Best of Boa Vista Island: Beach & Discovery Tours

Day 1: Arrival in Boa Vista – Airport Transfer – Hotel Check-in

After disembarking, be welcomed by Your travel representative, who will be waiting for you at Boa Vista Airport with a sign displaying your name, as informed by you. Then, enjoy a private and custom transfer from the airport to your accommodation. Our team will take you from door to door with complete security and professionalism, providing all relevant information about your stay. If you arrive in the morning and don’t get tired after hours on the plane, our guide will be happy to advise some beautiful beaches nearby for a relaxing afternoon. Overnight in Sal Rei.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Ouril Agueda Hotel*** in Sal Rei or similar.

Day 2: Boa Vista Island: Full-day Northeast Tour + Ervatão Beach

Get picked up at your hotel and depart towards Rabil, the second most populated village in Boa Vista. There, meet locals, visit the main church, and local handicraft production. Continue toward the Fonte Vicente Oasis, and observe the leafy fruit trees like a giant fig tree, robust almond trees, tamarind, and an exotic baobab tree. Head towards Curral Velho, see the remains of a salt mine embellished by extensive golden dunes, palm trees, date palms, as well as a wild beach about 5 kilometers (around 3 miles) long. From there, you can see the islet of Curral Velho, home of hundreds of reed-tailed birds including the famous Fragata that only exists here in Cape Verde. Following a path along the coast, pass along João Barrosa beach until reaching Ervatão, a wild paradise with crystal-clear waters, white sandy beaches, and the most important spawning point for loggerhead sea turtles, also known as Caretta Caretta. Enjoy a relaxing time at this paradisiacal beach and relieve yourself from the daily working stress. Take a break for a delicious lunch at Fundo das Figueiras, a small village entirely dedicated to agriculture and pastoralism where the famous local goat cheese is produced. Overnight in Sal Rei.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Ouril Agueda Hotel*** in Sal Rei or similar.

Day 3: Boa Vista: Full-day Viana Desert, Shipwreck, Caves, and Santa Monica Beach Tour

Get picked up at your hotel and depart towards Cabo de Santa Maria Shipwreck, where an old boat has been stranded for 50 years becoming a symbol and a source of inspiration for local painters and photographers. The tour follows towards Viana Desert, from where you will marvel in the sand forming dunes brought in from the Sahara Desert to the island by the wind over many years. Leaving the desert the tour proceeds towards Povoação Velha, the right place to meet locals and get to know the atmosphere of the oldest settlement on the island. Continue to Santa Monica beach, considered the most beautiful beach of the archipelago and one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Swim in the crystal clear waters and relax on the white sand. Take a break for a delicious lunch at a local restaurant and then pass breathtaking dunes to reach the natural cave at Varandinha. Next, discover the wonders and secrets carved behind the Varandinha limestone caves, formed naturally by the erosion of the sea in the dunes. Finally, head towards Morro D’Areia Nature Reserve, crossing beautiful sand dunes and from the top of one of them, we will have the best view of Boavista, before being dropped off at your hotel. Overnight in Sal Rei.

🏚️ Hotel Option: Ouril Agueda Hotel*** in Sal Rei or similar.

Day 4: Goodbye Boa Vista

Start your last day with a delicious breakfast at your accommodation and then enjoy your free time according to the flight schedules. Check out from the accommodation and at agreed time be picked up in Sal Rei and transferred to the airport. Take your international flight back home and say goodbye to “La Morabeza Crioula”.