In this winter time thinking on my sea kayak, I get an idea for a great trip it would be fun to do. Well maybe not now, since strong winds wouldn't be in our favor to visit the area of remote Adriatic island. But it would be definitely fun to visit it in Spring, as soon as days become longer and temperatures higher. Sea kayaking adventure to the island of VIS.
Vis island, the
«off the beaten path island». During the summer Vis is considerably different
from the islands of Hvar, Brač or Korčula. The main reason for this is probably
that Vis offers only a very small number of hotel beds so it is mainly visited
by people who like it for their own specific reasons and not by "regular
tourists" who may have seen its name in a brochure and thought it might be
a nice place to visit.
We know that one
of the reasons for Vis' uniqueness lies in its 500 years of isolation, often as
a military island where time had stopped. However, as so often happens in life,
the thing that once seemed to be a disadvantage in the end turns out to be an
important advantage. So, Vis' exclusiveness does not lie in its excellent hotel
capacities, but in the island itself; its untouched nature and the people that
haven't been possessed by tourist commercialization (yet) but who are hospitable
in an authentic, "native" way. At the same time this lifestyle is reflected
in high quality food and wine offer set in the real Meditteranean ambience.
The trip (with
the average of 10 nautical miles of paddling per day) itself is designed for
reasonably fit people with kayaking experience. But it is not just about navigating
around this beautiful island and its beaches; we dare to say there's more to it
because this journey takes you through both the history and the culture of
these parts that have been inseparable since the ancient times, long before
Greeks and/or Romans sailed across the Adriatic till our present days.
