Explore Santo Antão: Full-day Tour from São Vicente Including Ferry Ride and Lunch
4.9
42 Ratings
Mindelo
Embark on a full-day tour from São Vicente to Santo Antão, including a ferry ride and lunch. Explore charming villages, lush green mountains, and captivating cultural sites.
Duration: 11 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Passenger Ferry Terminal - Begin with an early morning pick up at your accommodation in Mindelo, transfer to the Harbor for your adventure by Ferry to our neighboring island of the mountains, Santo Antão. On your ferry travel across the canal (up to 1 hour on ferry), you may stand on deck; if you’re lucky you will witness dolphins, pilot whales, flying fish, sea birds, and more, you can also relax on the comfortable seating inside. Check out the lighthouse on the rock in the middle of the ocean, Ilhéu dos Pássaros (Bird’s Island)!
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Ferry Tickets (roundtrip) included for departures from São Vicente
  • Local professional guide (multilingual)
  • Entrance to Grogue (Rum) distillery included
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Personal expenses
  • Alcoholic Beverages
Additional Information

The all-day excursion to Santo Antão from São Vicente includes: round trip ferry rides, travel arrangements, expert local tour guide, delectable lunch, and of course an unforgettable experience!

A mere hour’s ferry ride from São Vicente takes you to the island that boasts towering green mountains, valleys, quaint villages, flora, coupled with the industrious spirit, and simplistic lifestyle of the locals and their culture. These can’t simply be expressed in words but require to be experienced first-hand!

We start our journey from São Vicente in the morning ferry to Santo Antão and we make our way back to São Vicente on the evening ferry.

Sites that we’ll explore:

Porto Novo

Old Road

Cova de Paúl Volcano Crater

Pico da Cruz (altitude 1,585m or 5,200ft)

Delgadin

Ribeira Grande – Povacao

Ribeira de Torre – Xôxô

Ponta de Sol

Sinagoga

Paúl

Villa das Pombas

Janela

  • Please inform us of any special dietary instructions.
  • In the case of a group of less than 4pax, the local guide himself may be the driver
  • For open group tours your guide may speak more than one language if required
  • Driving through roads with high altitude
Location
Bar Gare Marítima
Avenida Marginal
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(42 Ratings)
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945angeliquep
Apr 11, 2024
Fast service, good guide and driver, great excursions - The tour was incredibly beautiful, well organized and a lot of information about San Vicente. Danny the guide was great and also the driver Hernandy very friendly. The turtle excursion was really great and Danny was great again, he is also a good photographer. In short, everything was well organised.
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Fátima
Apr 1, 2024
This island is brutal - It was a very good visit to this wonderful island. The island of Santo Antão is impressive with its giant mountains and lush valleys. We thank Kolu who was an excellent guide
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841fannyl
Mar 22, 2024
Magnificent discovery - We had an extraordinary day, from leaving the hotel where the boss of Green Line tour cabo verde came to pick us up until we arrived on the island, Our guide Anika was very kind and she knows her island by heart as well as the residents and thank you to our great driver!! Thank you again for this wonderful day Fanny and Virginie
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Klaas
Mar 18, 2024
Santo Antao Day Tour - What a beautiful day we had. Booking and communication with TripAdvisor was smooth and easy. It is a busy day, because there is a lot to see. Frequent stops are made to take beautiful pictures, but if you want to make an extra stop along the way, that is also possible. Our guide had a lot to tell and the lunch was fantastic. If you still have doubts, we say: Just do it, it is really worth the money.
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709sabrinaf
Feb 19, 2024
Best French-speaking guide - Raquel was a guide from the island, full of knowledge, patience and kindness. She allowed us an insight into the history and culture of Santo Antao. She made us want to go back. Perfect service until the end of the day. I highly recommend. THANKS!
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Sandro
Feb 11, 2024
Magnificent - We were picked up punctually at 6:25 am in front of our hotel (Mansa Marina) by Dani (our guide) and a driver. A short drive to the port, tickets received and we were allowed to board the 7:00 am ferry. The ferry has a bar on deck, where there is already a café. The 1-hour crossing with the sunrise alone is worth getting up for. In San Antao there is another new driver and we go up the mountain in a massage chair (really pleasant, not meant negatively) and then back down the 38 km long, hand-built and paved route to Ribeira Grande. There are several stops along the whole journey where Dani tells us stories and explains things. Breathtaking views and impressions. We go and try sugar cane, take a short walk to see the plantations, visit the port of Ponta do Sol and then have a delicious lunch in Ribero Grande (10 euros per person) with a guide and driver (these are paid for by the agency). After lunch there is a visit to a Groque distillery and then we head back to PortoNovo on the spectacular coastal road for the 1600h ferry. A really entertaining, exciting, impressive, happy day. Highly recommended if you don't have time or have planned to spend the night on San Antao. Thank you Dani our guide (you did it very well and interesting) and Avelino our driver.
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Z1759zwbenc
Nov 22, 2023
The perfect Santo Antao tour - Danny was the perfect tour guideline. Santo Antao is his home island, he know a lot about its culture and heritage, speaks good English and French an is a very open minded guy with a lot if respect for his clients.
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Masvt
Nov 10, 2023
Day trip with Paulo - Simply top! Best guide I've ever had, most beautiful tour on the island, everything professionally organized and carried out. The owner Paulo knows everyone and everything on this island and is passionate about it. Very respectful of the people, nature and his guests, very funny and relaxed. Explains everything in detail on the tour and speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese perfectly. The tour itself is a must for a stay in Sao Vicente. Santo Antao is rich in everything: lovely people, delicious local food, fruit, all kinds of weather, plants, flowers and animals. I would recommend Green Line Tours to everyone!
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Irenaso7855aq
Nov 10, 2023
This tour will leave us with a memory for life - The best ride of my life! Our guide Paulo knew the island very well, its culture, its traditions, its plants... and he shared his knowledge with great passion. The island itself is absolutely beautiful, but we couldn't have fully enjoyed it without Paulo - not only is his knowledge very extensive, but he was also very careful about our safety on some of the slightly more slippery roads. We also had our best meal since arriving in Cabo Verde and in such a welcoming restaurant with lovely staff! But above all, Paulo has a big heart and he puts it into everything he does... We felt really welcome, he took good care of us and we shared lots of laughs along the way. Paulo, we truly created memories together and we will always be grateful to you. A little piece of our heart will stay forever with you and Sao Antao.
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Gabriel
Nov 9, 2023
Santa Antao Tour from Mindelo - Alice, accompanied by an impeccable driver, introduced us to part of the island, passing by a paved road from Porto Novo then by the new road in the middle of a banana plantation with a visit to a dazzling grogue distillery. The meal along the way was also great.
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