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Praia Hiking Tours: 4 to Book Next

4 hikes  ·  from $53 a head

The good praia hiking tours cap their group sizes and fill up weeks ahead. Below: the 4 to book early, what each includes and where they differ.

Serra Malagueta: Principal Valley Hike & Lunch with Locals - The Principal Valley’s farm country
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Serra Malagueta: Principal Valley Hike & Lunch with Locals

1.Serra Malagueta: Principal Valley Hike & Lunch with Locals

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 64 reviews · 7 hours · from $111Our pick

Travel from Praia into Serra da Malagueta National Park for a 2 to 3 hour, 4.5 km downhill hike through streams, plantations, and rural villages. Meet local families, eat lunch in Mato Dento, and return along Santiago’s east coast. Guides speak English, French, Portuguese, or Spanish. Peter and Elton have earned special praise for their guiding.

“I really enjoyed this tour if you want to see the locals life closer and enjoy the very tasty meal of a local family and the beautiful nature and animals and plantations you get to book this hike plus Peter the Guide was the cherry on top making everything so smooth, helping in every detail and gave so much information about the whole country and history and fauna and Flora, it was overall perfect!! Thank you :)”

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Praia: Baobab Mysterious Tree, Green Valley & Old City Hike - Farms, fruit trees, and the everyday life of Santiago
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Praia: Baobab Mysterious Tree, Green Valley & Old City Hike

2.Praia: Baobab Mysterious Tree, Green Valley & Old City Hike

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 53 reviews · 4 hours · from $53Cheapest way up

This four-hour, small-group hike links Praia with Santiago’s green interior and historic Cidade Velha. You’ll walk about 4 km downhill through banana, sugar cane, mango, coconut, and papaya trees, look for the island’s symbolic kingfisher, learn about grogue, and visit a remarkable 400-year-old baobab. Guides may include Antonio, Alex, or Americio.

“We loved this walk, its about 2 hours of actual walking but gets you out the city and into nature from Praia. Not a long drive to the starting point and they pick you up at the end of the walk (point to point, not a loop) The area was beautiful and peaceful. Lots of fruit trees and the Kingfisher bird and a money we spotted! Very stoney ground but not too strenuous. Good to wear shoes with proper support for the stones.”

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Santiago: Calabaceira Valley Trek & Visit to Cidade Velha - Baobabs, birds, monkeys, and working farms
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Santiago: Calabaceira Valley Trek & Visit to Cidade Velha

3.Santiago: Calabaceira Valley Trek & Visit to Cidade Velha

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 49 reviews · 4 hours · from $82

Travel from Praia to Calabaceira for an easy but sometimes narrow downhill trek through sugar cane, banana trees, baobabs, and local farms. Meet a rum maker, then explore Cidade Velha with guides such as Katia, Mario, Ivana, Soraya, or Riccardo. Lunch is separate, and São Filipe Fortress costs €5.

“Mario notre guide était vraiment sympa et un puits de sciences quant à la connaissance des lieux visités et de son pays en règle générale. La randonnée et les visites étaient très intéressantes et instructives. Valérie et Christophe.”

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Santiago: Monte Tchota Natural Park to Pico d'Antónia Hike - The climb toward Pico d’Antónia
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Santiago: Monte Tchota Natural Park to Pico d’Antónia Hike

4.Santiago: Monte Tchota Natural Park to Pico d’Antónia Hike

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 43 reviews · 6 hours · from $100

Leave Praia or São Jorge dos Órgãos for a demanding 9-kilometer trek through cool, biodiverse Monte Tchota Natural Park. With a guide such as Elder, you climb to Pico d’Antónia, Santiago’s 1,394-meter summit, then descend on a narrow, tilted trail. Clear weather may reveal Maio and Fogo’s volcano.

“To była fantastyczna wyprawa. Elder był znakomitym, pomocnym i pełnym empatii przewodnikiem. Jego wiedza na temat otaczającej nas podczas wyprawy przyrody była imponująca, ale przekazywał ją w bardzo przystępny sposób. Podczas całej wędrówki Elder zarówno czuwał nad bezpieczeństwem naszej grupy jak i wspierał w trudniejszych momentach. Choć droga na szczyt Pico d'Antonio momentami łatwa nie była, to krajobraz widziany z góry wynagradzał wszystko. Dziękuję Elder za tą wyprawę.”

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