Tour includes panoramic sightseeing of Herceg Novi bay and island Mamula, swimming in the Blue Cave. Tour also includes panoramic sightseeing old tower Arza and visiting Žanjice beach. At the end of tour we are visiting submarine tunnel. The visiting time for each destination is variable and can be changed according to your wish as long as the maximum visiting time.
Herceg Novi
photo pause at Mamula island
Blue cave adventure
old tower Arza sightseeing and Žanjic beach
war ship entrance Potkop and pause for photos
Mamula, also known colloquially as Lastavica, is an uninhabited islet in the Adriatic Sea, within the southwestern Montenegrin municipality of Herceg Novi. Mamula is located between Prevlaka and Luštica peninsulas at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor. This small islet is of circular shape, and has 200m in diameter. It is 3.4 nautical miles (6.3 km) away from Herceg Novi.
During the period of the Venetian Republic rule, the island was known as Rondina.
The island has a fort, built in 1853 by Austro-Hungarian general Lazarus von Mamula. The fort takes up about 90% of the island’s surface area. Along with the fortification on Prevlaka’s Cape Oštro as well as Arza fortification on Luštica’s Cape Arza, both of which were erected at the same time also on suggestion by general Lazarus von Mamula, fort Mamula was part of the Austro-Hungarian Army’s contingency plans of preventing the enemy entrance into the Bay of Kotor.
The Blue Cave is one of the most attractive in series of caves located on the peninsula Lustica. It is 5.7 nm far from Herceg Novi. It was named the Blue Cave because of its unusual blue color which is the result of the reflection of sun rays on clear sunny days. People are classifying it as a natural jewel of the Mediterranean due to its natural origin. It is one of the largest in a series of caves in this peninsula, created at the foot of the 30 meters high cliffs, and is a result of thousands of years of sea waves crashing on porous rocks of Lustica. The larger opening enables entrance for barges and smaller ships into the cave, allowing tourists to witness the wonderful play of light in the waters of the Blue Cave.
Arza is a fortress built on the Luštica peninsula during the hundred-year rule of the Austro-Hungarians, in this part of the Montenegrin coast. This masterpiece of architecture is the first thing you notice, as you sail through the entrance of the spectacular Boka Bay. This fortress, together with the fortification of Mamula on the island of Luštica and the Prevlaka Fort on Cape Ostro, formed the fortification system ‘Primorska Fortress of Boka’, which was the second most important military base of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy on the Adriatic coast.
Žanjic Beach is located on the western coast of Luštica. The beach is located in a cozy bay. It is covered in fine pebble, the access to the water is also pebbly and is rather steep. Sunbeds and sunshades are available for rent, or one can choose to set up one’s own sunshade. Next to the beach, there is a café and several restaurants. The water in the bay Zanjice has beautiful shade of turquoise color.
One of the best-hidden sights in the Bay of Kotor, the submarine tunnel near the village of Rose is worth a visit for anyone who wants to spend an enjoyable afternoon on the water. Set in a beautiful location, the tunnel is not only a fascinating piece of military heritage, but also a great place for swimming, snorkeling, or just wandering around. When we say this tunnel is the best hidden sight in Montenegro, we mean it literally. Built during the 1970s by the Yugoslav Navy, this tunnel was designed to stealthily host submarines and small ships.
