Secrets of Sal Island 4x4 Tour with Pedra da Lume Salt Lake
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4 hours
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The desolate beauty of inland Sal is in stark contrast to the white sands of its coast. On this off-road safari, you'll explore Murdeira Bay, the Buracona lagoon, the ocean-like sands of Terra Boa and Pedra de Lume. Beyond the most popular sights, you'll also get a glimpse of local life in Palmeira and Espargos. Rodrigo, one of our expert local guides, says, ‘I've lived on Sal all my life, and I'm still fascinated by my island's colourful street art. It's a vivid reflection of our culture and our daily lives.'
Additional Info
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Not suitable for guests with reduced mobility or for small children
Bring bathing gear and sunblock
Viewing of the Buracona ‘blue eye' and Terra Boa ‘mirage' cannot be guaranteed, as both optical illusions depend on the sun's position on the day
Our office opening hours are Monday - Friday from 9h - 17.15h, Saturday and Sundays closed.
Infants (0-3 years old) are not allowed
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Murdeira
Starting with a pit stop at Murdeira Bay, you'll trundle off in a closed 4x4 – we're the only ones using covered off-roaders – to the fishing village of Palmeira on the west coast.
Palmeira
ts palm tree-lined streets are dotted with mural-painted cafés and tiny shops. Rodrigo says, ‘Palmeira's kaleidoscopic – and cluttered – souvenir shops are an attraction in themselves.'
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Secrets of Sal Island 4x4 Tour with Pedra da Lume Salt Lake
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11 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Cape verdi.4x4 experience
doreenp924,Mar 20, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Fantastic experience. Great places we visited and the guide was great fun and very imformative
Great day out.
GoPlaces15060293021,Feb 28, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Lovely 4 hrs of seeing the island and meeting local people. Given lots of info about island and its people. Didnt get to see the blue eye due to poor sunlight but the waves wete amazing.The only bit I didn't like was driving through shanty town but that's just not my thing. Fun dipping in salt lake but think its abit much paying 1 Euro for 30 seconds in the shower to wash salt off...one way to make more money I guess. Overall worth doing.
Top Trip!
Kenyoga,Jan 21, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great half-day trip exploring the various parts of the Island. Tui Guide Lucy was excellent - both knowledgable and friendly and a mine of interesting information. The Driver was cool competent and safe. Much of the Island was covered giving a full flavour of what there is here & even included a local tasting session in Palmira. Good value for money & would recommend!
Very friendly and knowledgeable tour
SofiaVeronica,Jan 17, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Excelente tour , our guides Lucy and Igor were wonderful and very knowledgeable. We really enjoyed all experience and all they shared with us . Very interesting to know the government is finally investing the tourism money into the people from this beautiful island and they are so grateful for all of us and so happy to see us and to make sure we have a good time. The all time we felt very safe as well. We thank Igor and Lucy for an incredible experience!
An enjoyable trip
lorraine923,Oct 23, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Me and my husband went on this trip to get to see a bit of the island. Our guide, we think his name was Stefan was brilliant, he was friendly, engaging and very knowledgeable answering all questions. It felt like he went above and beyond to make the trip enjoyable. We would definitely recommend the trip.
Salt lake 4x4 trip amazing
tracywQ8160OU,Jun 20, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Excellent trip around £43 each for 4 hour trip. Eddie and driver from Tui excellent guides. We got to see the blue waters, a mirage, how life is within Cape Verde for the locals. Tasted their local rum delicious and to top it off floated in the amazing salt lake. Body feels amazing. We were also with a good set of other guests in the off road vehicle which was nice. Take your costume even if you can’t swim it doesn’t matter you will float and Eddie is there to help you in and out of the lake. A value for money experience
Excellent tour
CJC1959,May 29, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This was a private tour, and Heber and George (who was the driver) looked after us. Heber was fantastic! Knowledgeable and happy to answer any questions we had about the Sal. The tour was really interesting and informative and I would not hesitate to recommend it. Thank you Heber
Rushed needed slightly longer
R6213EJjilll,Mar 26, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00Went with Tui. The trip was very rushed as soon as we arrived some where we were given 15 or 30 mins and we were off again. At Murderia we did not even get 5 mins to look around.. the sites were stunning just needed a little time. We can only guess it was because it as a Sunday. We were back at hotel just after 12 and were last drop off.
The TUI tour guide really made this trip worthwhile. He was so informative and the trip was well paced.
Pozzza,Mar 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The TUI tour guide really made this trip worthwhile. He was so informative, fun and the trip was well paced. We were pleased with the enclosed 4x4, given the amount of dust! Some great photo opportunities and each stop-off point was interesting. It was good to hear perspectives around local life, culture, history and challenges.
Very enjoyable.
JazzGumbo,Feb 18, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This is a nice tour perhaps just the right length with an excellent guide (Edmillson - hope I spelt that right-apologies if not). We saw all the sights you could wish to see in a tour taking just over 4 hours. Wrong time of the year for the blue eye but still a great spot. Our guide is a local of the island so provided a passionate description of his country & its past as well as all we saw. Salt water bathing is a little chaotic but fun, lots of fun, very glad we did the tour, well worth it.
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