Oct 3, 2024
Union Tours saves the day!! - Went on a great half day tour yesterday seeing the Lemon sharks, Blue Eye, Salt lake, mirage and a fab ride in an open back jeep. All organised by the very knowledgeable, professional and efficient Edgar. He outlined the whole day with lots of additional information on WhatsApp which was easy to access.
His team of tour guides, drivers and photographer were all friendly and extremely helpful.
The day was nearly ruined as when I returned to our hotel I realised I’d lost my phone 😱. The hotel receptionist called Union Tours and our driver quickly checked the jeep and to my relief it was found on the back seat. Within a few minutes one of the boys brought it back to the hotel and I was reunited with my phone. I can’t thank Edgar and his team enough for dealing with what was a very stressful situation with such care and efficiency.
Thank you Union Tours ❤️
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Sep 20, 2024
Best on the island by far - I would recommend any group, couples or individuals contact Edgar Pires and his Union Team if considering the full island tour. Or any trip for that matter!
Edgar was based at the light house, off the rear of RIU Palace Santa Maria, next to the scuba centre and is very amiable, honest and trustworthy unlike many on the island.
He will go through the itinerary with you then send everything via What’s App even his knowledge of the local town, places to eat, see and frequent. Best advice is to contact him from day one or two of your trip to maximise your holiday experience.
The trips costs around €30pp with additional costs of €6pp salt lakes, €3pp for lemon sharks, €3pp for the blue eye.
Take a bag with a towel, water and plenty of high factor sun cream. €1pp for showers and be prepared to tour the island with no stress 😎
They stop for lunch at a very nice eatery which the food is brilliant anything from pasta, chicken curry to octopus 🐙 which is around €15pp with a drink.
TUI will charge €24pp just to see the sharks with those bagging nice profits. Please, spend the money with the likes of Edgar who will make your experience personal, person centred and one full of enjoyment.
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Jun 25, 2024
Fantastic trip and organiser - Fantastic full day out,the driver was great and new his stuff about the island and took us to some amazing places,the shark experience and salt lakes were amazing and definitely worth visiting while in Cape Verde,overall I would 100% recommend it to anyone
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Jun 23, 2024
Union tour to Espargos - I ⁇ the tour, our guide Daniel is very friendly and responded to all my fragrances. Cape Verde is beautiful and has wonderful landscapes
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Jun 2, 2024
Go and see Edgar!!! - We recently went on the half day island tour arranged by Edgar, he was such a delightful man,so helpful and personalable. We have Paulo as our driver, he was lovely and told us lots about Sal. We also did the No Limits Catamaran trip, which we also booked through Edgar, that too was AMAZING!!! We had such a great time, our kids 11 & 12 also loved both trips. We would highly recommend both trips and union tours. Hopefully we'll be back again xx
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Mar 15, 2024
Booked island tour as buggy half day experience absolutely brilliant value for money - Absolutely brilliant and informative Cari g person Edgar Pires was such a gentlemen and knowledgeable person you’ll find Edgar at the lighthouse everyday 10am till 1230 except Sunday
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Mar 4, 2024
An absolute must do.... - Brilliant system to our holiday in Ilha do Sal, our guides Mario and Daniel were great from beginning to the end, kept us well informed and we enjoyed the day so much, such good value.
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Sep 16, 2023
Edgar - Zilena first class service. - Book a tour with Edgar. The service provided by Edgar was absolutely fantastic, but we could not fault anything. Once we booked with Edgar, all information was sent via WhatsApp. The cost of our tour was €30 euros each.
The tour provided was the blue eye, the local fish market,the port, the mirage,salt bath, and salt lakes and seeing the baby sharks.
Stopped off in a local restaurant, food was great and reasonably priced.
Our tour guide for the day was Zilena, provided all history and culture off the island.
A great big shout out to Zilena, she was fantastic.After the trip ended, Edgar messaged to see if it was all okay.
Just a tip, wear some old clothes, can get a bit dusty, and also wear some Crocs for the sharks, but you can loan some of the guys on the beach for €3 euros.
Jut a fantastic day out...
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Sep 8, 2023
Edgar = 100% - Booked up with Edgar for the full day private tour. He is was great, sent through all info via WhatsApp and checked in after the tour to ensure we had a good time. We had Elder as the driver and Fabio as the photographer and both were brilliant.
We stopped off for some lunch in Espargos which was lovely. Highly recommend Edgar to anyone looking to get some holiday adventures in whilst in Cape Verde
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Apr 2, 2024
Nightmare Experience From Unprofessional Union Tour Operator - Firstly there was no communication whatsoever from this tour organisers with no answer to their phone number or email so only got an update on meeting point after I contacted Viator customer care team directly .Secondly to make our experience even more miserable on the day of pick up some bloke called Edgar turned up cracking silly jokes with some of the people in the group waiting outside the hotel and after few expired jokes eventually told me that I’m not of his list and I will have to take this up to his boss as there is nothing he can do . After few calls he said that I need to go with some unregistered local guide as there is no place for us on his vehicles so I ended with my family up in a minibus which took us around island , which luckily turned up to be safe in the end ,but definitely not an experience as advertised on Viator . In conclusion please beware and probably best if you use some more reliable and recognised tour operators.
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