6 Natural Pools & Black Sand Beaches in Santo Antão Worth the Crossing

1.Salt Mine, Natural Pool, and Shark Bay Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 165 reviews · 6 hours · from $34Our pick

Review of Sal’s 6-hour tour from Santa Maria, with salt mines, Buracona’s Blue Eye, Miragem, Palmeira, and Lemon Shark Bay.

“Loved every bit of it. Highly recommend, very well organised. Tour guide Taroza (sorry I know I spelt it wrong)was very charismatic and helpful. Loved sitting at the back of the truck got the full experience. Literally toured the whole Island in a short space of time, right time as well to have lunch. Photophrapher Jay took amazing pictures for a good price too. If you come Sal you must take this tour, hundred percent worth it.”

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2.All inclusive Salt Lake, Natural pools and Shark Bay

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 39 reviews · 4 hours

Review of Sal’s private half-day tour to Pedra de Lume, Buracona Blue Eye, Miragem, and Shark Bay, with practical booking advice.

“Gostaríamos de dizer que adoramos a experiência e fomos muito bem conduzidos pelo Jackson. Ele foi incrível!! Recomendamos o servico”

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3.Natural Pools & Shark Bay Private Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 8 reviews · from $88Top rated

See Sal’s lemon sharks, float in Pedra de Lume’s salt crater, and visit Buracona’s Blue Eye on a private day trip from Santa Maria.

“Both guides were awesome, the tours were wonderful. Great atmosphere, we loved it!”

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4.Sao Filipe: Coffee Plantation and Natural Pools Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 6 reviews · 7 hours · from $100

Explore Fogo from São Filipe with coffee, volcanic views, Cova Figueira, Mosteiros, and a swim in Salinas natural pools.

“Very knowledgeable guide ( Elmar). Trip quite pricey. The ‘coffee plantation’ was just a few coffee bushes outside a plantation, no proper visit.”

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5.2. Nature, History of FOGO and relaxation at the natural pool of Salinas

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 4 reviews · from $55

Explore São Filipe’s sobrados, Fogo’s volcanic coast, Salinas natural pool, and a traditional calabaceira punch on a four-hour tour.

“We did this as an add on to the “A day on FOGO Island to discover VOLCAN” by the same tour company, which was a great experience. Our guide Milton was wonderful and we had a fun day, but we paid extra for this experience and all we Read more”

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6.Discover the Black Sand Beach+the Natural Pool

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3 reviews · 4 hours · from $135

Explore Santiago’s black sand beach, volcanic pool, cliffs, and village life on a private four-hour tour from Tarrafal.

“our tour guide was very nice. it was like hanging out with a local for the day. we did really whatever we wanted since it was only us in the group. it was nice because we could work on our own time. definitely worth it and pools were beautiful. blank sand beach was amazing. there were monkeys too!”

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