Albufeira Boat Trips & Cave Tours

Albufeira boat trips are how you see the best of this stretch of the Algarve, because the coast is at its most dramatic from the water. The cliffs are honeycombed with caves and grottoes you cannot reach by land, and the headline of them all, the Benagil sea cave with its collapsed roof and circle of open sky, sits just along the coast.

The trips come in a few shapes. A Benagil cave tour points straight for the famous grotto and the smaller caves around it, often in a fast RIB or a small boat that can nose inside. A wider Albufeira boat tour cruises the cliffs and beaches, sometimes on a catamaran with a swim stop and drinks, sometimes at sunset. Plenty pair the caves with dolphin watching out in the open water, since the same boats run both. When you compare Albufeira boat trips, check whether the Benagil cave is an actual stop or just a pass-by, because the swell sometimes keeps the smaller boats out.

Morning trips tend to mean calmer water and better light inside the caves, before the wind picks up. Book ahead in summer, when the Benagil cave boat tour slots fill fast.

9 Albufeira boat trips from EUR 27. Benagil cave tours, coast cruises and catamaran trips, with free cancellation on most - easy to book online.