Today it is easy to travel to Cabrera and visit the island, but the beginnings of Excursions a Cabrera were not so simple.
It all started in 1965, when Miquel Serra Clar, a mechanic by profession and a great lover of the sea, inherited together with his wife Miquela Ferrer Salom a small llaüt called “Largo Tiempo”, built in Santanyí in 1939. This is how our family’s relationship with the Island of Cabrera began, making crossings during the springs and summers of those years.
In the 1970s, the Spanish Ministry of Defence managed the Cabrera Archipelago. The Compañía Trasmediterránea, from the port of Palma, and Jeroni Barceló, with his llaüt “Colom” from the port of Colònia de Sant Jordi, held the concessions for military maritime transport.
More than 50 years of local maritime tradition and love for our natural environment
One day, while at the Port of Cabrera, Jeroni Barceló proposed to Miquel Serra the transfer of the route. After Jeroni’s death on 17 November 1976, Miquel bought the llaüt “Colom” from his heirs and in February 1977 signed the first military transport contract with the Ministry of Defence.
With the llaüt “Colom”, small materials, food and fuel were transported once a week, while the Compañía Trasmediterránea handled larger goods.
During the summer months the first excursions to Cabrera also began, with small groups of family and friends of up to 20 people, who visited the island and enjoyed a swim in the famous Blue Cave (Sa Cova Blava).
The Compañía Trasmediterránea ceased military transport from the Port of Palma in December 1983, so Miquel Serra and his family decided to purchase a larger boat in the spring of 1984.
They acquired the passenger boat “Debarivi”, a vessel that was already making trips to Cabrera during the summer months.
With the purchase of the Debarivi, our excursions to Cabrera from Colònia de Sant Jordi officially began. Over the years, and with the increase in visitors, it became necessary to expand our fleet of boats.
However, the Serra Ferrer family, founders of Excursions a Cabrera, have always maintained the same philosophy since the beginning: to work with small groups and adapted boats in order to respect the natural environment of the Cabrera Archipelago.
Today, decades later, we continue to share with residents and visitors the love for this unique place.
What started with a small family llaüt has become a company with more than 50 years of history, dedicated to showing the beauty of Cabrera and protecting its natural environment.
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