Tours in Cyprus

The eastern Mediterranean — sea caves, a famous wreck and water that stays warm into October.

Ayia Napa & Protaras

Medusa Cruises 4-Hour Chill-Out Cruise from Protaras — Two Swim Stops at the Blue Lagoon and Turtle Bay, Lunch Optional — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Boat & catamaran tours

Medusa Cruises 4-Hour Chill-Out Cruise from Protaras — Two Swim Stops at the Blue Lagoon and Turtle Bay, Lunch Optional

Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, 10:15 to 14:15, out of Protaras towards Ayia Napa and Cape Greco, with half an hour in the water at the Blue Lagoon and another half hour at Turtle Bay. €30 per adult and €20 per child under twelve without lunch, or €40 and €30 with a Mediterranean lunch and a drink included.

from €30 per adult for the four-hour cruise without lunch

The Black Pearl Pirate Day Cruise — Four Hours of Sword Fights, Cannons and Two Swim Stops out of Ayia Napa Harbour — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Boat & catamaran tours

The Black Pearl Pirate Day Cruise — Four Hours of Sword Fights, Cannons and Two Swim Stops out of Ayia Napa Harbour

A three-level pirate ship that sails at 10:30 and is back around 14:30, with a costumed crew running a show the whole way: flag-making, pirate training, the oath, a Davey Jones sword fight and a cannon battle. Lunch is included and there are two swimming stops with a plank to walk. €45 per adult, €25 per child from two to twelve, under-twos free.

from €45 per adult for the four-hour pirate cruise with lunch

Santa Napa Chill & Relax — Four Quiet Hours to the Famagusta Ghost Town Viewpoint, Lunch Included — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Boat & catamaran tours

Santa Napa Chill & Relax — Four Quiet Hours to the Famagusta Ghost Town Viewpoint, Lunch Included

The quiet boat in a harbour full of loud ones: 10:30 to 14:30, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, with two swim stops at the Blue Lagoon and Konnos Bay and a run east to the viewpoint over the Famagusta ghost town. Chicken lunch with Cypriot potatoes, salad and tzatziki is in the ticket. €35 per adult.

from €35 per adult for the four-hour cruise with lunch

Ocean Queen Day Tour — Four Decks, a Buffet and a DJ on the Run from Ayia Napa to the Blue Lagoon — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Boat & catamaran tours

Ocean Queen Day Tour — Four Decks, a Buffet and a DJ on the Run from Ayia Napa to the Blue Lagoon

Four hours from Ayia Napa harbour at 10:30 along the monk seal caves, Cape Greco and the lighthouse, with two swimming stops — the Blue Lagoon and Konnos Bay. A guide, a food buffet, snorkelling gear and life jackets are in the ticket; a separate VIP deck adds a jacuzzi, sun loungers and waiter service. From €50 per person.

from €50 per adult at the lowest low-season price — it rises with the season and the deck

Scubacat Morning Chill Out Cruise — Four and a Half Hours to the Blue Lagoon and Konnos Bay with BBQ on Deck — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Boat & catamaran tours

Scubacat Morning Chill Out Cruise — Four and a Half Hours to the Blue Lagoon and Konnos Bay with BBQ on Deck

Out of Ayia Napa harbour at 9:00 on a 60-foot catamaran, along the sea caves and Cape Greco to two hour-long swimming stops — the Blue Lagoon and Konnos Bay, where the turtles are. Cypriot barbecue cooked on deck while you swim. Back at 13:30. €45 per adult, €25 per child aged 2 to 10, free for infants under two.

4h 30min 4.9(1244)

from €45 per adult for the morning cruise with barbecue

Two Guided Dives with Full Gear — Ocean View Diving, Ayia Napa — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Scuba diving

Two Guided Dives with Full Gear — Ocean View Diving, Ayia Napa

An SDI and TDI centre in the town of Ayia Napa itself, selling guided dives on a sliding scale: 100 € for two dives with full gear, or 90 € if you bring your own and only need tanks and weights. Hotel pick-up within ten kilometres is free, and the centre gives a discount for three divers or more. The scale runs to eight dives — 280 € with gear, 250 € without.

from €100 per person for a two-dive day with full gear

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Discover Scuba Diving at Green Bay — Undersea World, Ayia Napa — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Scuba diving

Discover Scuba Diving at Green Bay — Undersea World, Ayia Napa

A first dive with a PADI instructor, run out of the centre on Kriou Nerou street in Ayia Napa. The whole programme takes up to three hours — a short theory briefing, a skills session in shallow water and one open-water dive of at least forty minutes. 110 € per person for the Green Bay version; the same programme at the MUSAN sculpture museum is 140 €, and both sites in one day 190 €. Minimum age ten, maximum depth twelve metres.

from €110 per person for one try dive at Green Bay

Two Guided Shore Dives at Cape Greco — Poseidon Dive Centre, Protaras — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Scuba diving

Two Guided Shore Dives at Cape Greco — Poseidon Dive Centre, Protaras

Two guided dives at the sites around Cape Greco National Park, 105 € per person with full equipment and guiding — against 65 € for a single dive. No boat is involved: the centre says all its local sites are shore dives, and you jump in the car rather than on a boat. Divers wanting more depth can swap in two wreck dives on the Liberty and the Nemesis for 145 €.

from €105 per person for two guided shore dives with full equipment

Two Guided Dives in One Day for Certified Divers — Undersea World, Ayia Napa — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Scuba diving

Two Guided Dives in One Day for Certified Divers — Undersea World, Ayia Napa

The certified-diver line of the Ayia Napa price list: 100 € for two dives in one day, against 55 € for a single dive. Longer packages drop the per-dive rate — 180 € for four dives over two days, 260 € for six over three. Shore diving is the default: a boat is a 45 € supplement per person, a night dive a 25 € supplement, and a full equipment set 30 € a day. Nitrox up to 40 % is listed as free.

from €100 per person for two shore dives in one day, equipment extra

Open Water Diver Course on Green Bay Beach — AquaNaut Diving School, Protaras — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Scuba diving

Open Water Diver Course on Green Bay Beach — AquaNaut Diving School, Protaras

A full certification course for 460 €, taught by a family-run school that has been on Green Bay beach since 1989 and calls itself the only dive school in the Protaras area sitting directly on the water. Training happens a few sandy steps from the centre, with no transfers and no boat ride needed. The junior version costs the same 460 €; the school takes divers from ten, with options for eight- to ten-year-olds.

from €460 per person for the full Open Water Diver course

Parasailing up to 600 ft over Sunrise Beach and Fig Tree Bay — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Parasailing

Parasailing up to 600 ft over Sunrise Beach and Fig Tree Bay

A 10-to-12-minute flight from a Warrior 33 parasail boat off Sunrise Beach in Protaras, with the operator quoting heights up to 600 ft. Single 60 €, tandem 80 €, triple 105 €. Instructors are BHPA-certified and brief you before take-off; two boats run in parallel, which the operator says is why there are no waiting lists.

12min up to 3 guests 4.9(380)

from €60 per flight, by the number of people in the harness

Scubacat Sunset Cruise — Three and a Half Evening Hours to Konnos Bay and Back into the Golden Hour, Adults and Teenagers Only — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Boat & catamaran tours

Scubacat Sunset Cruise — Three and a Half Evening Hours to Konnos Bay and Back into the Golden Hour, Adults and Teenagers Only

The same 60-foot catamaran, the same two swimming stops, but at 15:30 instead of nine in the morning — so that the run home falls in the last hour of light. €35 per person from twelve years up, fruit on board instead of the barbecue. Tuesdays and Fridays, 15:30 to 19:00.

3h 30min 4.9(1244)

from €35 per person aged 12 and over, fruit on board included

XS & Stephanos Speedboat Rental at Sunrise Beach — Eight Boats from 16 to 22 Feet, No Licence, From €80 the First Hour — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Boat & catamaran rental

XS & Stephanos Speedboat Rental at Sunrise Beach — Eight Boats from 16 to 22 Feet, No Licence, From €80 the First Hour

A family-run watersports centre on Sunrise Beach in Protaras with eight self-drive boats, from a five-seat 100hp Jaroma at €80 for the first hour to a nine-seat 250hp Four Winns at €240. Every boat carries VHF, life jackets, a bimini top, a ladder, a cooler and Bluetooth; a captain can be added instead. Rentals run daily 09:00–19:00, up to eight hours.

1h up to 5 guests 4.9(380)

from €80 per boat for the first hour — Jaroma, up to 5 people, 100hp

Discover Scuba Diving from Age Ten — Poseidon Dive Centre, Protaras — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Scuba diving

Discover Scuba Diving from Age Ten — Poseidon Dive Centre, Protaras

A guided first dive with an SSI centre on Kavo Greko Avenue in Protaras, 85 € per person and open from ten years old. You leave with photographs of the experience, and if you come back within six months a second discovery dive is 80 €. Children of eight and nine get the Bubble Maker instead, also 85 €, capped at two metres. No swimming ability is required for the try dive.

from €85 per person for one guided discovery dive, from 10 years old

MUSAN Try Scuba: Green Bay Training Dive plus the Sculpture Museum — Easy Divers — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Scuba diving

MUSAN Try Scuba: Green Bay Training Dive plus the Sculpture Museum — Easy Divers

The way to reach the MUSAN underwater museum without a diving certificate: a training dive at Green Bay in the morning, then the museum off Ayia Napa on the same day, 150 € per person, minimum two people. Photos are free, and VAT, transfers from local accommodation, tanks and weights are all in the price. Certified divers do not need this package and dive the museum directly.

from €150 per person for the two-dive MUSAN try-scuba day, minimum two people

Jet Ski Rental at Kalamies Beach — 15, 20 or 30 Minutes — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Jet Ski

Jet Ski Rental at Kalamies Beach — 15, 20 or 30 Minutes

A straight rental off the beach at Pernera, Protaras: pick 15, 20 or 30 minutes on a Sea-Doo or Yamaha machine. The price is per jet ski — 50 €, 60 € or 90 € — and one or two people ride the same machine. Up to four jet skis go out in one booking; a life vest and a safety briefing come with every ride.

15min up to 2 guests 5.0(551)

from €50 per jet ski, not per person

Guided Jet Ski Safari from Kalamies — Cape Greco and the Blue Lagoon — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Jet Ski

Guided Jet Ski Safari from Kalamies — Cape Greco and the Blue Lagoon

An hour on the water with a guide in front: out of Kalamies Beach past Protaras, Green Bay and Konnos Bay to Cape Greco, with a swim stop at the Blue Lagoon before the run home. 150 € per jet ski with one rider, 200 € with two. The operator states that no licence is needed; the driver must be 18. The safari runs with two to four machines, so the smallest booking is 300 €.

1h up to 2 guests 5.0(551)

from €150 per jet ski, not per person

Parasailing over Protaras and Pernera from Kalamies Beach — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Parasailing

Parasailing over Protaras and Pernera from Kalamies Beach

Take off from the boat over the Protaras and Pernera coastline. The price depends on how many of you fly together: 60 € single, 80 € double, 100 € triple. No experience needed, all safety gear provided, and the operator recommends the early hours when the sea is calm.

up to 3 guests 5.0(551)

from €60 per flight, priced by the number of people in the harness

Yellow Regal 20ft Self-Drive — 140hp for Eight Guests from Konnos Bay, Fuel and Freshwater Shower Included — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Boat & catamaran rental

Yellow Regal 20ft Self-Drive — 140hp for Eight Guests from Konnos Bay, Fuel and Freshwater Shower Included

The big self-drive boat at the Konnos Bay base: twenty feet, a 140hp outboard, seven to eight guests, a freshwater deck shower, a swim ladder, a large bimini top and cooler boxes provided. Fuel is in the price. €170 for the first hour, €300 for two, €500 for four, €700 for a full day — for the boat, not per person.

1h up to 8 guests 4.6(416)

from €170 per boat for one hour, the minimum hire, seven to eight guests

Glass-Bottom 18ft Self-Drive Boat from Konnos Bay — No Licence, Fuel Included, Six Guests, €100 the First Hour — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Boat & catamaran rental

Glass-Bottom 18ft Self-Drive Boat from Konnos Bay — No Licence, Fuel Included, Six Guests, €100 the First Hour

A 50hp boat with glass panels set into the hull, hired by the boat rather than by the seat, from the Konnos Bay base between Ayia Napa and Protaras. No boat licence is needed: the driver must be 21 with a physical passport or ID, and everyone takes a short dockside lesson first. Fuel is included in the price. €100 for the first hour, €180 for two, €350 for a full day.

1h up to 6 guests 4.6(416)

from €100 per boat for one hour, the minimum rental, up to six guests

Discover Scuba Diving at Green Bay with Hotel Pick-up — Easy Divers, Protaras — Ayia Napa & Protaras

Ayia Napa & Protaras · Scuba diving

Discover Scuba Diving at Green Bay with Hotel Pick-up — Easy Divers, Protaras

A three-hour first dive at Green Bay for 80 € per person, from a PADI 5-star centre on the Protaras–Cape Greco road. Roughly an hour underwater at six to ten metres, in small groups, with unedited photographs sent to you free. VAT, transfers from accommodation in Protaras, Pernera and Kapparis, tanks and weights are all in the price; pick-up from Ayia Napa adds 5 € a head. Ages twelve and up.

from €80 per person for the 2–3 hour try dive at Green Bay, about an hour underwater

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