Perast Tours: Boat Trips and Guided Day Trips

A town-focused boat trip or a wider bay route

The three-hour Perast and Our Lady of the Rocks boat trip starts in Park Slobode in Kotor. Its inclusions set aside one and a half hours for Perast old town and a separate island stop. The skipper also acts as a guide, with an audio-guide link available in several languages. Island, church and museum admission is listed as an optional extra, so keep that cost separate from the boat journey.

The three-hour Blue Cave and submarine-base outing includes a licensed captain and local guide, safety equipment and snorkelling masks subject to availability. Its Our Lady of the Rocks stop is optional. The selected booking option determines which meeting point applies. Choose this route for the wider excursion, rather than assuming it gives the same town time as the Perast-focused trip. The Blue Cave guide explains the setting on Luštica and the access conditions.

The rule announced on 25 May 2026 and reaffirmed on 14 June 2026 prohibits motorised vessels entering the Blue Cave area. Treat the excursion as travel to that area, without a promise of speedboat entry into the cave. Conditions and the arrangements on the day matter for water activities. Do not build a tight onward schedule around a particular swimming stop.

An electric car outing from Kotor

The guided electric Fiat Topolino outing runs between Kotor and Perast and lasts two and a half hours. Its meeting point is on Njegoševa in Kotor. The included experience is the electric car ride and guided road outing; food and drinks are extra. It provides a useful choice when the journey along the bay interests you more than time aboard a boat.

Before choosing between road and water, decide whether you want to enter a museum or church in Perast. Transport and a guided route are distinct from interior admission. The sights guide helps you organise a town visit around St Nicholas, the square and the town museum. Avoid fitting several interiors into a short stop simply because they appear close together on your plan.

Small-group outings with different starting points

The seven-hour Perast and monastery combination includes a small group, an English-speaking driver-guide, hotel or port pickup and return, and a visit to Perast. It also includes lake and bay viewpoints. Agree the exact pickup place for this outing. Its Perast visit is part of a longer land route; an island crossing is a separate choice rather than an included feature to assume.

The small-group excursion from the Dubrovnik area visits Perast, Kotor and Budva over nine to eleven hours. Transport is in an eight-seat minivan or fifteen-seat minibus. It allows free time for an island boat ride, while the boat and island entry are paid separately. Meals and drinks are extra. Border waiting can affect the day, so use the day trip planning page when comparing it with a local Kotor departure. Our page on the Dubrovnik to Perast day trip compares the full-day options from Dubrovnik.

If you want a privately arranged boat outing instead, see private tours in Perast. Keeping those options separate makes it easier to compare the included transport and agreed starting place without confusing a shared road trip with private boat hire.

Ostrog in the combined land outing

The seven-hour combination includes Perast and Ostrog Monastery. Read the separate monastery guide for that part of the visit.

Build a workable departure and return plan

A Kotor meeting point means reaching Kotor before boarding or meeting the road guide. It does not become a Perast departure because the town appears in the title. Similarly, hotel or port pickup belongs to the particular product that includes it. Save the confirmed meeting point, chosen date and return arrangements together, and leave time to find the boarding place rather than arriving at the scheduled departure minute.

Use the arrival guide if you are arranging your own journey to Perast. For a cruise visit, choose around your ship’s schedule and the agreed port meeting point. For an independent town visit, decide whether the waterfront walk or the island is the main event, then add the other if time and the boat arrangements allow it.