The 15 Best Buggy & Quad Tours in Cape Verde

1.4h SSV Buggy Island Adventure – 1000cc or 500cc

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 363 reviews Our pick

Drive a 500cc or 1000cc automatic buggy across Sal with a local guide such as Chips, Zé, Valdir, Freddy, or Joseph. In four hours, you’ll visit Murdeira, Palmeira, Regona’s natural pool, Terra Boa, Pedra de Lume, Feijoal’s lemon sharks, and Serra Negra. Hotel pickup, safety gear, and water are included.

“Tour sur l’île de Sal en buggy au top. Nous avons pu voir les différents endroits de l’île à ne pas loupé. Expérience à faire absolument si vous venez à Sal .”

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2.2h SSV Buggy Desert Adventure – 1000cc or 500cc

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 361 reviews

Drive a two-seat 500cc or 1000cc buggy from Santa Maria across Sal’s sand dunes, beaches, salt flats, and volcanic coast. You’ll receive a helmet, goggles, belt, water, and protective suit, with guides such as Jason, Edy, or Jota leading the route. Bring your original driver’s license and closed-toe shoes.

“Great experience Amazing views Very professional Bit hot for the all in one suits and didn’t feel they was needed”

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3.2-Hour Buggy Desert Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 328 reviews · 2 hours · from $170

Ride a 1000cc buggy from Santa Maria across salt flats, dunes, desert tracks, and Sal’s south coast. Stops include Serra Negra, Palha Verde Oasis, Ponta Preta, and Shark Bay. Guides such as Patrick, Jota, Primo, and Ricardo have been praised for clear safety briefings and good humor. Bring your original driver’s license and wear closed shoes.

“A must do trip! Pure fun and adrenaline! Very professional and safe. You get full body suits so you do not get so much dust on you. Josiel and Andir make sure you have fun. There is also a photoghapher who rides with you, you can aditionally buy pics, which are really cool.”

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4.2-Hour ATV Quad Desert Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 244 reviews · 2 hours · from $106

Ride a single or tandem 500cc quad from Santa Maria to the salt flats, Kite Beach, Serra Negra, Palha Verde, and Ponta Preta. Guides such as Rastaman, Primo, David, and Jota lead the route in several languages, with hotel pickup, safety gear, water, and photo stops included.

“very organised, friendly staff who were very helpful and excellent route. Nothing to improve”

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5.Ilha do Sal: Buggy with Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 197 reviews · from $61

Drive a powerful buggy from Santa Maria across Sal’s rough interior, salt flats, beaches, and mountain tracks. Guides such as Thiago, Dominic, and Scooby Do explain the route and safety steps. The tour includes fuel, insurance, helmet, and city pickup. Shark Bay costs about €3 extra and gets you close to lemon sharks in shallow water.

“It was great fun. One comment: in our aplication it was not said we need to be at pick up point 30 minutes earlier. Maybe You can improve it and avoid further confusions. anyhow we recommend strongly recommend it.”

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6.Santa Monica, Dunes, Caves and Village 4×4 Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 137 reviews · 4 hours · from $76

Ride into Boa Vista’s Viana desert, visit the old village of Povoação Velha, walk through Varandinha’s sea caves, and finish at Santa Monica Beach with time for a swim and included cocktail. Guides such as Freddy, Evandro, Nielson, and Julie have led this route. Expect rough tracks, big views, and a lively ride.

“We liked to see the caves, it is very beautiful. The ocean is very blue, and the landscape is very unique.”

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7.Boa Vista Jeep Expedition: Shipwreck & Viana Desert (4-Hour)

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 134 reviews · 4 hours · from $64

Spend four hours exploring northern Boa Vista in a Toyota Landcruiser with a local guide such as Vagner, Hendrick, or Fabrizio. Expect bumpy off-road tracks, the Cabo Santa Maria shipwreck, Bofareira Bay, Espingueira refreshments, Viana Desert dunes, and the pottery chimney at Praia de Chaves. Water and hotel transfers are included.

“Exploring the sights of the north part of the island in a jeep was fabulous. Travelled over varied terrain which at times was bumpy. Our fantastic guide Fabrizio said it was a free massage. Fabrizio was brilliant. Very chatty, friendly and knowledgeable. The tour covers a number of sights with ample stops to explore and take pictures. There is a chance to taste the local grog at a village bar and chat with the locals who were all exceptionally friendly. It can be dusty and hot but chilled water is provided. We would highly recommend this tour.”

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8.2h ATV 500cc 4×4 Quad Desert Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 123 reviews

Take a two-hour guided quad ride from Santa Maria across Sal’s sandy tracks and coastal reserves. You’ll drive a 500cc 4x4 ATV, stop at Serra Negra and Ponta Preta, and visit beaches known for kitesurfing, surfing, and Loggerhead Turtles. Equipment, water, instruction, and most hotel transfers are included. A valid original driving license is required.

“Beaucoups de sensation forte exellent franchement . Je recommande fortement A faire des que vous avez l occasion”

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9.Boa Vista Quad Tour: Shipwreck & Viana Desert (2-Hour)

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 121 reviews · 2 hours

You’ll ride a guided quad from Sal Rei to the Cabo Santa Maria shipwreck and Viana Desert, with hotel pickup, fuel, equipment, and water included. Guides such as Vagner, Fabrizio, Fabrice, and Mauru have been praised for safety and patience. Bring your driver’s license, sunscreen, closed shoes, and clothes you can get dusty.

“I enjoyed the opportunity to take good photographs and see and learn more about Boa Vista”

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10.Northwest & Deserto de Viana 4×4 Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 113 reviews · 4 hours · from $53Best value

See Boa Vista’s northwest in four hours with a multilingual guide, hotel pickup, and a 4x4 ride to Rabil, the Deserto de Viana, Praia da Atalanta, and the Chapel of Our Lady of Fatima. You get craft, sand, sea views, and the Cabo Santa Maria wreck in one compact outing.

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11.2-Hour Buggy 1000cc North Island Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 113 reviews

Join No-Limits Adventure for a two-hour north Boa Vista outing in a powerful 4x4 side-by-side buggy. You’ll receive a safety briefing, helmet, goggles, overalls, water, and a local guide. The route runs through Via Pitoresca, Cabo Santa Maria’s shipwreck beach, the Viana Desert, and Ponta do Sol. Guides may include Mario, Djeu, Giovanni, or Josiel.

“The best trip we’ve ever been on! The guys were helpful, informative & really friendly. They helped us with our overalls, helmets & scarfs and made sure to tell us everything we needed to know! The tour itself , wow, stunning. We loved every minute of it you see so much! The views are unbelievable. They have their own photographer who follows u all through the tour, the photos are so good you have to get them at the end! It’s so worth it! We would do the trip again today if we could . Thanks so much Harriet & Jack x”

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12.2h North Buggy Adventure 1000cc

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 74 reviews

Drive a powerful 1000cc buggy along Boa Vista’s Via Pitoresca and remote north coast. You’ll stop at Cabo Santa Maria’s 1968 Spanish cargo shipwreck and Ponta do Sol Panorama Point. Helmets, glasses, water, fuel, and pickup are included. Bring your driving licence and expect a two-hour outing starting at 2 pm.

“Be aware you need to bring your driving licence and the pick up is at 1 from your hotel - this isn’t sign posted anywhere. It seemed one rule for one another for others apart from that the guides were friendly, informative . There isn’t much to do on the island so this was something good fun for a few hours”

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13.Quad Tour with Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 71 reviews · from $58

Drive a quad or buggy across Sal with a local guide, stopping at salt pans, Serra Negra, Shark Bay, Terra Boa, Buracona, and Palmeira. Dominique is one guide praised for calm, safety-first leadership. Bring your original driving license, sturdy shoes, and gloves if you have them.

“Die verschiedenen Orte und die offene und freundliche Art des Guides”

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14.4h ATV 500cc 4×4 Quad Island Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 68 reviews

Drive a 500cc 4x4 quad from Santa Maria with a local guide, stopping at Murdeira, Palmeira, Buracona, Terra Boa, Pedra de Lume, Shark Bay, and Sal’s beaches. You get instruction, helmet, glasses, belt, suit, water, and hotel transfers. Bring your original driving license and closed shoes.

“Best trip I've ever been on and I'm 57 so I've been on a few. Everything about this trip was amazing . And the guides were so so good. They really put in so much effort to help. This was a faultless day I will never forget for as long as I live. There iRead more”

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15.Boa Vista 4h South Buggy Adventure 1000cc

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 62 reviews

Take a four-hour 1000cc buggy ride from Sal Rei along Boa Vista’s south coast. Drive past a pottery chimney, sandy beaches, Morro de Areia, Praia de Verandinha’s natural arch, and vast Santa Monica Beach. Pickup, fuel, helmets, glasses, water, and return transport are included.

“What a fantastic time we had, we were a bit apprehensive over the cost but decided to take the plunge and were were so glad that we did. What value for money we had, a great group of adrenaline junkies who all put their foot down and enjoyed the sheer thrill of the varioRead more”

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