Cape Verde Holidays

An easy plane hop away, this island is the one to visit for mountains. Monte Gordo is its highest point at 1,312 metres...

Deserto de Viana, to use its proper name, covers about 30 per cent of Boa Vista and is almost entirely uninhabited....

Fishing is still very much a way of life for the locals, thanks to the rich waters around Cape Verde that are teeming...

The name of this sun-shaped island means ‘fire’ in Portuguese, which gives you a good indication of its volcanic...

Life below the surface is always exciting to see. And a glass-bottomed boat is the best way to uncover it without...

Sal, which means salt in Portuguese, used to be famous for just that. The salt mines have long gone – you’ll pass a...

It’d be a crime to come to Cape Verde and not spend a day out at sea. Join an excursion and you’ll cruise along the...

If you’ve got a getaway planned in spring or early summer, keep your eyes on Boa Vista's horizon. Giant humpback whales...

One of the best ways to see the hidden treasures of Sal is to jump in a 4x4 and go for a ride. Your itinerary will cram...

Cape Verde’s biggest island can count Captain Cook and Sir Francis Drake among its visitors. Nowadays, though, it’s...

It’d be a crime to come to Cape Verde and not spend a day out at sea. Join an excursion and you’ll cruise along the...

You get the full-on Robinson Crusoe experience on this desert island. Catch a boat from Sal Rei and, in 10 minutes,...

An easy plane hop away, this island is the one to visit for mountains. Monte Gordo is its highest point at 1,312 metres...

Cape Verde is smack in the trade winds belt, so windsurfing conditions couldn’t be better. The winter winds here –...

The name of this sun-shaped island means ‘fire’ in Portuguese, which gives you a good indication of its volcanic...

Back in the Sixties, a monster-sized freighter called the Cabo Santa Maria was shipwrecked along the 10-kilometre beach...