Jun 10, 2025
Thank you Edgar - We just wanted to say a big thank you to Edgar for organising our trips: They went seamlessly and much cheaper than those which can be booked through the travel company!
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Apr 25, 2025
Best day, amazing service and Big thank you to Edgar and his team!! - Edagr has looked after us from before we flew over to the day of flying home. His professional, personal and friendly approach has been perfect!
Highly recommend booking with Union tours and Edagr for the island tour. He also arranged all other excursions for us on the island.
Had the best day in our private 4x4 around the island and our guide Marcio was fantastic!!
Best day!!!
Thank you Edagr!
Will stay in touch and see you again. Anyone I know will be recommended to you when they visit Sal ☺️
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Mar 22, 2025
Great company, great tour! - Fantastic experience with Union Tour, very professional and friendly! Right from the initial contact with Edgar Pires (super reliable and knowledgeable) to the fabulous guide we had on the all day island tour (Helder). The prices of their tours are really reasonable and competitive when you see how much is packed in. The process is seamless and efficient, we were very impressed. The all day island tour is fun, adventurous and takes in all the main attractions including the lemon sharks, blue eye, swimming in the salt lake etc. Our guide also took candid photos of our day at the various places which made a lovely souvenir and great idea for social media. We would thoroughly recommend this company for their professionalism and commitment to the customer.
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Mar 19, 2025
Great trip - We like it!!! Very nice trip with very nice guide Paolo.very good english, french.
Beautiful lovely pictures from Paolo. Recomended!!!!!
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Jan 21, 2025
Excellent Value Group Tour - The charming and affable Edgir Pires grew up in Rhode island so speaks perfect English albeit with a Boston accent. He is the coordinator for Union and they get HUGE groups (99% from the DREADFUL all inclusive monstrosities at far West end of Santa Maria) . We were in our own group of 8, the MAX size I can tolerate as we are fully indepdent travellers (on Boa Vista we had a group size of 2, my preferred size)!
So our group was subcontracted out to Morabeza Tours. Our guide/driver was excellent, spoke fluent English and intrigued us very much about his home island of Santa Antao, the coolest and grrenest of the 10 islands in this country.
The only two bummers were the HUGE CROWDS at each site, like Europe, and the Red flag that prevented us from swimming at Buracona (The Blue Eye). Murdeira and Buracona were the highlights for me as I love spectacularly seascapes. My better half was most impressed with the salt pond float at Pedra de Lume (Ive swum in the Dead Sea and have a slight cut in my foot which would have really hurt had I entered the brine).
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Dec 20, 2024
Fantastic Value for money and top tour company - We booked the full day Island tour and the electric bike guided tour through Edgar Pires (who is based at the lighthouse, on beach outside Riu Palace). Got in touch with him through whats app prior to arriving and i was sent so much detailed information regarding all trips. He was outstanding from 1st contact right through until end of both our trips, keeping in touch and very informative.
The island tour was fabulous, got to see so much of Sal Island, and our tour guide Paulo was very informative at every place we stopped. Electric bike tour was also a fun half day tour, getting to see more of the island. Would definitely recommend both these trips as brilliant value for money and Edgar Pires and Union tours were so friendly to deal with. Do not hesitate to book with them.
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Nov 26, 2024
Local top class operator!! Recommended ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - From the initial contact from Edgar, to the no obligation information about the tours to the tips on making the best of your holiday to Cape Verde, has been faultless!
We paid €30 each for a full day Island Tour. Extras were clearly set out before the trip, the payment was actually paid at the end of the trip!!!
More than a tour, given by Marcio. He was so personal and informative, he was nothing but polite and helpful, and looked after us along with the two other couples joining the tour.
4x4 vehicles are clean and safe. Some of the locations we visited could not be made by a hire car and the sights of the real parts of the island of Sal, Cape Verde just reinforced how valuable tourism is, and a local tour operator of UNION TOURS keeps the money local..
The whole day was wonderful, we have been fortunate to have used UNION TOURS and I can recommend this company to everyone!!
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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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Mar 27, 2025
Sal island tour - Our tour guide Daniel was very helpful, knowledgeable and a great laugh all day. Just remember to take cash with you as not all attractions take card. Only negative was the back of the truck was sooooo windy, a heads up to bring a hoodie would have been helpful. Excellent value for money though, Union tours was recommended to me and I would also recommend them without any hesitation.
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