Makarska Skywalk and Biokovo Viewpoint Tour by Open Buggy

Pickup in Makarska and the climb to the park gate

Our driver collects each party separately at their accommodation address within the Makarska pickup area, confirmed at checkout, up to fifteen minutes before the 09:00 or 17:00 start. Makarska is the main town of the riviera, a horseshoe harbour under the sheer face of Biokovo, and the buggies gather on the edge of town before turning uphill. The first kilometres pass the village of Makar and the stone houses of the old settlements that stood above the coast before the modern resort grew along the shore.

After the guide's safety briefing the buggies enter Biokovo Nature Park through its gate above Makarska. Visitors comparing Makarska adventure tours usually choose the buggy for this stretch alone: the open cabin, the engine note on the bends and the sea dropping away behind you make the climb an event rather than a transfer.

Biokovo Nature Park and its mountain road

Biokovo has been a protected nature park since 1981 and is the second-highest mountain range in Croatia, a limestone wall thirty-six kilometres long that separates the Dalmatian coast from the Zagora hinterland. Its summit, Sveti Jure, stands at 1,762 metres with a tiny chapel, and the single road that climbs towards it is one of the most dramatic drives in the country: hairpin after hairpin through black pine and beech forest, then bare karst meadows where sheep graze and griffon vultures and golden eagles circle. The bora wind that sweeps down the mountain in winter shapes the trees and the people alike.

Our guide explains the geology, the endemic plants and the mouflon and chamois that live on the slopes. A Biokovo Nature Park tour by buggy covers the lower and middle sections of the road, where the viewpoints and the Skywalk are, in about forty minutes of driving each way.

Three panoramic viewpoints over the riviera

Between the park gate and the Skywalk the buggies pull over at three viewpoints, each higher than the last. The first looks straight down on Makarska and the pine-covered Sveti Petar peninsula; the second opens the view north to the white pebble beaches of Brela and Baška Voda; the third, near the top, reveals the full sweep of the riviera from the Neretva delta to Omiš, with Brač and the long ridge of Hvar across the channel and, on the clearest days, the Pelješac peninsula and Italy on the horizon. The guide times the stops so you have a few minutes at each for photos.

These Biokovo viewpoints are what make the tour more than a visit to the platform. The light is softest on the 17:00 departure, which reaches the upper viewpoints as the sun drops towards the sea, while the 09:00 run has the clearest air.

Skywalk Biokovo with priority entrance

Skywalk Biokovo opened in 2020 at the Ravna Vlaška viewpoint, 1,228 metres above the sea. It is a horseshoe-shaped walkway with a glass floor that projects eleven metres beyond the cliff edge, so you stand in mid-air above the forest and the coast with the islands spread out in front of you. A small visitor centre explains the park, and paths around the platform lead to further rocky lookouts. The Skywalk entrance ticket is paid on site, but this tour includes priority entrance, which in July and August can save a long wait.

You have around thirty to forty minutes at the Skywalk, enough for the glass floor, the surrounding paths and plenty of photos. Many people ask whether Skywalk Biokovo is worth visiting; standing on the glass with the whole Makarska Riviera beneath your feet answers the question.

The food platter stop and the ride back down

On the mountain the guide lays out a platter of local Dalmatian food, typically cheese, prosciutto-style cured ham, olives and bread, with fresh fruit and water, served at a spot with a view over the sea. It is a generous snack rather than a full meal and takes about half an hour, with time to ask about life in the villages of Biokovo and the traditional products of the riviera. The descent follows the same road, slower and cooler, and the lower bends in the late afternoon catch the last of the sun on the islands.

Back in Makarska our driver returns you to your address, about four hours after pickup. If you are looking for how to get to Skywalk Biokovo without renting a car and driving the mountain road yourself, this buggy tour is the most entertaining answer.