Cruise the crystalline coves of La Maddalena National Park on a small-group boat tour with lunch, snorkeling, and SUPs. This seven-hour excursion visits natural pools, photographic viewpoints, and secluded swim stops — ideal for swimmers and photographers alike.
Cruise the crystalline coves of La Maddalena National Park on a small-group boat tour with lunch, snorkeling, and SUPs. This seven-hour excursion visits natural pools, photographic viewpoints, and secluded swim stops — ideal for swimmers and photographers alike.
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Operated by Gipsy Boat · Palau, Sardinia
A low-slung rib slides from the Palau pier and the Sardinian sea opens like a clean page — wind and salt in equal measure, cliffs and shoals flickering beyond the spray. On this seven-hour loop through the La Maddalena National Park you move between tiny islands, anchor in natural pools, and step off the boat into water that insists you stay afloat a little longer.
easy.
7 hours.
Suitable for people in average physical condition who can board a small boat and swim in open water.
The tour runs about seven hours and departs from Pier N.5 in Palau, with a 10:00 meeting time for boarding and safety briefing.
Yes — the tour includes swimming masks and two stand-up paddleboards available for guests to use at suitable stops.
Lunch is included and features typical Sardinian products — local cheeses, cured meats, bread, wine, water, fruit and dessert, plus coffee and myrtle liqueur.
Non-swimmers can join the boat but should inform the operator; life jackets are available and the skipper selects calmer anchorages when possible.
The archipelago has been fished and intermittently inhabited for centuries; Budelli’s famous pink sand has been protected — the beach has been closed to the public since 1994.
La Maddalena is a national park with strict regulations to protect marine habitats; visitors are asked to avoid anchoring on seagrass meadows and to use reef-safe products.
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