Island Sal Full Day Private Tour: Explore Pristine Beaches and Cultural Heritage of Cape Verde

Embark on a full-day private tour of Island Sal in Cape Verde, where you’ll discover pristine beaches and immerse yourself in the rich cultural heritage. Explore the stunning Salinas and let our certified tour guide unveil the island’s history and traditions.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Santa Maria - The tour begins with Santa Maria, the pier specifically, where you will see the locals begin their daily fishing endeavors.

  • Murdeira - View of the lion mountain.

  • Palmeira - Visiting this small fishing village which offers typical houses and lifestyle of local Cape Verde people. It is also the home of all import and export on the island.

  • Buracona - Olho Azul - Take a view at the spectacular Blue Eye and take a swim in the Natural Swimming Pool.

  • Espargos - Being the capital of the island, we will go for a short drive and stop for a local lunch.

  • Pedra de Lume - We visit Shark Bay and enter in the water to get as close as possible to the lemon sharks. The sharks are in their natural habitat.

  • Cape Verde - Salinas - you can float in the Salinas.

What's Included
  • Professional guide
Additional Information

We hold our work in high esteem and our dedicated team constantly strives to deliver top-notch services. Our licensed local tour guide ensures your day is exceptional, their main goal being to acquaint you with the Sal Island and the rich history and culture of Cape Verde. Not only will you explore the spectacular beaches of Sal but will also discover other notable attractions such as the Salinas.

Location
Santa Maria
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(23 Ratings)
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Stephenlo7628mo
Aug 7, 2024
Great experience - We arranged our tour through Edgar, his knowledge was impressive, and his price for the private tour was around 50% cheaper than TUI's price. During the tour, we visited the famous blue eye, the lemon sharks, the salt pits, a mirage, and some other beauty spots, along with getting lunch. We had a great day riding around on an open back pickup truck and bought some lovely souvenirs. As part of the tour they take photos which you are not obligated to purchase, but the price was do cheap, that we did purchase them.
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Simon
Jul 23, 2024
Union tour The island tour ! - We had a full day tour booked with Edgar for two cars with a total of 13 adults and 2 children Only 11 of us made the trip Edgar had no problems amending the booking as soon as he was informed why some had dropped out The tour was brilliant seeing the blue eye in clear skys ( don’t know if Edgar got rid of the clouds ?). Seeing the lemon sharks swim between our legs Bobbing in the salt Seeing and being told sights around the island of importance to the people.especially shanty town and how it is being removed and new low cost housing provided The tour was great value the guides were first class the offered photos at the end are well worth it and the content was brilliant Thank you from the park family and friends
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805derrickb
Jun 23, 2024
Great firm - Fantastic trip well organised by a great company Edgar is a very courteous and helpful man his guides and knowledgeable and very helpful
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Zara
Jun 7, 2024
Amazing - Booked an Island tour with Edgar for a family of 8. Had an amazing day. Our driver Helder was brilliant, really kind, helpful and informative. Pleased we booked through Edgar as we had all information we needed before trip and he could not have been more helpful. Blue eye, stunning must see! Lemon sharks amazing experience. Whole day was great. Definitely recommend.
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978shaunk
Apr 28, 2024
Edgar is the best ( half day island tour) - We booked the half day tour through Edgar at the light house on the beach at riu palace hotel, Edgar is amazing I will send you so much information on WhatsApp about all the tours etc, our Driver was Grace and he drove superb and told us about the island and took some great photos for us.
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Lorrainep287
Mar 23, 2024
Private Island tour at it's best! - What a fabulous way to have seen the 'Real Sal' with a knowledgable tour guide and private tour experience. As this holiday was for both of our birthdays, we wanted this trip to be special and it ticked all the boxes. From the moment we met Edgar by the lighthouse to the arrival back at the Riu hotel following our trip, we could not fault a thing! We were fortunate to have Tey, Machoo and Eugene with us, pictures were snapped during the day, with no pressure to purchase however the moments were captured perfectly and meant we came away with permanent reminders of our day out. Lunch at Ka Lika was delicious, great value for money and organised so well. Experiencing the sites of Sal and the surreal 'floating' in the Salt Lake kept us talking about our trip for days afterwards. The Lemon Shark experience was so 'up close and personal' whilst they remained in their natural environment. The weather was glorious which meant we saw the 'Blue Eye' at it's best and the 'Mirage' didn't disappoint, what a bizarre trick on the eye! It is our wish to return to Santa Maria and we will definitely find Edgar for another trip when we do.
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Sightsee51702681697
Mar 10, 2024
Perfect private tour, guide - individually addressed our needs, explored the highlights of the island at our own pace - Private tour, just the two of us with Paulo and a pick-up truck - perfect. We saw all the highlights of the island at our own pace. Paulo - top guide, friendly, knowledgeable about the area and flexible!
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Taff615
Feb 13, 2024
Cabo Verde holiday. Rui Palace Sal - Met Edgar by Lighthouse after being highly recommended to make contact with him prior to our holiday. Thoroughly impressed by Edgar. So very friendly, funny and very professional to deal with. He arranged our full day Private Tour of the island along with our Catamaran and quad tours as well. No detail missed whatsoever making each experience so enjoyable. Along with the above he sorted out our taxi from the airport on arrival and also return journey. We cannot speak highly of him enough, and anyone visiting Rui Palace or nearby accommodation I would highly recommend you seek out Edgar, to make your holiday more enjoyable. Top Top Man
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Helenm154
Nov 19, 2023
Amazing Day, full of wonder and special experiences - We have just come back from a magical holiday in Sal and this trip was just perfection - we saw and experienced the island from walking with sharks to swimming in the salt lake, the blue eye and amazing swimming lake, the desert and a fabulous lunch! our guide was so helpful, experienced and just down right lovely. I have a bad knee and he even helped me into the sea and down the rocks so that I could swim in beautiful lakes. I can't recommend this enough - it was just amazing. Oh and the fact it was just usand we sat outside on a 4x4 made it even more special.
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Daniel_b
Apr 8, 2024
Photographer scammed us and he was with the Union tour operator - The experience of the trip itself wasn't bad, the vehicles aren't air conditioned and if there's more than 3 people you need to sit in the back of a pick up truck which isn't great. However the main reason for the 1 star review is the photographer, we paid 30 Euros for our photos and I tipped him 10 euros (we knew we were going to buy the photos so we didn't take many with our phones) they were sent through in terrible quality around 190kb per photo. We emailed him back politely asking him to resend them and had no response, I've also messaged the tour operator and have had no response. We are really disappointed because it's basically a scam because they are literally unusable in that quality. Their email address is fortesmarcio2@gmail.com
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