Private Boat Tour Amalfi Coast Prices: What You Pay Per Boat

The Ladder From Two Hours To A Capri Day

The table compares trip formats side by side. Positano Boats and Luxury Boats Positano publish their prices openly in euros per boat, and the Bluekeys guide gives the typical market bands for gozzo trips. All figures are per boat for the whole vessel.

The spread is wide. A half day can cost EUR 500 on one boat and EUR 1,200 on another, because boat class, departure port and group limit all move the number. Use the ladder to frame offers, then check each listing's own inclusions.

Gozzo, Speedboat, Cabin Cruiser And Yacht

The gozzo is the coast's workhorse, 7-10 m long, carrying about 6-12 passengers, at EUR 800-1,200 for a full day. Speedboats and RIBs are smaller and faster, taking 6-8 guests, and start cheaper. Cabin cruisers carry 8-12. A luxury yacht of 12-18 m runs EUR 1,500-3,500 per full day, and Amalfi Coast Dream quotes luxury yachts from EUR 4,500 (about $5,040).

This site lists skippered gozzo and speedboat days only. It does not sell yacht charters, so treat the yacht figures as market ranges from price guides and operator pages.

What Couples, Fours And Sixes Pay Each

Two bookable listings state a per-boat price with a group of up to 6, so the per-head figures are straightforward. The four-hour Positano gozzo at $763 per boat is about $381.50 each for two and $127.17 each for six. The seven-hour Positano or Praiano gozzo at $1,233 per boat is about $616.50 each for two and $205.50 each for six.

In euros, amalficoast.boats worked the same sums on a EUR 715 six-hour boat: EUR 357.50 each for two, EUR 89.38 each for eight. That brings the private cost close to a shared seat once the boat is full.

The Include And Exclude Matrix

Most skippered private tours include the skipper, fuel, taxes, towels, soft drinks and snorkel gear. Positano Boats also includes mooring. Lunch is rarely included.

Fuel is the big variable: it is excluded on two of ten Sorrento-listed motorboat tours (one at EUR 1,018, one at EUR 1,868) and one Maiori gozzo option adds EUR 100 for fuel on the day. Ask about fuel in writing before you pay a deposit.

A Worked Full Day For Six Guests

Take a six-guest full day on a boat at EUR 1,500 (about $1,680). The Blue Grotto costs about EUR 18-19 per person in cash, because the rowboat fee is about EUR 13 and the site ticket EUR 6. The Emerald Grotto ticket runs EUR 5-10. The Capri landing tax, if the day crosses to the island, is EUR 5 per person from 1 April to 31 October. Lunch ashore adds EUR 25-50 each, and a tip of EUR 20-50 covers the crew for the day.

A couple of easy checks keep the total honest: confirm fuel is in the fare, and confirm who pays mooring at Capri or Amalfi before the balance is due.

The Step-Up Over An Amalfi Day

At Positano Boats, a seven-hour Amalfi Coast day costs EUR 1,500, the eight-hour Capri day EUR 1,780 with a six-guest limit, and the combined Amalfi Coast plus Capri eight-hour day EUR 2,400. At Luxury Boats Positano the same ladder runs EUR 1,500, 1,600 and 2,000. The step-up works out at EUR 280 to EUR 900 over a mainland day.

A Capri day needs at least six hours. The crossing takes about 40 minutes from Sorrento, 50 from Positano and 75 from Amalfi by private boat. The Blue Grotto needs a rowboat transfer outside, because the cave mouth is about 2 m wide and 1 m high, so a private boat cannot enter. See the route detail in the Capri section.

• One live Capri option: Amalfi Coast to Capri: Private Full-Day Boat Cruise at from $1,244.48 per boat, six hours, fuel and taxes included.

The Season Swing And The Sea

One Italian price guide puts the swing against the standard rate at minus 20 percent in April, minus 10 in May, standard in June, plus 10-20 in July, plus 20 in August, minus 10 in September and minus 20 in October. Operators differ: Positano Boats charges EUR 300 low season and EUR 320 high season on its two-hour speedboat, a swing of only about 7 percent. Rental platforms show a wider spread, averaging $292 a day in low season against $1,323 in high.

Sea temperature matters for swim stops. The water sits at 16-17C in April, 22-24C in June, 26-27C in August and 21-23C in October. Mornings are calmer, so a 09:00 departure beats a 13:00 one, and the afternoon north-westerly of 10-15 knots makes the Positano-Capri leg uncomfortable.

Where Private Pays Off

Shared boat seats cost EUR 60-90 for a half day, EUR 90-140 for a full day or Capri, and EUR 50-80 at sunset, with Positano departures from EUR 50 per person on one operator page. The public ferry is transport only: Positano to Amalfi costs EUR 10-14 one way, 20-25 minutes, with no cove stops.

The break-even lands at about eight guests. A EUR 680 private boat works out at EUR 85 each for eight, just under the EUR 86-95 shared seats amalficoast.boats lists. Below eight, a private boat costs more per head but buys the route, the timing and the swim stops. The comparison of shared seats and listings sits in the private boat tour Amalfi Coast price section.

Licence-Free Rules And Prices

In Italy you can drive a boat with no licence if the hull is under 10 m, the engine is at most 40.8 hp, and you stay within 6 nautical miles of the coast. Fines outside those limits are reported at EUR 2,066-8,263. Licence-free and bareboat hire starts from EUR 350 (about $392) for half a day, and fuel is paid on what you used at the end of the day. On Click&Boat, skippered charters are listed at about $842 for four hours and $1,137 for a full day, and a skipper adds about $100 a day on a bareboat rental.

This site lists skippered private tours only, because the licence rule and the fuel accounting are exactly the two things most visitors would rather hand over.

When To Book And What Happens If You Cancel

Book two to four weeks ahead. The port-specific guidance is tighter: about 1-2 weeks of lead time needed in June, 3-4 in July and 4 or more in August, when a moved date is hard to replace in the same week.

Cancellation terms differ by operator. Positano Boats refunds in full at 7 or more days, 50 percent at 3-6 days and nothing at 2 days or less. Skippered charters on Click&Boat refund in full 24 hours or more before start, service fees apart. In bad weather the pattern is a full refund or a reschedule at the captain's discretion, since navigation in dangerous conditions is prohibited. Deposits vary: one Ischia example takes EUR 150 on a EUR 2,000 tour with the EUR 1,850 balance on the day, at least EUR 500 of it in cash. Each listing card shows its own cancellation window.