07 Days Discovering Santo Antão

Flight to São Vicente, Cape Verde. Arrival at 12:30 if arriving on TAP Air Portugal.

You will be picked up on arrival in São Vicente Island and transferred to Mindelo.
Visit of the city to adapt to the time of arrival.
The colonial architecture and the cobbled and colourful alleys all around the bay give Mindelo an overseas charm, embellished by the vegetable and fish markets, and by the small beach of Laginha.

For a Sunday arrival, the city slumbers and the animation is concentrated around the beach.

Meals included: dinner
Overnight at hotel

Pick up from hotel after breakfast at 0900.

Transfer to the port. Ferry (1 hour crossing) to Porto Novo, on the island of Santo Antão.
Short transfer to Ribeira das Patas. Hike to discover the semi-arid landscapes of Ribeira das Patas, between oases of cultures, basaltic lakes and farming villages.

Walking down to our accommodation in Chã de Morte, for two nights.

Hiking hours: between 3h and 3h30. Elevation: + 380 m/ Elevation – 490 m

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch bag and dinner
Accommodation: family pension

Transfer to Cirio. Ascent on the plateau of Norte.
The view is in the distance, on one side, on the arid volcanic summit. On the other side, towards the bottom of the valley where the sources captured allow the multiplication of green oases – lemon and sugar cane are the queen cultures of this part of the island.
Descent on an impressive paved cliff path, in the middle of the jagged volcanic relief.

Hiking hours: between 5h and 5h30. Elevation: +720 m /Elevation – 910 m

Return in the afternoon to your accommodation.

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch bag and dinner
Accommodation: family pension

Transfer by the coast and up the lush Paul Valley, the greenest and cultivated valley of the archipelago.
Terraces planted with coffee, banana trees, guava trees, sugar canes, orange trees and vegetables of all kinds.

The end of the walk takes you back to your accommodation.

 Hiking hours: 5h. Elevation: +550 m /Elevation – 750 m

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch bag and dinner
Accommodation: hotel

Morning transfer to the Ribeira Grande valley and the village of Cruzinha.

From here you continue along the coastal path that passes through the abandoned village of Zaranhas, the green valley of Corvo and then the perched and colorful village of Fontainhas before reaching Ponta do Sol, the ancient floral port of the island.

Transfer back to your accommodation in Paul.

Hiking hours: 5h30. Elevation: +500 m /Elevation – 500 m

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch bag and dinner
Accommodation: hotel

Short morning transfers to reach Ribeira da Torre.
A deep volcanic valley surrounded by cliffs and dotted with peaks, where we spend the day discovering rural life and cultures. The path and the irrigation canals lead us to the peasant village of Rabo Curto. Descend through the fields of sugar cane and yams.

Continuation to the port of Porto Novo via the rope route, a monumental paved structure crossing the mountains.

Hiking hours: between 3h and 3h30. Elevation: +450 m /Elevation – 450 m

Ferry back to Mindelo. Transfer back to your accommodation in town.

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch bag and dinner
Accommodation: hotel

Transfer to the airport according to your flight schedule and flight home.

Meals included: Breakfast

Adeus Cabo Verde!