Full Day Caves and Sailing Tour: Beach BBQ, Traditional Portuguese Experience
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39 Ratings
Portimão
Embark on a thrilling Full Day Caves and Sailing Tour in the Algarve. Explore stunning caves, indulge in a beach BBQ, and experience a traditional Portuguese adventure.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Benagil Caves
What's Included
  • BBQ on the beach
  • Lunch included
  • Caves exploration
  • Sailing adventure
  • On-board WiFi
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • On-board restrooms
What's Not Included
  • food and drinks on board
Additional Information

Embark on a day filled with thrill and discovery. Our journey begins at the Arade River and takes us along the Carvoeiro coast, stopping at landmarks like the Alfanzina lighthouse and Benagil. Anchoring our caravelle, we venture to Algarve’s stunning caves in our native cave boats. We drop you off at an exclusive beach, accessible only via water where we serve a classic Portuguese barbeque. As we sail back to Portimão, passing through Alvor, relish the experience of riding under the sails of the caravelle.

Location
Rua Gonçalo Nascimento
Pier "Vasco da Gama", next to the "Clube Naval" and Portimão "Museum".
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(39 Ratings)
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441ursulak
Jun 18, 2021
Fantastic trip with "Algar Experience" to the Benagil caves / Barbecue on the beach. - A MUST do with "Algar Experience". Fantastic staff. Did the day Barbecue Trip. Excellent food, drinks and extremely well organised. Highly recommended.
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Pcb2134
Aug 20, 2019
Great day on the sea - A fun excursion on an old wooden boat with great beach bbq. Visit to stunning caves and chance to swim in the sea.
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Mari
Aug 17, 2019
Great experience - A little pricey but totally worth it. The day trip really included everything you could wish for, sailing along the coast line,going into the little caves, relaxing on a hidden beach and the BBQ was gummy and just made the experaince complete.
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Anfulu
Aug 3, 2019
Sardenhas, I am sailing - Wow - what a trip! Exclusive BBQ at the private Beach. Full service by the crew, great cave tour, relaxing, bathing and after all .... Sailing back with the Pirate Boat. Thank you for such an experience PS: yes, Sardenhas frescas da grelha - unforgettable
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Sanda2013
Jul 28, 2019
The best experience of this holiday! - The boat is beautiful and very, very clean, staff amazing, speaking all the language u can imagine. We had a beautiful day! What we mostly appreciate is that we had two situations because the weather was tricky, but the captain did not take the easy way out of the situation, and dis not give up, and we were able to have all the experiences promissed. Special thanks to Lars for the way he played with the kids! And the most amazing barbecue! Keep the beach clean, the most beautiful way to say it! Tks guys!
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Andre
Jul 15, 2019
Amazing day out - Fantastic day out, kids loved it as did adults. Beach bbq was very nicely done. Crew, and our pirate in particular, made the trip for us. Very good way to spend a day.
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Chrishersham
Jul 4, 2019
Best day of our holiday - A full 8 hour trip. We paid an extra 12 euros each for transfers from our villa and back in a brand new airconditioned Mercedes minivan. The boat was not overcrowded at all, but it was very early season. No protection from the sun on the upper decks at each end, but comfortably shady at sea level. It is a large old sailing boat and it was interesting to get it's history and watch the crew raise and lower the huge sails at various times. Refreshments on board were not free, but a couple of euros for a beer, a cola or really good coffee is fair enough. We were transferred into little boats for the caves tour. The crew were extremely kind and helpful with us pensioners for whom getting into and out of the boats was a bit challenging. All the crew we spoke to were very pleasant and spoke good English. The Captain was multilingual. They gave us information and advice about accessibility and facilities at the many beautiful places and beaches that we sailed past. After an hour in and out of the many caves, we sailed to a beach for which only they had a landing licence so it was just us. The crew produced the best BBQ we have had in many years. Spatchcock chickens, spicy sausages, sensational fresh sardines (and a demo of how to quickly remove all bones before eating them), garlic potatoes, several different salads, pasta and a myriad of fresh fruit to follow: melon pineapple,, grapes, etc. Everyone went back for seconds (thirds/fourths - it was really good!). There was extremely drinkable cold white wine, or red, or beer or soft drinks on tap too. We had a couple of hours to sunbathe on the fine sandy beach (umbrellas provided) or swim. Before returning to the big boat for the return trip, the crew were very thorough in clearing the entire beach of any sign that we had been there, every scrap of litter was bagged and removed, their licence depends on it! An hour or so was spent under full sail without the sound of the engine - very peaceful. Until the Captain decided we should all take part in an impromptu half hour karaoke session, which spoilt it a bit for us but was popular with some. We specifically chose this boat as it stated no loud music, not a party boat, on the flyer! We docked as the sun started to come down - a perfect day. At €70 per person this may seem pricy. However, just to do the short small boat cave tour was €30 and we would have spent easily the same buying drinks and food all day elsewhere and not gained all the local information and seen all the sights that we did on this trip. Highly recommend.
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Excursion727987
Sep 19, 2019
Fun day on a Pirate ship!! - I was expecting a catamaran type boat, insteat it was old Pirate ship!! I'm saying this not in a negative way, just was surprised. It turn out to be very fun, the BBQ lunch on the beach was really good, but desappointed that they only served wine, no beer on the beach, only on the boat (with an extra charge).
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Lyn
Jul 31, 2019
Fantastic - Great day, loved the atmosphere of the boat, wonderful lunch on beach, staff friendly and the scenery is wonderful.
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Maxnem
Jul 15, 2019
Waste of money ! - We went on his tour which we totally regret. For the money they charge you, it is an absolute con. You can buy sardines in Portugal in a good restaurant with all the trimmings and drink for €10. They couldn’t care less whether you are comfortable, whether you needed anything it was all about them getting their money.
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