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Sal: Private Tour Secrets of a native guide All-inclusive
Features
- Free cancellation available
- 7h
- Mobile voucher
- Instant confirmation
- Selective hotel pickup
- Multiple languages
Overview
- Explore Sal Island with an expert, local guide, while having fun
- Visit all island’s highlights, including natural pools and Shark experience
- Enjoy a private tour just for your group
- Admire Buracona Blue Eye, one of the seven wonders of the island.
- Unwind and relax with a swim at the natural thermal spa Salinas salt lake
Activity location
- Santa Maria
- Santa Maria, Sal, Cabo Verde
Meeting/Redemption Point
- Santa Maria
- Santa Maria, Sal, Cabo Verde
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Private Tour in English or Portuguese
- 7h
Activity duration is 7 hours 7h - English
What's included, what's not
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
What's included What's included - Local expert guide
What's included What's included - Private air-conditioned vehicle
What's included What's included - Photos and vídeos taken by the guide
What's included What's included - Entrance fees (3 eur for Buracona blue Eye, 6 eur for Salinas)
What's included What's included - Shark Bay
What's included What's included - Baby seat (free and available on request)
What's included What's included - Swim in a natural pool
What's included What's included - Swim in saline thermal water and secret pools
What's included What's included - Optional lunch (11 eur per adult, 6 eur per child) with fresh fish, meat, and vegetarian options and 1 drink included.
What's excluded What's excluded
Know before you book
- Not suitable for: Wheelchair users
What you can expect
I'll pick you up from your accommodation and head to Santa Maria. There, you can learn about the history of this town, which was transformed from salt extraction into Cape Verde's largest tourist town. You will then go to the salt pans of Santa Maria to see how salt is extracted for consumption on the island, and then we'll ride through the surrounding white sand dunes to Kite beach to see how they do kite surfing (from November to March).
Next, you'll visit Cape Verde's only Marine Nature Reserve, Murdeira, which has a great marine diversity of corals and fish and marvel at the view of Monte Leão, a true postcard of Sal island, then you'll head to the city of Espargos, the capital and economic centre of the island, where most of Sal's population is concentrated.
Next, you'll head to Miragem, where you'll see the fata morgana effects of water illusions in the desert, where the guide will take fun photos, something to remember. Next, you'll travel to Buracona, one of the 7 wonders of Sal island, where you can see the “Blue Eye”, a natural effect of the sun's reflection in a cave in the shape of a blue eye, swim in its natural pool whenever the conditions are ideal. After the pool, you'll visit the fishing village of Palmeira, a simple place where people make their living from fishing and working in the harbour, you'll see the arrival of the local boats, as well as all the activity surrounding the sale of fish. This beach is the kind of beach you see in adverts and never actually visit. We can do a rest stop where you can have lunch or just a snack or drink and access the internet or just move to the next stop.
Next, you'll have the shark experience and see lemon sharks up close in their natural environment.
Finally, discover the Caldeira “Salinas de Pedra Lume”, an extinct volcano full of salt lakes where you can float and relax while looking 10 years younger, with baby skin.
Location
Activity location
LOB_ACTIVITIES LOB_ACTIVITIES - Santa Maria
- Santa Maria, Sal, Cabo Verde
Meeting/Redemption Point
PEOPLE PEOPLE - Santa Maria
- Santa Maria, Sal, Cabo Verde