boat hire in Naples · Barqa — Barqa Q20 (2023)

Great skipper excellent tour great communication very nice guy. I would recommend that you use him for his services. He did a five star job. If I could give him six stars I would.

We were a family of 4 and everything was arranged just perfectly. Our pick up from port to the drop everything was seamless. The skipper was very helpful with small kids on board he made sure they were super comfortable. It was a fun day and capri wouldn’t be half the fun without this experience !

For context- We went on a family cruise. 2 parents, 3 teenagers, 5 total people. This boat excursion was booked on a whim a month prior, online, sight unseen, for our Naples day. After 3 days of culture and destinations we figured we needed a fun day. This charter was outstanding. For comparison in the states the boat was about wakeboarding boat size. It was newer and in good shape. The charter reached out to us again a few days in advance and helped me book transportation to the dock. The captain (Daniele) reached out to us the day before. It was about a 25 minute cab ride from our cruise port to their dock but that would depend on where your cruise docked. For a 7 hour boat trip we were probably commuting across the bay 2.5 hours of it. There was a strong wind so I'm guessing it was maybe 30 minutes more than usual. Daniele had a cooler chock full of ice, US soda, local drinks and an adult bottle. He treated us like we owned the boat. Kids wanna go fast across waves or idle through moored yachts while they sun on the front deck like they were Kardashians? Done. Slow down and describe the towns and points of interest. Yup. We stopped to swim with fish in clear water. He had towels waiting. We went around the island of capri and then to good seaside lunch (lunch is separate but the restaurant theu drop you off to eat includes a quick boat to the main capri dock without fees). When we got back from lunch and exploring capri our captain was waiting on the dock. Capri mainland was crowded and touristy which really underscored why having your own boat is so much better. We didn't have a lot of time in the capri dock but unless you came all this distance to buy trinkets not sure we missed much. This might seem expensive for a couple but as a family of 5 if you total up island fees, drinks for family and ferry tickets its maybe a couple hundred bucks more for a totally different experience. Shoulder to shoulder on a 100 person boat that dumps you in a tourist swap meet on their schedule or this? No contest. I mean no contest at all. Added note- We took a similar boat charter in malta at the end of our trip. It underscored how much this charter stood out. The other tour was not on time, no towels, limited supplies, one hilarious warm bottle of something against a bag of ice but not cold, with 5 plastic cups for us. Just no attention to detail. If it were up to me Daniele would have been our captian and cab driver for the rest of our cruise in all our ports. He was squared away.

Very friendly and kind skipper. Highly recommended 👌