Travel planning
Accessible Travel in Cape Verde
No Cape Verdean accessibility authority was reachable. What the sourced facts do say is that the ten islands are not equally provided for.
Every Echoes of Africa guide and essay filed under Cape Verde: entry rules, safety, money, transport, packing, food, culture, festivals and heritage.
Heritage
Cape Verde and Diaspora Reconnection
The first Creole society formed on these islands, at a port built for the slave trade. The music that came out of it is a music about leaving.
Events and Festivals
Cape Verde Festivals and Celebrations
Mindelo throws the country's best-known carnival. This page does not tell you when, because nobody we could reach publishes the date.
Culture
Cape Verde Culture and Etiquette Guide
Cape Verde has exactly one UNESCO-inscribed tradition, and it is a form of music about leaving. That turns out not to be a coincidence at all.
Food
Cape Verde Food Guide
Cachupa is the national dish and it is built from what the islands could actually grow. It takes a long time on purpose.
Travel planning
Cape Verde Travel Safety Guide
US Level 1, no recent history of terrorism, and a generally low crime rate. The thing most likely to hurt you here is the sea.
Travel planning
Getting Around Cape Verde
Ten islands, so every journey is a flight or a boat. On land it is the aluguer, and the FCDO has one blunt line about driving.
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Cape Verde Packing List
This is not a malaria country, which changes the health kit completely. Pack instead for stomach upsets, mosquitoes and, on one island, altitude.
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Cape Verde Currency and Money Guide
The FCDO publishes no money page for Cape Verde. The money question here is really an insurance question, and the answer is unusually blunt.
Travel planning
Cape Verde Visa and Entry Requirements
There is no visa, but there is a form you must complete five days before you fly. Miss it after 1 July 2026 and you pay double at the border.