Costa Brava Tour: Kayak, Snorkel & Cliff Jump from Barcelona
★ 4.9 · 3 156 reviews
- 8h, Kayak, snorkel and cliff dive on one day
- Small group
- Likely to sell out
- Free cancellation
A Costa Brava tour delivers a full day of kayaking and snorkelling from Barcelona. We compared 12 tours, prices from $34, free cancellation, the top tour rates 4.9 from 3,156 reviews. The outing includes lunch, with time to kayak, snorkel and cliff dive.
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Coastal kayak$34
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14,450 verified reviews across 12 tours
Your day
Shortest to longest2–115h
Shortest: Sea Caves Kayaking
Longest: Montserrat & Girona
Everything you can book here
Eight of these run as a day trip to Costa Brava from Barcelona, eight to eleven and a half hours. Four more start on the coast itself, in Sant Feliu de Guíxols and Tossa de Mar, and last two to two and a half hours. Long days first.
★ 4.9 · 3 156 reviews
★ 4.7 · 1 396 reviews
★ 4.7 · 562 reviews
★ 4.9 · 533 reviews
★ 4.8 · 515 reviews
★ 4.8 · 1 531 reviews
★ 4.8 · 1 972 reviews
★ 4.9 · 602 reviews
★ 4.8 · 449 reviews
★ 4.8 · 2 098 reviews
★ 4.7 · 407 reviews
★ 4.8 · 1 229 reviews
Two questions
Twelve tours, and they split in two. Eight are long days out of Barcelona, eight to eleven and a half hours with the drive in both directions. Four are short — two hours or so, and you need to already be on the coast to take them. Pick what matters and we point at one.
See it before you pay
Four frames from the water and one town inland, so you know what you are booking. Costa Brava cliff jumping is the rock and the drop in the third one. The sea here moves; these were shot on ordinary days, not perfect ones.
Orange kayaks in a line below the pines, where the rock splits.
The group paddles into the dark and out the far side.
A swimmer leaving the rock, green water and swell underneath.
The painted houses on the river, on the long days inland.
Side by side
The twelve tours split in two. Eight are full days out of Barcelona with the drive inside them; four are short trips you join on the coast itself — a Costa Brava kayak tour among them. These three show the difference.
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| Costa Brava: Kayak & Snorkeling Tour — Sant Feliu de Guíxols | TOP PICKCosta Brava Tour: Kayak, Snorkel & Cliff Jump from Barcelona | Barcelona: Girona & Costa Brava Small Group Tour with Pickup | |
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| Price per person | $34 | $96 | $111 |
| Total trip length | 2 hours | 8 hours | 10 hours |
| Cost per hour | $17.00 | $12.00 | $11.10 |
| Where it starts | Sant Feliu de Guíxols | Barcelona | Barcelona, pickup available |
| What you do | Kayak and snorkel | Kayak, snorkel, cliff jump | Girona, villages, coast |
| Cancellation | Free up to 24 hours | Free up to 24 hours | Free up to 24 hours |
| Rating | 4.7 · 562 | 4.9 · 3,156 | 4.8 · 2,098 |
| Best for | Already staying on the coast | One day in the water | Old towns rather than swimming |
| Check dates | Book this one→ | Check dates |
Free cancellation up to 24 h · Reserve now, pay later
Verdict
It is the most booked tour here by a wide margin — 4.9 from 3,156 ratings, where the next listing has 2,098 — and at $96 it puts you in the water on the coast instead of looking at it through a coach window. Eight hours from Barcelona and back, with lunch included.
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Eight of the twelve are full days out of the city, 8 to 11.5 hours with the drive inside them. The other four — two kayak and snorkel trips from Sant Feliu de Guíxols, a vintage 4x4 and a first PADI dive at Tossa de Mar — run 2 to 2.5 hours and start on the coast. Book one of those and you need to be there already.
Two-minute check
Three things decide it: where your day starts, how much of it you can give, and what you want out of it. Answer them and you get one listing, with the catch named.
Where does your day start?Eight tours leave Barcelona; four run on the coast itself
How much of the day can you give?The long tours take eight hours and up, door to door
What do you most want out of it?This is the one that changes the answer
You’ll get the one that fits your answers, and the thing about it that catches people out.
Six ways to see the coast
Every rating here is the operator's own live figure, shown as published. We do not write reviews and we do not average other people's into a score of our own.
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All twelve trips on this page, with the ratings from their live listings.
Read all 14,450→Costa Brava Tour: Kayak, Snorkel & Cliff Jump from Barcelona
From $96 · 3,156 reviews
★★★★★
Eight hours out of Barcelona: kayaking the coast, snorkelling over the rocks, and jumping off them if you want to. Lunch is included. Rated 4.9 across 3,156 reviews — the most reviewed of the twelve here.
Costa Brava: Kayak & Snorkeling Tour — Sant Feliu de Guíxols
From $34 · 562 reviews
★★★★★
Two hours from the beach at Sant Feliu de Guíxols, paddling past cliffs, coves and small islands, then snorkelling in clear Mediterranean water. You need to be on the coast already: this one does not leave Barcelona.
Barcelona: Montserrat, Girona & Costa Brava Guided Day Trip
From $89 · 1,972 reviews
★★★★★
Eleven and a half hours: the monastery at Montserrat, medieval Girona, then the Mediterranean at the end of it. The longest day on this page, and the one that gets the most into it.
From Barcelona: Costa Brava Day Tour with Boat Trip
From $64 · 1,531 reviews
★★★★★
Nine hours taking in Lloret de Mar and Tossa de Mar, which the listing calls the Pearl of the Costa Brava, with part of the day done from the water rather than the road.
Tossa de Mar: PADI Discovery Scuba Diving in Costa Brava
From $84 · 515 reviews
★★★★★
Two and a half hours at Tossa de Mar for a PADI Discover Scuba dive, with no experience needed and a guide beside you the whole time. Another one you have to be on the coast for.
Vintage 4x4 Tour Costa Brava: Lloret de Mar & Hidden Gems
From $39 · 533 reviews
★★★★★
Two hours around Lloret de Mar in a vintage 4x4: viewpoints, historic sites and the corners you would otherwise drive straight past. Small group, and it starts at Tossa de Mar.
What it really costs
One name covers two different days. Eight listings are full days that leave Barcelona and run 8 to 11.5 hours. Four are short trips that start on the coast itself and run two. Here is what each one asks for.
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| What you book | Price | How long | Where it starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kayak and snorkel from the coast | $34–$38 | 2 hours | Sant Feliu de Guíxols |
| A vintage 4x4 along the coast | $39 | 2 hours | Tossa de Mar |
| A first dive, no experience needed | $84 | 2.5 hours | Tossa de Mar |
| A full day out of the city | $64–$111 | 8–11.5 hours | Barcelona |
| The same day with lunch in it | $129 | 10 hours | Barcelona |
The honest answer
Yes — but which half of this page you book changes the answer entirely. Eight listings spend 8 to 11.5 hours taking you out of Barcelona and back. Four spend two hours on the coast itself. The first buys the coast and a town with it; the second buys the water, from $34.
How the day runs
The full-day listings leave the city in the morning and drive north to the coast. Eight of the twelve work this way, and the road is counted inside the 8 to 11.5 hours.
On the bus and boat day that means Lloret de Mar and Tossa de Mar, which the listing calls the Pearl of the Costa Brava. On the Girona days it is a whitewashed village.
The kayak day swaps the coach for a paddle: coves, sea caves, snorkelling and a cliff jump. The Girona days spend these hours in the medieval centre instead.
Three listings include a meal — the two kayak days and the day tour that eats in a local restaurant. On the other nine, lunch is bought wherever the group stops.
Montserrat sits on one itinerary, Girona on four, a swim in the Mediterranean on another. The 11.5-hour day is long because it takes the monastery and the coast in one go.
The shortest full day is eight hours, the longest 11.5, so the evening is gone. If you want this coast without the driving, the two-hour trips below are the other half of the page.
Best time of day
Two things decide this, and neither of them is the weather. The eight full days out of Barcelona run 8 to 11.5 hours, so one of them is your whole day and the drive sits inside it. The four short trips last 2 to 2.5 hours and start on the coast itself, so a kayak at Sant Feliu de Guíxols or a first dive at Tossa de Mar leaves the rest of the day to you. Staying in the city, you book the long day. Already on the coast, you book the short one.
On the ground
Kayaks in a rock channel the road never reaches.
Sand, parasols and clear water at the foot of the cliffs.
The old walls stand straight above the town beach.
The cathedral steps, in the old town the day tours stop at.
What it's like
The twelve listings on this page share a name and almost nothing else. Eight of them are full days that leave Barcelona and give you back the evening. Four are two hours long and start on the coast itself. Knowing which one you are looking at is most of the decision.
The long version begins with a road. You leave the city in the morning, head north, and the driving is inside the eight to eleven and a half hours the listing quotes. Nobody enjoys that part, and it is the honest reason a day out here costs between $64 and $129.
What it buys is a coast of coves rather than a beach. The bus and boat day takes in Lloret de Mar and Tossa de Mar, which the listing calls the Pearl of the Costa Brava, and puts part of the day on the water so you see the cliffs from below as well as above.
The kayak day is the one people book most. You paddle the coastline, stop to snorkel, and jump from the rocks into the sea, with lunch in the price. It carries 3,156 reviews at 4.9, more than any other listing here, and it runs eight hours from Barcelona.
Then there are the town days. Four listings stop in Girona, where the medieval centre and the Roman history are the point, and one of those adds the monastery at Montserrat before the coast — which is why it runs eleven and a half hours and why it is the fullest day on offer.
The short half of the page is a different holiday. From Sant Feliu de Guíxols two trips paddle out into the coves, channels and sea caves of S’Agaró Bay for two hours, from $34. From Tossa de Mar a vintage 4x4 climbs to viewpoints above Lloret de Mar, and a guided first dive takes people underwater who have never done it.
Across the twelve, 14,450 people have left a review and the average sits at 4.81. That is a lot of evidence for a coast most visitors give a single day. The second-busiest listing, the Girona small-group day, holds 2,098 of those reviews on its own.
So the choice is geography, not quality. Staying in Barcelona, you book a full day and accept the road. Staying on the coast, you book two hours and keep the rest. Tours run from roughly March to October, so the calendar decides the rest for you.
While you're here
These three start on the coast itself, not in Barcelona. Two hours, or two and a half, and you need to be down here already.
2 hours · ★ 4.7 (1 396)
$38See dates
2 hours · ★ 4.9 (533)
$39See dates
2.5 hours · ★ 4.8 (515)
$84See datesPractical
Four things decide which of the twelve suits you: where you are staying, how many hours you will give it, whether you want to be in the water, and what the season allows.
Eight listings, 8 to 11.5 hours, $64 to $129. The drive north and back is inside that time.
Coves, sea caves, snorkelling and a jump from the rocks, with lunch in the price. Eight hours, $96.
Four listings stop in medieval Girona. One of them adds the monastery at Montserrat on the same day.
One day sees Lloret de Mar and Tossa de Mar, the listing’s Pearl of the Costa Brava, partly from the water.
Four trips start in Sant Feliu de Guíxols or Tossa de Mar: kayak, snorkel, a vintage 4x4, a first dive.
Four of the twelve put you in the sea. Wear it from the start rather than hunting for somewhere to change.
You will be wet after a paddle, a snorkel or a dive, and the drive home is long enough to notice.
Coves, wet rock and boat steps. Trainers you do not mind soaking beat sandals that slide.
A day out of Barcelona runs eight hours or more, much of it in the open. A hat earns its place.
Sea caves and snorkel stops are where phones get wet. A cheap dry bag saves the photographs.
Eight listings leave Barcelona. Four begin on the coast, in Sant Feliu de Guíxols or Tossa de Mar.
The days run from eight to 11.5 hours, and one Girona listing shows a range of one to ten.
The day with lunch in it is $129. The bus and boat day, without one, is $64.
The kayak day holds 3,156 reviews, the most on this page. The live listing shows what is still open.
Tours run from roughly March to October, so winter dates are thin. The live listings show what is open.
Eight of the twelve take the city as their starting point and have you back the same evening.
Two kayak and snorkel trips start here, on the coast itself. Being there already is the point of them.
The vintage 4x4 and the guided first dive start here, two and two and a half hours long.
Seen on the bus and boat day and from the 4x4, rather than a place these trips begin.
Four listings stop in the old town. None of them starts there, so the coast comes with it.
Best time
Tours run from roughly March to October. That is the calendar of the region, not a promise from any operator, and it tells you about dates rather than weather.
Mar – May
The calendar starts around March. The further back you look, the thinner the dates get, so the live listings are the only honest guide.
Jun – Aug
The middle of the window, when both halves of this page are on sale: the full days out of Barcelona and the two-hour trips on the coast.
Sep – Oct
The last of the season. Dates are still there in October, and the listings start dropping off the calendar after it.
Nov – Feb
Outside roughly March to October, expect little. Check the live listings before you plan a day around any of them.
Worth knowing
Two kinds of day share one name. Eight listings are full days out of Barcelona. Four are two-hour trips that start on the coast and never go near the city.
The cheapest trip is $34, and it is a two-hour paddle from Sant Feliu de Guíxols. Compare it with the other short trips, not with a day out of Barcelona.
Lunch sits in three prices only. The two kayak days and the day tour with lunch, which eats in a local restaurant. Everywhere else the meal is yours to find.
The sea decides, not the forecast. Paddling, snorkelling and diving happen on the water, and nothing on this page promises you a calm one.
One listing shows a range of one to ten hours. It is one of the Girona days, so check which departure you are actually booking before you pay.
Montserrat is a mountain, not the coast. The 11.5-hour day puts the monastery and the sea into one trip, which is exactly why it is the longest.
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Common questions
$34 buys the cheapest trip here: two hours of kayaking and snorkelling from Sant Feliu de Guíxols. The eight full days out of Barcelona run from $64 to $129, the top of that range being the ten-hour day with lunch. The four short coastal trips sit between $34 and $84.
It depends on your hours. A full day takes 8 to 11.5 of them, with the road north and back inside that, and gives you the coves, a town like Girona or the monastery at Montserrat. If you are already staying on the coast, two hours and $34 put you in the same water.
Eight hours to eleven and a half for the full days out of Barcelona, and two to two and a half for the trips that start on the coast. One Girona listing shows a range of one to ten hours, so check which departure you are booking.
Three of the twelve do. The eight-hour kayak day from Barcelona has lunch in the price, so does the small-group kayak trip, and the ten-hour day tour with lunch eats in a local restaurant. On the other nine, the meal is yours to buy.
Two kayak and snorkel trips start in Sant Feliu de Guíxols; the vintage 4x4 and the guided first dive start in Tossa de Mar. None of the four collects you in Barcelona, so they suit a stay on the coast rather than a day out of the city.
Yes. Both Sant Feliu de Guíxols trips paddle out to coves, channels and sea caves and snorkel there, for two hours. The eight-hour day from Barcelona does the same thing at a longer length and adds a jump from the rocks, with lunch.
Tours run from roughly March to October. That is the calendar of the region rather than a promise from an operator, and outside it the dates thin out. The live listings are the only place the real calendar shows.
The eight-hour kayak, snorkel and cliff jump day from Barcelona: 3,156 reviews at 4.9. The Girona small-group day is next with 2,098. Across all twelve listings there are 14,450 reviews and an average of 4.81.
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Prices, durations, ratings and review counts come from each tour’s own listing and are refreshed when this page is rebuilt.
All twelve bookable Costa Brava tours are on this page, including the short ones that start on the coast. Nobody pays to be featured.
Eight tours leave Barcelona and four begin in Sant Feliu de Guíxols or Tossa de Mar. We never blur the two.
Kayaking and diving depend on the sea, and the operators state that in their own listings. We repeat what they say and add nothing.
The answer
If you have one day out of Barcelona, book the kayak, snorkel and cliff jump tour at $96: 3,156 travellers rated it 4.9, where the next listing has 2,098, and lunch is included. Already on the coast? The two-hour kayak from Sant Feliu de Guíxols is $34.
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