Cave Kayaking from Cala en Porter: Which Tour Is Worth It?
Updated October 20, 2026 · 5 min read
If you search for a kayak tour to Menorca’s caves, almost every result starts in the same place: Cala en Porter, a small village built on the lip of a cove on the south coast. The caves are the reason. The limestone cliffs east of the village are riddled with them, and a kayak can nose into even the low ones.
On GetYourGuide, three guided tours run along this stretch. They look alike in the thumbnails and are not the same trip.
What you are actually paddling past
The route follows the cliff eastwards. The first cave sits just below the houses of Cala en Porter. A little further on is the Cova d’en Xoroi, set in the cliff face, which most visitors know as a bar and club rather than as a cave, and which, according to legend, sheltered a shipwrecked Moor called Xoroi. Towards Cales Coves and Cala es Canutells, the coast has more caves than almost anywhere else on the island, among them the Cova dels Magatzems, the Cova dels Suros and the Cova de ses Atxes.
The regional tourist board describes the cave route from Cala en Porter to Cales Coves and back as about 4.9 km, with an estimated time of two hours. That gives you the scale: a short stretch of coast where the cliff does the work.
The three tours side by side
| Tour | Duration | Price per person | Rating | What the listing promises |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caves kayaking tour with GoPro photos from Cala en Porter | 3.5 hours | €49 | 4.6 from 1,139 reviews | Guided cave tour, snorkelling, GoPro photos included |
| Kayak cave route with photo session | 3 hours | €47 | 4.8 from 578 reviews | Spectacular south-coast caves, swimming and jumping inside, photo session, small snack |
| Cave tour Xpress with GoPro session | 2 hours | €35 | 4.8 from 21 reviews | “The original cave tour in a faster and more affordable format” |
Two things stand out. The first is the review count. The 3.5-hour tour has by far the most reviews on the island for any kayak trip, which is worth something: a rating built on over a thousand people is hard to move. The Xpress rating is real but sits on 21 reviews, so treat 4.8 as “no complaints yet” rather than a verdict.
The second is that the €14 gap between the longest and shortest tour buys you ninety minutes. If you paddle slowly or want time to swim and snorkel inside a cave rather than just look into it, the extra time is the point. If you have a flight to catch or children whose patience ends at two hours, the Xpress is the sensible choice.
What the wind decides
The tourist board’s own description of this coast contains a warning that the tour pages don’t repeat: entering the caves can be difficult when the wind blows from the south, and strong easterlies or westerlies make progress along the coast hard. The south coast is exposed to exactly that sort of day.
In practice this means a tour can change its route or be called off. The listings give cancellation terms, so check what happens if the operator cancels for weather, and book early in your stay, not on your last day, so there is a day to spare if it is moved.
What the listings don’t say, and where to find it
The listing summaries this page draws on give a title, a duration and a short summary. They do not give a minimum age, a weight limit, whether you need to swim confidently, or how many people share a guide. Those are all on each booking page, and you need them: the operators set their own conditions, and they differ. Read them there rather than relying on a general rule.
Two practical questions to ask or look for:
- Is the snorkelling inside the caves or on a separate stop, and is the equipment included?
- Where do you meet, and is there a parking place or a bus stop nearby? Cala en Porter is a village on top of a cliff above its cove, so ask where the meeting point is rather than assuming it is on the sand.
Which one for whom
For most people the 3.5-hour tour with GoPro photos is the safe choice: the most reviewed, the longest, and the one that leaves room to swim. If you would rather have a slightly shorter day, the 3-hour route with a photo session and snack has the higher rating of the two long tours, on a respectable 578 reviews. The Xpress is for people who want to see the caves and be back in good time.
All three are sea-level trips in open water, so they are a poor match for anyone who cannot get in and out of a kayak. If that is a question for you, ask the operator directly before booking.
The wider choice of paddling trips, including the calmer ones on the north coast, is on the kayak tours in Menorca page. If you prefer a boat with a roof to a paddle, look at the boat tours in Menorca instead, and if the caves tempt you underwater, see first scuba dives in Menorca. For the other kayak option, see kayaking in Fornells Bay.
