Salinas de Pedra Lume

Sal Island

Cape Verde

The Salinas de Pedra de Lume are one of the most important places to visit on Sal Island in Cape Verde. Learn more because this is a place so appreciated by tourists visiting Sal.

By Cape Verde Travel Guide

The Salinas

The lunar look of some places on sal island is amazing. The craters on a relatively flat island provide a distinct visual experience. Ensperable in a fantastic setting, the Salinas de Pedra Lume are located in one of these craters.

The Salinas de Pedra Lume are, along with Buracona and Blue Eye, two of the most popular experiences for tourists.

Float in the Salinas de Pedra Lume

The Salinas de Pedra Lume hold a great surprise. Its muddy waters, due to the mixture of salt and land, allow visitors to float effortlessly, as in the Dead Sea due to the existence of 26 times more salt than in the “normal” sea. This unique and relaxing sensation attracts many tourists to salinas de Pedra Lume.

How to get there?

As they are well-known tourist attractions, it is possible to find excursions to them frequently. Taxi, or rent a vehicle 4×4 is another alternative to get to salinas de Pedra Lume.

Care to be taken

Excess Salt makes it necessary to protect eyes and mouth and sometimes, when floating in the salt pans, this may not be that simple. Excessive salt intake can be dangerous, especially for the elderly, hypertensive and children. That’s why it’s important to be careful and float for a short time.

Location of Salinas, on Sal Island

What to bring?

Calções e% de bath

If you want to go to the salt pans and experience the feeling of floating in your muds, it is necessary to have bathing suit or shorts, slippers and towel (to take a bath at the end.

You pay a small fee to get in, so you might want to take local money.

Features

Alguns cuidados a ter nas Salinas

Despite being an amazing place, care must be taken, and not to spend much time in the salt water – nor is it allowed to be there for more than a few minutes. Hypertensive patients and children it is not recommended to enter the water.