Full Day Sal Island Tour in Santa Maria: Explore Local Beauty with a Native Guide

When you book a tour or other activity with me, you get to see all the beautiful places of Sal. I guarantee a fun and educational trip. I am from here so I can tell you all the ins and outs. It is not a problem to have mixed backgrounds with the tour because I speak many languages!

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Santa Maria - The first stop is Santa Maria, the pier. This is where the fishing boats arrive at the pier in the morning. The fish are cleaned and sold on the pier. A beautiful scene to see. We drive through the local streets and go to the vegetable market. We end at kite beach.
  • Murdeira - We visit the small village of Murdeira.
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What's Included
  • Private transportation
What's Not Included
  • Entry Fee at Buracona (€3)
  • Lunch
  • Entry Fee at Salinas (€5)
Location
Santa Maria
We meet in Santa Maria, Sal.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Tabroge
Jul 18, 2025
Island tour highly recommended - We were on the island of Sal from 1.7 to 15.7.25 and, by recommendation, did the island tour with Elvin. We were a group of 8 people and it was an experience we would gladly recommend. We were picked up at 9h in front of our hotel in the morning and brought back there around 4h. The nice thing was that Elvin speaks German very well and could explain everything to us. Our tour operator also offered the tour (at a cost of 120€ per person), but a highlight of the tour was not included: Shark Bay...that should have been booked separately. Elvin Tours included this excursion point. And we only paid a third of what the tour operator wanted. It was also charming that we were allowed to attend a private birthday party. The islanders are very welcoming and it was just fun. The journey to the HotSpots was very adventurous in places, but the trails have to go everyone, including the tour operators. Our tip: take something to drink and eat. Otherwise, there is nothing against booking with Elvin. We got to know all the hotspots on the island: Port of Santa Maria, Blue Eye, SharkBay, Salt Lake, Fatamorgana... And Elvin is really a cool guy, we enjoyed the tour a lot. Tanja and Mike
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Lean855
Jul 15, 2025
Perfect 👌 - The Elvin day tour is great! We go through the most beautiful places on the island, driver and guide really take the time to let us appreciate and are adorable. Our guide provided us with a lot of information. The experience with lemon sharks is great! Finishing with Salinas is great to end this beautiful day. I really recommend;-)
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601melr
May 18, 2025
Good day - Lovely day out, lots of information from our guide, he explained so much about the local area ,saw some great sites and experienced local food and the lemon sharks. Really worth the money
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Eileenbi6066as
May 7, 2025
Interesting and funny - Was a nice tour with very friendly and fun tour guide. The cost was fine for the tour. The lemon sharks were the highlight.
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Cpk
May 5, 2025
Best Sal tour - Really nice and chilled out tour of sal i highly recommend Elvin Tours it made me feel so much at ease and had a great tour with them. Highly recommend
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Flyer32000644741
Apr 28, 2025
Very well prepared, really took a lot of time for us, took care of our private things, it was just e einfa - Perfect German speaking tour, with great tips, individual with our wishes Always happy Thanks for the great hours
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Dannyd1578
Apr 25, 2025
Elvin makes everything possible!!!🤩 - Elvin organized everything great once again. We are the fourth time on Sal and would always take Elvin. Once we were here in October and had booked with another. Watch turtles laying eggs. Unfortunately, we haven't seen any. Two days later we did it again with Elvin. He promised us that we would see it and we saw it. Once Elvin, always Elvin. He speaks super German and if he can't with he organizes someone who speaks German.
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J2497qbmarekk
Apr 21, 2025
Great island tour with Elvin - Great tour with Elvin. Unfortunately it was the only rainy day in April and the Black Eye and the mirage could not be seen. Everything else worked very well and there was a lot of information told about the island of Sal. Elvin speaks super German and Letzeburgish 😀 so the tour is highly recommended for German speaking tourists. Thanks Elvin for the great tour.
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Lean855
Jul 16, 2025
Magic - 2nd booking with Elvin Tour, recommended for seriousness and professionalism. Visiting the beach with turtles was an exceptional and unforgettable experience. Our group had the chance to see them laying eggs, we were able to follow the steps from beginning to end: from laying eggs to returning to the sea. The instructions given are very clear and really respectful of the animals and their welfare: do not disturb them whether by too much proximity, light or noise. Please be serious when booking, these living beings offer us a wonderful and unique moment, some tourists unfortunately forget it.
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627francoisev
Jun 22, 2025
Not great. - A driver who is late, so-called Francophone, but who only speaks to Portuguese. A meal not at 12 € but rather 20 € per person, no visit to Santa Maria so no school visit....but the encounter with sharks is perfect thanks to the locals who give explanations....excursion to compare with other providers a little more serious
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).