Just because you’re vacationing on Korčula, doesn’t mean you can’t see some of the neighbouring islands too. Luckily, Korčula is surrounded by other beautiful islands, and you can incorporate even a few of them in a day tour.

An even more popular way of discovering multiple destinations is island hopping. It can take anywhere from 1 day to 1 month but most often around a week. The most popular are short tours that last up to three days. What you’ll need when island hopping is a private boat, a charter boat or an island-hopping company. You can start from the coast or from one of the islands you’ll be visiting. Our suggestion is you stay at Korčula since it has the ideal position for island hopping in all directions.

Visiting the small islets around Korčula
This is a unique island-hopping tour which you can plan on your own. Korčula is surrounded by several small islands, and while some of them are well-known like Badija, some are unheard of by tourists. Because of this, you’ll find peace on this island. For many of them, there isn’t any form of public transport so you might even get the island for yourself.

We suggest you visit a lot of islets around the whole island of Korčula since they’re relatively close and accessible by boat. Aside from the most popular ones like Badija and Proizd, you should visit Ošjak for its wild nature and Trstenik on which stands a beautiful lighthouse built in 1873. If you’d like a more forested islet, visit Planjak which is near the town of Korčula.

Islets closest to our villa in Prižba are Vrhovnjak, Sridnjak and Crklica. They’re all uninhabited islands with untouched nature and great swimming spots. The seafloor around them is natural and filled with life so bring snorkelling equipment with you.

Island hopping to some larger Croatian islands
When you’re going island hopping from Korčula, you don’t have to stay so close. Most of the popular Dalmatian islands are only a short boat drive away. A great tour would include the Pelješac peninsula, the islands of Hvar and Brač, and in return the island of Vis. However, this tour would take several days or even a week. Both Brač and Hvar have amazing landscapes, ancient ruins, and lots of activities so the choice is up to you.

If you’d like a shorter island-hopping tour, there are a few great ones. Try combining Pelješac and Mljet. They’re both close to Korčula and Pelješac is culturally connected with it so you’ll get the whole picture of the history of this region. Mljet is one of the most important islands considering marine biodiversity so it’s a great diving or snorkelling spot. Even if you’re not planning on discovering sea life, it’s a great destination and a part of it is a national park.

If you’d like to explore more nature, head to Lastovo which is a part of the Nature Park Lastovsko otočje. The peace and quiet you’ll experience on Lastovo and the neighbouring small islands are incomparable with anything. Here you’ll really feel away from your everyday urban life and worries. Far out from Lastovo is the islet Galijula which is the the southernmost point of Croatia, but it’s quite a long drive from both Lastovo and Korčula.

Whichever islands you choose to visit when island hopping from Korčula, you won’t be sorry. Every single one of them is special in its way and has many things to offer: from untouched nature to amazing summer fun.