Sao Tome and Principe Tour

• Arrive at your convenience into Sao Tome – the capital city of Sao Tome and Principe which has regular flights between Angola, Portugal, and Cape Verde.
• Airport transfer to our hotel, check in and freshen up
• Meet your fellow group members and NewAge Travel guide at the lobby of our hotel
• Pre-tour meeting will be held over dinner to discuss tour itinerary
• Overnight stay at hotel

Morning

• Breakfast at hotel
• Begin our sightseeing of one of the oldest colonial capitals in Africa by exploring Independence Square – signifying independence gained in 1975.
• Visit the Presidential Palace – this unique pink 19th century Portuguese Colonial style structure houses the current president
• Stop by the Sao Tome Cathedral – the first church of Our Lady of Grace was started at the end of the fifteenth century.
• Visit National Museum – religious art and colonial-era artifacts are housed within a 16th century fortress
• Tour the Coffee Museum – coffee plantations began in 1780, with manpower coming from slave traffic which was abolished in 1836. Sao Tome was one of the world’s largest exporters of coffee until 1919 when the pest of Selenothrips rubrocontus destroyed every cocoa plantation at the islands.

Afternoon

• Lunch at a local joint popular amongst locals for its Fish calulu dish
• Visit the Chocolate Factory – Owned by an Italian who’s lived in Africa for more than forty years. You’ll learn the process of making chocolate from its cultivation to the final product. We’ve previously tasted some incredibly unique chocolate such as chocolate with grapes macerated in cocoa alcohol, ginger, orange, pepper and coffee, as well as 100% dark chocolate.
• Explore the traditional, new and fish markets of Sao Tome
• Dinner in town and explore the nightlife of the island capital
• Overnight in hotel

Morning

• Breakfast at hotel or can opt for a walk and try Arroz doce 
• Drive to Northern Sao Tome stopping by the village of Roca Agostinho Neto – named after the first president of Angola: Agostinho Neto. It’s the largest plantation in the country and used to be the biggest cocoa producer. Nowadays the plantation is partly working and families relocated to live on the plantation. 
• Continue towards the Atlantic with a stop at the Blue Lagoon Beach –  a tiny strip of pristine turquoise ocean lined with baobab trees. It’s a perfect spot for snorkelling and discovering local sea life.

Afternoon

• Lunch by the sea
• Continue drive to Lagao Azul – the most northern point of the country via the Santa Catarina Tunnel – the only tunnel in Sao Tome and Principe
• Explore the fishing village of Santa Catarina
• Return to the capital and stop by the Monte Café Plantation – this is one of the most famous coffee plantations on the island. 
• Dinner in town
• Overnight at hotel

Morning

• Breakfast at hotel
• Begin road trip to the most southern part of the island stopping at an abandoned hospital of Roca Agua Ize – this hospital used to be one of the best hospitals in western Africa and was built for the workers at the Roca Agua Ize plantation.
• Located nearby the plantation is the Boca de Inferno (Hell’s Mouth) – a seaside cliff in the Atlantic. 
• We’ll make a short stop in São João dos Angolares – the largest town on the southern part of the island. 
• The most famous landmark of Sao Tome & Principe is the Pico de Cao Grande – standing 663 meters tall, it’s a giant, steep volcanic rock that you can see from all over the island. 

Afternoon

• Explore Cascata De Praia Pesqueria – this waterfall is the perfect spot to take a dip and cool down. 
• Stop by an old rusty tank for a classic NewAge Travel group photo on top of the tank
• Arrive in Porto Alegre – board a boat for a 20 minute journey to Rolas Island where the equator crosses through Sao Tome & Principe and visit the official equator landmark. 
• Return drive to Sao Tome.
• Farewell dinner and drinks in town
• Overnight stay at hotel

Tour concludes with airport drop-off arranged according to your flight details