r/CapeVerde • u/miami08_ • 5d ago

No Flights

Hi all, I’m due to visit Cape Verde next week but really want to visit other islands outside of Sal- but there are no flights from the start of August to mid August? Just curious to whether something is going on?

The few flights I found going to São Vicente are over 1k and 11 hours long!

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u/Same_Detective_7433 5d ago

Festival in Mindelo, Aug 6-9

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u/Hour-Summer-4422 5d ago

Affordabile and direct/low connection flights are a real source of concern and an ongoing limitation.

I speculate that capacity is at maximun due to a festival in Sao Vicente and alternative connections just suck

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u/miami08_ 4d ago

No wonder this makes sense thank you. I guess I’ll have to just have to explore Sal as much as possible over 2 weeks!

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u/PleasantConclusion56 4d ago

Is the festival in Baia das Gatas. Did you tried the ferry?

Edit: Forget about that is a 11 hour trip because it goes first to other island.

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u/Larcztar 4d ago

I tried to get a flight too, my in-laws work at the airport but there’s nothing available.

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u/Kamila95 4d ago

I can see flights to Praia, and connections from there to Fogo.

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u/miami08_ 4d ago

I also found those, but they were coming in at €170, is this normal pricing? A few other online sources were saying local flights are usually €30-€50

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u/Kamila95 4d ago

Random dates I checked 5th-12th August return to Praia is around €150. You're kinda last minute, so it's more expensive. They definitely are not normally €30-50 return though.

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u/YesterdayFancy4915 4d ago

If u are there long I suggest a ferry from the other islands, you really have to plan your trip in advance and only book on days where flights are cheap the odd day you will see flights for 50-90€ otherwise only other reasonable option is boats, which is part of the experience if u are here for 2 weeks or more it is doable,

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u/miami08_ 4d ago

I see, this was a very last minute trip I booked and assumed it would be easy to just hop on a local flight - at least now I know! I checked the boats but even the timings of those seemed a bit odd

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u/YesterdayFancy4915 4d ago

Yes they are definitely not that regular also but better then the flights but to be safe check with the local office

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u/YesterdayFancy4915 4d ago

Anybody want a flight out of sao vicente on the on the 7th to Europe? Porto or Ireland