Cape Verde · GUIDED
Every island week has one spare day too few. These 15 guided tours justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the beach.
Explore Sal’s salt lakes, shark bay, Buracona, villages, and desert illusions on a practical seven-hour island tour.
“Very nice trip and Worth the money for it. Out guide was very friendly and easy going . Best if you arrive and want to explore the island so early. Many stops and good sightseeing”
Explore Sal with a local guide, from lemon sharks and salt lagoons to Buracona, fishing villages, beaches, and island history.
“Nany was a great guide and very fun. He setted the enjoyable tone to the group and day. Would definitely recommend it”
Explore Sal’s reefs by Zodiac, with guided snorkeling, turtles, rays, fish, eels, and a possible wreck for $44.
“The ship wreck was good as lots of tropical fish the. Not much everywhere else and we lost our guide at one point which made us quite scared. Also, did not realise the time had changed from 9:30- 9:10. Only had a message once I booked in August. No reminder a day or two before only the ticket that said 9:30.”
Explore Sal on a small-group tour with sharks, salt lakes, Buracona’s Blue Eye, local lunch, village stops, and hotel transfers.
“Our guide, Alejandro, was brilliant, very knowledgeable, and good fun. We enjoyed all the sites we visited, we never felt rushed and it was a great day... a thoroughly recommended trip.”
Explore Sal’s beaches, dunes, salt mines, and Santa Maria by powerful e-bike on a guided four-hour tour with swimming and a beach stop.
“great flexible tour - just me and my friend with the guide. we went along the beach, over to the windsurfing beach, through santa maria. we stopped at a few places that would have been nice to go back to. do this earlier in your stay for ideas on interesting bars/restaurants in santa maria.”
Ride a buggy across Sal Island to salt flats, Kite Beach, Serra Negra, and Shark Bay with a local guide, with fuel and pickup included.
“It was great fun. One comment: in our aplication it was not said we need to be at pick up point 30 minutes earlier. Maybe You can improve it and avoid further confusions. anyhow we recommend strongly recommend it.”
Explore Sal in seven hours with a local guide, from Buracona’s Blue Eye and lemon sharks to Pedra de Lume’s floating salt lake.
“The tour was perfect , the guid (Kiki) was perfect , kind and funny 🤩We had fantastic day!😎😍Thank you”
Explore Santo Antão from São Vicente with a local guide, mountain views, village visits, a ferry ride, and lunch in Paúl Valley.
“It was an unforgettable experience. The tour guide, Maira, and the driver, whose name we don't remember, were lovely people and made our visit a unique experience. We saw breathtaking landscapes, ate at a very good restaurant, and they were very kind and affectionate.”
Explore Santiago Island from Praia Port with a German-speaking guide, Batuque music, mountain views, villages, and easy cruise-day transport.
“Hervorragende Insel-Tourguide Louisa (deutsch) - informativ, lustig, offener Umgang”
Explore Praia markets and Cidade Velha landmarks on a 4-hour Cape Verde tour with hotel pickup, local guides, and historic ocean views.
“Amerigo nous a fait partager sa connaissance de l'histoire de son pays avec beaucoup de professionnalisme dans un français plus que correct. si vous en avez la possibilité demandez à faire le circuit "à l'envers"( comme nous avons dû le faire du fait des embouteillages du lundi matin): vous commencerez alors par Santiago "historique" et terminerez par Praia "contemporaine". J'airais même préféré commencer par la citadelle de Cidade Velha avant la ville de Cidade Velha. Attention, l'entrée à la citadelle coute 500escudos (5€) par personne.”
Review of Sal’s $58 quad adventure, with salt flats, Shark Bay, Buracona, local culture, safety tips, fees, and practical booking advice.
“Die verschiedenen Orte und die offene und freundliche Art des Guides”
Explore UNESCO-listed Cidade Velha, its fortress, slave market, cathedral ruins, and Cape Verdean culture on a 3-hour guided tour.
“Our tour was great! Ricardo was super friendly and extremely well informed. He clearly has a lot of commitment to his work. We learned a lot and enjoyed ourselves”
See loggerhead turtles lay eggs or hatch on Boa Vista’s Ervatão beach, with hotel pickup, small groups, and expert local guidance.
“Fantastic tour! We were picked up at around 8pm from our hotel and taken on a short drive to the beach. Our guide was fantastic and gave us all of the necessary knowledge about the loggerheads turtles before we saw them. We saw well ovRead more”
Explore Boa Vista by 4x4, from Povoação Velha and Varandinha caves to Santa Monica and Chaves Beach, with hotel pickup included.
“les paysages et activités étaient magnifiques et notre guide top et le chauffeur très professionnel”
Explore Espargos with a local guide, markets, crafts, food, and São José Church, with hotel pickup and flexible four-hour planning.
“Le guide était très bien. Par contre, la visite n’a aucun intérêt. Visite d’une ville en construction. Lors du tour de l’île, nous avions eu les mêmes explications.”
Every kind of day out across the islands, and the best of each.
