Private Tour
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We take great pride in our work and our team is very motivated to always provide high quality services. Our local certified tour guide will make your day amazing. He will make sure you will get to know the Island Sal and a bit of the history and culture of Cape Verde. You will visit the amazing beaches of Sal and all the other highlights like Salinas.
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Specialized infant seats are available
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Professional guide/driver
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Santa Maria
The tour begins with Santa Maria, the pier specifically, where you will see the locals begin their daily fishing endeavors.
Murdeira
View of the lion mountain.
Pickup included
34 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
tonimN6425LB,
Oct 23, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ We had such a wonderful time on our tour with Kukuya from Union Tours in Sal, Cape Verde! He was incredibly friendly and patient, and made everyone feel comfortable right from the start. He took some truly beautiful pictures for us, kept us laughing the whole way through, and really made the experience unforgettable. To top it all off, when my glasses fell off the truck, he went the extra mile—literally—to run back and get them for me! Such genuine kindness and dedication. Highly recommend Kukuya and Union Tours (Edgar) for anyone visiting Sal—you’ll be in great hands!

mevaf2025,
Oct 22, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
I found Edgar Pires’ contact information through a Facebook group and contacted him via WhatsApp. From the beginning Edgar was a great help to me, both to book the excursion and to provide me with general information about the island of Sal. His colleague Daniel, our guide on the day trip to the island, was also extremely friendly. I cannot recommend enough the services of Union Tour and Edgar. Greetings from 🇧🇪🩵
Camper30817944596,
Sep 4, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
We booked a whole private tour with Union Tours prior to arriving Sal, Cape Verde. We also booked a number of other excursions through Edgar Pires including night turtle walk, monster truck, zipline and horse riding. All handled impeccably by Edgar. The actual tour is a must see as you get to visit a number of attractions Sal has to offer including Sleeping Lion mountain, Blue Eye Cave, Mirage, Salt Mine and Shark Bay. Other tour guide and driver Afonso and Victor were very knowledgeable, friendly and accommodating. I cannot recommend booking though Union Tours and Edgar enough. They will arrange a everything and make suggestions as to what is available on the Island. Massive thank you to Edgar and team!





nenak0127,
Aug 25, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
Amazing experience. Very knowledgeable guide (Daniel) Well worth the money Fully insured and booked through Edgar @ the lighthouse Santa Maria
TripMember1014202302,
Jul 10, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
We booked our tours via Edgar Piras on the beach at Hotel RIU Santa Maria, he sits by the lighthouse every day 10am - 4pm he is such a lovely young man, very helpful and will always be available to help you what ever you need, good restaurants, bars, shops he will advise. Our full day island tour was amazing and our guide was fantastic, we did so much and was given so much information about the island and the main town as well as the development from Shanty Town to buying their own property. I cannot recommend Edgar and his team enough, they are all truly fantastic. I also book subs diving and turtle walk with him, it was amazing and we go home with the most unforgettable memories of Sal, of Cabo Verde and especially the people. We will be back one day. Thank you Edgar and your team 5* all day long. Hakuna Matata NO STRESS












Hungry-horrors,
Jun 18, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
Thank you so much Edgar Pires for making our Cape Verde holiday so special 🇨🇻 We all LOVED the Safari Island tour in our private Jeep 😎 What an amazing day….lemon sharks, salt lakes, blue eye etc….. it was all stunning, breathtaking, and interesting. Our guide was knowledgeable and an excellent driver on the difficult terrain. He was also a brilliant photographer, but we found that the photographs we were offered, although excellent, were overpriced. Our teenagers also booked separately dune buggies and Jet skis - at a discounted price from Edgar 🤩 Highly recommend Edgar Pires…friendly, knowledgeable, helpful and reliable. A LEGEND 🌟 Contact Edgar by WhatsApp before you travel or meet him at the lighthouse on the beach (10-11:30) at RIU Palace Santa Maria. No stress 😎😎😎😎😎













LisaWFinnW5514,
Jun 9, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
Edgar you made our holiday absolutely unforgettable. Genuine and honest guy with a true interest in making the best choice for individual needs. I would recommend everyone to use Union Tours. Five stars isn’t enough, the knowledge and enthusiasm is incredible. We did 3 trips, the private island tour including lemon shark experience, blue eye and salt lake… compared to booking with TUI where each are trips separate! We did the half day Sodande catamaran cruise, fantastic for a family, the energy on board was dynamic! We also did the ebike guided tour, this was truly amazing. Memories were made because of these wonderful trips, and we didn’t have to remortgage the house to pay for them! 😜incredible value for money, can’t recommend enough ⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️









Louise P,
May 19, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
I was in communication with Edgar before we arrived in CV. Organised our island tour. Excellent knowledge and communication. Helder our guide was brilliant. We had an amazing day. Edgar even arranged for a taxi to take me to OSPA. A credit to your company.





J2162MCnickg,
Jan 17, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
What a great day with our guide Helder - a lovely guy. He gave us a really informed, interested and interesting tour of the island and made it a lot of fun. He was patient and flexible to our needs throughout, giving us more time in some places when we wanted it. The lunch stop off was excellent too. Highlights: the shark bay and salt mine swimming/floating, and the blue eye bay. Helder gave us an insight into life on the island too and some history and thoughts about the culture, how things are changing as more visitors come. An Excellent day and I'd really recommend.
bigmincey,
Dec 29, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
When you get fantastic service, its a great feeling !! And this is exactly what we got with our booking !! Booked through Edgar Pires, just at the lighthouse at the RIU Palace. Great guy. Very knowledgeable, not pushy in the least. Contact him before hand on Wattsap, and he sends you a mine of useful information before you arrive. Half day tour was excellent value for money. Many other types of tours available. Would recommend to anybody, and will definately use again on a return visit. Many thanks Edgar...



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