Our biological bubble is so impressive that the most sublime landscapes can be found in it, but when it comes to archipelagos things become even more beautiful, since being points remotely away from everything else, they have the opportunity to develop their own worlds. For proof of this, there is the island of Socotra, with its crooked trees that you can’t see in any other region of the world, and there is also the blue cave in a remote archipelago in Croatia.
Croatia’s Blue Cave
Located on the island Bisevo in the Adriatic Sea, the Blue Cave (Modra špilja) is a hidden paradise in the middle of a remote grotto in the Dalmatian Islands, an archipelago in the waters of Croatia. Getting there is not easy, first, you have to take a ferry to Vis Island from the city of Split, which is the closest to the archipelago. Once there, you must take a land trip either by car or motorcycle to the other side of the island, where there is a small fishing village called Komiza. The locals offer boat tours that take you directly to the island of Bisevo. Here the adventure begins.
The only way to reach the Blue Cave is by a small raft that is small enough to get around the cavern’s narrow entrance. Until 1884 the only way to enter the natural wonder was to dive under the rock walls in the right place, but in that year it was decided to create an entrance by exploding dynamite, since then it is possible to enter by raft, although only the locals know the right place to enter the Blue Cave.
Once inside, it will seem as if you have been transported to an unknown world, the range of blue colors glowing with the water that covers the cavernous grotto. The right time to take advantage of the scenery is between 11 and 12 o’clock in the day, as the blue glow effect is created when the sun’s rays enter through the water and reflect off the limestone floor of the cave, giving it a hue that almost borders on fluorescent blues.
The bright sun illuminates the ocean water, which in turn reflects the light onto the walls of the cave, giving it its characteristic bright blue color. The result is a mystical cave and one of the most beautiful natural seascapes on the planet.
Story written in Spanish by Alejandra Martínez in Ecoosfera
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