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Island Sal Tour: Explore Cape Verde's Highlights
4.9
35 Ratings
Santa Maria
Embark on a full-day private tour of Island Sal in Cape Verde, where you’ll discover pristine beaches and immerse yourself in the rich cultural heritage. Explore the stunning Salinas and let our certified tour guide unveil the island’s history and traditions.
Embark on a full-day private tour of Island Sal in Cape Verde, where you’ll discover pristine beaches and immerse yourself in the rich cultural heritage. Explore the stunning Salinas and let our certified tour guide unveil the island’s history and traditions.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Santa Maria - The tour kicks off at Santa Maria, specifically at the pier. However, viewing is currently unavailable due to ongoing construction.
- Murdeira - Explore Murdeira Bay Village, where beautiful coral reefs and the Lion Mountain (Monte Leão) can be admired.
- Palmeira - Visit this quaint fishing village, showcasing the typical…
- Santa Maria - The tour kicks off at Santa Maria, specifically at the pier. However, viewing is currently unavailable due to ongoing construction.
- Murdeira - Explore Murdeira Bay Village, where beautiful coral reefs and the Lion Mountain (Monte Leão) can be admired.
- Palmeira - Visit this quaint fishing village, showcasing the typical homes and lifestyle of the local Cape Verdean community. It is also the hub for all imports and exports on the island.
- Buracona - Olho Azul - Experience Buracona, a natural gem of Sal Island. When the sea is calm, enjoy swimming in its pristine natural pool. Inside the cave, witness the famous Blue Eye as sunlight creates a breathtaking optical illusion. On days with stronger waves, marvel at the powerful and spectacular display by the Atlantic Ocean.
- Miragem - Observe the Mirage and the captivating Fata Morgana effect, where the desert creates stunning water-like illusions. Capture unforgettable moments with the help of your guide, who will assist in taking fun and memorable photos.
- Espargos - As the island’s capital, enjoy a brief drive and pause for a local lunch.
- Pedra de Lume - Visit Shark Bay and wade into the water to get as close as possible to the lemon sharks in their natural habitat.
- Pedra Lume Salt Crater - Explore Salinas, the world’s only salt lake within a volcanic crater — a true natural spa on Sal Island. Float effortlessly in warm, mineral-rich waters renowned for their relaxing, detoxifying, and skin-softening properties. Even non-swimmers can indulge in this unforgettable experience of pure relaxation and wellness.
- Kite Beach - Sal Cape Verde - Discover Kite Beach and its stunning white sand dunes and beautiful coastline. Renowned as one of the world’s premier kitesurfing destinations, this beach hosts international kitesurfing competitions in Cape Verde.
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Accommodation pickup and drop-off
- Professional guide/driver
- Photos taken by the guide at a fixed price
- Private transportation
- Accommodation pickup and drop-off
- Professional guide/driver
- Photos taken by the guide at a fixed price
What's Not Included
- Entrance fee for Buracona blue eye
- Entrance fee Salt lake
- Shark bay fee for renting shoes
- Lunch
- Entrance fee for Buracona blue eye
- Entrance fee Salt lake
- Shark bay fee for renting shoes
- Lunch
Additional Information
We hold our work in high esteem and our dedicated team constantly strives to deliver top-notch services. Our licensed local tour guide ensures your day is exceptional, their main goal being to acquaint you with the Sal Island and the rich history and culture of Cape Verde. Not only will you explore the spectacular beaches of Sal but will also discover…
We hold our work in high esteem and our dedicated team constantly strives to deliver top-notch services. Our licensed local tour guide ensures your day is exceptional, their main goal being to acquaint you with the Sal Island and the rich history and culture of Cape Verde. Not only will you explore the spectacular beaches of Sal but will also discover other notable attractions such as the Salinas.
- Baby chairs are available upon request.
Location
Santa Maria
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(35 Ratings)
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Beccac285
Apr 21, 2026
Edgar island tour - For attention of Edgar
Pleased to say that our family experienced excellent service from your company. Our airport transport to and from the hotel was on time and comfortable.
In particular we greatly enjoyed the island tour. The open top transport made exploring the island more exciting. Our guide Scoobie was excellent with his knowledge and friendly approach in looking after us. We would very much recommend the tour especially the shark experience.
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Tonimn6425lb
Oct 23, 2025
The Best tour in Sal!! - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We had such a wonderful time on our tour with Kukuya from Union Tours in Sal, Cape Verde! He was incredibly friendly and patient, and made everyone feel comfortable right from the start. He took some truly beautiful pictures for us, kept us laughing the whole way through, and really made the experience unforgettable.
To top it all off, when my glasses fell off the truck, he went the extra mile—literally—to run back and get them for me! Such genuine kindness and dedication. Highly recommend Kukuya and Union Tours (Edgar) for anyone visiting Sal—you’ll be in great hands!
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Mevaf2025
Oct 22, 2025
Thank you Edgar, Daniel & Union tour - I found Edgar Pires’ contact information through a Facebook group and contacted him via WhatsApp. From the beginning Edgar was a great help to me, both to book the excursion and to provide me with general information about the island of Sal. His colleague Daniel, our guide on the day trip to the island, was also extremely friendly. I cannot recommend enough the services of Union Tour and Edgar.
Greetings from 🇧🇪🩵
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Camper30817944596
Sep 4, 2025
The goto people when visiting Sal. - We booked a whole private tour with Union Tours prior to arriving Sal, Cape Verde. We also booked a number of other excursions through Edgar Pires including night turtle walk, monster truck, zipline and horse riding. All handled impeccably by Edgar.
The actual tour is a must see as you get to visit a number of attractions Sal has to offer including Sleeping Lion mountain, Blue Eye Cave, Mirage, Salt Mine and Shark Bay. Other tour guide and driver Afonso and Victor were very knowledgeable, friendly and accommodating. I cannot recommend booking though Union Tours and Edgar enough. They will arrange a everything and make suggestions as to what is available on the Island.
Massive thank you to Edgar and team!
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Nenak0127
Aug 25, 2025
Excellent 5staes - Amazing experience.
Very knowledgeable guide (Daniel)
Well worth the money
Fully insured and booked through Edgar @ the lighthouse Santa Maria
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Tripmember1014202302
Jul 10, 2025
Amazing - We booked our tours via Edgar Piras on the beach at Hotel RIU Santa Maria, he sits by the lighthouse every day 10am - 4pm he is such a lovely young man, very helpful and will always be available to help you what ever you need, good restaurants, bars, shops he will advise. Our full day island tour was amazing and our guide was fantastic, we did so much and was given so much information about the island and the main town as well as the development from Shanty Town to buying their own property. I cannot recommend Edgar and his team enough, they are all truly fantastic.
I also book subs diving and turtle walk with him, it was amazing and we go home with the most unforgettable memories of Sal, of Cabo Verde and especially the people. We will be back one day.
Thank you Edgar and your team 5* all day long.
Hakuna Matata
NO STRESS
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Hungry-horrors
Jun 18, 2025
Excellent service and experience! - Thank you so much Edgar Pires for making our Cape Verde holiday so special 🇨🇻
We all LOVED the Safari Island tour in our private Jeep 😎 What an amazing day….lemon sharks, salt lakes, blue eye etc….. it was all stunning, breathtaking, and interesting.
Our guide was knowledgeable and an excellent driver on the difficult terrain. He was also a brilliant photographer, but we found that the photographs we were offered, although excellent, were overpriced.
Our teenagers also booked separately dune buggies and Jet skis - at a discounted price from Edgar 🤩
Highly recommend Edgar Pires…friendly, knowledgeable, helpful and reliable. A LEGEND 🌟
Contact Edgar by WhatsApp before you travel or meet him at the lighthouse on the beach (10-11:30) at RIU Palace Santa Maria.
No stress 😎😎😎😎😎
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Lisawfinnw5514
Jun 9, 2025
Only use Union Tours when visiting Cape Verde 🇨🇻 - Edgar you made our holiday absolutely unforgettable. Genuine and honest guy with a true interest in making the best choice for individual needs. I would recommend everyone to use Union Tours. Five stars isn’t enough, the knowledge and enthusiasm is incredible. We did 3 trips, the private island tour including lemon shark experience, blue eye and salt lake… compared to booking with TUI where each are trips separate! We did the half day Sodande catamaran cruise, fantastic for a family, the energy on board was dynamic! We also did the ebike guided tour, this was truly amazing. Memories were made because of these wonderful trips, and we didn’t have to remortgage the house to pay for them! 😜incredible value for money, can’t recommend enough ⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️
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Louise
May 19, 2025
Island Tour. Excellent customer service from Edgar - I was in communication with Edgar before we arrived in CV. Organised our island tour. Excellent knowledge and communication. Helder our guide was brilliant. We had an amazing day.
Edgar even arranged for a taxi to take me to OSPA. A credit to your company.
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J2162mcnickg
Jan 17, 2025
Union Tours - 1st class! - What a great day with our guide Helder - a lovely guy. He gave us a really informed, interested and interesting tour of the island and made it a lot of fun. He was patient and flexible to our needs throughout, giving us more time in some places when we wanted it. The lunch stop off was excellent too.
Highlights: the shark bay and salt mine swimming/floating, and the blue eye bay.
Helder gave us an insight into life on the island too and some history and thoughts about the culture, how things are changing as more visitors come.
An Excellent day and I'd really recommend.
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