Boa Vista, Cape Verde

Barlavento Islands · Cape Verde

Boa Vista, Cape Verde, Cape Verde
Photo: Andrezza Mariot, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
November to June; turtle nesting runs June to October
Budget
$$
Coordinates
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An island of dunes and near-empty beaches, including the 18-kilometre sweep of Santa Mónica. Loggerhead turtles nest on its sands in summer, humpback whales pass offshore in spring, and the interior desert of Viana feels almost Saharan.

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