Sal: Sun, Salt & Sea
Turquoise water, a volcano you float in, and the country's best beach.
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Santiago is the roots island: Africa's oldest colonial city, volcanic highlands, interior market towns and live batuku and morna. Every touring day is led by our born-and-raised Santiago guides, and we're on call 24/7.
A starting point, not a straitjacket — we tailor every day to your pace. Below is the one-week rhythm.
Private airport pickup and transfer to your boutique guesthouse in the historic Plateau. Welcome dinner with live morna.
Private transferPrivate guided morning through the first European city in the tropics: Forte Real de São Filipe, Rua Banana, the pillory square and the cathedral ruins. Afternoon in Praia's Plateau and Sucupira market.
Private guideA guided hike through the highland park — cloud forest, ridgelines and the Ribeira Principal trail toward the sea. Lunch with a local farming family.
Guided hikeNorth to Tarrafal, Santiago's finest beach beneath the mountains. The sobering Tarrafal camp museum, then swim and unwind; sunset seafood on the coast.
Beach dayInto the green heart of the island: mountain views from Rui Vaz, the São Jorge dos Órgãos botanical garden, and the big interior market at Assomada.
Private guideSão Domingos and the eastern coast at Pedra Badejo, then an evening of batuku — Santiago's own drumming and dance tradition — with the people who keep it alive.
CultureFree morning for last coffee and markets, then a private transfer to the airport.
DepartureTwo weeks doubles the island: deeper into the interior valleys, slow days on Tarrafal beach, a coastal boat trip, and more batuku, grogue and market mornings — same curated backbone, more time to live it.
Led start to finish by our Santiago team — born-and-raised guides who take you into the real Cidade Velha and the interior villages, not the tour-bus loop. Someone's reachable 24/7 the whole trip.
Turquoise water, a volcano you float in, and the country's best beach.
Both islands, one trip — Santiago's roots and mountains, then Sal's turquoise shore.