Sal Island: Sea Turtle Experience

Join the Sal Sea Turtle Tour in Cape Verde for an engaging wildlife and nature experience. Learn about sea turtles from expert guides and support conservation efforts by choosing a sustainable company.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Santa Maria - Don’t miss this incredible experience. Watching sea turtles is a unique experience for nature and wildlife lovers while visiting Cape Verde. Join a unique experience with the best atmosphere and respecting the guidelines of the Biodiversity Project biologists.

Transfer from your hotel at 8:30 pm and arrive at one of the island’s beautiful beaches in less than thirty minutes. Be welcomed by your professional guides with extensive experience, and volunteers in the turtle protection and preservation project, who will ensure an ecological and environmentally conscious experience for turtles and visitors.
Cape Verde is home to populations of 3 species of turtles. The Caretta caretta turtle (common turtle) is the most common species in Cape Verde. Cape Verde’s sandy beaches are one of the most important nesting sites for loggerhead turtles.

Enjoy the knowledge of an expert guide and an ecological tour that respects turtles and their habitat. By choosing Sal Experience, a local sustainable company, you will support our beach cleaning program and sea turtle preservation and protection efforts.

What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Infrared lighting
  • Liability insurance
  • Expert guide
  • Hotel Pick-up and Drop-off service included
Additional Information

Join an exclusive experience for small groups to live a unique moment with the best atmosphere and respecting the guidelines of the Biodiversity Project biologists. Professional guides with knowledge and extensive experience, and volunteers in the turtle protection and preservation project. Enjoy the knowledge of a guide specialized in nature tours who will tell you everything about their evolution, characteristics, the historical relationship with turtles and interesting facts about turtles.

The guides will ensure an ecological and environmentally conscious experience for the turtles and visitors. Sea turtle watching is a unique experience for all nature and wildlife lovers while visiting Cape Verde. By choosing Sal Experience, a local sustainable company, you will support our beach cleaning program and sea turtle preservation and protection efforts.

  • Small group ecological tours.
  • Expert guides who will offer you a unique and environmentally conscious experience for turtles and visitors alike.
  • Wear dark-colored clothing and comfortable shoes for walking.
  • We have our own lights that will allow you to take photos and videos. Please note that flash and white lights are not permitted for the well-being of the turtles.
  • Not recommended for children under 3 years old
Cancellation Policy

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

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Anja
Sep 19, 2024
The perfect evening! - An absolutely incredible evening with #salexperience and #projectbiodiversity watching a loggerhead turtle 🐢 laying a clutch of eggs before heading back out into the big blue. And some babies running the beach gauntlet past the waiting crabs in a bid for freedom 🥰 Hopefully one of them will make it 🙏
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O3100xffabios
Sep 11, 2024
MORE UNIQUE THAN RARE! - A unique and indescribable experience! Seeing from a few tens of centimeters a turtle lay eggs and then cover them with mastery is a real spectacle of nature! We were surrounded by turtles as if we were surrounded by birds! In a few square meters there were about fifteen specimens that were laying eggs.... If you pass by Santa Maria do not miss this unforgettable experience!!
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L3178mhaudreyl
Aug 16, 2024
Extraordinary - A unique experience! To do and to live absolutely. An adventure out of the how. We Point of Sale in the middle of the night to reach the beach where turtles go to lay their eggs. Our Guide Rony was very smiling, kind and explained the whole laying process very well. With infrared lights we managed to see this beautiful feat of nature and in real life. Thank you Rony for making us live this just magical moment.
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Jpagaspar
Aug 13, 2024
Hope in the future. - Excellent conservation project. Well informed and careful staff. The supervision of the organization ensures the proper operation of the project.
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Scott_r
Aug 12, 2024
Fantastic Experience - A once in a life time experience, watching the turtles, lay their eggs, cover their nest and return to the sea. Great guide and information about their protection program too. Highly recommended.
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Mrandmrsserrao
Aug 10, 2024
Amazing experience with the sea turtles - We loved this tour! It was really beautiful and magical to watch these lovely sea turtles laying eggs and nature doing their work. Hernani (Nani) was our tour guide again and he is the best! He is a very friendly and approachable guy that really loves his job. He explained very well about the sea turtles and the process of laying eggs and the cycle of life of a sea turtle. He shared a few curiosities abiut thr sea turtles and it was super interesting to know. Really great experience!
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Paul_m
Aug 3, 2024
Evening with BIG turtles - Very entertaining host, very prompt on collection and great communications prior to collection. Would reccomend highly
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Curiosity06602590768
Jul 19, 2024
🐢 excursion - The Guide tried very hard to give a lot of explanation and fill the time while waiting. It was a unique experience with great respect for the animals. Highly recommended!
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Gmccl23
Sep 14, 2024
Very memorable experience - This was a once in a lifetime experience. Being so close to the turtles was incredible and they were the stars of the show. Unfortunately a few minor details detracted slightly from our enjoyment. Although we paid for the English guide, for most of the visit they merged our group with a Portuguese group and almost no information was provided in English until the very end which was a bit discourteous. Some of the terrain was stony and the guide ran on ahead with the light leaving us to negotiate a safe path for ourselves in the dark.
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Road16954144948
Jul 27, 2024
A fabulous experience! - Moving experience to see a turtle lay its eggs, run away in the sand and go back to the sea.Too bad that the figure of 8 people max is not respected and in addition another group was added but the guide was top and respectful of the animal.
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