Elafiti are a group of 13 islands which stretch from the peninsula of Peljesac and Dubrovnik. The name comes from an ancient Greek word elafos – deer, therefore the deer islands. Other than reefs and smaller islands in this group you will find the islands: Olipa, Tajan, Crkvine, Golec, Kosmec, Jakljan, Misnjak, Sipan, Lopud, Ruda, Sv. Andrija, Kolocep, Daksa. Only Sipan, Lopud and Kolocep are inhabitated.

Sipan is the largest island in the Elafiti. The distance from Dubrovnik is 17km.