Comino Island Exploration: Experience the Blue Lagoon, Crystal Lagoon, and Majestic Sea Caves

Explore the stunning beauty of Comino Island with Captain Imam and his crew. Swim in the Crystal Lagoon and Blue Lagoon, and discover the majestic sea caves. Choose from a day trip or sunset evening excursion.

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Valletta - To reach the departure location from Valletta, take a bus heading towards St Pauls Bay and get off at the Parades bus stop. Parades is the nearest bus stop to your destination. Once you arrive at Parades, you will have a short 5-minute walk to the departure location
  • Sliema - To reach the departure location from Sliema, take a bus heading towards St Pauls Bay and get off at the Parades bus stop. Parades is the nearest bus stop to your destination. Once you arrive at Parades, you will have a short 5-minute walk to the departure location
  • Saint Julian’s - To reach the departure location from St Julians, take a bus heading towards St Pauls Bay and get off at the Parades bus stop. Parades is the nearest bus stop to your destination. Once you arrive at Parades, you will have a short 5-minute walk to the departure location
  • Sea Adventure - We operate all year round, according to weather conditions, and depart daily from the tourist town, Bugibba.

The day trip duration is 7 hours in summer and 6 hours in winter.
The evening/sunset trip duration is 4.5 - 5 hours

On our modern and stable catamaran, the journey to Comino Island takes approximately one hour with onboard commentary in English, French, German, Italian & Polish.

From the open sea, you will experience Malta from an ideal vantage point. We cruise close to the coast, witnessing Malta’s magnificent naturally formed coastline, including its enormous cliffs, rocky nooks, and crannies.

You will pass the tiny Island of St. Paul’s, viewing the statue of the apostle Saint Paul, rising high into the sky. You will visit magnificent sea caves, allowing you the opportunity to take amazing photographs.

  • L-Għar ta’ Bla Saqaf/It-Tieqa/Taħt il-Ħnejja - The Day Trip from June through to October stops for 1 hour.
    The Sunset/Evening Trip stops for 30 mins.

We stop at the stunning but less well-known Crystal Lagoon. It is fringed by steep cliffs and therefore accessed only by boats. With unbelievably clear water, it is perfect for swimming, snorkeling, and diving. Take a plunge into its crystal clear waters from one of our three waterslides, or jump from the top deck if you dare! A true snorkelers paradise, where you can even swim inside the caves.

From November - May
We spend approximately 15 minutes in Crystal Lagoon; we stop only for photo opportunities and to visit the sea caves.

  • Blue Lagoon - The Day Trip stops for 4 hours.
    The Sunset/Evening Trip stops for 2 hours.

Arriving at Blue Lagoon, we moor in the prime area; you will have the best view from our docking position. Use the boat as a base, utilising all the fantastic facilities, including but not limited to:

• Huge waterslide from the top deck. Two smaller slides.
• Jumping Platforms.
• Sundeck with cushioned sun loungers.
• Toilet facilities - Ladies and Gentlemans.
• Accessible toilet with changing area and showers
• Airconditioned main deck.
• 26 underwater windows
• Two onboard bars, selling hot & cold food and drinks.
• Snorkelling equipment for hire €5.00
• Personal item lockers for hire €2.00

We spend the afternoon at Blue Lagoon. Swim from the boat or walk ashore to explore this tiny Island.

Comino is also worth a visit in winter and is ideal for walkers and photographers.

  • Santa Maria Caves - With the day drawing to a close, we start our cruise back to Bugibba. En-route, we enter the Santa Maria pirate caves and view the “Elephants Head”, a fantastic rock formation.
What's Included
  • Crystal Lagoon & Blue Lagoon
  • Visiting Large sea caves for photo opportunities
  • Commentary in English, Italian, French, German & Polish
  • Submarine Vision - underwater windows (depending on the season and the departure time chosen)
  • Slides, sun loungers, toilets, showers etc..
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks ( Available to purchase)
  • Personal item lockers for hire €2.00
  • Additional speedboat ride of the smaller caves around Comino Island (€15 to be paid to rep in cash)
Additional Information

Join Captain Imam and his friendly crew on board. Choose between a 6-7 hour day trip or our 4.5-5 hour sunset evening excursion.

Spend time on the island of Comino, utilising the facilities of our family-run catamaran. Our vessel provides the perfect base to ensure a great day out.

Stop for swimming in not one, but two amazing locations:

Crystal Lagoon - Comino’s more exclusive lagoon. It is perfect for enjoying activities from the boat such as sliding into the sea from the huge waterslide, viewing the marine life from the underwater windows, and/or snorkelling inside the amazing Crystal Lagoon caves.

Blue Lagoon - a small bay with shallow, azure-colored water. Without a doubt, it is the biggest attraction that brings people to this little Island. A great place to relax, swim and snorkel. Benefit from our prime mooring position allowing you to fully appreciate the best views of the Blue Lagoon from the comfort of our fully equipped catamaran.

  • Refunds will not be issued if tour/activity is missed due to late or non-arrival of cruise ship.
  • Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund.
  • Boarding opens 30 minutes before and closes 5 minutes before the departure time
  • The company reserve the right to change routes as well as start and end locations when weather conditions, shallows or other legitimate reasons so require. We will, as far as possible, inform passengers thereof in a timely manner.
  • Stopping In Crystal Lagoon is seasonal: From 01 June to the 30 October and only in fair weather conditions
  • Visibility from the underwater viewing windows may not be clear in certain weather conditions
  • Sun loungers are free of charge however there are a limited number available on the top deck
  • Stopping In Crystal Lagoon is seasonal: From 01 June to the 30 October and only in fair weather conditions
  • We may change the boat to a new large sailing catamaran during December, January, February, March or April. This boat does not have underwater windows or slides.
  • 09:00 or 10:30 a.m. cruises are onboard Sea Adventure. The 11:00 a.m. cruise is onboard Sea Odyssey.
Location
Sirens Quay
Triq San Geraldu
The departure point is located behind Loa restaurant.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Simon_s
Aug 27, 2024
Tips & hints amazing day if you arrive early - Amazing day, well organised, good cheap food like chips, burgers, drinks, crisps, chicken wrap, ice creams, cocktails. If you want to be on the top deck get there 30-40minutes before your suppose to board otherwise you will be sitting below deck, Yes it is alittle crowded but not uncomfortable and once you get to gozo alot of people get off anyway so its only crowded for about 1hour and then the boat is all yours for 4hours until the boat picks those people up again in the afternoon. Toilets are clean, definitely do the speed boat trip it was fun for 20minutes. Loads of time to snorkel and swim or jump in via the top of the boat and slides. Basically our family 7yr old and 9yr old had a blast and would definitely do it again, its worth every penny. WARNING! If you are driving there or have hired a car there is literally no parking near by so make sure you get there early to find a parking space! We got there 1hr before boarding and found a parking space no problem and because we arrived early we also got on the top deck! Basically be on time or early and you will have a lovely trouble free day.
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Caroline
Aug 27, 2024
Must do - We thought it was a wonderful time. We did leave the boat and ventured off to the island. We went on a Monday and it was not too crowded as we heard the weekends are terribly packed. Highly recommend last the water is indeed beautiful.
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Gemma_g
Aug 26, 2024
Great! - Blue lagoon was amazing. We got and hour and 30 mins to spend some time in the water and there is stalls were you can buy cocktails food and fruit. Boat was quite busy but was great experience and the food on it was lovely too.
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Spyridon_n
Aug 20, 2024
Great experience - Great experience! The crew was super helpful . Very polite. In blue lagoon I was stung by a jellyfish and the crew acted really fast and assured my safety. Also when I needed to place my bags somewhere safe they offered to keep them in a safe place on the boat.
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Bshallberg99
Aug 14, 2024
Best excursion of our cruise—so far - We had a wonderful day visiting the Comino Island and Blue Lagoon. Very relaxing day with lots of swimming in beautiful clear waters. Use the Bolt App to get a ride from cruise terminal to Boat. We took a taxi which cost €50. Others took a Bolt ride for €22. Once on the boat, we cruised to Comino island for swimming. The water was very pleasant. The water in Malta is extremely salty so swimmers are very buoyant. After an hour of swimming, the boat captain put the bow of the boat inside several sea caves. Best viewing is in the front or second deck of the boat. The boat then went to Gozo. There was an option to leave the boat and tour Gozo for 3 hours. We stayed on the boat and went to the Blue Lagoon. At the Blue Lagoon, there are many food vendors. We bought lunch on the boat which was convenient. The Blue Lagoon area is very busy with swimmers and boats. We had four hours for swimming. The lagoon is beautiful turquoise blue with clear waters. It has shallow areas where you can stand on the sandy bottoms. In the Blue Lagoon there are vendors that take smaller boats to visit sea caves or to go tubing. Our boat left for a short time to pick up the people that toured Gozo. When the boat returned, there was an hour remaining for swimming. When we departed promptly at 17:00, we visited other caves along our way back. Again, the boat captain gave us great views of the caves by driving the bow into the caves. I feel that there is no need to pay for additional cave tours by vendors at Blue Lagoon. We returned to the point of departure just before 18:00. We took a Bolt ride back and shared a ride with another couple which cost a total of €34. I highly recommend this activity for families, but bring swim vests or floaties for non-swimmers.
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Marcoluisiana
Aug 12, 2024
FAMILY BOAT RIDE - We did this tour with 3 small children on Sundays in August 😅, so we can say we tested it in an “extreme” way! The package is not cheap, but seeing the other boats leaving from the same quay, we can say that ours was definitely better because we had a lot of space to sit (we took a table with 2 sofas) while on the other ships they looked like “sardines”, there was no air just to see them ... Our boat had 2 floors plus one below deck and was equipped with a beautiful slide from the top floor. The tour lasted exactly 7 hours, we visited about 5-6 caves going almost inside, then we stopped half an hour for a beautiful swim in the crystal lagoon , and then after dropping off the people who had bought the tour in Gozo , we went to blue lagon. Here on blu lagon unfortunately we have to express ourselves badly, because to say that it is an overcrowded location is simplistic, the place is beautiful but it is unlivable, water close to the mainland is very dirty and smells of diesel, further away it is really very beautiful, but passing numerous boats you can not swim in the central areas ... We stopped there about 4 hours and fortunately the boat remained moored available for those who did not want to get off (on the beach there is no shade, the microscopic beach is a carnaio at out of control prices). Staff available with explanations in English and Italian. On board a bar with water beers etc. plus clean bathrooms. Overall tour very nice but blue lagon overrated. A tour that we still recommend doing to spend a different day, by boat seeing the island and the sea from another perspective.
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P8721fkadaml
Aug 11, 2024
A great experience - A great evening spent at Comino. We've been during the day before but the sunset cruise was amazing. The staff on board were really friendly too!
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Valeriewilson1217
Aug 9, 2024
Magical! - Fantastic cruise and not too long! Beautiful bays and sights! Must see … we were very lucky to get fab seats at the back of the boat once we got our wristbands… don’t go upstairs! It’s better view 😊
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Becky_a
Aug 16, 2024
Super! - It was a lovely boat trip, the crew were friendly and welcoming and it wasn’t overly busy, swimming in the crystal lagoon was lovely. Didn’t go in many sea caves though, and the blue lagoon was so busy! We swam around the boat which was amazing but over in the actual lagoon it was too busy for us! It didn’t spoil the trip though, we just chilled on the boat, my boys enjoyed the snorkelling and the slide. It was good value and very enjoyable.
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Bazearl
Aug 8, 2024
Memorable Family Evening - Really good experience with family and 5x young children (4-10). Initially worried about the amount of people getting on the boat when we arrived at 4:30pm but once we’d set sail it was fine with reasonable space for our group. Drinks for kids were limited, good choice of drinks for adults (cans and bottles mainly), and ice lollies available. Scenery was superb, easy sailing to the locations, and some really good swimming opportunities. 1st stop gave me, my wife and 5year old son the opportunity to sea swim to a cave which was really special and something we’ll remember forever. 2nd stop was the blue lagoon, there were a lot of people there which is inevitable in summer but we still enjoyed the scenery and the swim. Although, our niece did get stung by a jellyfish, the boat had vinegar and she settled by the time we got back to the mainland. Overall a worthwhile evening trip to break up our week of chilling at the hotel.
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