Two islands
The seven-hour trip that adds Gozo to the standard Comino day is the most reviewed boat tour in Malta, with 21,086 ratings. It is also the longest day on this page, and whether that is a bargain or an endurance test depends on what you actually want from the water.
Quick answer
A Gozo and Comino boat trip runs about seven hours from Bugibba and costs $29. You get the Blue Lagoon, the Crystal Lagoon, the caves and either a stop on Gozo or a cruise along its cliffs. It carries 21,086 reviews at 4.4 — the most of any listing here by a factor of two, and the lowest score of the big ones.
The honest trade
A good day and a long one. For Gozo itself, take the ferry instead.
A seven-hour trip is not seven hours in the Blue Lagoon. The extra three hours over a four-hour listing are mostly spent moving: down the Gozo coast, around the cliffs, and back. What you gain is a lot of coastline that most visitors never see.
The score reflects that. At 4.4 it is lower than the four-hour trips at 4.7 and 4.9, and reading the reviews, the recurring theme is the length of the day rather than anything wrong with the boat. Twenty-one thousand people is a very large sample and the picture it paints is consistent: a good day, a long one.
If you want to see Gozo properly, the better answer is a day on Gozo itself — the ferry from Ġirkewwa takes twenty-five minutes and the island deserves more than a pass along its cliffs.
Which Gozo option to pick
They are genuinely different products.
$29. The most reviewed trip in Malta, with a waterslide and both lagoons.
$40. The same shape from the south of the island, with 8,380 reviews.
$35. If you are already on Gozo, this goes round Comino without the long crossing.
The four-hour trips at $26 give you the most time in the lagoon and the best scores on this page.
Three Malta boat tour options that include Gozo
The difference is roughly three hours of moving.
The most reviewed Malta boat tour of all, with 21,086 ratings and a waterslide.
The same shape from the south, with 8,380 ratings.
A Malta boat tour for people already on the second island.
More time in the lagoon and the highest scores on this page.
Twenty-one thousand reviews is the largest sample anywhere on this site. It is worth more than any score on a listing with three.
Which trip is best→Book direct
Three that include Gozo, and the short one that does not.
★ 4.4 · 21,086 reviews
★ 4.5 · 8,380 reviews
★ 4.7 · 1,070 reviews
★ 4.9 · 1,419 reviews
The longest Malta boat tour is not the best one. Three of the extra hours on the Gozo trips are spent moving rather than swimming.
Which trip is best→Six differences between a Gozo Malta boat tour and a Comino one
The extra time is mostly moving.
Seven hours against four on a Comino-only Malta boat tour.
Roughly the same on both, which surprises people.
Far more on the Gozo version.
Lower on the long trips, and the reviews say it is the length.
The biggest Malta boat tour boats run the Gozo route.
Some Gozo trips stop at Mġarr and some only cruise past.
Common questions
About seven hours from Bugibba. The Sliema version runs five and a half to seven and a half.
It depends on the listing. Some stop at Mġarr and some cruise the cliffs without landing. Read the itinerary before booking.
If you want to see the coastline, yes. If you want maximum time in the Blue Lagoon, a four-hour trip gives you more of it.
Reading the reviews, the recurring theme is the length of the day rather than anything wrong with the boat. Twenty-one thousand people is a very large sample.
A day on Gozo itself. The ferry from Ġirkewwa takes about twenty-five minutes.
Yes — the three-hour trip from Mġarr at $35 goes round Comino without the crossing.
Go deeper
From $23 for the harbour, and what the full days add.
Blue LagoonNo road reaches it. What the trip is actually like.
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From SliemaThree departures, and how long the crossing really takes.
From BugibbaFive departures, and the shortest route to the lagoon.
Sea cavesSanta Maria Caves and the arch, and why only small boats enter.
Comino: Blue Lagoon, Crystal Lagoon, and Sea Caves Tour
★ 4.9 · 646 reviews · Free cancellation 24 h