Boat & catamaran tours — Gozo
1 option from €15 per person. Departures from Hondoq Bay jetty. Operators: JoyRide Watersports Gozo.
Boat trips from Gozo start at €10 per adult for the direct boat to the Blue Lagoon with JoyRide Watersports, leaving from Hondoq Bay in Qala; children pay €5.
The short version
Routes and departure times
Boats go several times a day between 9:00 and 18:00, you stay at the lagoon as long as you like, and the pick-up time for the way back is set on the day.
What it costs
The Comino & Cave Tour costs €15 per adult (€7.50 per child): about 20 minutes among the Santa Maria Caves, then free time at the Blue Lagoon, with departures between 8:30 and 19:00. A 3-hour private trip around Comino and parts of Gozo costs €300 per boat for up to 8 people.
To go ashore at the Blue Lagoon you need a separate ticket, booked in advance.
What's included
- Boat from Hondoq Bay and pick-up from the Blue Lagoon at a time set on the day
- About 20 minutes by boat inside the five Santa Maria Caves
Not included
- Blue Lagoon visitor ticket (booked separately in advance)
Good to know
- Families, couples and solo travellers; children ride at a reduced fare.
- No experience needed — you ride as a passenger and the crew drives the boat.
- Swimwear, towel, sunscreen, drinking water and your Blue Lagoon ticket, booked in advance.
- Hondoq Bay jetty, Qala, Gozo — under the big yellow umbrella. Plenty of parking at the bay.
Boat & catamaran tours prices in Gozo
| Tour | Duration | Group | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comino & Cave Tour from Hondoq Bay — JoyRide Watersports | — | — | €15 per person |
Operators: JoyRide Watersports Gozo
FAQ
How much is a boat trip from Gozo to the Blue Lagoon?
Do I need a Blue Lagoon ticket?
Can I book a private boat from Gozo?
What does the Comino & Cave Tour include?
Where exactly do the boats leave from?
How do I get to Hondoq Bay from Malta?
Where can I get food and drinks?
Boat trips from Gozo: what to know
Direct boat or cave tour?#
JoyRide Watersports runs every trip from the jetty at Hondoq Bay, under a big yellow umbrella. The direct boat to the Blue Lagoon costs €10 per adult and €5 per child and leaves several times a day between 9:00 and 18:00. The Comino & Cave Tour at €15 per adult (€7.50 per child) first spends about 20 minutes in the Santa Maria Caves — five caves, one of them where The Count of Monte Cristo was filmed — and then takes you to the Blue Lagoon; it runs between 8:30 and 19:00.
On both, you stay at the lagoon as long as you like and JoyRide sets the pick-up time on the day.
The private trip — who is it for?#
The 3-hour private trip covers Comino — the Blue Lagoon, St. Nicholas Bay, Santa Maria Bay and its caves, Elephants Rock, the Battery Tower, the Crystal Lagoon and its caves — plus parts of Gozo's coast: Hondoq Bay, Gebla tal-Halfa and Mġarr ix-Xini. It costs €300 per boat for up to 8 people, whatever the group size, and JoyRide describes it as the more laid-back trip, with plenty of time for swimming and snorkelling. For more than 8 people, JoyRide quotes on request.
Blue Lagoon ticket — do not skip it#
Important
JoyRide's fares do not include going ashore at the Blue Lagoon. To land there you need a separate visitor ticket, booked in advance; Hera Cruises notes that the number of daily passes is limited.
How do you get to Hondoq Bay?#
Hondoq Bay is in Qala on Gozo, with plenty of parking and a kiosk for food, drinks and ice cream. From Malta, the Gozo Channel Line ferry runs 24 hours a day, as Comino Ferries points out. JoyRide also runs its own boat transfers to Hondoq from Ċirkewwa on Malta and from Mġarr Harbour on Gozo; pick-up times are arranged by WhatsApp.
Rather drive yourself?#
JoyRide also rents self-drive boats at Hondoq Bay from €100 per boat for a 3-hour half day: fuel extra, driver 21 or older, €200 cash deposit. On Malta's main island, boat tours from Sliema head for Comino and the Blue Lagoon from €40 per adult with Luzzu Cruises.
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