Island Sal Full Day Private Tour: Explore Pristine Beaches and Cultural Heritage of Cape Verde

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: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Santa Maria - The tour begins with Santa Maria, the pier specifically, where you will see the locals begin their daily fishing endeavors.
  • Murdeira - View of the lion mountain.
  • Palmeira - Visiting this small fishing village which offers typical houses and lifestyle of local Cape Verde people. It is also the home of all import and export…
What's Included
  • Professional guide
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 other notable attractions such as the Salinas.

Location
Santa Maria
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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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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Bigmincey
Dec 29, 2024
OUTSTANDING SERVICE !!!! - When you get fantastic service, its a great feeling !! And this is exactly what we got with our booking !! Booked through Edgar Pires, just at the lighthouse at the RIU Palace. Great guy. Very knowledgeable, not pushy in the least. Contact him before hand on Wattsap, and he sends you a mine of useful information before you arrive. Half day tour was excellent value for money. Many other types of tours available. Would recommend to anybody, and will definately use again on a return visit. Many thanks Edgar...
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Juliero5768ut
Oct 4, 2024
Awesome Day!!! - Awesome island trip with Union tours, booked via Edgar,at Santa Maria,lighthouse,infront of Rui Palace Santa Maria. Absolutely awesome day doing the island tour with Grace. This guy was top notch. Very polite and considerate on our tour. He knew the island so well, took us to “ the eye” ,mirage, salt flats. We stopped for a drink and ordered lunch. Spot on!! Then the Lemon sharks and the salt lake. A fab day and we would really recommend this tour agency!!! Top class. Thanks so much guys!!! Edgar and Grace are an asset to this company!!!
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Stephenlo7628mo
Aug 7, 2024
Great experience - We arranged our tour through Edgar, his knowledge was impressive, and his price for the private tour was around 50% cheaper than TUI's price. During the tour, we visited the famous blue eye, the lemon sharks, the salt pits, a mirage, and some other beauty spots, along with getting lunch. We had a great day riding around on an open back pickup truck and bought some lovely souvenirs. As part of the tour they take photos which you are not obligated to purchase, but the price was do cheap, that we did purchase them.
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Simon
Jul 23, 2024
Union tour The island tour ! - We had a full day tour booked with Edgar for two cars with a total of 13 adults and 2 children Only 11 of us made the trip Edgar had no problems amending the booking as soon as he was informed why some had dropped out The tour was brilliant seeing the blue eye in clear skys ( don’t know if Edgar got rid of the clouds ?). Seeing the lemon sharks swim between our legs Bobbing in the salt Seeing and being told sights around the island of importance to the people.especially shanty town and how it is being removed and new low cost housing provided The tour was great value the guides were first class the offered photos at the end are well worth it and the content was brilliant Thank you from the park family and friends
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805derrickb
Jun 23, 2024
Great firm - Fantastic trip well organised by a great company Edgar is a very courteous and helpful man his guides and knowledgeable and very helpful
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Zara
Jun 7, 2024
Amazing - Booked an Island tour with Edgar for a family of 8. Had an amazing day. Our driver Helder was brilliant, really kind, helpful and informative. Pleased we booked through Edgar as we had all information we needed before trip and he could not have been more helpful. Blue eye, stunning must see! Lemon sharks amazing experience. Whole day was great. Definitely recommend.
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978shaunk
Apr 28, 2024
Edgar is the best ( half day island tour) - We booked the half day tour through Edgar at the light house on the beach at riu palace hotel, Edgar is amazing I will send you so much information on WhatsApp about all the tours etc, our Driver was Grace and he drove superb and told us about the island and took some great photos for us.
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From $183 (Per Package)
up to 8 guests
1 - Traveler
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).