Hey travelers & hikers !

I will be in Cape Verde for a month and am currently planning the Santo Antao portion of my trip.

Could you please let me know if these hikes offer a sufficiently varied look at what the north east of Santo Antao has to offer ? Any interesting hikes (maybe some more off the beaten track) I may have missed here ? Considering switching my 3rd night to be in Xoxo rather than Coculi. Which town is nicer to stay in ? At what time must you generally leave to catch public transport back on time to your accommodation ? Also, read it's better to do the Ponta do sol hike the other way around and to start in Cha de Igrega instead, would you agree to that ? Lastly, I saw there are many different versions of the Pico da Cruz hike, which one is the most impressive considering we are 2 well experienced hikers?

Any advice welcome :). many thanks and happy treks to everyone !

This November, I’ll be visiting São Nicolau for the first time! Although I’m from Brockton in the States my family is from Santo Antão and Mindelo, and I’ve been on a personal mission to visit every island of Cabo Verde and capture its beauty, history, and stories through my lens.
I’ve been curious about São Nicolau ever since a friend from Santo Antão, an island I absolutely love, told me he actually preferred São Nicolau. I’ve wanted to see it for myself ever since!

My goal is to Romanticize Cabo Verde through my lens. A place I have tremendous love, honor and respect for. I want to tell a valuable historical documentary as well but I don’t know Sao Nicolau in the same way I know the last two islands I made videos for. I attached a video I made about Santo Antão, and I’m hoping to create something similar for São Nicolau.
I’ll be there November 22–28 and would really love to connect with locals! If you know any interesting stories, traditions, historical places, or hidden gems, please share. And if you’re from the island and would be open to meeting up, showing me around, or sharing your perspective, I’d love that even more!

I also speak Creole and Portuguese, so language shouldn’t be a barrier.

My hope is to tell a story that reflects what makes São Nicolau special through the eyes of the people who know it best. If you are free at all even just for a coffee please let me know.

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Hey everyone! 👋 We’re two boys 22 years old travelling to Cape Verde from November 11th to 24th.

We’re looking for an adventurous trip with beautiful beaches, island hopping, hikes, local food, nightlife and meeting new people along the way. We’d love to meet other travellers aged 20–25 to explore the islands together, share excursions and taxis, go out for drinks, and have a great time.

Our itinerary is still flexible, so we’re happy to adapt our plans if our dates and destinations overlap!

Anyone around the same age travelling to Cape Verde during those dates? Whether you’re travelling solo, with a friend or as a couple, feel free to message me and we can organise something! 🌊✈️🍻

Hello everyone! My friend and I (23F) will hopefully be visiting Cape Verde this December. Both of us have traveled to many European countries and a few Asian countries, but have never been to Africa. We will stay for one week, 3 days in Sao Vicente and 4 days in Santo Antao (hotels in Mindelo and Ribeira Grande). I'm really excited for the trip, have done quite a bit of research and know people who have been to these islands and enjoyed their time there, but I would appreciate any tips or things to look out for before booking the plane tickets haha, thank you very much!!

Anybody by chance has tomorrow a car/collectivo/taxi organised and is travelling to Cruzinha? I’d like to hike to coast to Ponta Do Sol, but seems its pretty expensive for the one way trip (3500-4000 CVE) Thanks in advance!

Hello!

I am doing a trip to Cabo Verde in November/December, about 10 days with flights in and out of Sal. I was hoping to visit some other islands. What is the best way to get around the different islands? Private boattrip, ferries, domestic flights?

Thanks is advance for any help!

I'm interested in a 10 day inn-to-inn backpacking route in Santo Antao in Cape Verde. I saw this route: https://www.outdooractive.com/en/route/long-distance-hiking/cape-verde/cape-verde-total-the-santo-antao-traverse/105929407/ has anyone tried it? The description sounds like there is a lot of desert travel without much water. Is that typical in December?

Hi all,

My boyfriend and I are going to Boa Vista for 7 days in November. Our plan is to stay a couple of days in Sal Rei and after that rent a car and travel/explore the island.

I have read a few things online, but I have not found much about people staying that long in Boa Vista. I have a few questions, if anyone is able to answer.

1. is it really necessary to get guided tours for activities or is it doable to explore the island on our own?

2. how are the roads and how easy is it to drive around?

3. how is the weather generally that time of the year?

4. are there many hotels/airbnb/accommodation in the smaller town and villages, and is it safe/possible to camp?

I am looking for any recommendation, experience or advice from anyone that has been or locals. We are looking for a relaxing but also - sounds counterintuitive, I know - active holiday. Loads of tanning but, as mentioned, loads of exploring too.

Thank you in advance!

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hello! I'm thinking of going with my partner for 11-13 days to CV. We would like to visit Sao Vicente and Santo Antao, do you think that also adding the island of Santiago would be interesting or too many islands for that time?

Hello! I am traveling to Sal and Santiago soon and I’m finding it a bit hard to plan transport and activities. I don’t want to rent a vehicle full time in either place, but I also don’t want to end up getting stranded or not seeing much if I can’t find a taxi at times.

Main questions:

For Sal, should I rent an ATV for the day or do a group tour? I’m very interested in Shark Bay but pretty flexible aside from that. Starting from Santa Maria area. I don’t really want to be rushed through the stops and I’m most interested in ocean activities, so I thought my own transport may be better, but not sure…

For Santiago, I need to secure transport to and from Praia/Tarrafal, and a hiace sounds like my best bet. But I’m wondering if I should do a tour on my way over so I can see some viewpoints since it may be hard to get transportation to hike there. And then not take the second half of the tour back to Praia if they agree to that.

Also, is card reliable or do I need to bring cash? And if so, will it be easy to find ATMs or should I bring the full amount I may need?

Thoughts? ☺️

Hello!

I'm planning my first Cape Verde trip as a solo traveler. I'm into hiking and local culture, with a few beach days at the end to wind down.

Planned route: Fly Amsterdam → Sal (direct, easyJet), same day domestic flight to São Vicente for 2–3 nights in Mindelo, then ferry to Santo Antão for 6 nights of hiking. Ferry back to São Vicente, domestic flight to Sal for 3 relaxed beach days before flying home.

Does this route make sense, or would you change anything? I'm also struggling with the domestic flights — the Cabo Verde Airlines website only shows Praia as a destination from Sal, not São Vicente directly. Is that normal, and how do you usually book these? And how far in advance would you recommend booking for January/February?

Any tips welcome! 🙏

I'm curious which Cape Verdean songs you love most? Morna, coladeira, funaná, batuku, old or new, anything goes, except the famous ones like Sodade 😉 Looking for some hidden gems...

Hi, we are a couple of guys on holiday in the beautiful Cabo Verde. We enjoyed your run during the WC very much! As football fans we like to collect jerseys of local teams of places we have been to. That's why we have been looking for a jersey of one of the local teams, but with no luck so far. Does anyone know where we could try to get a local jersey? Your help is much appreciated!

Hey Community,

My Partner and I are planning to visit Cape Verde for roughly 12 Nights during new years Eve.

Our Plan is currently something like:
We arrive in Sal, have some relaxed days at the Beach, celebrate there new years Eve. Then we fly to sao Vicente and from there we Take the Ferry to sao antao for at least 2 days of hiking. Then back to sao Vicente and maybe fly to boa Vista or directly to sal and spend at least 1 Night before the international flight is at sal to be on the Safe side for delays.

This is our plan at the moment. I would Like to hear your advise on the itinerary.
1) new years Eve in Sal is a good idea? Or rather fly earlier to Sao Vicente or any other place? We Both like to Party and meet people if that helps.
Is there a specific Event/Place to go on These Island for it?
2) how many days would you spend on sao vicente and sao antao.
I assume if we Take a morning Ferry between the Island I could still do Like the hike from the Vulcano to the value Same day? I definitely want to do the coastal hike as well.
3) what’s your opinion on Doing boa Vista, is it worth it to do the extra stop or is quite similar to Sal and it’s makes more sense for Beach just go directly back to Sal as our flight is from there?

And of course any other recommendations is very much welcome!

Many thanks

In São Vicente Kriol, how should I say the final /t/ sound, such as in words like bsôt, dóte, móde?

(Being an English speaker, my brain is always confused with T and R sounds, because there are so many of them and they don't always map to the same letters. There's no choosing "the obvious one" for me.)

Greetings from CV! Fish from the BBQ and Strela 🥰

Hi all!! We are a family of 4 a 6 year old and a one year old have booked to come to Cabo verde in November, flying to Sal is the cheapest from cork in Ireland so that’s our arrival and starting point.
We really would love to relax, watch sunsets swim and explore aswell.. the kids are well travelled and used of ferry and buses.
My thoughts is we relax around sal and enjoy the music and vibe at night as my 6 year old loves watching entertainment. And possibly tie in sai Vicente and sai antao? We will have two weeks in total.
Is it possible to get ferries? I see lots of blogs where they had no issues.
Also, eating in local places what should we expect to pay roughly?
Any input would be fab! I’ve watched every video at this point
Thanks
Helena

Sorry, another of these posts 🙈. But I appreciate all the input from folks here.

Cabo Verde has been on my list for a long time (even before CV rightfully got all the love at the World Cup, I swear). Now I realise that Easyjet connections from Europe are quite reasonable, I'm tempted to try and get out there during the Northern European winter.

I speak fluent (Brazilian) Portuguese so hoping that helps me get around ok (might be a fun challenge to try a couple of words of Kriolu). Would love any tips on an itinerary.

From here I see the easiest flight options are to Sal. Given the high number of package holiday flights from TUI etc to Sal, is the island pretty much full of big tourist resorts? Worth sticking around there, or getting to other islands?

My girlfriend and I would be more into: staying in smaller more chill bed and breakfasts (thinking of the pousada vibe from Brazil), enjoying the local cuisine, some gentle hikes (so likely not Sal), bit of beach and a swim in the sea (but don't need to stay there all day), culture (looks like Cabo Verde has a proud revolutionary history).

Even if Jan/Feb isn't the warmest time of the year, it'll still be nicer than here :). I hear it's windy, and I've never kite surfed in my life.

Which other islands should I read up on? As the islands are pretty far apart, I'm assuming domestic flights instead of ferries will be the move.

Big fan of 'open jaw' flights so I can cover more ground without doubling back. So far I can't figure out a cheap option to get me home from Boa Vista or São Vicente without an overnight in Portugal (not a terrible option)

Obrigadu!

Just as a warning to others, I was robbed/pickpocketed yesterday in Funana, a guy I met maybe an hour prior and danced with stole my wallet out of my hand and ran away with it.

Please be careful. I lost my bank card and the cash I had in the wallet. After 3 trips to Santa Maria maybe I got too relaxed and was not careful enough.

I read that Bestfly is recommended but I can't seem to find booking information or schedules on their site. I also looked at Cape Verde airlines but it seems that they have so much flights. I am curious about Santiago to São Vincente. Any insight is appreciated!