Safari and Wildlife Expedition
- Day 01: Arrive Sao Tome (D)
- Day 02: Sao Tome Town (B, L, D)
- Day 03: Sao Tome – Bombaim (B, D)
- Day 04: Bombaim – Sao Joao dos Angolares (B, L, D)
- Day 05: Rolas Island (B, L, D)
- Day 06: Rolas Island (B, L, D)
- Day 07: Rolas Island – Sao Tome Town (B)
Days 01 – 06: Trek into Forest and Grasslands of Sao Tome (B, D)
Note: Itinerary can be amended to suit your tours objectives.
INCLUDES:
- Airport transfers
- Meals as listed;
- Lodging on twin basis;
- Land transport (Car, Fuel, driver);
- Services of an English speaking guide;
- Toll gates, Entry to listed sites;
- Visits and activities planned.
EXCLUDED:
- Passports, visas, vaccines, Travel insurance;
- Flights, Airport taxes;
- Drinks, personal expenditure, optional visits;
- Camera taxes on visited sites;
- Additional singles, Extras, Tips.
SIGHTSEEING AND WILDLIFE TOUR OF SAO TOME
- Day 01: Sao Tome and Principe (D)
- Day 02: Sao Tome City Tour (B, L, D)
- Day 03: Sao Tome Full Day City Tour (B, L, D)
- Day 04: Rolas Island (B, L, D)
- Day 05: Rolas Island – Sao Tome (B, D)
- Day 06: Sao Tome – Bombaim (B, L, D)
- Day 07: Sao Tome (B)
Day 01: Arrive Sao Tome
Arrive in São Tomé, receive by global bush representation and transfer to your hotel Praia for rest and free evening to relax, dinner and night. (D)
Day 02: Sao Tome Town
After breakfast, explore the island’s capital on a city tour with visit the National Museum, the local market and the cathedral. We continue by 4WD to the coffee plantation of Monte Café in the mountainous interior, where we can see how coffee is produced. We will end the trip with a cup of coffee at Cascata de Sao Nicolau (Saint Nicolas’ waterfall) passing by the modern plantation of Nova Moca. Return to the city for dinner and overnight in hotel Praia. (B, L, D)
Day 03: Sao Toma – Bombaim
We take an easy hike to Bombaim on the border of the Obo National Park, passing via a pretty waterfall. In the middle of the island of Sao Tome, surrounded by forest, mountains and waterfalls, this plantation house is the ideal point of departure for trekking and losing your stress. Dinner and night in Roca Bombaim (B, D)
Day 04: Bombaim – Sao Joao dos Angolares
Pick up after breakfast for transfer by 4WD to Sao Joao, the island on the east coast. Upon arrival we will explore the local area on foot, perhaps venturing down to the beach or checking out the tiny but relaxed town. Our dinner and night will be in a plantation house at Roca De Sao Joao, near some of the most famous beaches of the island; this is a cultural centre and working ecological plantation in one. The inhabitants speak Angolar, a unique Creole dialect found nowhere else. (B, L, D)
Day 05: Rolas Island
After breakfast at the plantation house, drive to the southern tip of the Sao Tome Island and transfer by boat from Ponta Baleia to Rolas Island, straddling the equator. A miniscule Rolas Island rising to a volcano in the middle with fantastic palm fringed beaches. A number of walking trails take you into the middle of the island, where you can find an old lighthouse and the Equator mark, signifying the borders of the northern and southern hemispheres. The island itself is easy to walk around and makes for an early morning or late afternoon stroll. Relax and enjoy the charms of this isolated outpost of the African continent, dinner and night at Pestana Equador Island resorts. (B, L, D)
Day 06: Rolas Island
A day at leisure to relax without any pre-paid sightseeing or activities included. Perhaps visit the Equator mark, enjoy the beach or visit the natural blowholes along the coast, overnight Pestana Equador Island Resort. (B, L, D)
Day 07: Rolas Island – Sao Tome Town
After breakfast, transfer back to the mainland and upon arrival, leisure activities and transfer to the airport late this afternoon (B)
Note: Itinerary can be amended to suit your tours objectives.
INCLUDES:
- Airport transfers
- Meals as listed;
- Lodging on twin basis;
- Land transport (Car, Fuel, driver);
- Services of an English speaking guide;
- Toll gates, Entry to listed sites;
- Visits and activities planned.
EXCLUDED:
- Passports, visas, vaccines, Travel insurance;
- Flights, Airport taxes;
- Drinks, personal expenditure, optional visits;
- Camera taxes on visited sites;
- Additional singles, Extras, Tips.
Our extension takes us to the seldom visited islands of Sao Tome & Príncipe, tucked away in the Gulf of Guinea, 180 miles off the African coastline. Amongst dramatic scenery, we will search for all 28 endemic birds including some heart-stoppers such as Sao Tome (Dwarf Olive) Ibis, Giant Sunbird, Giant Weaver, the enigmatic Sao Tome Fiscal, Dohrn’s Thrush-Babbler, Sao Tome Shorttail, Timneh Parrot (recently split from Grey Parrot), and 2 species of strange speirops. These are but a few of the incredible highlights we look forward to sharing with you in this most exciting and forgotten corner of Africa!
Days 01 – 06: Trek into Forest and Grasslands of Sao Tome
Take a six days trek and hike into the forests, grasslands, shoreline, streams and mangroves of Sao Tome in search of Sao Tome (Dwarf Olive) Ibis, Sao Tome Green Pigeon, Sao Tome Olive Pigeon, IslandBronze-naped Pigeon, Timneh Parrot (split from Grey Parrot), Principe & Sao Tome Kingfisher, Sao Tome Spinetail, Giant & Príncipe Sunbird, Sao Tome Grosbeak, Sao Tome Fiscal, Dohrn’s Thrush-Babbler (Dohrn’s Flycatcher), Tome Paradise Flycatcher, Sao Tome Shorttail (Bocage’s Thrush-babbler / Bocage’s Longbill), São Tomé Oriole, Príncipe & Black-capped Speirops, Sao Tome Prinia, Príncipe Starling, Sao Tome White-eye, Sao Principe Seedeater, Sao Tome Thrush (Olivaceous / Gulf of Guinea Thrush), Giant, Principe (Golden) & Sao Tome Weaver. Breakfast and dinner and nights will be in tents and camps. (B, D)
Note: Itinerary can be amended to suit your tours objectives.
INCLUDES:
- Airport transfers
- Meals as listed;
- Lodging on twin basis;
- Land transport (Car, Fuel, driver);
- Services of an English speaking guide;
- Toll gates, Entry to listed sites;
- Visits and activities planned.
EXCLUDED:
- Passports, visas, vaccines, Travel insurance;
- Flights, Airport taxes;
- Drinks, personal expenditure, optional visits;
- Camera taxes on visited sites;
- Additional singles, Extras, Tips.
SIGHTSEEING AND WILDLIFE TOUR OF SAO TOME
Day 01: Sao Tome and Principe
Arrive at Sao Tome International airport; receive by Global Bush representative, transfer to the hotel Praia, for dinner and night. (D)
Day 02: Sao Tome City Tour
After breakfast, pick up for visit to the old city centre to get a feel of what São Tomé was like during the colonial era. At the lively Mercado Central, you will discover the islands products and the Calilu’s secret ingredients. Return for check-into hotel Praia for dinner and overnight. (B, L, D)
Day 03: Sao Tome Full Day City Tour
After breakfast, Whole day tours visit to the National Museum, our guide will tell you about the life on the plantations and São Tomé’s tormented pre-independence history, Boulevard of Government buildings, the Cathedral, the fish market, city hall, the Sau Nicolau Falls and Bom-sucesso Botanical garden, later in the evening return for check-into hotel Praia for dinner and overnight. (B, L, D)
Day 04: Rolas Island
Very early morning after breakfast, pick up for transfer to Miramar Hotel to get into the Pestana bus shuttle which will drive you to Rolas Island. This trip will drive you all along the coast from the North to the South of Sao Tome Island until you reach Ponta Baleya from where you will embark the boat to Rolas Island where a luxury resort is located. Upon arrival, you will go for a short walk to touch the Equator line with your finger, benefit from the 12 diving sites in the vicinity of the island and enjoy the numerous swimming places each more heavenly than the next, dinner and night at the Rolas Island. (B, L, D)
Day 05: Rolas Island – Sao Tome
You will spend most of your day on Rolas Island. From 4pm, the return boat and bus shuttle will bring you back to Sao Tome where you should arrive around 6pm, overnight in hotel Praia. (B, D)
Day 06: Sao Tome – Bombaim
After breakfast, pick you up from your hotel for a visit of the island centre. At the head of the Rio Abade, you will be surrounded by mountains covered with primary forest. You will visit the waterfalls of the Rio Abade or hike to the abandoned ruins of the Tras-os-Montes and Zampalma plantations. Birdwatching opportunities abound, allowing you to see many of the country’s unique endemic species, especially the São Tomé’s unique giant begonias, orchids and ferns, overnight in hotel Praia. (B, L, D)
Day 07: Sao Tome
Pick up early morning after breakfast and depart to the airport for onward flight back home.
Note: Itinerary can be amended to suit your tours objectives.
INCLUDES:
- Airport transfers
- Meals as listed;
- Lodging on twin basis;
- Land transport (Car, Fuel, driver);
- Services of an English speaking guide;
- Toll gates, Entry to listed sites;
- Visits and activities planned.
EXCLUDED:
- Passports, visas, vaccines, Travel insurance;
- Flights, Airport taxes;
- Drinks, personal expenditure, optional visits;
- Camera taxes on visited sites;
- Additional singles, Extras, Tips.