Union tour Full day Island Tour

The charming and affable Edgir Pires grew up in Rhode island so speaks perfect English albeit with a Boston accent. He is the coordinator for Union and they get HUGE groups (99% from the DREADFUL all inclusive monstrosities at far West end of Santa Maria) . We were in our own group of 8, the MAX size I can tolerate as we are fully indepdent travellers (on Boa Vista we had a group size of 2, my preferred size)! So our group was subcontracted out to Morabeza Tours. Our guide/driver was excellent, spoke fluent English and intrigued us very much about his home island of Santa Antao, the coolest and grrenest of the 10 islands in this country. The only two bummers were the HUGE CROWDS at each site, like Europe, and the Red flag that prevented us from swimming at Buracona (The Blue Eye). Murdeira and Buracona were the highlights for me as I love spectacularly seascapes. My better half was most impressed with the salt pond float at Pedra de Lume (Ive swum in the Dead Sea and have a slight cut in my foot which would have really hurt had I entered the brine).

We booked the full day Island tour and the electric bike guided tour through Edgar Pires (who is based at the lighthouse, on beach outside Riu Palace). Got in touch with him through whats app prior to arriving and i was sent so much detailed information regarding all trips. He was outstanding from 1st contact right through until end of both our trips, keeping in touch and very informative. The island tour was fabulous, got to see so much of Sal Island, and our tour guide Paulo was very informative at every place we stopped. Electric bike tour was also a fun half day tour, getting to see more of the island. Would definitely recommend both these trips as brilliant value for money and Edgar Pires and Union tours were so friendly to deal with. Do not hesitate to book with them.

From the initial contact from Edgar, to the no obligation information about the tours to the tips on making the best of your holiday to Cape Verde, has been faultless! We paid €30 each for a full day Island Tour. Extras were clearly set out before the trip, the payment was actually paid at the end of the trip!!! More than a tour, given by Marcio. He was so personal and informative, he was nothing but polite and helpful, and looked after us along with the two other couples joining the tour. 4x4 vehicles are clean and safe. Some of the locations we visited could not be made by a hire car and the sights of the real parts of the island of Sal, Cape Verde just reinforced how valuable tourism is, and a local tour operator of UNION TOURS keeps the money local.. The whole day was wonderful, we have been fortunate to have used UNION TOURS and I can recommend this company to everyone!!