Private yacht day charter in Mallorca

Your day can begin in Palma, Puerto Portals or Port Adriano, depending on where the yacht is based, and often follows the south-west coast. Heading west, the Calvià shoreline opens into sheltered bays such as Portals Vells, where yachts anchor over pale sand in settled weather and a cave in the cliffs is tied to an old sailors' legend. Offshore, the islets of El Toro and Les Malgrats lie in protected marine reserve waters, and on a longer outing the route can continue to the natural park of Sa Dragonera off the island's western tip.

The route is not fixed in advance. In summer a sea breeze, known locally as the embat, often builds across the Bay of Palma as the day warms, so a good captain covers the exposed stretches early and saves the calmest anchorage for lunch. Balearic law protects the Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows, so yachts anchor on sand or use authorised low-impact buoys, such as the buoy field Ports IB has run in recent summers at Sant Elm. Many beaches are buoyed off for swimmers in summer, so the yacht stays outside the line and guests reach the shore by tender or a short swim, where the rules allow.

The yacht you choose shapes the day. A motor or sport yacht covers more coastline between swims, a sailing catamaran turns the passage itself into the experience and gives a large group wide, stable decks, and a superyacht usually brings a full crew, a chef and water toys. Tell us your group and your pace, and we will match the crewed yacht, the route and the departure marina, with prices on request.