Up close! - During our recent holiday in Sal, Cape Verde we decided to book this experience and so glad we did. We were picked up from the hotel on time by minibus and during the journey, our guides gave us a real in-sight of the biodiversity of the island and also told about the many conservation projects that are currently running; they are involved in. As you approach the coast, there is a lot of plastic waste that is washed up by the sea, but we were quickly told that they have a programme running where volunteers etc make regular collections of this. They did say, however, that they were constantly fighting a losing battle to keep on top of it. When you arrive at the bay, there are several stalls which have very good, quality crocs to hire at €3.00 each. We hired them and they were perfect for walking through the rocks and coral. As others have said, you walk out in rows to around knee height. The water is calm, with the tiniest of waves, so wearing light-weight shorts is absolutely fine. We got the odd splash but dried off in no time. Watching the sharks swimming amongst us, without a care in the world, was absolutely fantastic! This area, is known as the 'nursery' where they naturally stay until they are around 6 years old. Our guides told us lots of fascinating facts too so we felt we left knowing more about these animals. If you are lucky - we were - you'll see the adult sharks swimming around in the deeper water! Dorsal fins clearly spotted amongst the waves!! After around 30 minutes in the water - enough time to be honest - we returned to our bus where our driver had lined up all our footwear for the return journey. A nice touch! Overall, this experience is well-worth doing and if you are like us, it's nice to have a break from the hotel! Highly recommended.

Lemon Shark tour - Santa Maria - Great experience, Desmond our guide was very passionate & informative, lovely to see the sharks in their natural environment. Hiring the crocs is a must.

Super activity with good explanations - It was an incredible experience to be able to see those baby sharks from so close. Having our guide giving us knowlegde about them was the icing on the cake

At one with the sharks 🦈 - Fantastic trip to the lemon sharks with Desmond our guide you was so passionate about his job put must of us to shame the experience it’s self was great never would have believed would have lemon sharks 🦈 swimming through my legs and still have 2 left highly recommend 5*

Lemon shark trip - Super trip with very competent Marin biolog from Holland. Be prepared to see sharks and become wet from the sea. Difficult to walk out to the sharks.

Great excursion! - Great tour! Booked through Tui as they have marine biologists as guides. Travelled by covered air conditioned coach to beach. You can hire some beach shoes there you WILL need them as it is very stoned and slippery ( well it is the beach!). The young lemon sharks come in and swimming around your legs, they are a couple of feet in length and are harmless. Great tour well worth the money!

Plenty lemon sharks to see , walk into knee deep - Did this while sandstorm haze was active but still seen baby lemon sharks after short walk into ocean and some big fins / lemon sharks circling further up advise wear crocs or rent from the huts on beach area where lemon sharks location is Volcanic ground walking in ocean

Bit of an anti-climax really - Be very careful booking this if you’re not too good on your feet. The walk into and out of the sea is tricky and we saw a few people really struggling. One poor chap completely lost his balance and fell in completely clothed. I’m sure he hurt himself too as he fell onto the rocks. If you haven’t got any Crocs you can hire them for 3 Euros. We wore our own rubber beach shoes but the soles weren’t thick enough so I could feel every stone under my feet! Ouch! It was great to see the sharks though. That part was great but it was over and done with in half an hour to be honest.