BOAT TOURS AT THE ILHA GRANDE: LARGE BOAT x FAST BOAT (BOAT)

The Big Island is undoubtedly a place where everyone must visit one day. With its 193 square km of ecological diversity, beautiful beaches, very well looked after by the island’s residents, it is the perfect scenery of a paradise.

There are several ways to get to the Big Island, as can be conferred in the article “How to get to the Big Island” that was already published in this blog.

Already on the island, there are several attractions, as we said in this article “what to do in Isla Grande”. Among the forms of locomotion of the different hiking trails throughout the island. However, if you do not have a lot of time using a boat it is essential to know more places. Fundamental, therefore, know how to choose what type of boat you will hire to enjoy it to the fullest.

The boats used in the tours by the island, can be Big Boat or Fast Boat (Boat). In this article we will present the difference between these two types of boat, showing the advantages and disadvantages of each. It is essential to know about this information, so that your time on the Big Island is well taken advantage of.

Big Boat Tour (Gulet / Sailboat / Escuna)

Here in Brazil we call “Escuna or Saveiro”, in Chile they call de Goleta, Velero or Escuna, it depends on where they are.

They are large boats, usually fit 60 to 200 people, so they are also slower, because of the size of them have a good infrastructure such as: bathrooms, kitchen, large covered area, play music and a large crew.

ADVANTAGE:

• More people, the opportunity to make more friends
• Big Boat, better infrastructure.
• Low price

DISADVANTAGES:

1. Less list options (due to size and speed)
2. Crowded beaches (depending on the day the beaches can be very crowded, since several schooners stop at the same time)
3. Less number of stops, for being a slower transport, it is only possible to make 3 stops.
4. Less time at stops, having to go up and down many people and spend more time browsing, the stops are 30 to 40 minutes.
5. In most of the stops the boat is far from the sands and who wants to go to the part with sand has to swim.

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BOAT TOUR, Fast Boat

The boats are smaller boats, with capacity of 10 to 17 people and reach higher speeds (more than double a schooner).

ADVANTAGE:

1. More stopping possibilities
2. More stops during the day
3. More time at the stops
4. More empty stops
5. Container with Ice to carry your drinks

For being a small and fast transport you can go to more beaches, on beaches that only small boats can get and we stayed longer on the beaches.

The stops are usually closer to the sand too, which does not require swimming to the beach

DISADVANTAGES:

• Less Sombra, does not bother much since the biggest part of the time is on the beaches and not on the boat.
• Without a bathroom,
  The biggest problem of the boat, so the use of the bathroom is restricted to the pier of boarding and disembarking and the lunch stop.

Get to know the “Super Island” ride:

More information here.

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With all this, it is necessary to analyze all this information, before closing your boat tour on the Island, because the type of boat chosen to walk can have a direct impact on your experience.