This 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 of [...]
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Posted March 7th by Croatian Adventures in Active Holidays, Adriatic Sea, Australia, Boat Building, Bosnia Hercegovina, Brac Island, Croatia, Dalmatia, Diving, Dubrovnik, Food and Wine, History, Hvar Island, Istria, Italy, Kayaking, Motovun, Peljesac Peninsula, Plitvice Lakes, Sibenik, Slovenia, Split, Split Excursions, Traditional Dalmatian Boats, Trogir, Venice, Vis Island
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, and [...]
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Posted February 24th by Croatian Adventures in Active Holidays, Adriatic Sea, Croatia, Dalmatia, Dubrovnik, Food and Wine, History, Italy, Kayaking, Peljesac Peninsula, Traditional Dalmatian Boats, Venice
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 [...]
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Posted December 12th by Croatian Adventures in Active Holidays, Adriatic Sea, Croatia, Dalmatia, Dubrovnik, Food and Wine, History, Hvar Island, Kayaking, Peljesac Peninsula, Split, Traditional Dalmatian Boats, Vis Island
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 are not [...]
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Saturday, 5th July
Completing the Circumnavigation of Vis Island – Stončica Bay
A serve of fried eggs and a cup of coffee gave us all the energy to begin our last day on Vis Island.
A short kayak had us at the first stop; the sandy beach (not typical for Dalmatia) of Stončica Bay. While some of us [...]
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Friday, 4th July
Kayaking along Vis Island’s Southern Coast – Stiniva Bay and Mala Travna
Because of geological reasons, the southern sides of the Dalmatian Islands are the most interesting – towering cliffs with narrow pebble beaches slicing into them. The day’s paddling was the most enjoyable with many nooks and crannies to be explored. The wind [...]
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Thursday, 3rd July
Kayaking around Biševo Island – the Monk Seal and Blue Caves
After rising relatively early, we cruised across to Biševo Island. Its name is derived from the local word for the worm-holes found in wood because of the numerous above and under water caves that run through its limestone.
Our first stop was the Monk [...]
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As mentioned previously, the usual support boat for our sea-kayaking tours has been in Brest for the last 10 days. So we needed another for last week’s adventure around Vis and Hvar Islands. Tim and I headed north to Murter to borrow the only other replica falkuša, the Mikula, from my friend Tomislav. Murter [...]
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