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The Mermaid: Unique Cave Exploration Experience
Discover Gozo, Blue Lagoon, and more on a family-run boat. Explore caves, capture memories, and enjoy a personalized sea adventure.
Discover Gozo, Blue Lagoon, and more on a family-run boat. Explore caves, capture memories, and enjoy a personalized sea adventure.
Duration:
5 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Bugibba - Boarding commences at L-Menqa Jetty 30 minutes prior to departure from the charming seaside town of Bugibba.
- Blue Lagoon - As you cruise along the coastline, enjoy breathtaking views of the Maltese shoreline. Being a smaller vessel, the boat can enter the caves at no additional cost, allowing you to capture stunning photographs. The…
- Bugibba - Boarding commences at L-Menqa Jetty 30 minutes prior to departure from the charming seaside town of Bugibba.
- Blue Lagoon - As you cruise along the coastline, enjoy breathtaking views of the Maltese shoreline. Being a smaller vessel, the boat can enter the caves at no additional cost, allowing you to capture stunning photographs. The first stop is the renowned Blue Lagoon in Comino, where you can swim, snorkel, and dive into the Mediterranean Sea’s crystal-clear waters. Once docked at Comino, you can dive and jump from the boat and explore the island on foot. A snack bar is available onboard for purchasing food and drinks, and there are toilet facilities.
- Island of Gozo - After spending an hour on Comino, you will board The Mermaid to cruise to your next stop, Mgarr Harbour, Gozo. As the boat enters the harbour, have your cameras ready to capture the stunning Island of Gozo. You are free to explore and immerse yourself in the Gozitan culture. At the designated time, The Mermaid will be ready in the harbour to continue your cruise. On the return journey to Malta, the boat sails through the Comino channel, offering views of more beautiful caves, either Crystal Lagoon Caves or St. Mary’s Caves, depending on the weather, before reaching your next destination.
What's Included
- On-board WiFi
- On-board restrooms
- Entering the caves (weather permitting)
- On-board WiFi
- On-board restrooms
- Entering the caves (weather permitting)
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Snorkeling Equipment (available for rent with cash deposit)
- Government fees
- Lunch
- Snorkeling Equipment (available for rent with cash deposit)
- Government fees
Additional Information
We’re a family-run, smaller boat. The best thing about The Mermaid is that you will leave your day out at sea with a unique experience rather than just being a number. You will be personally greeted by the captain upon boarding. Since we’re a smaller boat, we can enter the caves at no extra charge. You’ll be able to view the caves and take pictures….
We’re a family-run, smaller boat. The best thing about The Mermaid is that you will leave your day out at sea with a unique experience rather than just being a number. You will be personally greeted by the captain upon boarding. Since we’re a smaller boat, we can enter the caves at no extra charge. You’ll be able to view the caves and take pictures. We’re all about customer experience aboard The Mermaid, and we will do our utmost to ensure you enjoy your day out at sea and make it the highlight of your holiday!
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(189 Ratings)
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Traveler04882452616
Aug 27, 2025
Beautiful and amazing tour - Amazing tour! Beautiful views, water like a dream, got to swim in a clear water, and last but not least explore new places. Captain and his helper were amazing and funny. It’s a smaller boat than those huge ones but it is much more peaceful and “personal”, my feet were hanging out of the boat and water sometimes touced them. Totally suggest!
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Oliver
Jun 23, 2025
Amazing experience - Captain & bosun were so friendly and organised on board. This was our first time in Malta , Amazing views and memory’s made. Thank you so much it was such an amazing experience. Worth every penny would highly recommend this to anyone. We can’t wait to come back X
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Nataliesej
Jun 13, 2025
Fun way to spend one day in Malta - The boat trip was great, we first made a 1.5h stop at blue lagoon which was very beautiful. Then we hopped back onto the boat and got dropped off at Gozo port where it there was the option to get a bus into Victoria, but we decided to hang around the post where there were a few small quiet restaurants where we stopped for lunch. Once back on the boat, we made one final stop at st.Paul island where there was the option to either explore the island or swim. Snorkels were available to rent at €5. Our captain and skipper were very helpful and knowledgable. Thank you for a wonderful trip!
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Happiness46075774288
Jun 12, 2025
Very enjoyable - Took this trip today with friends. Very well run with friendly and informative crew. Information regarding times for meet ups was drip fed to us as the day went on so as not to overload us! We were additionally given the option to take the bus trip to and from the drop off point in Gozo to the capital Victoria. There was a small extra cost for this but it was well worth doing. A piece of advice: if you are going to the Blue Lagoon don’t forget to separately download the QR code as you will need to show this on arrival. This is free, but if you want a deckchair and parasol it’s an extra cost (run by the BL authorities). We all had a great day - would definitely recommend this boat trip.
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Curious09257136933
Jun 11, 2025
Relaxing day out - Very well organised, friendly crew, smaller boat, we prefer that. Never felt rushed, saw everything that was promised. Caves were amazing. Highly recommend. Thank you
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Jacqueline
May 5, 2025
A Great Day Out - Lovely little boat with a lovely skipper and crew. It was very well organised and transfers to buses on Gozo went really smoothly. We were kept well informed of times and meet up places. We're really glad that we chose to travel over to The Blue Lagoon/Gozo, with The Mermaid.
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Tom
Jun 5, 2025
Gozo/Comino trip. - The time spent at Gozo was inadequate and the expected cave experience didn’t happen. The crew were excellent. It was quite hard to find our way back to the pickup point on Gozo.
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Flyer67237019608
Jun 30, 2025
Avoid if sea sick - The crew were lovely and the boat was nice and clean. Timings were good and everything ran smooth, no waiting about. It was easy to find in saint Paul's bay too. However, the waves were SO choppy and on a little boat like that it made us feel really really sick. When we got to Gozo we decided to not get the boat back and to get the ferry (€5) instead to avoid the sickness. The blue lagoon was SO busy too, they say you need a pass to get in but don't stop the amount of people having one, nowhere to put any belongings, leave them on the boat is my advice.
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Lori_s
May 13, 2025
We traveled by thins and... - We traveled by thins and there was no information provided what we were seeing. Wanting to go on St Paul island and unable without much history provided about statue etc
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694jemmar
Aug 11, 2025
Poor Customer Service - The experience wasn't bad - but the customer service was poor, which made the trip stressful & not as enjoyable. We received a text message at midnight the night before the trip to say the trip time had been changed to a whole hour earlier - therefore we had to rush and only just made it after having to pay extra for a taxi & missing breakfast. The customer service following this was shocking - being told they sent an email (to which I checked & never received any correspondence from them), followed by being ignored!
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