We spent the day on the water aboard a small boat sailing to three of the Elaphite islands. The Elaphites is a small archipelago consisting of several islands stretching northwest of Dubrovnik, in the Adriatic sea.

On Lopud we enjoyed a good walk across the island to the eastern beach of Šunj. The walk gave us time to enjoy the birdsong, forest path, wildflowers and bright yellow and orange butterflies. Unlike most of Croatia’s beaches which are stoney, this was a sandy beach with great swimming on offer.

Our second island was Šipan the largest of the Elaphiti Islands, where we had time to wander a little and watch a sea kayak group coming back in to shore.

The third island we stopped at was Koločep. It was quiet and very peaceful. Koločep is the southernmost inhabited island in Croatia and is locally known as Kalamota.