Arrival at the airport of São Vicente. Welcome and transfer to Mindelo for one night in homestay, in the city center heights. Depending on the time of arrival, you can visit the city. Its markets, museums, numerous bars and restaurants, the beach of Laginha make it a very lively city (except on Sunday when everything is closed - the animation concentrates on the beach).

No meals included for this day.

Accommodation (pension): Residencial Beleza.

Morning transfer to port, ferry to Porto Novo. Transfer to Cha de Morte.

Hike the Ribeira das Patas gorge to the Forquinha pass, and descend into the Alto Mira valley. Day of walking in the middle of cultivated terraces. Through the hamlets and irrigated crops, you descend into the gorge of Alto Mira to reach the pretty village of Dominguinhas, where you will sleep at the inhabitant, leaving behind you the end of the road. Transfer of luggage by car and then by mules.

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

5h30 hiking

Elevation +: 620 m - 830 m

Accommodation (homestay): Isulina or Fatima.

Descend to the ocean which you then walk along in a balcony to reach the remote valleys of the north-west. The cottages, the terraces of banana trees, sugar cane and the gorges punctuate your walk along the sea. You go back to spend the night in Meio d'Espanha, in one of the most isolated villages of the island. Transfer of luggage in mules.

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Elevation: + 815 m - 750 m

Accommodation (homestay): Chez Adalberto

A paved path between the sea and the mountain leads you into the valley of Ribeira Alta, from where a large climbing in laces allows to pass the last buttresses that separate these remote valleys of the communication channels. Descent and passage by the sea on a narrow pebbled cliff stuck between cliff and ocean to reach the pretty floral village of Cha de Igreja where throne a church with its small convivial place. Overnight in Chã of Igreja. Transfer of luggage in mules.

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

6h of walk

Elevation +: 860 m - 1170 m

Accommodation (homestay): Chez Adilza and Vla

Two passes to cross in this day to reach from the seaside the heart of the valleys of Ribeira Grande. First of all, the wall that separates us from Ribeira Grande, the Great valley of the island as the name indicates, then a smaller pass to arrive at Chã de Pedras, the place where rum is made, where culture of sugar cane is queen. Overnight in João Afonso.

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

6 hours of walking

Elevation: + 1210 m - 1020 m

Accommodation (homestay): Chez Kika

Today the path climbs and joins the village of Corda which gave its name to the rope route that crosses it. After following the route of this historic road for some time, a path plunges into Ribeira Da Torre, one of the most spectacular on the island, in the middle of which sits an immense basaltic peak (in front of which you spend the night, in the village isolated and inaccessible by road from Rabo Curto.

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch bag and diner included

Elevation +: 1050 m -: 700 m

Accommodation (homestay): Chez Fátima

From Rabo Curto, the paved path rises up the slope towards the wooded ridges that overlook the island. By zigzagging gently, it ends up reaching the high forest of Canarian pines, then the volcanic crater of Cova. From the ridges, the path plunges into Paul, a wide and verdant agricultural valley where, depending on the season, sugar cane, oranges, guavas, bananas, cassava and all kinds of tropical fruits and vegetables are harvested. Past the foothills of altitude, the path winds between the cottages where the farmers live, before joining Lombo Cumprido for the night.

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

6h30 walk

Elevation + : 1350 m - 1500 m

Accommodation (homestay): Chez Antónia

Transfer via the coastal road to Porto Novo, followed by a ferry crossing back to São Vicente for a two-night stay before departure.

A relaxed day in town, including a visit to the city center and local markets. After lunch, free time to enjoy Laginha Beach, shop for souvenirs, or simply enjoy the island at your own pace.

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation (hotel): Ouril Hotel

Departing from Mindelo, in the early morning, discovery of Monte Verde, the summit of the island and its panorama of the city and the surrounding islands. Descent and continuation to Baia das Gatas, the bay of cat sharks, a favorite vacation spot for Cape Verdeans on the island. Continuation along the beautiful beach of Praia Grande to Calhau, a small fishing village: Possibility of a short walk (45 minutes) around an old volcano on the seaside: petrified lava, blowers... Meal in Calhau. Return via the central oasis of Calhau, where market gardeners cultivate small plots of which they sell the product on the markets of Mindelo.

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation (hotel) : Ouril Hotel

Transfer to the airport, according to your flight schedule, and flight back home.

Meals included: Breakfast only