12 Turtle Watching Trips in Boa Vista Worth Booking

1.Shark, Turtles, Cave, Sandboarding & Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 328 reviews · 4 hours - 270 minutes · from $70Our pick

Review of Boa Vista’s 4x4 shark, turtle, cave, sandboarding, beach, and grogue tour, with practical tips on value, timing, and wildlife sightings.

“This is one of the best tours you don’t want to miss out on if you’re staying in Boa Vista. Sandboarding is great fun and shouldn’t be missed. Unfortunately we didn’t see any sharks but hey that’s nature for you. Beautiful Santa Monica beach, caves and seeing the turtles in their natural habitat. At the end of the morning a little local tasting went down a great treat. The tour guides and drivers were fantastic hosts. Recommend it 100%”

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2.Turtle, Shark, Santa Monica, Sandboard & Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 228 reviews · 4 hours · from $76

Explore Boa Vista’s dunes, turtles, lemon sharks, Santa Monica Beach and local flavors on a lively four-hour 4x4 adventure.

“Really interesting and so fun, one of the best days of our holiday. Such a good variety of activities and didn't feel too rushed - though would have loved a little more time to swim and enjoy Santa Monica beach (only 15 mins - remember to bring swimming stuff!). Freddie was a great guide, very kind, great sense of humour and took time to talk a bit about Cape Verde and the history. Definitely would recommend!”

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3.Beautiful Beaches, Turtles & Djeu Island Snorkel

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 100 reviews · 7 hours · from $100

Explore Boa Vista on a 7-hour tour with Djeu Island snorkeling, Santa Monica Beach, sharks, turtles, caves, lunch, and sandboarding.

“If it was possible I would give this excursion at least 10 stars!!! Highly recommended! Josh was so amazing, kind & funny.”

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4.Guided turtle tour in a group in Boa Vista

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 67 reviews · from $104Top rated

Review of Boa Vista’s guided turtle tour: small groups, hotel pickup, loggerhead nesting, hatchlings, price, timing, and practical tips.

“Fantastic tour! We were picked up at around 8pm from our hotel and taken on a short drive to the beach. Our guide was fantastic and gave us all of the necessary knowledge about the loggerheads turtles before we saw them. We saw well ovRead more”

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5.4×4 Tour – Sandboard, Shark & Green Turtle’s Bay, Snacks & Drinks

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 44 reviews · from $79

Review of Boa Vista’s 4x4 tour with sandboarding, turtles, lemon sharks, village tastings, guide tips, price advice, and practical details.

“Fredy was a superb guide, very knowledgable, a good/bad influence ;) and lots of fun was had sandboarding (please note this is sat down only - not stood up sandsurfing like the pics show), off road drifting, seeing the green turtles, lemon sharRead more”

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6.3h Turtle Watching Expedition

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 39 reviews · from $76

Review of Boa Vista’s 3-hour turtle tour: see Caretta Caretta turtles, learn low-impact viewing rules, and weigh the group-size drawbacks.

“It was unforgettable, the staff was all very friendly, explained everything, and it was the most amazing experience ever ♥️”

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7.Turtles, Sharks, City of Sal Rei, Santa Monica Beach, Shipwreck …

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · from $84

Explore Boa Vista by 4x4, from Rabil pottery and Viana Desert sandboarding to turtles, caves, Sal Rei, and Santa Monica Beach.

“The tour was awesome, the tour guide spoke great German. An absolutely perfect day And everything according to the motto of Boa Vista "No Stress" I (we) can only recommend.”

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8.Turtle watching in Boa Vista

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 5 reviews · from $82

Watch loggerhead turtles lay 65 to 100 eggs on Boa Vista's beach during a guided night tour with 4x4 transport and hotel pickup.

“Overall a fantastic once in a lifetime experience for us, but difficult communication at the start set us on a bad beginning. Lovely friendly tour guide tried hard. We were picked up at hotel, the tour info said 7pm and we were early. Other guests were being taken on similar tours (TUI, Michael Worthington) but ours didn’t arrive. Luckily another tour guide phoned someone and we were told our tour would be 45mins late. (it’s ’no stress’ time.) I don’t mind as long as we know, we would have not waited - our beach trip had been postponed due to storms so we assumed this had been cancelled. Spot Tours…”

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9.Guided Turtle Experience with a Certified Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 4 reviews · 2 hours · from $76

Watch loggerhead turtles nest on a small-group night tour in Boa Vista, with hotel pickup, a certified guide, and a strong conservation focus.

“Nos vinieron a buscar 30 minutos tarde, reclamando nosotras al proveedor, gracias a kleyton que movió todo, tuvimos suerte y al recogernos los primeros pudimos ir dentro de la pickup, dos franceses no tuvieron la misma suerte fueron fuera a la intemperie, de noche y por un arenal……llegamos allí y las tortugas no se podían ver, pero luego mereció la pena la hora de espera porque salió una a desovar y fue todo un espectáculo, se puso un biologo al lado mío y me explicó todo todo, fue un encanto, hasta grababa con nuestro móvil al lado de la tortuga. Nuestros guías solo se dedicaron a llevarnos y traernos……a la…”

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10.Experience with sea turtles in Boavista

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $69Best value

Watch Caretta turtles lay eggs on a quiet Boavista beach with hotel pickup, small groups, ecological safeguards, and a full refund option.

“Amazing! Way better than other companies as the groups are smaller. We saw a turtle laying eggs and loads and loads of baby turtles. The drive over is bumpy (half of it is on sand rather than roads) but the drive through the towns is nice. YoRead more”

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11.Boavista by Moonlight: The Sea Turtle Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1 reviews · 3 hours · from $88

Watch loggerhead turtles nest by moonlight on Boavista, with hotel pickup, a guide, quiet beaches, and strict wildlife protection.

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12.Turtle Experience in Boa Vista

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1 reviews · from $78

Review of Boa Vista’s 3-hour turtle nesting tour, with hotel pickup, expert guides, starlit beaches, pricing, tips, and booking advice.

“Learning how amazing the turtles are and watching mama making her nest deep enough to lay her eggs and then covering with sand to protect. Just amazing and thank you to spot travel what a charismatic team who were amazing !!”

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