Shared tours category
Want Bahia de las Aguilas without chartering a whole boat? This shared catamaran sells per-person seats, so couples, solo travellers and small groups can sail to the Dominican Republic’s most beautiful beach for a fraction of a private charter. From…
The afternoon version is for travellers who want Icacos without burning the whole day. The Barefoot IV casts off Villa Marina at 1:00 PM. Forty-five minutes east, you’re anchored off the white-sand cay. Swim, snorkel, beachcomb until late afternoon. The…
Skip the resort pool. Forty-five minutes off the Fajardo dock at Villa Marina, the 47-foot catamaran Barefoot IV drops anchor at Cayo Icacos — the largest cay in La Cordillera Nature Reserve, an uninhabited spit of white sand and shallow…
The engine eases off a mile from shore. Ahead of you the sea turns a pale, impossible green over a hidden sandbar — Media Luna, a swimming pool with no walls. This is where the catamaran stops and the whole…
By four o’clock the light goes gold and the water flattens to glass. The catamaran drifts off the Miches coast, a glass of rum in your hand, the mountains turning pink behind you. You sail out to Media Luna for…
The Marietas Islands are the reason people come to Banderas Bay. A protected national park offshore with clear water, reef fish, rays and the blue footed boobies that nest on the cliffs. Access is capped and the park closes two…
The sun starts dropping at six — and the best seat on the island isn’t on the beach. It’s a cushioned lounge seat on the calm water off Palm Beach, cocktail in hand, with nobody sitting behind you. This is…
Nine AM. Glassy water. A mimosa in your hand before the anchor is even up. This morning sail leaves Palm Beach when the sea is at its calmest and the snorkel spots are still quiet — before the afternoon crowds…
Trade the beach chair for a lounge seat on the water. This afternoon sail leaves Palm Beach with a small group, an open bar that keeps pouring and two of Aruba’s best snorkel stops on the route. Drop anchor over…
Phang Nga Bay has two faces. By day: hundreds of boats, all on the same schedule. By evening: empty golden light on the karsts, quiet caves — and after dark, water that glows. This small-group tour is built around that…