Private Charter in Croatia
Chartering a vessel in Croatia gives your group exclusive use of the ship, crew, and itinerary for the week. We arrange private charter on small cruise ships, gulets, and catamarans along the Dalmatian coast and islands. Tell us your group size, preferred dates, and what you’re after, and we’ll send tailored vessel options.
Private Cruise Ship Charter
This is our most popular charter option. Small deluxe cruise ships carrying 18–38 passengers can be chartered exclusively for your group. You get the full ship — ensuite cabins across multiple decks, dining saloon, bar, sun deck with jacuzzi, and a dedicated crew including captain, cruise director, and chef.
Cruise ship charter suits multi-generational family trips of 20–40 people, milestone birthdays and anniversaries, weddings, and corporate groups. The ship’s crew handles everything — meals, navigation, itinerary planning, and port logistics — so your group just turns up and enjoys the week.
Half-board (breakfast and lunch) is standard. Your cruise director will plan the route with you before departure, and the captain adjusts day to day based on weather and your group’s preferences. One-way itineraries between Split and Dubrovnik are popular because you cover more coastline than a return loop.
Every cruise ship on our website is available for private charter. Visit our ship pages for vessel details, cabin layouts, and photos.
Gulet Charter
Gulets are traditional wooden Mediterranean sailing vessels — wide-beamed, stable, and built for slow coastal cruising. They typically carry 8–16 passengers in double or twin cabins below deck, with a large open stern for outdoor dining and a cushioned foredeck for sunbathing.
The crew — captain, deckhand, and cook — is always included. Your cook prepares meals onboard using fresh local ingredients bought at each port. Half-board (breakfast and lunch) is standard, with drinks available from the bar or as a pre-arranged package.
Gulets suit smaller groups who want a relaxed, informal week on the water without the structure of a larger ship. The pace is slower, the atmosphere is more like a floating house than a cruise, and your captain knows bays and anchorages most visitors never see.
Port and harbour fees, fuel for generators, and any national park entrance fees are paid locally on arrival. Your captain will advise on expected costs before departure.
Catamaran Charter
Catamarans are the most popular choice for smaller groups of 6–10 who want independence on the water. Twin-hulled, stable, and spacious for their size, modern sailing catamarans offer surprisingly comfortable cabins, a large saloon, and open deck space that a single-hull yacht can’t match.
Catamarans can be chartered bareboat (you skipper the vessel yourself) or with a hired skipper and hostess. Bareboat gives you complete freedom — you set the route, anchor where you like, and provision the boat yourself. With a skipper, you get local knowledge and someone else handling the sailing while you swim and eat.
Unlike cruise ships and gulets, catamaran charter is vessel-only. Crew (if hired), food, drinks, fuel, and marina fees are all separate. We can arrange provisioning in advance if you’d like to step onboard with the fridge already stocked.
Bareboat licensing for Australians
Australian boat licences are issued by the states, not federally, so there’s no automatic reciprocal agreement with Croatia. If you’re planning a bareboat charter, we’ll need a scanned copy of your licence and a link to your state licensing body’s website confirming the size and type of vessel you’re qualified to operate. Vessel length restrictions on your licence will apply to which catamarans you can charter.
Itineraries
Most charters run Saturday to Saturday for seven nights between April and October. Your captain or cruise director will plan the itinerary with you, factoring in your group’s interests, the weather, and the season. Croatian captains know hundreds of bays and anchorages most visitors never see — it’s worth letting their experience shape the route.
One-way charters between Split and Dubrovnik (or vice versa) usually let you see more of the coast than a return loop from a single port.
Example one-way Split to Dubrovnik: Split – Vis – Hvar – Korčula – Mljet – Dubrovnik.
Example return loop from Split: Split – Hvar – Vis – Korčula – Šolta – Trogir – Split.
Example return loop from Dubrovnik: Dubrovnik – Korčula – Mljet – Elafiti Islands – Dubrovnik.
How to Book
We’re an Australian company based in Sydney. We handle the operator contract, payment milestones, and onshore liaison throughout your charter. Send us your group size, preferred dates, and a sense of what you’re looking for, and we’ll send tailored vessel options and pricing.
For more about deposits, payments and cancellation terms for charters, see our Terms and Conditions.
Disclaimer
All vessel descriptions on our website come from the end suppliers (the vessel owners and operators). We act as your booking agent — your contract is between you and the vessel owner. We rely on operator-supplied marketing materials, photographs, and specifications, and we cannot inspect every cabin on every vessel before every departure. Any claims regarding vessel condition, cabin features, or onboard services are between you and the vessel owner per your charter contract. See our full Terms and Conditions.
All charters are subject to vessel availability. In the rare event a booked vessel becomes unavailable due to mechanical issue, accident, or force majeure, we will work with the operator to substitute a comparable vessel where possible. This is why we strongly recommend appropriate charter travel insurance.
Discover Croatia (Sydney)
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