Snorkeling and Trekking

Day 1

Arrive in São Vicente Island

Meet  your guide in Mindelo. Depending on the time of arrival. Check in + Info 

Welcome drink and enjoy the beach of Laginha.

Day 2

City Tour , Monte Verde and Baia das Gatas

Discovery Mindelo, cultural island, music and workshops and crossings, visit of paintings. ideal output to learn and understand how Cape Verdeans live here and know all the secrets of its history, visit different markets .Tasting local products and free time for shopping. Visiting the the highest Point of São Vicente  ( 774 m ) about sea level and a stop in baia das gatas beach for a swimming. Lunch in a local restaurant.

Day 3

São Pedro Snorkeling with the turtles – Hike lighthouse  Dona Amelia

Today  we will drive you to the village of são Pedro, fishing village ,15minuts from mindelo to swim with the turtles and to visit the colonial  lighthouse  Dona Amelia . Lunch in a local restaurant

2h walking

Elevation +250m

Level 1

Day 4

Pico da Cruz /Janela

Wake up early to take the boat to Santo Antão. From Porto Novo we wil drive you to the starting point of this beautiful hike.Crossing the village of Pico da Cruz an agriculture Village and then the green valley of Janela  in the middle of yam fields, bananas groves, sugar cane, papaya  and then we  descend to Ribeira de Penedo to reach the village of janela where we will get the lunch. Lunch in a local restaurant.

6h walking/15km

Elevation: + 1400m / -1600m

Level 1

Day 5

Boca de Ambas as Ribeiras Chã Igreja /Cruzinha

Today we go up the arid valley of Mocho  passing trough Ladeira da Garça to reach the small village of Selada de Mocho perched at about 600 m above sea level and then descend into the Chã De Igreja  and reach our hotel in Cruzinha de Garça  a small fishing village.

Lunch in a local restaurant/

4h walking/ 9 km

Accumulated Elevation +700m/-600m

Level 2

Day 6

Cruzinha /Fontainhas /Ponta do Sol

After breakfast, superb walk on the cliffs along the sea; Cruzinha small fishing village and the small rural hamlets,Formiguinhas,Corvo,and Fontaínhas. We stop in formiguinhas village for a lunch in a local restaurant  and then  we we continue to Ponta do Sol, a city with colonial architecture where you will spend the night. Lunch in a local restaurant.

6h walking /14 km

Accumulated elevation 1000m

Level 2

Day 7

Janela’s hike

From your hotel we will take you to the starting point of this wonderful walk through banana groves, sugar cane, papaya, climb one hour to appreciate nature, one hour through the houses of farmers and another hour to descend to discover and share the smiles of the people. After this great hike, we share a typical meal and a typical restaurant.

4h walking/9km

Accumulated elevation +600m/-550m

Level 2

Day 8

Valley of Paúl from the inside / Tarrafal the Montrigo

A transfer will take you to the starting point of this magnificent hike, walking among potatoes, yams, sweet potatoes, papaia and other vegetables and fruits, as a starting point of the famous hike, over 600m, a magnificent hike. with many sugar cane terraces and of course the possibility to taste the local grogue and the punch. We share a typical meal and a typical restaurant. And the tranfers to tarrafal de monte trigo in the afternoon . Lunch in a local restaurant.

4h walking/9km

Accumulated elevation +500m /-700m /

Level 1

Day 9

Tarrafal /Monte Trigo

Today we are leaving for a super coastal hike to reach Monte Trigo , a small paradisiacal village still isolated from the rest of the island and protected from the trade winds by the Topo de Coroa the highest Point of Santo Antão( 1979m). And return to Tarrafal for a second night by fishing boat 40mn

 if the sea is rough, the return will be on foot or in a total of 8 hours of walking. Because your safety is our priority. Lunch in a local restaurant

4h walking/11km

Accumulated erlevation -600m/+600m

Level 1

Day 10

Alto Mira – Ribeira das Patas-  Return to São vicente In the afternoon

Early departure from your hotel on the way to Alto Mira. After a 40-minute walk, we will arrive in Forquinha, where we will have the pleasure of a double panoramic view, on Alto Mira and Ribeira das Patas, then descent towards Ribera das Patas, where we can see the daily life of the locals, and their hard day’s work, with the land and also the rudimentary and traditional form of transporting water. Characteristic landscape of, not only for the culture but also for the contrast of the black colors of the volcanic rock, characteristic of this archipelago. Lunch on an ecological farm

At the end of the afternoon, crossing by boat from Porto Novo to Mindelo.

3h30 walking/8km

Accumulated elevation -500m/+450m

 Level

Day 11

Goodbye Cabo Verde

São Vicente Island Airport (Departure)

Transfer from your hotel to Airport Cesaria Évora

Our guide will pick you up and transfer you to the airport wishing you a nice flight home