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Lemon Shark Encounter: Explore Shark Bay
4.4
31 Ratings
Santa Maria
Living in the coastal subtropical waters around Sal, lemon sharks are one of the easiest sharks to spot in their natural habitat. You’ll venture out to Shark Bay with a marine biologist to interact and learn about these fascinating creatures on this half-day trip.
Living in the coastal subtropical waters around Sal, lemon sharks are one of the easiest sharks to spot in their natural habitat. You’ll venture out to Shark Bay with a marine biologist to interact and learn about these fascinating creatures on this half-day trip.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Shark Bay - After pick-up from your hotel, you’ll drive to Shark Bay over on the east coast of Sal where your lemon shark experience will begin. You’ll wade out into the water with a marine biologist, who will guide you step by step and teach you all about this incredible species.
Spot their yellow-tinted skin – ideal for camouflage in the sandy…
- Shark Bay - After pick-up from your hotel, you’ll drive to Shark Bay over on the east coast of Sal where your lemon shark experience will begin. You’ll wade out into the water with a marine biologist, who will guide you step by step and teach you all about this incredible species.
Spot their yellow-tinted skin – ideal for camouflage in the sandy shores – and watch them as they go about their business, twisting and turning, and looking for fish just a few feet away. You’ll see their fins cutting through the surface of the water and get to know these sharks closer than you could imagine.
What's Included
- Transport
- Guide
- Transport
- Guide
Additional Information
- Tour includes walking on rocky ground
- Bring a towel
- Bring suitable footwear
- Our office opening hours are Monday - Friday from 9h - 17.15h, Saturday and Sundays closed.
- Not suitable for guests with reduced mobility
- Tour includes walking on rocky ground
- Bring a towel
- Bring suitable footwear
- Our office opening hours are Monday - Friday from 9h - 17.15h, Saturday and Sundays closed.
- Not suitable for guests with reduced mobility
Location
Shark Bay
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
4.4
(31 Ratings)
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R3597lgjanetl
Mar 20, 2025
Fun to see and experience sharks from close - Perfect experience where we were able to see and feel the sharks around our legs. A fun trip. We saw them feed the sharks. You must borrow / rent shoes upon arrival.
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Eanda2021
Mar 16, 2025
Book with tui - Tui trip. Guide knowledgeable. Interesting experience. Take your own crocs to wear. No toilet unless you pay and even then I'd wait till you get back to hotel
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Pedrop136
Mar 14, 2025
Adventure 5***** - A fantastic adventure! We did not make a reservation or look for a guide to take us to the venue, rent a scooter and speed up the road.
Upon arrival at the venue, we were welcomed by a certified guide, named "Aridson Birth" who after a brief presentation, and an explanation of the association to which he belonged, accompanied us to the sharks.
Strongly informed and endowed with a fantastic charisma, brought the sharks to us, and knowledgeable answers to the doubts we were having.
Much better than watching the Discovery channel!
After the visit to the sharks, where there was no counted time, we were invited to lunch at the "sister's kiosk", where the food was very tasty.
The shark tour has a cost of 5€ per person, and unfortunately due to where we are, there are no automatic payments, so I consider it necessary to bring money.
For the tour and to petish in the local kiosk.
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Conorlester
Feb 4, 2025
Incredible experience - Had a fantastic trip with Chelsea as our guide. She shared her knowledge with us and made everyone feel very comfortable, from kids to bigger kids like us. The shark experience itself was such a thrill, seeing the young lemon sharks up close and marvelling at the larger sharks from a safe distance. It’s also a bonus to do so with an ethical tour guide instead of with one who feeds the sharks to attract them. 6 stars from us!
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Clare
Feb 2, 2025
Environmentally sensitive tour. - Going with explorecapeverde meant Lisa, our tour guide, was a qualified Marine Biologist and committed to environmentally sensitive tours. Apparently, the sharks are actually asleep or in their rest phase during the day, so we were asked not to disturb them by trying to follow them or bait them as some tours do, which can disrupt their natural patterns. I'm so glad we chose a tour operator sensitive to the wildlife we were there to see and appreciate.
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Ilona_b
Dec 29, 2024
Wonderful experience! - Wonderful experience to walk in the sea among baby lemonsharks! To catch a glimpse of the bigger male sharks a bit further away was also exciting. Would advise everyone to use swimwear on this excursion (the waves reached up to my waist now and then :) Do this- you won’t regret it!
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Jeff187046
Dec 28, 2024
Informative experience - Took a trip to Shark Bay withExplore Cape Verde, nature excursions. Our guide was a recently qualified Marine Biologist from the Netherlands. I think her name was Corina (apologies if I’ve got it wrong). A very pleasant and amusing guide. It’s a tricky walk over a rocky seabed. Crocs probably the best footwear. Can be hired for 300cve. there. Some groups rushed their viewings , this company doesn’t. We stood amongst young sharks swimming by us with our guide providing interesting information regarding the Lemon sharks and other questions that were fielded at her. One can’t really come to Capo Verde and not do this trip. I found this company on tripadvisor and it proved to be a good choice as well as probably the cheapest.
Thanks to our driver , Carlos, too.
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R7289lachristineh
Feb 23, 2025
Worth seeing - It was incredible to see the baby sharks. The guide was very knowledgeable and very friendly. We were collected on time from the designated pick up point. The tour was not too long but enough time to see the animals and hear about the conservation work.
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Sharonwi6955zk
Jan 16, 2025
Up close experience - Had a good time having baby sharks swim by our legs. Water shoes needed. We were lucky to see larger sharks just out in deeper water. Lovely experience
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105michelm
Feb 4, 2025
Discovery of the bay of lemon sharks - For tourists, not worth it, many aquariums do better.
I don't recommend, plus the bay position makes it a nice garbage can
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