Experience on Sal Island with native and certified guide (including sharks)

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Certified company and guides, guarantee of quality, comfort and best price, local guide, knows the island, its history and culture well. Discover the beautiful island of Sal, as well as the island's highlights, local places, street arts and more with your expert local guide. Discover volcanic pools, salt deserts, see lemon sharks in their natural environment, relax and float in the Salinas, the second saltiest water in the world after the Dead Sea. Have lunch at a local restaurant and visit places such as the city of Espargos, the kite beach, Santa Maria, Miragem, the fishing village of Palmeira and the natural bay of Murdeira and enjoy the view of the Leão Mountain. Whether you want to emphasize culture, education, history or sport, our specialist will combine these elements with adventure activities to create exciting travel opportunities for you. Have an authentic experience, get to know the island with a native and professional guide, with all the comfort and safety.

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Things To Know

  • Private transportation
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Liability insurance
  • Local and certified guide
  • Shark Bay
  • Stop to swim in a natural pool
  • Photos and videos taken by the guide
  • Lunch
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Please bring a bottle of water, sunscreen, sunglasses, hat, swimwear, water shoes (if you have them) and towels.
  • We accept more than 15 passengers per booking. If you have a larger group, make more than one reservation up to the total number of passengers in your group and we will organize a private tour just for your group.

What's included in the package

Itinerary

Shark Bay

Get the experience of seeing lemon sharks up close in their natural environment.

Pedra Lume Salt Crater

Salinas, the only salt lake inside the caldera of a volcano in the world, with its warm waters, serves to forget the stress of everyday life, you should not leave the island without bathing in the saline thermal water, where spas, hydromassage and relaxation are available. available to everyone. Scientifically, the medicinal action of its salt waters is recognized for its healing, detoxifying and metabolic stimulating power, due to the mineral substances contained in it. In popular knowledge, there is an even greater healing power in this water. The place has a fascinating lake, where anyone can relax and float, even if they don't know how to swim, and their skin will be as soft as if they had a natural exfoliation.

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Buracona - Olho Azul

Marvel at Buracona, one of the seven wonders of Sal island, and if conditions are ideal, swim in its natural pool. Also admire the natural phenomenon of the blue eye in a cave whenever the conditions are ideal. On days when the sea is rougher, admire a fantastic wave show.

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Murdeira

Admire the natural reserve of Murdeira Bay, which has a great diversity of corals and fish, and we can enjoy the beautiful view of Monte Leão.

Discover the fishing village of Palmeira, a simple place where people make their living from fishing and working in the port. We can see the arrivals of craft boats and see all the activity surrounding the sale of fish. And we also walked among the colorful colonial houses and beautiful street art.

Pedra de Lume (Pass-by Only)

Visit Pedra de Lume, the first village in Sal, founded in 1804, to learn about the history and development of the local economy that began with the export of salt. Also to see the centuries-old houses, boats and the cable car used in the ancient transport of salt.

Admire the Mirage to see the fata morgana effect of desert water illusions. The guide takes fun photos, something to remember.

Santa Maria

Discover Santa Maria, the most touristic city in Cape Verde, learn about the history of the city that transformed from salt exploration into the largest tourist city in Cape Verde.

Discover Kite Beach and explore its white sand dunes. Kite beach is one of the best places in the world to practice kite surfing and where the world kite surfing championships are held in Cape Verde.

Espargos

Then we head to the city of Espargos, capital and economic center of the island, where most of Sal's population is concentrated, here you can see more of local life.

Palmeira

We make a rest stop where you can have lunch or just have a snack or a drink and access the Internet.


Where to meet and pickup

Pickup and Dropoff

Choose to be picked up from a list of locations

Please arrive at the pick up point 20 minutes before departure time.

Additional Information

From the reception of your hotel or accommodation, airport or other departure point previously agreed with the client. The guide will be fully identified with a badge, company shirt and a yellow sign reading Sal Experiences. We offer transfers from: City of Asparagus between 8:10 am Murdeira 8:20 am Santa Maria between 8:40 am and 9 am The day before the activity, we will send you the exact pickup time from your hotel/airbnb. If you don't see your hotel or accommodation in the list above, send us your address and we will pick you up there.

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Reviews By Other Travelers

4.9
Based on 453 reviews

What do other 453 guests say about Experience on Sal Island with native and certified guide (including sharks)

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TJPinasia
5
Aug 2024
Such a brilliant full day adventure! Our tour guide was extremely friendly and knowledgable and told us all about the history and current events of Sal. We visited other cities and towns and he showed us the street art. We swam in a rock pool by the Blue eye which was a lovely cool down as the da...
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Maira_P
5
Aug 2024
Great day out with the best guide Chan on Sal island. We got to explore a lot of the island and we had a lot of fun. The lemon sharks experience was amazing. I highly recommend this company if you’d like to explore Sal from a local perspective. Obrigada 😎😍 Maira and John
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Barry_R
5
Aug 2024
The whole day was excellent, Nany was a great guide and very friendly, the experience was perfect as we got to cover everything in one day to see all what Sal had to offer, it would have cost more booking through out tour operator. What was important is how important tourism is to help local peop...

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Things to know

Included
  • Private transportation
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Liability insurance
  • Local and certified guide
  • Shark Bay
  • Stop to swim in a natural pool
  • Photos and videos taken by the guide
Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Please bring a bottle of water, sunscreen, sunglasses, hat, swimwear, water shoes (if you have them) and towels.
  • We accept more than 15 passengers per booking. If you have a larger group, make more than one reservation up to the total number of passengers in your group and we will organize a private tour just for your group.

Payment Methods

Accept all major debit and credit cards
discoverCreated with Sketch.
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Accept crypto currencies