Sal Rei, Cape Verde
No cruise ships are scheduled in Sal Rei today, Friday 13 November 2026. The next is Le Ponant on Tuesday 17 November. Over the next 12 months, 3 calls bring about 96 passengers.
Ship schedule
Next 6 calls · all times local (Cape Verde Standard Time)
Showing all 6 upcoming calls
Cruise Ships in Sal Rei
Today and the next 7 days · all times local (Cape Verde Standard Time)
Next 7 days
- Fri13 Nov–No ships0 ships
- Sat14 Nov–No ships0 ships
- Sun15 Nov–No ships0 ships
- Mon16 Nov–No ships0 ships
- Tue17 Nov66Typical1 ship
- Wed18 Nov–No ships0 ships
- Thu19 Nov–No ships0 ships
Thousands of people in port, guests plus crew. Crowd level compared with a typical Sal Rei day.
Planning a day in Sal Rei?
The crowd calendar shows every ship and how busy the port is, hour by hour, plus the quietest and busiest days for the next 90 days.
Getting to the Sal Rei cruise port
Praça Santa Isabel, Sal Rei → Sal Rei harbour
1.1 km · ~15 min by car
Praça Santa Isabel is the main square of Sal Rei, south-east of the harbour. A walk of about 1.1 km, around 15 minutes.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Driving to the port
Sal Rei is small and easy to explore on foot from the harbour. The beaches and dunes further south are reached by taxi, 4x4 or organised tour, as roads outside town are often sand tracks.
Eating in Sal Rei
The currency is the Cape Verdean escudo. Grilled tuna, octopus and grouper are local favourites.
About Sal Rei
Boa Vista is the third largest island of Cape Verde, nicknamed the sand dune island for its windswept landscape of dunes, oases and arid plains. Its main town, Sal Rei, on the north-west coast, was founded by Portuguese settlers and takes its name from the salt that once drove the island's economy.
The small, walkable town has a main square by the Church of Santa Isabel, a harbour where fishing boats land their catch, and long white beaches on either side. Across the bay, the islet of Djeu holds the remains of the Duque de Bragança fort, built to guard against pirates.
Further south lie Chaves and Santa Mónica beaches and the Viana desert. The island is popular for kitesurfing and windsurfing, and cruise calls are few, mainly by small ships.
- Climate
- Warm, dry and breezy all year, with very little change between months. Based on long-term averages, with temperatures from the weather station on the neighbouring island of Sal, afternoons are typically about 25 C from January to April, rising to about 30 C in September, and nights range from about 19 C in February and March to about 25 C in September. Rain is rare, roughly 80 mm a year near Sal Rei, falling mostly in a few short showers between July and October. All figures are approximate.
- Time zone
- Cape Verde Standard Time
- Currency
- Cape Verdean escudo (CVE)