Sal Island Tour: Salinas Salt Lake, Pedra de Lume Village, and up close encounter with Lemon Sharks

Experience the beauty of Sal Island on a half-day tour. Visit Salinas Salt Lake, Pedra de Lume Village, and get up close with lemon sharks in their natural habitat.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Santa Maria - We’ll pick you up at your hotel in Santa Maria between 1 pm and 1:30 pm. From here, we’ll drive to our first destination of the day, the eastern part of the island to visit Shark Bay and see its famous lemon sharks up close. Here you’ll be able to enjoy a 20-minute observing lemon sharks swimming around you.
    Afterwards, we’ll visit…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • On-site assistance
  • Expert and local guide
  • Liability insurance
  • Hotel pickup and return transfer
What's Not Included
  • Admission fees
Additional Information

Enjoy a half day island tour and visit places like Salinas salt lake, Pedra de Lume Village, the first populated village on Sal island which retains its architecture intact. Have the experience to see the lemon sharks in their natural environment very closely.
Salinas serves to forget the stress of everyday life, not having to leave the island without…

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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112francoisea
Feb 24, 2026
Beautiful day - Thank you to Vanessa who was very professional and who is very friendly. Thanks also to Joseph experienced and careful driver Françoise and Agnes
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Silke
Feb 5, 2026
Many beautiful impressions collected. - It was very exciting with the sharks. Bathing in the salt pans was an experience. Can only be recommended. Keep going.
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Renaud_b
Dec 24, 2025
A great guide! We have... - A great guide! We enjoyed this activity well. The guide s is adapted according to the weather 😀.
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Christine_l
Dec 6, 2025
Fabulous experience with... - Fabulous experience with sharks and salt lakes Staff were very kind and helpful in the water. Brilliant
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John2321489
Nov 23, 2025
Nice, compact tour of several sights - Enjoyable three hour trip. Good when you don't want a full day tour (we liked the afternoon start time). Vanessa was a super nice guide. A bit hard to hear what she said during the rides between places because of the loud noise the car made. For clarity it should be mentioned in the What's included - section that everyone needs to pay the 2€ fee at the shark bay. Even if you bring your own suitable shoes, you pay a "shoe fee". One guy brought Crocs, as instructed, and still had to pay the shoe rental fee (which were also Crocs).
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Emery_t
Sep 23, 2025
Exciting and Fun!!! - We were allowed to sit in the open air bit at the back of the 4x4! It was amazing! I love floating in the salt lake it’s so relaxing.
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Joana
Jan 1, 2026
Villa de Pedra Lume - A visit to the village of Pedra Lume could be on foot to visit places like the church, for example. I loved the visit and the guides!
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Adventure19465430881
Sep 5, 2025
A lot of walking on uneven rocky ground - The trip was good but not happy with trip advisor it didn’t say you have to pay everything separately when u book the trip it doesn’t say that when u book
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Miguelml87
Feb 12, 2026
Dire experience - Dire experience, we were not picked up and despite telling us to request the return, then it is their word against yours and we were charged 62€ for an excursion not made. Don't make the same mistake, there are other cheaper and more reliable companies
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S3135bojavis
Jan 19, 2026
Lousy service. - If you don’t want to lose a vacation day don’t book with these people. They have had 1 hour waiting at the door of the hotel and then they send me a message that they cancel it because according to them I booked very late when it says you can book up to an hour before. And they take time to pay you back. Anyway. They sell more tickets than they can take on
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From $36
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).