A wide daybed with pale cushions under a thatched gazebo, low table beside it, lawn and shrubs beyond the open sides

Worldwide, Croatia to Africa

Red SavannahVillas, yachts and safaris arranged by one team

The Croatia charter runs eight days and seven nights from Split down the Dalmatian coast to Dubrovnik, with the boat as the accommodation. Vis, Hvar, Korčula and Mljet alternate between anchorages and walks ashore, so a week on the water never settles into a routine.

Destination specialists design private trips, villa holidays and yacht charters across Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. Arrival is by commercial or private flight into a main gateway, then local vehicles, boats or light aircraft.

PlaceWorldwide, Europe to Africa
TypeVillas and yachts
SuitsVillas, families, safaris
Stay7-21 nights

A boat for a week, an island for a morning

Worldwide, Croatia to Africa — Tailor-made villa and yacht travel.

Red Savannah runs villa holidays and privately designed routes from the same office, and the Croatian gulet charter shows where the two meet. A boat becomes the only address for a week while the itinerary moves, which is a different proposition from a hotel with day trips bolted on.

Days mix swimming, meals on deck and walks ashore. The route can also run in reverse, and the actual anchorages and time on the water get set against weather, the individual boat and sailing conditions.

The line goes by way of Brač, Vis and Hvar, with Komiža and, weather allowing, the Blue Cave on Biševo and the Pakleni islands. It then holds at Korčula's old town and goes on to Mljet, where the lakes can be walked round or paddled.

The last stretch passes Šipan and Lopud, with a final night at anchor near Zaton Veliki before Dubrovnik. Bays to swim in, walks ashore and life on the boat make the week continuous rather than a series of stops.

A modern villa with large glazing and a rectangular pool, tall green trees pressing in on both sides
A villa and pool set among green trees
A single wooden sailing boat at anchor in a deep bay, steep green slopes running down to clear water
A sailing boat alone in a green bay
A long wooden table in a stone courtyard covered with plates, glasses and bowls of food, chairs pulled out

Designed by people who know the place

Destination advisers make choices from season, the shape of the family and what people actually like doing. That shows up in small calls: which island gets two nights, whether a walk ashore replaces an afternoon of swimming, whether a villa beats a hotel for a group that wants to eat together.

A stone-built house with shuttered windows, a small blue pool in front and mature trees crowding the walls

Villas, yachts and hotels in one route

Different forms of accommodation can sit inside the same trip. A gulet holds the week, then a villa or a city hotel takes over. The island sequence through Komiža, the blue cave at Biševo when the sea allows, and the Pakleni islands is a good example of a route shaped around the boat rather than around hotels.

An open safari vehicle with passengers standing, driving through scattered zebra and wildebeest on pale grass

Fewer handovers on a multi-country trip

Transport, transfers and support on the ground get coordinated by one team, which matters most when a trip crosses borders or switches between a city hotel, a country villa and a boat. The change of accommodation is exactly where a self-assembled itinerary tends to fray.

A small river boat moving fast across brown water, white wake behind, wooded bank along the far side
Route

A whole seven-to-twenty-one-night trip, or one stage

The company can hold an entire seven to twenty-one night journey, or handle only the villa or yacht stage of one. Seven nights is the usual floor by region. Cross-country routes want at least twelve. Later in the Croatian charter the boat stays at Šipan, Lopud and around Zaton Veliki before Dubrovnik.

Building a week on a boat into a longer trip

Cabins and galley first. A week is a long time to be wrong about a boat.

Stay

Seven nights is the usual minimum by region. Multi-country routes want at least twelve. The whole journey can run seven to twenty-one nights.

Getting there

Commercial or private flights reach the main gateway, then local vehicles, boats or light aircraft take over for the rest of the route.

Season

Chosen separately for each element: local climate, villa opening dates, safari animal seasons and the yacht's cruising area, which rarely line up in the same month.

Watch out

Villas and activities move quickly. Nothing on the page is a live availability promise, so confirm before planning around it.

Plan this into a journey

Decide whether the boat is the trip or one stage of it. The rest of the route follows that answer.

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