Main area of focus in Caring for the Destination:  

The main focus of this tour is the preservation of traditional small ship building, growth of small family businesses and implementation of local food and products.

Detailed description of the Caring for the Destination Initiative: 

Most of the boats that we use for these cruises are traditional Croatian wooden boats which were used for different purposes in the past. Some of them were passengers' boats for transport of locals from one island to another, but most of them were doing sand excavations from sea area around Split. When that industry failed, they were transformed to tourist boats. Some of the boats are more than one hundred years old, but of course, they have been renovated many times during their history although the shell of the boat and the name remains the same. Boats are family-owned and in many cases, the owner of the boat is also the captain and his family is working on it and makes their living from this. Our company chooses those dedicated families to be our service providers and we support them in renovation and building of their boats. Shipbuilding is a century-long tradition in Croatia, which started to fail in the last few decades and therefore we are proud that we are keeping one of its important parts - the small ship building industry - alive.

Our company has created a menu that is served on each boat consisting of traditional Dalmatian food, which is prepared the same way as all Dalmatians cook in their homes. It is a light Mediterranean cuisine with lots of vegetables, olive oil, fish and meat. Ingredients that are used for preparing the food are bought on weekly or daily basis from green markets and fish markets along the coast. We also encourage our boat owners to serve their guest with homemade products like wine, grappa, dried figues or olive oil, which are traditionally made by their families in wintertime.

For our Bike cruises, we choose professional local bike guides who have knowledge about special places that can be visited on the roads where you will cycle. They will take you to traditional family owned restaurants or direct you where to buy local souvenirs and give you information that cannot be found in guidebooks.