Cape Verde Travel

Cape Verde Travel – Cape Verde is a lovely country to visit, but how do you get there and how do you travel around? This section of the website provides information on both these aspects of visiting Cape Verde. It also deals with the visa requirements and online registration and tourist tax. All visitors need to complete an online registration prior to arriving in Cape Verde. Visitors from some countries will require a visa in addition.

Travel to Cape Verde

International flights to the country are increasing in number and also in frequency. There are flights from many countries in Europe and also from the USA, Brazil, and from some African countries. We aim to keep this site updated with new routes as and when they start up. The most popular times to visit are the winter months from October through to May. Therefore more flights are available during these months than during the summer months.

Cape Verde opened it’s borders on Monday 12 October after seven months of lockdown because of Covid-19. International flights are starting again, although not back to the previous levels yet. Travellers to Cape Verde are required to have a negative Covid test (PCR) result in the previous 72 hours before boarding the plane.

Travel around Cape Verde

Domestic travel within the country is improving and is generally more reliable than it once was. Visitors will find some islands easier to visit than others. Most islands have an airport, and are also served by ferries. The islands of Santo Antão and Brava, however no longer have airports and so they can only reached by ferry. Making an extra effort to visit some of the islands that are more difficult to reach, or that are not the main tourist destinations, will prove very worthwhile. There is such variety amongst the islands that to stick only to the main tourist islands (Sal and Boa Vista) would be a shame.