Summary
Our Lost World Family Adventure Holiday is an amazing experience, with coffee tasting for the adults, and chocolate tasting for everyone!
Highlights
- A family experience of Africa in this friendly destination.
- Wonder at tropical rainforests and explore golden beaches.
- Enjoy being amongst a culture very different to home.
The Details
Sao Tome and Principe is the perfect destination for anyone looking for a safe but exciting family adventure holiday in Africa. You can walk in the jungle one day, swim with tropical fish the next, and feel like real explorers. Kids just love water and it’s the perfect way to cool down too, so you can relax with a cool drink while they splash in the pool and you’ll be provided with snorkelling gear for the whole family, so you can enjoy those incredible turquoise waters.
There are water sports activities at Club Santana, and the chance to jump over the equator mark between the southern and northern hemispheres onm Rolas Island, which will gain you some brownie points with their geography teacher!
Sit back and relax in a dugout canoe and let yourself be paddled by a guide through São Tomé’s largest mangrove forest, then fly to tropical Principe, where you’ll be greeted by scenes that look like something out of like Jurassic Park.
You’ll spend the last few days of your family adventure holiday exploring the colourful underwater world of tropical fish from the Belo Monte’s private beaches.
We understand that family holidays can be an costly affair, so if you would like us to design an itinerary with a specific budget in mind just get in touch.
Our MD, Ian Coates, took his children to Sao Tome and Principe when they were 9 and 11 years old: “although we’d travelled a fair bit with our children, this trip felt like a real adventure. We spent just under 3 weeks exploring both Sao Tome and Principe. We kayaked, hiked, snorkelled, explored deserted beaches and stayed in some lovely places. If you’d like to know more, then do call or email me and I’ll be more than happy to share our experiences with you.”
These islands are malarial and so many families may choose to travel when the children are older. You can read health advice for Sao Tome and Principe here.
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Suggested Itinerary
Fly from Heathrow to Lisbon. On arrival walk (5 mins) to The Tryp Hotel.
Walk to the airport and fly to Sao Tome. On arrival transfer to Club Santana. Please note that at certain times of the year you will be staying at Omali Lodge instead of Club Santana.
Free day - the hotel offers sit-on canoes, snorkel hire and boat trips for all guests.
Transfer to the heart of the island and visit Bombaim plantation where you can see cacao and coffee growing and learn how they are harvested and processed. There is also an opportunity for a short walk through the plantations. Duration 5-6hrs.
Transfer to Ponta Baleia, en route visit Boca do Inferno, plantation estates Agua Ize and Sao Joao and Praia Sete Ondas. Lunch at Roca Sao Joao is included. Then on to Ponta Baleia for your boat transfer to Ilheu das Rolas and stay at Pestana Equator.
Free day - The hotel offers various activities and you can walk to the equator monument, hire sit-on sea kayaks, go diving and take boat trips. In July and August is is possible to see whales.
Boat and transfer back to the mainland. On arrival, transfer to Praia Inhame Eco Lodge.
Guided visit to Malanza Mangrove forest in a traditional dugout canoe.
Early morning transfer to the airport and fly to Principe. On arrival, transfer to Bom Bom Island Lodge.
Free day - Today you could book the Lodge's 4WD and travel into the rugged interior of the island.
Free day - Today you could hire a fishing boat to visit some of the remote bays along the coast where it is possible to swim and snorkel.
Free day - The lodge can organise local guides (often staff who have an interest in birds or walking) for a walk through the forests around the lodge.
Transfer to the airport and fly to Sao Tome. On arrival, transfer to Omali Lodge.
Free day until transfer to the airport. Fly back home on overnight flight via Lisbon.
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From £4,800 per person
Price included
The price is based on four people sharing a twin and double room, activities as described and includes flights from the UK.
For a personalised itinerary and full list of what's included, please get in touch.
