Diving in Cape Verde

If hiking in the tropical mountains of Cidade da Praia is not your thing, yet visiting the historical sites is not exciting enough, head down to the shores of the Ponta Bicuda beach where steps away from the city's most exclusive real estate investment site, Nuno Pereira and his team have made quite a different type of investment - under water.

With the most up to date equipment for hire and a complete list of PADI courses on offer (from beginners to masters), you don't need to have experience to enjoy this natural resource. If you have experience you can choose from up to 10 of the best diving spots nearby the city of Praia, where you will have the chance to see some of the best known fish swimming the Cape Verdean waters. Those may include grouper, tuna, mackerel, trumpet fish and several different species of tropical reef fish. With luck, you may see dolphins, turtles and even whales. Be aware that you are also likely to encounter some anchors which might have been laying in the bottom of the sea for centuries having likely been lost by the Portuguese trading ships.