Captivating Cabo Verde 15 Days Complete package

Flight to Cape Verde. You will be picked up on arrival on Santiago Island.
Welcome and transfer to the hotel in Praia. 

Meals not included.

Pick up from hotel after breakfast.
Today you leave Santiago to fly to the island of Fogo.  

After half an hour of flight, you land in São Filipe, where your driver is waiting for you.
You will be dropped off in the heart of the large crater in the centre of the island, in Cha das Caldeiras.

Indeed, the island of Fogo, “fire” in Portuguese, is aptly named. This round island is marked, in its center, by a huge fertile crater of 8km². In its heart of stands the large Pico de Fogo, whose summit reaches 2800 meters.
Once you arrive in the small crater side village of Cha das Caldeiras, you settle into a warm family pension.

Meals included.
Accommodation: Homestay​

Exploration on foot of the crater.
Morning departure for the discovery of the active volcano of Fogo which allows you to have a complete view of Chã das Caldeiras and the successive eruptions of the volcano from the highest point of the archipelago of Cape Verde (2829m).

6h30 walk up and down, Difference in altitude +: 1100m; Difference in altitude -: 1100 m.

Picnic and dinner included.
Accommodation: Homestay

After breakfast continue by car to São Filipe, where you will visit the Municipal Museum and the atypical parish church of Conceição: a beautiful church with a blue façade.

In the afternoon, flight return to Praia.

Meals included. Dinner at the restaurant.​
Accommodation: Hotel

During the morning, you will discover the Plateau, the historic centre of Praia: the historic streets, Albuquerque Square, the Catholic Church and the colourful municipal market.

You will then descend from the Plateau to reach Sucupira, a labyrinth-shaped market, the largest in Cape Verde. At the end of the morning, head to Cidade Velha, former capital of the island, and a former colonial trading post, classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, for a lunch by the sea.
After the meal, visit the fort of São Filipe which protected the city, the Pillory where the slaves were chained, passage in front of the old cathedral, the church, the convent, the historic Rua Banana before returning to Praia.

Meals included.
Accommodation: Hotel

Following breakfast, you will take the mountain road to the north of the island, in Tarrafal, and return by the coastal road, in order to have a global overview of the island during the day. 

Stop at São Jorge dos Órgãos where you will visit the Botanical Garden. Continue to Assomada and cross the Serra Malagueta, a national park with impressive relief.

Arrival in Tarrafal at the end of the morning, visit of the former political prison camp, the centre of the village and the beach.
Lunch. Return to Praia by the coastal road stopping at Calheta São Miguel and Pedra Badejo: fishing and farming villages where large cane and banana plantations end close to the sea.

Meals included.  
Accommodation: Hotel

After breakfast, transfer from your hotel to the airport and flight to São Vicente.

Arrival at São Vicente airport. Welcome and transfer to Mindelo. Installation one night in a charming hotel in the city centre.

Depending on the arrival time, you can enjoy the visit of the city, its markets, museum, many bars and restaurants, the beach of Laginha make it a very lively city (except on Sundays when everything is closed – the animation is concentrated at the beach).

Meals included. Dinner included in a local restaurant.  
Accommodation: Hotel

Morning visit to Mindelo. Located in one of the most beautiful bays in the world, the city of Cesaria Evora evokes a certain bohemian art of living. The tranquillity of the central market contrasts with the more African atmosphere of the open-air bazaar of Estrela Square.

After a lunch by the sea, and a possible swim, the afternoon is devoted to the discovery of a part of the island by vehicle by the Central Oasis: walk from the beach of Praia Grande to the village of Calhau, between Ocean and petrified lava.

Return to Mindelo at the end of the day and traditional dinner with music.

Meals included. Dinner included in a local restaurant.  
Accommodation: Hotel

After breakfast, you take the boat for a one-hour crossing to reach Santo Antão, characterized by imposing mountains, green valleys that draw the very steep and fascinating relief of this island.

From Porto Novo you take the spectacular Rope Route, climbing the southern foothills of the island to reach the wooded ridges. In the middle of the ridges is Cova, a large volcanic crater whose bottom is cultivated and the perimeter wooded. You make a pleasant hike around the crater.
You join Coculi at the end of the day, before settling for two nights in a charming rural cottage, nestled in the mountains.

Meals included 
Accommodation: Hotel

Departing from your accommodation, you set off on foot to explore the pretty colourful village of Fontainhas, overlooking the ocean and starting point of a famous coastal path.

Continuation aboard your vehicle: pass through the Col de Garça, to go down to the small flowery village of Cha d’Igreja. Continue to Cruzinha, a small fishing village, then to the sandy beach of Zaranhas. 

Return to the cottage for dinner and overnight.
Meals included.  
Accommodation: Hotel

From your accommodation, you will discover Ribeira Grande, the main valley of the island, from which several cultivated valleys are born and dotted with small hamlets.
You take a walk in these valleys, between sugar cane and banana trees.

Transfer along the coast in the afternoon to Vila das Pombas and installation for 2 nights, in Paul, facing the sea in comfortable residence.
Meals included
Accommodation: Hotel

Short morning transfer to go up the lush Paul Valley to the end of the road.
The landscapes are breath-taking, the villages perched on promontories, the vegetation is abundant and the welcome in each village is very warm.

From hamlet to hamlet, you hike in this lush valley reputed to be the most beautiful in the archipelago, discovering rural life.
Your walk ends on the seafront where you will find your hotel.

Meals included.
Accommodation: Hotel

You leave for Porto Novo by the coastal road and continue to the west of the island to explore the semi-desert side of the island. Discovery of Ribeira das Patas, between oases of crops, basalt blades and farming villages. During the day, you visit the village women’s handicraft association. Overnight at the hotel in the village of Ribeira das Patas

Meals included.
Accommodation: Hotel

In the morning your driver picks you up to drop you off in Porto Novo. Boat to Mindelo at 10am. On your return, to Mindelo short transfer to the airport for the flight to Praia.

Arrival on Santiago Island. Welcome and transfer to the hotel in Praia

Free meals.
Accommodation: Hotel

Transfer to the airport and flight to your return home.

Breakfast included

Adeus Cabo Verde!

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Group minimum 05

Rates:
EUR2250 per person based on 2 people sharing in Double room