Cape Verde · HIKES IN SãO VICENTE
The good hikes in São Vicente fill up in season and the best go first. Below: the 8 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Full-day Santo Antão by ferry and car, with a local guide, mountain viewpoints, rum distillery stops, and roundtrip options.
“Santo Antao is a very beautiful island and the tour is perfect to visit it from Sao Vicente, if you don't have time for a longer stay. The tour is very well organized. Our guide was great. He told us so much about the island and Cabo Verde and stopped with us the best spots. SaRead more”
Hike Monte Verde, São Vicente’s highest point, with guided pickup, cobbled climbs, and summit views plus Cape Verde tea or grogue.
Sunset hike from Mindelo to the Dona Amélia lighthouse, with sea views, possible wildlife, pickup, and coffee and tea included.
“So we were over the moon to have the guides we’d had for our island tour to take us again on our sunset walk. It was superb and again driven so carefully to the parking. Now I need to be honest the walk is not for the faint hearted…. It has itRead more”
Hike Monte Verde from Mindelo, see endemic plants and abandoned farms, reach São Vicente’s highest point, then sip local tea with views.
“Ich hatte eine unterhaltsame Wanderung mit Raquel. Einen Teil der Strecke sind wir einen steinigen, mäßig gesicherten Weg gelaufen, den Rest bis zum Gipfel dann die Straße mit Kopfsteinpflaster. Man sollte auf jeden Fall eine Windjacke mitnehmen, da es an manchen Stellen enorm windig und kalt sein kann. Leider war der Ausblick an dem Tag auch nicht gut. Dafür gab es oben einen kleinen Imbiss und Kaffee oder Tee zum Aufwärmen. Viele Touristen fahren einfach mit dem Auto zum Gipfel, es ist jedoch viel entspannter und bewusster, diesen Weg zu wandern.”
Santo Antão day trip by ferry from São Vicente with the Cova de Paúl crater hike, Paúl Valley farming, and a Grogue distillery visit.
“Unser Guide Madù war wirklich überaus freundlich und zuvorkommend. Er konnte mit seinem Wissen überzeugen und wirklich alle Fragen zu Kultur, Flora & Fauna beantworten. Er ist voll und ganz auf unsere Bedürfnisse eingegangen und hat die Tour somit zu einem herausragenden Erlebnis gemacht.”
Hike Monte Verde from Mindelo for sweeping Cape Verde panoramas, endemic plants, and a summit tea house stop in a 2-3 hour loop.
“Expérience intéressante mais sans plus : la vue est spectaculaire mais très voilée. Nous avons choisi le créneau de l’après-midi et avons pas eu droit à la dégustation de thé et de grog prévue au programme, la personne en charge de cette dégustation n’étant tout simplement pas là”
Hike extinct Volcano Viana from Calhau, walk to the crater rim, and enjoy sweeping views across Cape Verde in 3 hours.
Hike to a cliffside lighthouse, relax on São Pedro’s white sand beach, snorkel with sea turtles, and enjoy lunch with the catch of the day.
“Awestruck and guide. The hike to the lighthouse is amazing, the local food and drink is great and the swimming with turtles magical. You just need to book this one.”
Every kind of day out on the islands, and the best of each.
