Sal Island Tour: Explore Culture, History, and Nature

Embark on an authentic tour of Sal Island with a local certified guide. Explore volcanic pools, salt deserts, and witness lemon sharks in their natural habitat. Immerse yourself in the island’s culture and history while enjoying the comfort and safety of a professional guide.

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Shark Bay - Experience the thrill of observing lemon sharks up close in their natural habitat.
  • Pedra Lume Salt Crater - Salinas, the world’s only salt lake within a volcanic caldera, offers warm waters that help alleviate everyday stress. Don’t leave the island without enjoying a bath in the saline thermal waters, where spas, hydromassage,…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Liability insurance
  • Local and certified guide
  • Shark Bay
  • Photos and videos taken by the guide
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Entrance fees
  • Entrance fees
Additional Information

Certified company and guides, guarantee of quality, comfort and best price, local guide, knows the island, its history and culture well. Discover the beautiful island of Sal, as well as the island’s highlights, local places, street arts and more with your expert local guide.
Discover volcanic pools, salt deserts, see lemon sharks in their natural…

Location
Shark Bay
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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213heraa
Jan 27, 2026
A must do - A very comprehensive tour of Sal, great value for money for all that is included, which is pretty much every attraction the island has to offer! The guide was honest with us when certain things were outside of peak season such as the blue eye, or when some things were just photo ops rather than an experience we didn’t waste too much time on it. Great communication - they contacted me the day before to confirm the details including what I should bring. Picked me up from the door of my accommodation even though I wasn’t at a major hotel. The tour comprised of 3 other travellers which was a nice number to get to know each other. The tour lasted from around 9am to 5pm Included a delicious lunch
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Alessiol902
Jan 23, 2026
Super nice - We loved our tour of the island, frankly it was well explained, the places are beautiful, we ate very well. A very good excursion. I recommend.
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Catia_f
Jan 22, 2026
A memorable day with Arlindo - We made the tour of the island with pick up in Murdeira and it went very well from the beginning. The organization was punctual and without any problems. The place where we had lunch was spectacular. We chose cachupa and we liked it a lot: the dose was very well served, with a drink included, and we found the price quite affordable (11€). Our guide was Arlindo and we couldn't have been better served. Over the course of the day, he shared with us a bit of his history, the practices of his family and the local culture, always clarifying our doubts and curiosities in a very genuine and close way. In Palmeira we visited a store where it was possible to buy souvenirs and also taste some local drinks, such as grogue. The experience that marked us most was, without a doubt, Shark Bay. This tour is an excellent way to get to know the Island of Salt. We wish everything good to Arlindo and recommend the experience.
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246renzot
Jan 18, 2026
Holidays in January - Fantastic trip with a professional and nice guide. Great experience to know the island of Sal with companions from different nationalities.
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Natalijav409
Jan 17, 2026
Recommend - Nice trip. You get to see all Sal attractions
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Sandro_s
Jan 17, 2026
A complete island experience - Everything went very smoothly, I can totally recommend the operator - staff spoke excellent english!
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Emilyce6307gq
Jan 13, 2026
Amazing - So worth the money! Our guide was so informative and funny, genuinely made the day incredible despite having a bit of cloudy weather!
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Claudia_j
Jan 11, 2026
We love it! - Arlindo was extremely friendly and we really liked the experience. He explained us a lot of things about Cape Verde's history and was very attentive throughout the visit. We highly recommend!
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Xiomara99000
Jan 11, 2026
Fantastic experience - It was a fantastic experience with a very good guide who told us all about the history of the island and lots of background at each stop.
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Vanesa_m
Jan 16, 2026
Not recommended - The guide wrote a WhatsApp advising of the pickup time the previous day at 21:50 at night and changing the one in the app and in the booking. Since I don't have data I didn't see him until the day of departure and when they arrived they had already left without picking us up. They didn’t give us enough advance notice of that change and, if we hadn’t complained a lot and called non-stop, they wouldn’t have picked us up again. They should advise that the pick-up time will vary according to the hotel where you are located and that they will give 24h advance notice to be warned, as well as recommendations that shoes take, towels, cash or card payment, etc. to make the excursion go well. Very nice places but the guide had no interest, told things with a muted tone and reluctantly. The blue eye looks nothing, not only because there were clouds, but because the entry of s complicated and dangerous, so, a little disappointing. Las Salinas is fine if you want to bathe, but you have to pay for showering too. The food was bad, at least the chicken I ate. The shark experience is very cool, I recommend that. The fishing village is also fine, you see live how it is done and the conditions in which they do it.... Overall, pretty boring experience. The driver was going very fast. I wouldn't repeat.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).