Sugaman Tours

A Split agency with an office on Obala Lazareta that sets out by speedboat for the Blue Cave of Biševo, Vis and Hvar, in a group or privately.

Who they are

Šugaman Tours, which on its website also signs as Sugaman Tours, is a Croatian-owned agency focused on central Dalmatia. Its head office is at Obala Lazareta 3, in Split, next to the port, and it is listed in the Croatian business register with NIP 48354477791. It names Domagoj Ereš as head of the office and speaks of a team of its own staff, local skippers and guides, but does not give the founding date or the number of boats. The website is in English, Croatian and French.

What they offer

The agency's strength is speedboat excursions from Split: the Blue Cave on the island of Biševo combined with Hvar, the Blue Lagoon and the island day that adds the Blue Lagoon, Hvar and Trogir. All can be done in a group or privately, and privately they add destinations such as Hvar and the Pakleni islands or Bol and the Zlatni Rat beach, on Brač. On land they organise excursions to the Krka and Plitvice Lakes national parks, to Mostar and the Kravice waterfalls, to Dubrovnik and a guided walk around Split, with budget versions for Krka and Plitvice and packages combining two or three excursions. They also do boat and road transfers, including the airport.

The website does not publish a fixed season; sea departures are concentrated in the good-weather months and depend on sea conditions.

Meeting points, groups and equipment

For speedboat excursions you meet at the office in the centre, at Dosud 4, inside Diocletian's Palace, 15 minutes before departure. The Plitvice and Krka excursions leave from the area between Obala Lazareta and Poljane kneza Trpimira, next to the Terminal F restaurant and the red "SPLIT" letters, and the budget ones, from the bronze statue on the Riva. On request they pick up from your accommodation; between Podstrana and Solin, at no cost.

The boats carry 10 to 14 people depending on the model. The agency provides light life jackets, snorkelling equipment and windproof and waterproof jackets, and includes accident insurance in the price; on the Blue Cave excursion the cave entry is included. It sets no minimum age, but advises against the boats for pregnant women and people with back or neck problems. They recommend beachwear, comfortable shoes, sun cream, a towel and sunglasses.

Bookings, cancellation and languages

You book online on the website, which sends a voucher by email to show at the meeting point, or in person at the Dosud 4 office or at the Riva sales point. The office is open every day from 7:00 to 22:00, on +385 21 344 085, on the mobile and WhatsApp +385 91 644 3333 or at [email protected]. For day excursions, private tours and skippered boats, the agency keeps 10% if cancelled 30 days or more ahead, 25% between 29 and 15 days, 40% between 14 and 3 days and the full amount in the last two days; no-shows recover nothing. If the sea does not allow it, it is cancelled and the money is refunded or the day changed; the skipper decides the route. The website does not say which languages the explanations are given in.