Discover the beauty of Santo Antão with one of our flexible full-day excursions. Your local guide will take you on a full-day island tour, bringing the Island’s stories to life. You can choose from 4 different options to best suit your travel plans and activity level
2 Island Highlights by Car:
* From São Vicente: Includes harbor transfers and roundtrip ferry tickets.
* From Santo Antão (Porto Novo): Ideal if you’ve already booked ferry tickets or are staying on the island.
2 Trekking Options:
* From São Vicente: Includes harbor transfers and roundtrip ferry tickets.
* From Santo Antão (Porto Novo): Perfect for those already on the island or with ferry tickets booked.


Santo Antão: Day Trip by Car or Trek

We provide high quality tours on all islands of Cape Verde. This tour will show you all the highlights that Santo Antão has to offer. We offer high quality tours that enable you to feel and experience the true Morabeza feeling.

Why choose us? 

- Group size
​With a maximum of 15 people, our small group tours make for a far better travel experience than other touroperators. 

- 100% Cape Verde
We're the CapeVerde experts and our guides promise a 100% authentic CapeVerdean experience.

- Cultural Experiences 
Every tour includes experiences to show you our unique CapeVerdean culture.



Full-Day Island Tour in Santo Antão with Lunch Included

Explore the most famous hiking trail in Santo Antão. Enjoy a 3-hour hike from Cova Natural Park to the Green Valley of Paúl with a local guide. Have breathtaking views of Paúl Volcano Crater above 1000 meters high.

Santo Antão: Trekking Cova de Paúl Volcano Crater - Ribeira de Paúl 

Explore Santo Antão's highlights on this full-day tour from your accommodation. Enjoy breathtaking views of Cova Natural Park and Paúl volcano crater above 1000 meters high. Visit a distillery and taste the famous local rum called “Grogue”.

Santo Antão: Full-day Island Tour & Visit to Cova de Paúl Volcano Crater

Discover Fontainhas, one of the 10 villages with the best view in the world. Relish a picnic at Praia das Aranhas, a place for turtle's nesting where you can swim depending on the sea conditions. Hike and enjoy breathtaking views between volcanic rocks and the ocean

Santo Antão: Hike Ponta do Sol - Fontainhas - Cruzinha 

The Cachupa hike is more than just a hike. It provides an unique insight in the culture of Santo Antao. During this hike you will get in contact with locals and learn about the flora and fauna the Island has to offer.

Want to get your hands dirty? You can! Dig up a cassave root or harvest banana’s from a tree. We will need it to prepare the Cachupa. Not into foraging and just want to enjoy unique views? 

Go ahead! 

we will make some delicious Cachupa for you. 

At the end, our goal is to serve you. We juist want you to unwind, feel at ease and experience something unique.


Half-Day Adventure Hike in Ribeira Grande.

This tour compresses the best hikes and experiences that Santo Antao has to offer. In only 3 days you will get to know the most beautiful places of the island. You stay in high quality accommodation and are accompanied by the best tour guides of Santo Antao. 

Best of Santo Antão: 3 days hiking tour

Tour to discover the main attractions of the island through the famous Corda road. You’ll be passing through Água das Caldeiras, Ribeira Grande, Ponta de Sol and, of course, Paúl. A fabulous contrast between the aridity of the south side of the island and the forest in the heights, with luxuriant vegetation in the north. Not to be missed!

Discovering Santo Antão Island by car

Why hike through Fontainhas?

Our guides speak different languages and are certified and trained for emergency situations. This way you can enjoy the walk knowing someone has your back. Our guides are locals and can take away the barrier to make a picture or to drink grogue with the locals. 

Drinks and lunch are included in the price. We know how annoying it can be to wait at a restaurant to split the bill or wait for your lunch after a long walk.

Full-Day Hiking Experience Ponta do Sol - Fontainhas - Cruzinha with Lunch

We will make you meet the local populations, so that you can discover their culture, their history and share good moments of life.

Private Day Trip to Santo Antao with Lunch

Experience the rich culture and breathtaking landscapes of Santo Antão with our Trek into the Cova Crater. Our local passionate guide is waiting to have an immersive experience, sharing the local traditions and the vibrant Caboverdean lifestyle. Get ready to witness the stunning green valleys, mountainous terrain, traditional farming practices, and hardworking people that make this island so unique. It's the perfect way to immerse yourself in the beauty and culture of Cabo Verde. Great for those who want to experience one of the most beautiful walks on the Island; the walk can be up to 3 hours, more or less, and can be good for all travelers, depending on mobility and health. 

Trek Santo Antao Cova Crater to Cabo da Ribeira

Having a trek on Santo Antao is the best way to encounter and experience Caboverdean lifestyle and culture. Only an hour by ferry from São Vicente, Santo Antao boasts of green valleys, mountains, vegetation traditional farming lifestyle, hardworking people and rich culture, which cannot be justified by words, but must be taken in by your encounter. This is a challenging and rewarding trek.

Santo Antão: Trek Ponta do Sol to Cruzinha, or Vice Versa

On our Full Day Excursion on Santo Antão we know you will be enamored by the lush vegetation, mountain peaks, valleys, charming villages, simple lifestyle and hardworking spirit of the people, and culture which cannot be justified by words, but must be taken in by your encounter! Choose to see the Highlights by car in one day. You will have an amazing day with our local, experienced guide, who will show you the best of Santo Antão. If you would like to customize any option of the your excursion, you may contact us.

Santo Antão, Highlights by car

Explore Santo Antao, the most amazing island in all Cape Verde and get amazed with its wonderfull landscape as can not find anywhere else, drive on the narrow road and feel the adrenaline of Delgadinho, breathe the pure air of the mountains and green valleys, visit a local distillery and try Cape Verde Rum and its various flavors.

Discover the highlights of Santo Antão from Mindelo 

Ponta do Sol located is the northernmost point of Cabo Verde, this fishing village is a sight to behold, with it's colorful traditional fishing boast Explore the enchanting, small fishing village with its history, colorful colonial architecture and lively small port. Activities begin early in the morning, preparations for a morning at sea to bring in the afternoon catch. Begin walking from this small port town and witness the living in this village. Fontainhas, one of the WORLD’S MOST PICTURESQUE villages, is a must-see. As you walk along the ocean coastal path, you’ll pass small villages with people tending to their plantations, men, women, children, and even animals. You’ll witness how they all contribute to the village’s harmony. Donkeys carrying water containers will be common along the way.

Experiences in Santo Antao, Cape Verde Republic Of