🏨 3-Hour Boat Tour in Ria Formosa on Olhão Algarve -

3-Hour Boat Tour in Ria Formosa on Olhão Algarve

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From $32.49

73 reviews (4.93)

Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 3 hours

: Algarve, Algarve

: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Discover the wonders of nature on the Ria Formosa and be amazed and dazzled by this fragile and complex ecosystem considered to be one of Portugal's seven wonders, a place to be visited and preserved.

On this tour you will have the opportunity to observe the Natural Park of the Ria Formosa navigating through its channels.
You will walk on white sands and sail through the calm waters of the Ria Formosa.
We will have a lovely stop on a desert island where you can have a swim, relax and walk on the beach with wonderful white sand.
Then we stop at one of the island communities. Can be Ilha do Farol or Ilha da Culatra.
Throughout the tour the skipper will give a detailed explanation of the entire Ria Formosa, its fauna and flora and its fishing activities.

Skipper

Gratuities

Hotel pickup and drop-off

INFANT: : 2 - 10
ADULT: : 11 - 99

Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Service animals allowed
Specialized infant seats are available
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Service animals allowed
Specialized infant seats are available
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

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

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Ria Formosa Natural Park

Navigate through the calm waters of the Ria Formosa with a skipper on board who gives you all the explanations about the Ria Formosa, the fauna and flora, and the fishing activities.
We make 2 stops to be able to relax, swim or walk a little.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Ilha da Culatra

Culatra Island is a very typical and genuine village of mostly fisherman that inhabit the island all year through, with lots of interest and cultural aspects.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Ilha Do Farol

With the biggest inlet of water of all the Ria Formosa and being near the cape of Santa Maria, the most southern point of Portugal, these island has an extremely beauty marked by its imposing lighthouse.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Reviews

Wonderful tour

Adventurer298631, 27-09-2022

A good shipper who told us a lotta about Ria. Gave us a lot of time. The Ria Formosa is just fantastic

Great trip with teens!

CaroVLJ, 28-08-2022

There are many tours on offer in Olhao but I would strongly recommend this one! A knowledgeable local skipper takes you to explore this beautiful part of the Algarve in a relaxed and flexible way.

Great trip with enthusiastic guide. Prior clam farmer with great stories and knowledge about the environment.

D3734MDpaulv, 25-08-2022

The great thing is that the guide was a clam farmer himself for many years. So he actually knows what he is talking about. His enthousiasme is as if he is doing the trip for the first time. Maybe it was because two children were aboard but during our stay on an island he collected a bucket with all kind of underwater items. Each item was accompanied with a story and handed to the children as a souvenir. Great trip. Would recommend it to everyone.

Greetings Paul van de Sande and friends

Wonderful trip

fransd802, 26-09-2022

We had a fine trip to Ria Formoza. We visited a deserted island and lunched in a small town on an island. The captain was very friendly and gave us lots of information about Ria Formoza.

Island hoping in style

gordonhayes100gmxcob, 15-09-2022

Myself and my wife went on a 5 hour tour today of the Ria Formosa from Olhao, which was excellent from start to finish.
Young Joao was our guide who was profecinal and very polite. His knowledge of the area was second to none, and took us to some great spots.
The area is outstanding, we stopped for lunch at Culatra, Sea Bass was great, followed by a walk around the community which was very interesting, following that we stopped off at Farol, where the beaches run for miles
All in all and excellent day, run by a very good company
Many thanks Gordon

More Than a Boat Tour

carlottah547, 16-10-2022

We were treated not only to a very beautiful and informative tour, but with insight into the local fishing village culture and how it has evolved over the years. Our host, John, was a long time local who has experienced crab farming first hand, and we were intrigued by the difficulty of that special career.
John was willing to answer all of our questions in excellent English as well as giving us a new appreciation for his beautiful town of Olhao.

Not to be missed!

DayTrip620588, 02-10-2022

We missed the ferry and that was our good fortune!.. Maria hooked us in to the experience we didn’t plan and we are so glad that we did.
Young Joao gave us an excellent three hours.. Learning from him about the Ria Formosa area, the history, the wildlife, and the clam and oyster farming was so interesting and the boat ride was highly enjoyable. The stops on the deserted beach and in Culatra fishing village were well timed and thoughtful.
This boat trip is not to be missed!

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