Ecology

Agriculture

Most of the agriculture initially started on the island was for personal use, designed for self sustenance, thus, even today you will see vineyards, olive groves and fig trees spread throughout the island. Visiting this island you will feel as you have gone back in time, donkeys are still on the roads carrying the harvest to the oil refineries or wine presses, villagers carrying wood and heavier items. Once in a while you might come across a heard of sheep, but mostly goats are used still today for fresh goat milk and making goat cheese.

Imagine being served breakfast with fresh eggs still warm from being taken from the nest?

The main agriculture on the island is olive oil and wine production. Products such as dried figs and olives, quality honey and various types of jams and marmalades.

Communal Farm

Kalebić Farm is a great place for families to enjoy a real farm environment. Children are safe here within the boundaries of the communal farm and able to play with the animals such as goats, sheep, chickens, ducks, turkeys, pheasants and peacocks. You may wake up early and hunt for fresh eggs, feed the goats or go for a walk in the olive tree orchards.

The communal garden boasts many varieties of vegetables that can be cultivated and picked during your stay. Each family has a cottage or main house accommodations and can cook their own meals or use the outdoor cooking area with barbeque and communal table.

Olive Harvest

Participating in olive harvest, preparing the olives for oil production, or packaging for immediate use. Traditionally, once the olive is picked, there are several ways of treating it before it goes to cold press, some people will soak it in sea water, some in regular water, some not in anything but will bring it to press.

The locals use different methods, depending on their traditions, but the end result is a virgin olive oil that cannot be compared to any other in this region. Come and join our olive oil production tours, where you can experience firsthand traditional ways of harvest and production, the locals say that 1 teaspoon of olive oil keeps the doctor away, medical research backs up that claim, and I guess our ancestors were much smarter than we thought.

Wine Making

Chances are while you are in a restaurant or café, that you will be asked if you would like a glass of "homemade" wine, the author of this website remembers his grandfather saying that fish cannot be enjoyed or digested properly without a glass of wine.

Enjoy our tours of winemaking, and if you get here in time for harvest, experience grape harvest and winemaking, You will leave the island truly appreciating the end product. Come on and taste pure natural wine !

RINA TOURS, Tourist agency, Stomorska, Tel. +385 21 658169