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Find cheap flights to Cape Verde from £160

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Espargos
Espargosdirect£265
Praia
Praia1 stop£327
Rabil
Rabil1 stop£408
São Pedro
São Pedro1 stop£544

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FAQs - booking Cape Verde flights

  • Are there non-stop flights to Cape Verde?

    You can take non-stop flights to Cape Verde from Gatwick Airport (LGW) in London, with there being direct routes to both Espargos Airport (SID) and Rabil Airport (BVC). You can also fly to San Pedro Airport (VXE) and Praia Nelson Mandela Airport (RAI), but these flights will require a stopover along the way. This transfer is often at Lisbon Airport (LIS).

  • Where can I find the car hire desks at Praia Nelson Mandela Airport?

    Most car hire companies at Praia Nelson Mandela Airport have their offices conveniently located near the Baggage Claim area. You can book online with KAYAK, so that after you've collected your bags, all you have to do is head to the desk and present your paperwork. Vehicles are generally located on-site at the car park, which is within walking distance of the terminal.

  • Can I reduce my carbon emissions when flying?

    You can reduce your impact on the environment when you fly by choosing an airline that emits less carbon dioxide during the flight. For instance, if you are flying from London to Espargos Airport (SID), then you could fly with TAP AIR Portugal, which operates this route producing 26% less CO2 than the industry standard. Rather than emitting 965 kg CO2 per passenger, it emits 714 kg CO2 per passenger.

  • Are there taxis available at Praia Nelson Mandela Airport?

    You will usually find plenty of taxis available at the airport, and can expect to pay around CVE 1000 (about GBP 7.80) to get from the airport to the city centre. This is generally the standard fare, regardless of where in the city you’re heading. There may also be an additional charge for luggage.

  • Which UK airports have a fast-track service?

    If you are flying from a UK airport to Cape Verde, you can skip the queues ahead of your flight. For instance, you can use this service at all London airports with the exception of London City Airport (LCY) which doesn't have a fast-track option. This tends to cost £5 at all airports apart from at Heathrow Airport where it is about £12.50.

  • Are there buses at Praia Nelson Mandela Airport?

    Unfortunately, there is no official public transport service offering buses from the airport to Praia. However, there are sometimes informal transport services, similar to buses, which carry larger groups of people. These are usually less expensive than taxis, with a minimum fare of roughly CVE 100 (approximately GBP 0.78). Your hotel may also offer a complimentary shuttle.

  • I’m flying to Cape Verde to visit the Morro Negro lighthouse, where should I fly to?

    To fly to this historical landmark, you should look for flights to Rabil Airport (BVC). From here you can easily drive to the lighthouse in approximately 50min. If you were to fly to another airport in Cape Verde, you would have to get a ferry to get to the lighthouse, which would make your journey a lot longer.

  • Which airport should I fly to if I want to visit Maio?

    Maio doesn't have an international airport, so if you're flying from the UK, you'll need to arrive at Praia Nelson Mandela Airport. From here, you can take a connecting domestic flight to Maio Airport (MMO), which takes around 20 minutes. These flights are usually operated by Bestfly Cabo Verde. Alternatively, you can take a ferry between Praia and Maio which takes roughly 2 h 30 min.

  • Can I fly directly from the UK to Boa Vista?

    There are direct flights from the UK to Rabil Airport (BVC) in Boa Vista from multiple UK airports via TUI Airways. These include London Gatwick Airport, Birmingham Airport (BHX) and Manchester Airport. Flights from Manchester Airport usually run twice per week while flights from Birmingham and Gatwick generally run three times per week. From Boa Vista, you can get to most other major destinations in Cape Verde via either flights or ferries.

  • Is car hire available at Amílcar Cabral International Airport in Boa Vista?

    If you plan to drive around Boa Vista, consider picking your vehicle up at Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID). Hertz has a staffed desk at the airport, and other companies may offer meet-and-greet services. From the airport, it takes around 10 minutes to drive into Espargos.

  • How long is the flight to Cape Verde?

    An average direct flight from the United Kingdom to Cape Verde takes 13h 13m, covering a distance of 2782 miles. The most popular route is London - Praia with an average flight time of 11h 25m.

  • What is the cheapest flight to Cape Verde?

    The cheapest ticket to Cape Verde from the United Kingdom found in the last 72 hours was £155 one-way, and £222 round-trip. The most popular route is London Heathrow to Praia Nelson Mandela and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was £381.

  • What are the most popular destinations in Cape Verde?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Espargos (39% of total searches to Cape Verde). The next most popular destinations are Praia (32%) and Rabil (15%).Searches for flights to São Pedro (15%) are also popular.

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    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a given destination and date is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Cape Verde

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Cape Verde flight deals.
  • British citizens do not need a visa to travel to Cape Verde as they will be granted a 30-day tourist visa upon arrival. You will need to pay the airport security tax before you arrive though, which can be done online. This costs in the region of 3400Esc (£30). Your passport also needs to be valid for at least six months from when you enter the country.
  • Turnhouse Airport (EDI) and Manchester Airport (MAN) both offer one-stop flights to multiple Cape Verde Airports including Sal, Praia Nelson Mandela Airport (RAI) and San Vicente. Most other major UK airports involve at least two stops and may involve self-transfers.
  • For those that are heading to Cape Verde for carnival, then you will find that flight costs tend to increase around this time. Held on the same day as Shrove Tuesday each year, the week prior to this date also tends to be full of festivities. If you are not planning on attending the event, then it is probably better to travel during an alternative week to save money.
  • As Cape Verde was a Portuguese colony between 1462 and 1975, Portugal's flag carrier TAP Air operates frequent flights between Portugal and Cape Verde. There are relatively few direct flights between the UK and Cape Verde, so you'll often find the cheapest flights offered by TAP Air, as they also frequently operate flights between the UK and Portugal. These flights frequently stop at their main hub, Lisbon Airport (LIS) and depart from London Heathrow (LHR), London Gatwick (LGW), Manchester and Edinburgh.
  • If you’re planning on hiring a car once you arrive at an airport in Cape Verde, then you need to make sure that you’re up-to-date with the rules of the road. For instance, everyone in the car needs to wear a seat belt. Whilst there are no rules for children, it is advised that any child under the age of 12 or smaller than 150cm is in a suitable child seat, especially if in the front seat.
  • TAP Air, Royal Air Maroc and TUI Airways allow passengers to bring 10 kg of cabin luggage for this route. TAP Air includes up to 23 kg of checked luggage on Basic Economy fare. If you fly with TUI checked luggage must be booked separately. Royal Maroc Air usually allows two pieces of checked luggage that weigh up to 23 kg each.
  • If you want to visit the tourist attraction of Shark Bay in Sal, Cape Verde, then you should fly to Espargos Airport (SID). From the terminal building it is only about a 13min drive to the shark conservation area.
  • There are several airports in Cape Verde that you can fly to, making this a great tourist destination. In general, it’s cheaper to fly to Espargos Airport (SID), whilst the most expensive route is to San Pedro Airport (VXE).
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Top 5 airlines flying to Cape Verde

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the United Kingdom to Cape Verde? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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SWISSOverall score based on 1930 reviews
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On time flight, I requested wheelchair in Zurich , when I arrived they were no where to be found, I had one hour between flights I had to walk with great difficulty.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, May 2024MIA - ZRH
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On time flight, I requested wheelchair in Zurich , when I arrived they were no where to be found, I had one hour between flights I had to walk with great difficulty.

SO disappointing. I spent so much money on this ticket, for them to cancel and not be able to rebook me in time. They were very unhelpful, and condescending throughout the whole Swiss airport. Will not be flying again.

Everything was on time and efficient - expected from a Swiss crew. But the entertainment system was pretty bad - the display was old. Food was pretty bad and a couple of times they started serving drinks and then just skipped past my row (and likely several others)

Bag lost. Lost bag recovery process is an unsatisfying customer experience. Because 1) bag is still lost but also 2) the process is outdated and form-heavy and 3) in our case also involved a long line.

They went out of their way. It was very clean and friendly.

There were multiple delays and the food was poor. Better food.

Wheelchair was the excellent service. I didn’t have any food or used entertainment. Overall for my trip experience was excellent. Thank you very much and keep up good work. Best regards

Not exceptional but all good. Business class seats are like the domestic Mint class on Jet Blue. Comfortable but not exceptional. Food is good but not superb. Flight attendants were better on India leg than Miami to Zurich. All India staff was more professional and service oriented. Very polite and service with a smile.

Thank you to the cordial crew and good hydration throughout the flight, food was good too. Carry ons usually weight by themselves so it does reduce option for cold weather clothes that are heavy, so carryon weight is tight.

We so appreciated that our connecting flight waited for 6 of us!!!

This was a long flight - 6 hours - and nothing is truly comfortable for that long... but the flight crew was friendly and attentive. The airport in the Azores is small but we weren't there long enough to explore any amenities.

There is one flight a day and it was canceled with no explanation

Flight was ok. Food on way there great a pork dish way back tuna and pasta was not good. Flight attendants were great. Wish they had more soda options like ginger ale seltzer water. Good experience overall. Worst part of trip was car rental Klass company car broke down we were on side of road late night 4 hours awful awful experience all they wanted was 500 euros for help to come absolutely horrible experience we were scared side of highway they offered zero help!

Coming from USA it was nice to be treated nice for a change. Even though our flight was pretty short we were served breakfast. On time flight with very caring staff. Please teach American carriers how to treat people.

More space between seats and in bathroom. I don’t think there was any entertainment offered. If there was, I wasn’t aware.

Every meal/snack included something with ham/pork - even the cookies had "swine fat" (which we only knew because we thoroughly checked the ingredients). There were no vegetarian options, and we had not been given the option of pre-selecting a meal when purchasing our tickets or checking in. That made for a VERY long flight. We were fortunate that we had brought our own snacks as back-up.

Waited in line for hours just to get a boarding pass which would not print at the kiosk or load on my iPhone. Waiting again for about 45 minutes to get through passport control. Poorly managed airport. The flight and crew were great and the flight was very comfortable.

I booked and paid for my original flight with E-Dreams. Also made seat selections. Got an email a few days later saying my return flight had be cancelled?? Called E-Dreams and they said it was the airline that cancelled (Sato)? Told to rebook the return flight myself? Cost was double the original flight and was booking me on the same flight as I originally booked?? Called back, the agent agreed to cancel my flight to the Azores and AGREED to a full REFUND. The agent advised me to re-book the flight on my own. Did so and ended up with the EXACT same flights as originally booked?? Have only received a PARTIAL REFUND. Still out approximately $300 dollars?? Is this a SCAM. How do I get the remaining REFUND?? Regards, Brett Parry

I wasn't able to log into the onboard wifi entertainment, but I fell asleep on the flight anyway.

Cons: "Paid for business and Seats did not recline, not was there any entertainment provided from a flight from Lisbon Portugal to Boston. This was not a business international flight although it was sold and advertised as one. Awful."

Dreadful - queued to get onto a bus, stood for 10 minutes on the bus, drove to the plane, stood for another 25 minutes on the bus outside the plane. When allowed on we could only board from the front & were seated in the furthest row back. The second bus was allowed to board from the back so chaos ensued!. The flight was an hour late - nobody said why, nobody apologised. On arrival at Heathrow we stood for nearly 30 minutes before being allowed off - again with no explanation,

Most important was the effciency - on-time take-offs and landings, no missed connections, baggage arrived correctly. Friendly & professional crew. Less important was food/drink. Pretty spartan, but we'll know next time and bring our own stuff.

Great airline, new, comfortable and quiet planes. Plenty of leg room and state of the art entertainment system. The big downside is the connection in Lisbon. The airport is small and a bus is needed from the plane to the terminal. Is a mess, takes a lot of time, nobody gives an explanation, boarding zones are not honored, etc.

Very efficient boarding - other airlines could learn from them. Friendly, efficient crew. Red eye flight, so dinner meal was irrelevant. Breakfast could have been more substantial. Seats reasonably comfy.

I have been flying internationally for most of like. My first trip with TAP- wonderful! I look forward to flying with them more frequently in the future!

Disastrous boarding. Entered air bridge only to descend stairs and enter a bus. Plane had insufficient storage, was old and chair recline was damaged. Air stewardess was sullen.

Awful experience all around, misleading booking led to disgraceful baggage charge at gate. Tiny uncomfortable seats with little drinks served in small paper cups filled halfway. Difficult to use bathrooms the whole flight and now on the way back we’re stuck in Lisbon a day later because of a diversion on our connecting flight, I will never fly this airline again.

I suspect that there was an item pilfered from my bag at the TAP automated check-in counter on March 26th at Heathrow Airport around 11:30am. I think that the employee assisting me with my bags took something out of it when I was not paying attention because today, March 27th there is a notebook missing. Please check the camera to see if indeed this occurred. My description: Male, African Decent, 5'8, 180lbs medium build, wearing trousers and a jacket. Employee description: Female, Indian Decent (guessing) 5'7, slight build. Flight 1359, London to Lisbon.

The flight crew was good, the flight itself was quick and comfortable

O comissário não nos serviu bebida no jantar. Quando voltou somente serviu água.

Babies, crying, movies and sound doesn’t working overpacked and delayed flight

3 hours late, came at my final destination without any of my luggage.

The service was terrible. We weren’t allowed to take water on the flight and the drinks were offered only at the end of the meal. When we used the button to call the flight attendants, they never showed up and when my daughter’s drink was spilled due to turbulences, she asked for something to clean her pants at least 4 times and eventually they gave her a tissue. The flight attendants were rude and overall the flight was terrible!

Good but your male staff should be more appreciative of customers. After all you are making a lot of monies from Nigerians.

Adequate. Served our purpose of getting there safely. Nothing to rave about. Decent value for the amount paid

Old planes that are not being maintained with at least basic cleaning. Plane smells awful, bathrooms not cleaned either. Customer service probably one of the worst I have experienced.

Bad service in la RAM from beginning to end. The crew ladies are impolite and rude and insensitive to passengers requests. I do not recommend traveling with Royal Air Maroc (La RAM) - worst service.

Old aircraft with a terrible business class setup and poor connection experience in Casablanca. Strongly suggest you pay a bit more and fly a different airline.

I thought it was great because the seats were really comfortable for the long flight. The food was just ok, and could have been a bit better.

The plane was new, clean and nice. The crew was very attentive and pleasant. The food wasn’t great, though - even in business class…

The flight was delayed over 2 hours, we should off left the plane2 late passengers as it’s not fair on everyone who’s followed the rules.

Dreamliner. Yes great if maintained. I didn't see anyones screen work consistently during either of our flights. Worse was their ability to not only dump you out of premium but separate couples and seat someone's carer at the opposite end of the aircraft. This poor gentleman had no hand so his partner who assists him, being seated at the other end of the aircraft, well that really showed us all what Tui think :( It was fairly dire all in all, they advertise all the perks of the dreamliner only in reality you don't have the features and they change the windows and colours to suit their constant sales pitches. Ironically they were so low on stock for the return flight that all their sales pitches were a waste of time! Their contract only favours them and 'operational changes' well they cover every excuse and Tui use it. Surprisingly we haven't reinstalled the Tui app or booked with them since. It's a shame as I rated them highly during the pandemic.

One flight attendant not wearing a mask over nose, 50% of passengers not either, and no effort to correct. Boarding was very late with no information - lots of standing around waiting.

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