Sal Island: Guided Lemon Shark Watching Tour on the Eastern Coast
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80 Ratings
Experience a guided lemon shark watching tour on Sal Island's eastern coast. Learn about these fascinating creatures in their natural environment. Book now!
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Shark Bay - Join this adventurous experience and observe lemon sharks in their natural habitat.\nVisit the eastern part of the island on a beach that boasts a natural colony of lemon sharks, slightly brown or sand-colored when in its natural environment. Choose to stay on the beach and watch the sharks with binoculars or go into the water to see them up close.\n\nThe lemon shark is medium to large and is not a threat to people, but it can be a danger to other animals in the ocean. Its scientific name is Negaprion Brevirostris. The average length of a lemon shark is about two and a half to three meters. Some of the largest lemon sharks measure about 3.4 meters. These sharks grow about 50 centimeters a year.\n\nAfter spending 60 minutes swimming with the sharks and learning everything about them, you will be taken back to your hotel or hostel where you were picked up.\nLearn all about sharks and their habitat with the help of a professional guide.
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Child seat on request (age 0-3)
- Liability insurance covered
- Hotel transfer included
- Professional guide assistance
- Water shoes and safety equipment provided
Additional Information
A native and professional tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and after an informative transfer trip of approximately 25 minutes you will arrive at the eastern part of the island, on the beach with the natural nursery rife of the lemon sharks, which is a brown shark. clear, sand-colored, in its natural environment. These sharks pose no threat to humans. To enter the water you must wear water shoes or crocs for walking on rocky surfaces.
The Lemon Shark is medium to large in size and its scientific name is Negaprion Brevirostris.
After spending 40 minutes learning all about sharks, you will be taken back to your accommodation or hotel where you were picked up. Water shoes suitable for the surface of the place included for your safety and comfort.
- Don’t forget to bring: GoPro/Camera, Swimsuits and Towel
- Water shoes suitable for the surface of the place included for your safety and comfort.
- All-inclusive package at no extra cost!
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Heidi
Apr 10, 2024
Fantastic experience - Fantastic experience where we were taken care of in the best way. The guide who drove us to the sharks was great fun and gave us lots of tips about the island. Definitely worth a visit!
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851rosalbas
Apr 2, 2024
Where to go to the seaside in winter - Santa Maria is perfect for a holiday in winter, 27 degrees, even the sea temperature is right for diving in without problems, many little places to have a good dinner in the small pedestrian centre.
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Shirleyyappy
Mar 7, 2024
Great experience - Booked through tui pick up from hotel took 30 mins to get there.
You can hire crocs for 3 euros when you arrive there.
Be careful rocks are very slippy someone in our party fell and had to go to hospital.
We saw lots of baby lemon sharks and a few fish.
Water was nice and warm up to knee deep.
There are a couple of stalls there people try to sell you things.
Overall a great experience
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581lenaj
Feb 26, 2024
Fantastic experience - A fantastic experience to see the small sharks swimming around your legs when you stand in the water. You rented shoes (foppatoffel) for 3 euros on the beach where you are dropped off. The stones are sharp and it is a bit difficult to walk on them in the water, so not recommended if you have difficulty walking. We went with the marine biologist Desmond who was very good and nice.
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Jesperc194
Feb 17, 2024
Great experience - Excellent service and tour, can highly recommend this tour and guide. Great with pickup directly from the hotel reception
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Michellesh2717jf
Feb 13, 2024
A fab family experience - A fantastic close encounter with the baby lemon sharks and we could see the fins of the parent sharks out at sea! The guide was very knowledgeable and answered all our questions. A must see activity - thank you
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Cajsacarin
Feb 8, 2024
We highly recommend this tour. - Fantastic tour. Our guide (Elisa?) who is a marine biologist, gave us much interesting information about the marine life and she also very nice.
Do the trip!
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Fredrikw510
Jan 14, 2024
Shark bay - Good and reasonably long excursion with small children. Went to book car seats if you wanted them. Super nice guide who picked us up at the hotel.
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633daniellas
Dec 19, 2023
Yellow shark - The guys who took us there were knowledgeable and helpful. We thoroughly enjoyed this experience and would recommend it
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G2373sqsylvier
Dec 31, 2023
Not crazy... - On the beach of our riu palace hotel in Santa Maria. Jason approaches us, he sells us this day as magnificent, beautiful things to see, a great experience...
We let ourselves be tempted for €30/person.
Bottom line... Disappointment. We are in the back of the 4x4 in the open air, we say to ourselves great we will see better than those who are inside... We saw that for sure... We saw dust, we ate dust. Bring glasses to protect your eyes. It's a desert island so imagine...we returned yellow with dust more than a shower to return to normal.
1st stop we had to go snorkeling with beautiful seabed... Nothing we look at 5' photos in front of "the lion" and we leave, we had taken our masks.
Second stop the baby sharks, impressive but nothing more, bring sea shoes (sea urchins) because they give you fangs and then come and ask you for 3€/pair...
After the salt where we float on the water. Entrance 5€ and after 1€ to take 1 shower.
Meal break in a family restaurant.. Don't pay attention to hygiene.. We didn't eat!!
Direction a mirage... Well not sure we can't get closer to check...
Then blue eye, the event.!!!.. More than 1 hour of waiting to lean over a hole for 30 seconds, time to take 1 photo, a tourist trap..
When crossing the villages, we see poor people, devastated homes, children asking for water. It hurts my heart to see these Cape Verdeans so poor...
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