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Full-day Sal Island Tour: Explore Salt Mine, Blue Eye, Shark Watch, and Kite Beach
4.6
19 Ratings
Santa Maria
Securely reserve a journey and discover the highlights of Sal island in a single day. Enhance your wellbeing and refresh yourself in the therapeutic brine of the saline. Experience one of the world’s finest kite beaches and savor the cream of the local fare, all under the guidance of the island’s top professionals.
Securely reserve a journey and discover the highlights of Sal island in a single day. Enhance your wellbeing and refresh yourself in the therapeutic brine of the saline. Experience one of the world’s finest kite beaches and savor the cream of the local fare, all under the guidance of the island’s top professionals.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Santa Maria - Kite Beach
It is one of the best places in the world to practice kite surfing (from October to April) and is usually chosen to hold the world kite surfing championships. -
Shark Bay - Lemon sharks Bay
It is a magic place where lemon sharks swim in the shallower waters. Their fins stand firm, cutting through the water. You will…
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Santa Maria - Kite Beach
It is one of the best places in the world to practice kite surfing (from October to April) and is usually chosen to hold the world kite surfing championships. -
Shark Bay - Lemon sharks Bay
It is a magic place where lemon sharks swim in the shallower waters. Their fins stand firm, cutting through the water. You will catch a glimpse of their sleek, grey bodies gliding along below the surface through a break in the waves. You can decide to see from afar or even go into the water to see the animals up close. -
Terra Boa - Miragem
There is sand as far as you can see and flat land except for the brown mountains, the best place to make creative photos that last forever, the scenery is just breathtaking and you can feel the nature and the African breeze so close. The surroundings are basically an illusion in the desert. This is a true experience on Sal Island. -
Pedra Lume Salt Crater - The salt mines
In a moon-like crater of an old volcano, seawater turns into salt. The white and bright pink salt pans contrast with the snow-white salt mountains and the blue sky. You can also float in the medicinal salt water of the salt pans. For even more relaxation there are also scrub and mud treatments. -
Palmeira - Palmeira Village
Palmeira is the village of the fishermen, where you can find the typical colorful Capeverdean houses and can still feel the real Capeverdean vibes. Here, you can also find the main port of Sal. There are some traditional restaurants with delicious fresh fish to taste. -
Buracona - Olho Azul - Buracona the Blue Eye
The Blue Eye is a cave 24 meters deep that is connected to the ocean. When the sun reaches the center of the sky, the sunlight illuminates the sandy bottom of the cave that gives visitors an amazing reflection that resembles a Blue Eye. A natural swimming pool resides adjacent to the Blue Eye.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off included
- Convenient transportation throughout the tour
- Liability insurance for peace of mind
- Local tour guide fluent in your language
- First Aid Equipment available for safety
- Hotel pickup and drop-off included
- Convenient transportation throughout the tour
- Liability insurance for peace of mind
- Local tour guide fluent in your language
- First Aid Equipment available for safety
What's Not Included
- Lunch Menu (8€ - 12€)
- Entrance fee Salt Mine 3€
- Entrance fee Blue Eye 5€
- Shark watching shoes 3€
- Lunch Menu (8€ - 12€)
- Entrance fee Salt Mine 3€
- Entrance fee Blue Eye 5€
- Shark watching shoes 3€
Additional Information
- Don’t forget to bring cash for the entrances and for lunch
- Don’t forget to bring cash for the entrances and for lunch
Location
Santa Maria
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(19 Ratings)
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Kathleen_h
Sep 28, 2024
Full day trip - Loved the trip made my holiday!! Met some lovely fellow travellers too. The guide was knowledgeable about the history of the sights and was most helpful.
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Tour15597570537
Sep 9, 2024
Very interesting journey - I recomend strongly this activity, we had an unforgetble day out of our hotel today, the tour guide Dany and our driver Michel were amazing team, great job.
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Paul_m
Aug 2, 2024
Great value day trip out. - Great trip well organised, great tour and driver AKA photographer. Would reccommend.
Hoping my photos will still be emailed though as they havnt yet come having paid 20 euro…
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Lenahv4979xc
Feb 22, 2024
perfect Experience - We really enjoyed this tour. There were only two of us and the contact person tried very hard. We particularly liked the surf beach and the abandoned salt flats. The food was also great. In short, a very successful tour. Above all, the photos and videos he took were great
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Marions965
Feb 13, 2024
6 hours of fun - wow an amazing tour, we had tarzan as our tour guide who was great, take money with you as need to pay for shoes to walk out to see sharks and money for salt mine and blue eye, something we not told about when we booked tour but nonetheless we'll worth it, take a drink as you get hot oh and dusty ! A fantastic day out
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Jamie
Sep 12, 2024
No fuss calm island tour - Good tour no fuss let us do viewing in own time. Saved us money not entering blue eye cave due to rain and muddy waters. Safe driving, friendly and calm. Would recommend if you want private no fuss tour of islands and key tourist spots.
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Ophelias555
Mar 11, 2024
the wind, the sea, the salt, the beautiful people - beautiful views, beautiful photos, lots of wind, beautiful sea, you can do it all in less than a day, nice island as they say ;)
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Alison_c
Sep 21, 2024
Think carefully and research - The blue eye, the salt flats have a steep walk down and back which is no good if you are older or have breathing issues. Going to palmeria was a disappointment o ky went to the fishing market which had practically finished. The mirage was great and worth seeing. The Lemon Sharks were good.. if you plan on going g arrange to go individually or with tui. You have to pay entrance fees everywhere. Do not go in a 4 by 4 if you are older as you may have to climb in the back. Me and my sister where the o my English speaking people and we were seperated so had no one to talk to. Do through tui or o. Your own very rough terrain in areas.
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Julian_w
Aug 11, 2024
Bitter Sweet - Firstly, we were truly disappointed to see a minibus arrive 25 mins late. & it was a minibus instead of the back of truck that we ordered. Our 12 yr old son was inconsolable & cried for the 1st hour. We were put in with 3 French strangers. Wendi, the guide was amazing. Murdeira Bay, Palmeiras, Blue Eye, Lunch, Hill, Sharks, Salt mine but no Kite Beach. It was not what we paid for even though we enjoyed most of it.
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I9685bvkarenh
Mar 9, 2024
Great places to see in an uncomfortable truck! - Pick up at hotel on time.
Truck was open back so hanging on for dear life and getting utterly sandblasted!! Old and uncomfortable vehicle. 6 people on the tour which was a nice number. Mixed English German Danish but we managed to chat!
Driver was pleasant but told us nothing about the island or what we were seeing. He was clearly a driver only.
Knew what he was doing as we did some of the stops out of order to avoid the Tui buses on the same (but double priced!) tours.
Saw the desert mirage and stopped (probably at his uncles shop) to get a free local liquor and buy some overpriced tat.
Blue eye cave was interesting and watching the blue come out with the sun was cool. There was lots of interesting info on geology local and wildlife too. Pay in 3euro each. Could get drinks, food and loo stop too.
Quick stop at volcanic beach.
Then onto fishing village for lunch. We called ahead with order so didn’t have to wait. Food was fresh grilled fish and glorious! We walked to harbour and watched the fishermen come in, clean the fish, selling on.
Next to the beach. Hired crocs for 2euro each then a young lad walked us out into the sea where the baby lemon sharks were swimming around our legs. The boy had some bait so the sharks came really close. Eeeek! Pretty cool!
Then final stop was at the salt mine. 4euro in. Saw the salt flats but no information available- strange. Then you can float in the salt water as it’s good for skin. Very weird to not be able to control your own floatation! There are a couple of changing rooms and pay 50cents to shower afterwards.
So overall we saw lots of the island and definitely the main sights. We “went with” the trucking as part of the experience. But we needed a long shower and scrub to get the sand off once back at the hotel!!
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