovnik and the Pelješac Peninsula. These islands once were the [...]

Kayaking to Sobra We were able to have a sleep-in this morning – but surprisingly this was not due to hangovers thanks to the preservative free wine! We continued to make our way down the north coast of Mljet towards the town of Sobra, the ferry port of the island. The only other signs of [...]

Boat Ride to Mljet Island, Walk around the Lakes, Kayak to Kozarica After a breakfast of pancakes topped with homemade jams, eggs from Seka’s chickens and teas made with herbs from her garden, we loaded the kayaks on the transport boat for Mljet Island. The kayaks were left in the town of Pomena while we [...]

Kayaking to Trstenik, Dinner with Seka This day’s paddle was to take us to Trstenik, another small bay along the Pelješac Peninsula. Wine was once again to play its part, as our boats were followed for the day by the hills of the Dingač region. Dingač is a red wine producing area. They take Dalmatia’s [...]

Kayaking from Korčula to Podobuce The kayaks were launched from in front of the old walls, and we headed across the channel towards the Pelješac Peninsula. The calm waters we were crossing were teeming in history. Most importantly, in 1298 the Battle of Korčula was fought between the Venetians and the Genoese. As the smoke [...]

Meeting in Dubrovnik, Seafood Lunch in Mali Ston and Discovering the Wines of Korčula Howard, the Conservative Canuck, his daughter Sarah, as well as Mike and Lynn Springer joined us in September for a Korčula to Dubrovnik Kayak Expedition. The night before in a great little Bosnian food restaurant in Dubrovnik – the Taj Mahal [...]

Ray Fusco has been helping us with promoting our tours and needed a new flier to pass onto Jersey Paddler.

Some of our pictures.