Starting with a stop at the Pottery School in Rabil where you can buy some local souvenirs. We then go to the amazing Viana Desert where you can take some amazing photos. After, we take a 30-minute drive to the Cape of Santa Maria, a truly different landscape in Boa Vista.
Walk with us through the glorious past of the capital city of Sal Rei. See its Jewish influences and hear about the pirate history of the Island. A chance to taste some local products at a traditional Sobrado (old colonial house). Afterwards, 30-minute stop for shopping on Sal Rei main square.
This is your ticket to a romantic dinner under the setting sun, followed by a chilled-out party. You’ll be whisked to a beachfront bar-slash-restaurant, where you’ll start the evening by watching the sun dip behind the horizon while sipping a traditional cocktail called ‘ponche’. As the light dims, a bonfire is lit and African drummers start to provide a soundtrack. Then it’s time to sit down and enjoy a three-course dinner, with the choice of a meat, veggie, or lobster main and a couple of drinks of wash it all down. Afterwards, a DJ will play laid-back music for a couple of hours, so you can dance the night away with the sand between your toes.
Get a grandstand view of the world beneath Sal's waters on this trip. Your craft is the bright yellow Neptunus, which is styled like a submarine, but more like a glass-bottomed boat. Its lower deck is wall-to-wall windows that let you peer right out into the crystal-clear Atlantic. We'll whisk you to Santa Maria bay, where you'll go aboard, meet the Neptunus captain, and sail out into the ocean. Then, you'll have an hour to watch the undersea show, snapping photos of all the goings-on. Cue acres of exotic flora and swaying sea grass. Sashaying shoals of bream and rockfish. And if you're lucky, moray eels, puffer fish, trumpet fish, stingrays and turtles. Oh, and you'll even get close up to a spooky shipwreck. And if you fancy a breather at any point, you can head for the upper deck to soak up the sunshine and panoramic views over Sal's coast.
This trip is Boa Vista in a nutshell. You’ll start the morning with a drive to Cabo Santa Maria. In 1968, a transport ship ran aground a few miles off the coast here, and you can still see the skeleton of its hull. It’s a pretty eerie sight. The remains look like a rusty carcass that’s been gnawed and mauled by the waves. Your next stop will be Rabil. Once the island’s capital, this city has a different significance today – it’s the epicentre of Boa Vista’s pottery industry. You can visit a few of the ceramics workshops and pick up plates and bowls made by artisans. From here, you’ll head inland to see the desert-scape that stretches for 8 kilometres across the centre of the island. The white sands here are whipped into Mr Whippy-style dunes. Before the trip ends, you’ll spend some time on Santa Monica Beach. Tourism hasn’t touched down on this strip of sand. What’s more, it’s known as one of the top 5 beaches in the world.
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There is no better way to relax than on board of a luxury Catamaran. Sail from Santa Maria bay along the west coast towards Monte Leon. Here you will stop, have time for a swim, snorkel or even a spot of fishing. A really enjoyable trip as you also have the possibility of seeing see turtles, dolphins, pilot whales that swim along the coast of Sal( depending on the time of the year).
Starting at Ribeira do Rabil we go to Oasis of Fonte Vicente where you can see a little bit of the island’s agriculture. We then pass through the old fishing village of Curral Velho where we then proceed to the beach of Ervatão where there is the possibility to have a swim (depending on sea conditions). After we stop for lunch at Fundo of Figueiras, a tiny picturesque village where you can visit the local school and church before returning to hotel.
Enjoy our lobster or fresh fish, by the sound of traditional Cape Verdean music, in one of our seaside restaurants.
And feel the famous Cape Verdean "morabeza". Our way to make you feel welcome!
Leaving the hotel around 19h30, we follow towards the seaside restaurant where guests are greeted by a cocktail.
Upon arriving, enjoy a menu that starts with a goat cheese appetizer or tuna carpaccio, a delicious grilled lobster or fresh fish according to what you have booked.
Without forgetting the typical local dessert: pudding dessert or cookie ice cream. Delicious!
The menu also includes 1 bottle of water for 4 guests.