Cabo Verde Enduro All Mountain
Cabo Verde Enduro All Mountain The genuine grassroots trip for experienced riders!
A fabulous trip on the island of Santo Antao, this archipelago of more than 10 islands located off the coast of Senegal, with its summit at 2800m, is not on the tourist trail and keeps an unspoilt character on the majority of its islands. Santo Antao is certainly the most interesting island which can only be reached by boat. It’s unique and breathtaking trails will introduce you to its friendly inhabitants, villages and places unknown to tourists, and will take you from its mountains higher than 1500m down to the ocean along its fabulous network of trails. Due to the difficulty and remoteness of some of the trails, this voyage is only for people in good physical condition with good technical knowledge and already having Enduro mountain biking experience.
Price: 1595 CHF (minimum 4 people)
1490 CHF (5 people)
1390 CHF (6 people & more)
Dates: From November to March on request, minimum of 4 riders, individuals welcome!
Day 1: Meet the riders at Mindelo airport, the island of Sao Vicente. 15-minute transfer to our hotel in Mindelo. Evening meal together and walk around Mindelo. We sleep in the superb Terra lodge Mindelo. http://www.terra-lodge.net
Day 2: Leave for the port to catch the morning ferry which will take us in one hour to the island of Santo Antao. Arrival at Porto Novo, load the luggage on the bus and one hour transfer to our hotel on the north coast of the island. Unpack and reassemble the bikes, a light meal and departure in our shuttle bus to the heights of the island, a descent from 1200m to 500m for this first run of the week. Evening meal in one of the village restaurants which serves island specialities. We sleep in Ponta do sol pension. Different bars with music. Difference in altitude +100m-700m
Day 3: 50 mins transfer to the Lagoa plateau at 1400m then across part of the plateau with crop fields and gravel singletracks encountering local inhabitants on our way before we descend into the Joao Alfonso valley on a superb mountainside singletrack typical of the island. Then we reach the first villages and their sugarcane plantations, which produce, among other things, the local rum, Grog. Meal in Ribeira grande village.Than second shuttle to the plateau we take à nice trail in pin forest to Corda with nice wiews and then finisch in the valley. We sleep in Ponta do sol. +300m-2400m
Day 4: Transfer to the village of Pico Da Cruz at 1500m. From there, we'll take trails and singletracks along a ridge with great views of the nearby island of Sao Vicente. Then we descend the north slope on a spectacular single track to Janela directly in the seafront. Short transfer to Ribeira for the dinner and transfer to Cova de Paul and his switchbacks. We ride the Paul valley and stop in Vila das Pombas for the evening meal and sleeping in our Pension. +300m-2900m
Day 5: Transfer to Marocos 1600m with the jeep, from here we take à double tracks with nice views and a nice single tracks to Figueiras valley where we stop for the dinner in à local family. After that, we ride to the end of the valley and take a nice trail along the coast with amazing views of the coast. We finish on a superb beach before taking the shuttle. Transfer to Cha de Morte where we sleep in à family house. +400m -1600m
Day 6: Transfer to the Norte plateau that we cross over using trails and singletracks passing local inhabitants and their mud houses on our way, a magical place, we ride the plateau with single tracks and take the spéctacular trails Bordeira de Norte with many switchbacks to Cha de Morte where we stop for the dinner. After that's transfer to Alto Mira valley, we take a superb trail up and down to the sea or other option from alto Mira we go back to Ribeira das patas valley with à nice trails. We sleep in Cha de Morte. +400m -1400m
Day 7: This morning, transfer by jeep to the south and the port of Porto Novo where we catch the ferry back to Mindelo. Lunch in Mindelo and visit of the town, afternoon for shopping or beaches. Tonight last beer or cocktails in Mindelo with différents music bars. We sleep in the superb Terra lodge Mindelo.
Day 8: This morning, last breakfast in the superb terrasse of the Ecolodge, last time in the pool, we pack the bikes and short transfer to the airport, bye and obrigado! End of the Cabo Verde Enduro All Mountain trip
PS: The number of kilometres and the altitude profiles can vary slightly as the rides are adaptable (where possible) on-site and depending on levels and requests.
- 5 days mountain biking on the most beautiful singletracks on the island of Santo Antao
- 5 nights in hotel Pension or local house and two night in a superb Terra lodge hotel in Mindelo
- Local French or Swiss cycling Guide
- All vehicle transfers included
- All meals
- Boat transfer from Mindelo to Porto Novo and return included
- T-shirt Besttrails
- Tourist taxes
- Flights to Sao Vicente island (TAP Portugal flights Lisbon-Sao Vicente)
- Airport taxes
- Water, apéritifs etc...
- Personal liability insurance
- Tips
- Meals day 8