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Sal

A flat, sunny island with Santa Maria's long beach, steady wind for kitesurfing, and a salt crater where you float.

Photo: IDS.photos from Tiverton, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
Best Time to Go
Nov–May
Our full guide to Sal is being written. It's on the Cape Verde list as Must-See.

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Beaches · Dunes

Boa Vista

About 45 miles away

Cape Verde's island of long empty beaches and Sahara-like dunes, where loggerhead turtles nest from June to October.

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Mountains · Hiking

Santo Antão

About 150 miles away

Green valleys and sharp ridges.

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Mountains · Volcanoes

Fogo

About 155 miles away

Climb a volcano, with wine in its crater.

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The Full Short List

Cape Verde

Atlantic islands of morna and volcanoes.

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