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Murdeira Bay: Beautiful Reef and Rock Pools

05.11.2024 | Beach, Natural wonders, Places

Murdeira Bay: Beautiful Reef and Rock Pools Baía da Murdeira is a nature reserve known for its rich underwater sea life and a small coral reef. It’s a vast, crescent-shaped bay situated on the southwest coast of Sal Island in Cape Verde, Its name derives from the...

Shark Bay: Shallow Coastline Full of Baby Lemon Sharks

21.07.2023 | Animals, Beach, Natural wonders, Nature

Shark Bay: Shallow Coastline Full of Baby Lemon Sharks Shark Bay is located on the northeast coast of Sal Island, a few kilometres south of the village of Pedra de Lume (famous for its Salinas ). The beach is rocky, and the shallows extend far from the shore, making...

In-Depth Look at Lemon Sharks in the Shark Bay

12.12.2022 | Nature

In-Depth Look at Lemon Sharks in the Shark Bay The lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) is a large, coastal species of requiem shark found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the Atlantic Ocean. Recognisable by its stout body, blunt snout, and...

Shell Cemetery Beach in the eastern part of Santa Maria

21.03.2020 | Beach, Natural wonders, Nature

Shell Cemetery Beach in the eastern part of Santa Maria At the eastern fringe of Santa Maria, where the shoreline curves gently toward Ponta da Fragata, lies a beach unlike any other on Sal. The fine sand vanishes beneath a crunching carpet of shells — an...

Wreck of a Spanish cargo ship on Praia de Atlanta, Boa Vista

10.06.2014 | Beach, Places

Wreck of a Spanish cargo ship on Praia de Atlanta, Boa Vista On the northeast coast of Boa Vista, far from the hotels of Sal Rei and the usual circuits of Cape Verde’s tourism economy, the iron skeleton of a ship rises unexpectedly from the sand. It is rusted, broken,...