Santiago Island Experience - Culture, Nature & Tarrafal Beach
Description
Enjoy a full-day tour exploring the interior and coast of Santiago Island, the best way to discover Cape Verde’s culture, history, and landscapes. After morning pickup, travel to São Domingos, Órgãos, and Picos to admire impressive mountains. Continue to Assomada City to visit the local market and experience daily island life. Stop at Good Entry to see the largest and oldest tree in Cape Verde, the 700 - year-old Kapok tree. Visit Serra Malagueta Natural Park for breathtaking views from 1,000 meters above sea level. Head to Tarrafal City to explore the historic concentration camp, relax on Tarrafal Beach, and enjoy time for swimming and lunch. In the afternoon, drive along the east coast to the Rabelados village, then continue through Calheta to Pedra Badejo to see the country’s largest banana plantation. This tour combines nature, culture, history, and beach time for an authentic Santiago Island experience.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Eco Center
Assomada Market
Serra da Malagueta Natural Park
Resistance Museum
Tarrafal Beach
Rabelado Community
St. Michael's Calheta
Whiting Stone
Market day Wednesday and Saturday
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(14)
This was a thoroughly enjoyable tour with a safe driver and knowledgeable guide. Eddie the guide went out of his way to ensure we good insight into the way of life on the island.
Thank you for your kind words! We’re so happy you enjoyed the tour and felt safe throughout the experience. Eddie will be delighted to know you appreciated his knowledge and insights about island life. We hope to welcome you again soon! Best regards,
Very good day with our guides. Beautiful immersion in Cape Verdean culture! We discovered very different places (markets, banana grove, landscapes...)
Merci Beaucoup. Ce fut un grand plaisir de vous guider et de vous faire découvrir notre île de manière authentique.
It was a great day with our guide Apollo, we recommend you 100%!! A day full of discoveries, both rewarding and filled with good humor and laughter. we trusted him with our eyes closed 🙂🙂
Merci beaucoup!! Ce fut un plaisir de vous guider autour de notre belle île.
We had a wonderful time. Kevin was a perfect guide- very polite, thoughtful and courteous. An interesting trip through the entire island. Highly recommended.
Thank you very much for choosing the tour "Santiago Island Experience" and for giving our guide Kevin the opportunity to show you our beautiful island. It was a pleasure!!
Stopping by this house and eating fresh papaya. Going to Tarrafel beach and a nice dinner with Kefy. Then walking the beach. On the way home stopping for fresh coconut milk. After we ate the coconut.
Thank you very much for such wonderful words, It was a pleasure to show you our beautiful Island. Thank you
The Santiago Island tour was just simply the best! And this was not only because of how much the island has to offer (a lot!), but equally as much because of the amazing guide. Ed is very attentive, genuinely friendly, easy going, knowledeable, and goes out of his way to make the experience an amazing one. A thousand thanks for this perfect day!!! Highly recommended, and will book again any time.
Thank you veru much....It was a wonderful day. It was a pleaure to guide you around our beautiful island. See you next time
Edmilson has been very kind and careful in driving me around the Island stopping any time I asked for. Also some places are not to miss on this day tour: Assomada, Tarrafal, Serra de Malagueta, Rabaledos village and all the glimpes of rural areas and people along the route. Do not forget to take a look at Pico de Antonia silhouette on the way back to Praia when the sun is about to set.
Thank you very much...it was a pleasure to show you our beautiful Island.
I had an exceptional tour, with an excellent guide, Edimilson, that made me discover the whole island in one day. Very cultivated, well educated and very experient.
Thank you very much.....It was a great pleasure to guide you around our beautiful island.
Good walk which allows you to quickly discover the different landscapes of the island and especially the beach of Tarrafal with a very good guide!!
Merci beaucoup....Ce fut un plaisir
Fabulous day-tour around the island with a dedicated, knowledgeable guide, Eddie. We completed a comprehensive circuit from Praia up to the north, then back south via the western side of the island. Eddie's English is superb and he does all he can to make the tour as interesting and exciting as possible. If you're planning to visit other islands, get in touch with Eddie or his colleagues to get the latest on inter-island travel options as they're hard to figure out from abroad.
Thank you very much...It was a pleasure to show you our beautiful island
