Boa Vista Dune Adventure: Explore Praia de Chaves, Varandinha Beach, and Santa Monica

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Santa Monica

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Embark on the Boa Vista Dune Adventure tour and explore the stunning Praia de Chaves, Varandinha Beach, and Santa Monica. Experience sandboarding and discover limestone caves. Join us for a stress-free tour that lasts 4-5 hours!

Duration: 4 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Santa Monica Beach - 15 kilometers of white sand beach! Enjoy every minute here! We will stop at a beach bar, here you also have the opportunity to swim and we have snorkeling masks with us.
Praia da Varandinha - Take one of the wonderful photos in the Varandinha Cave
Praia de Chaves - A beautiful view over the dunes of Chaves Bay. And the great ride through the sandy landscape.

What's Included

Tour guide assistance
Admission to tour sites included
Complimentary beer or soft drink on Santa Monica Beach

Additional Information

Santa Monica Easy-Going Excursion
Morro d’areia
Experience an unforgettable sight of Praia de Chaves beach and its dune landscape on a thrilling drive through the sand dunes. Additionally, give sandboarding a try. On our way to Varandinha Beach, we pass Turtle & Shark Bay.
Praia Varandinha
Let’s explore the limestone caves situated at Varandinha…

Location

Santa Monica Beach

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

4.7

(21 Ratings)

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Global46604066988

Sep 11, 2024

Top 👍🏻 - Was a super chilly No Stress tour. Anita is totally nice and taught us a lot about the island of Boavista 👍🏻👍🏻

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Chrisjd459de

Jun 7, 2024

Book a tour don’t miss out - This tour was fantastic. Well worth it if you’d like to explore and see new things. Our guides were amazing and just like everyone on Boa Vista so friendly. We saw turtles, sharks caves and they let my son who is nearly 7 try sand boarding on the sand dunes which he absolutely loved. You really get the feel of what it’s like here on the island away from the resorts whilst sat in the back of their pick up feeling the breeze and absorbing the sights. Well worth a trip with these guys was a brilliant trip and always happy to support a small business who works with local people. Brilliant job guys see you next year 👍👍

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Kyledr721yi

Jun 7, 2024

Fantastic and informative tour - This tour was absolutely amazing! Couldnt recommend them enough. Marlene is so enthusiastic and friendly and really does make the tour. Carlos is also brilliant! Friendly and funny!. Thanks both so much for making our honeymoon special. Marlene we wish you all the best with your new life in Cape Verde.

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Janener893

Oct 23, 2023

Great tour - We had a great time on this trip. Anita was very friendly and helpful just like the driver. How they find their way around the sand tracks with hardly any road signs. It was lovely to see the turtles swimming, the cave visit was great though getting to it over the sea was tricky but fun. Would definetly recommend this company.

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Tpqhv76fkf

Oct 4, 2023

Amazing - Highly recommend this tour. It was truly amazing. The guide explained a lot of things to us during the journey. We even saw turtles and sharks from a viewpoint.

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Alan

Aug 18, 2023

Boa Vista Island Tour - Highly Recommended - Aug 2023 private tour today for our family of 6 adults and 4 children organised by Anita and Emanuel Rotcha was excellent. Their drivers took good care of us and showed us the sights we wanted to see. The day was both exciting and relaxed and their recommendation of where to stop for lunch was just right. Thanks guys for a great and very memorable day and we hope our recommendation will spur others to book tours with you as you deserve it. Many thanks, the Hunties for Woking, England.

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Rebecca

Jul 21, 2023

Amazing!! - Great tour and great guides. Loved the sand boarding!! Could of had longer at the Santa Monica beach

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Andrew_p

May 13, 2023

Great day out - Great few hours around the south side of the island, culminating with a drink and swim at the end of Santa Monica beach. Top tip, for the journey back to hotel after beach stop, sit in the cab if you don't want to be totally windswept. Also flip flops are perfectly adequate footwear.

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249rodm

Jun 4, 2024

Definitely recommend them - Great trip, saw everything we hoped to see. Driver Carlos was great, guide Marlene super enthusiastic. Warning for others, 90% of these tours are in 4 seater pickups, if you are not 1st pickup, you’ll spend 3 hours on a bench in the back. We were lucky. The shack on Santa Monica beach is disappointing, stunning beach, but stop is at worst bit. Would recommend Rotcha tours

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Chris

Oct 17, 2023

Worst tour from this provider on the whole island - First of all, the drivers didn't pick us up. They were an hour late. Of the remaining 3 hours, we spent 2 hours driving around Malawi without seeing anything really interesting. We only drove past Santa Monica Beach to stop at a dingy hut that was full of stones and broken glass. And as an apology, I thought I was fobbed off with a cheap 2 euro wine. I've already complained and asked for a refund. We booked a German tour guide. But two sentences of German was all. The rest of the time, only English or Portuguese. I'll never go on tours with this company again. I'd rather rent a car and drive myself, you get more out of it. No turtles, no sharks, run-down wooden huts and broken glass everywhere. There's absolutely no way I'll book anything with them again.

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