Andela Lora

Reviews

• 5 / 5

  Very helpful guides, fantastic experience!

  Very helpful guides, great ship’s crew. The itinerary took us through a wide variety of landscapes and towns. Highly recommended.

  Brian Hamilton

  Oct 11th, 2025
• 4 / 5

  Croatia islands with Andela Lora

  “First time sailing / biking in the Croatia islands. This is our second Boat Bike Tour. We were sailing on the “”Kvarner Bay and Islands”” tour on the Andela Lora ship. Late July 2024. Technically, apparently this was an “”IslandHopping”” tour, which Boat Bike Tours recently acquired… The ship is a nicer larger ship — 17 cabins and up to 34 people. In late July, this cruise was only half full — 4 English speaking couples – 3 German speaking couples and a local Croatian couple. Turns out this time of year is pretty warm so not as popular perhaps for boating / biking. If we had had all 17 cabins filled, that would’ve been a bit more crowded on the ship. The rooms on the ship struggled to keep cool during the day and at night with the room A/C units — so some degree of difficulty to fall asleep. Not awful, but definitely notice’able. The ship crew was friendly, albeit most did not speak with the passengers much. The waiter for each day was also friendly and talked with us – but seemed more “”alone”” on the ship. Interesting interactions. The two bike tour guides were super funny and approach’able. All of the days announcements were done in the two languages – English and German – which of course wasn’t a big deal at all – but there were definitely “”two separate groups”” on the ship. The meals on the ship were good – served either buffet style or family style. The bar was “”ok”” — limited space on the ship / bar area so we often would purchase personal drinks on shore (silly things like ice tea or coke zero…). Wine was available on the ship for purchase and was good to have at dinner each night. The Adriatic Sea was amazing — crystal clear and not cold at all. Many days ended with a swim off the back of the boat to cool off and relax. I wish they had told us to bring easy small floatation devices so we could float around longer. The bike tours on the islands were very well selected. Most everyone was using an electric assist bike since many of the islands had some big uphills to navigate. Some of the biking was on roads with cars zooming by, but in general the locals knew how to give the bikers space. The islands themselves were fascinating — with little pockets of towns or beach areas for vacationers. This trip avoided most of the really big cities which was very nice. Sometimes we felt like we were just speeding through the country-side and the islands. There were a number of cool spots along the way which we would have liked to have stopped to learn more about them. Course, the two bike guides did say “”stop if you want to stop!””. :- ) All in all, a good tour. We would go back for another different Croatia islands tour in the future.”

  Reply from Boat Bike Tours

  Thank you for your detailed feedback! We re glad you enjoyed the tour, the bike rides, and the Adriatic Sea. We appreciate your comments on the ship s cooling, crew interaction, and meal variety. Kind regards Boat Bike Tours

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  Bill Buros

  Aug 21st, 2024
• 4 / 5

  Istria is beautiful on a great boat, but too much gravel riding.

  The boat was very nice with great guides (Ivan and Tony) and a great crew. Istria was gorgeous with many postcard perfect towns along the Adriatic coast. There were many opportunities to swim off the back of the boat. The shuttle that was provided made getting to and from the boat from Zagreb very simple and easy. On the downside, many of the rides were off road and some had serious gravel sections on steep climbs. Several riders fell during the week and many were unhappy with the amount of gravel. Also, other than two walking tours there was little off-boat enrichment that we have experienced on other boat-bike tours.

  Reply from Boat Bike Tours

  Thank you for sharing your experience! We re pleased you enjoyed the boat, the guides, and the Adriatic coast. We appreciate your comments on the bike routes and off-boat enrichment. Kind regards Boat Bike Tours

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  James Nelson

  Aug 19th, 2024
• 4 / 5

  Good guides

  Bicycle in Istria, Croatia. Good guides, especially Kristoffer, very helpful and well-informed. The food onboard was OK but not excellent.

  Reply from Boat Bike Tours

  We’re pleased you had a great experience biking in Istria! Your feedback on the onboard food is noted, and we’ll continue to strive for excellence in all aspects of our tours.

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  Lily Marie Rogstad

  Oct 24th, 2023