Overview
Our Lost World Family Adventure Holiday is an amazing experience, with coffee tasting for the adults, and chocolate tasting for everyone!
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 Rolas island, and the chance to jump over the equator mark between the southern and northern hemispheres, 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.
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.”
Email: ian@archipelagochoice.com
Itinerary
From £4,300 per person
We can create a tailor-made holiday to suit your budget.
INCLUDED: International flights from UK (guide price) and inter-island flights. Accommodation in Sao Tome in twin share, en-suite and family rooms on a half board basis. Pestana Equador is on a full board basis. Only Lisbon Tryp hotel is on B&B basis. Return airport transfers Sao Tome. Guided excursions as detailed in the itinerary. Support from our local team when on the islands. EXCLUDED: Meals not specified above and insurance. Additional excursions on free days.
Accommodation
The accommodation on this trip varies from small comfortable hotels to eco-lodges to former plantation houses (Rocas) that have been tastefully renovated, and the charming Bom Bom Island Lodge.
Activities
Our Sao Tome Family Adventure Holiday will probably be the most unusual family holiday you've every had! During your time away you'll see much of what the islands have to offer; beaches, jungle, old plantations, crumbling ruins and a little wildlife.
Location
Explore the colonial heritage of the island with a guide, before driving down the coastal road to see Sao Tome’s most famous blowhole Boca d’Inferno and one of the most beautiful white and sandy beaches of Sao Tome, Cete Ondas. Try your hand at Santomean cooking and travel even further south to tiny Rolas Island to stand on the equator. One of the many highlights of your adventure is without a doubt going to be your stay at the Bom Bom Island Lodge, where you can relax on its private beaches. A visit to Banana Beach shouldn’t be missed either.
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