Sao Filipe Helicopter Tours: A Review of the Top 5 Flights

Sao Filipe Helicopter Tours: A Review of the Top 5 Flights So, seeing an island from the ground is one thing, right? You walk the streets, you feel the sun, you smell the coffee from the plantations. But, you know, seeing it from the sky is a completely different story, to be honest. It’s almost like you’re being let in on a big secret. That’s actually the feeling I get when thinking about helicopter tours over São Filipe on Fogo island. You’re literally lifted above it all, and the patterns of the lava fields and the layout of the old …

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A Frank Look at the 2025 Private Half-Day 4×4 Fogo Volcano Excursion

A Frank Look at the 2025 Private Half-Day 4×4 Fogo Volcano Excursion So you’re thinking about the half-day 4×4 tour on Fogo, right? We basically decided a private trip was the way to go for our 2025 visit, giving us a bit of freedom. At the end of the day, leaving the beautiful, cobbled streets of São Filipe behind felt like a real start to an adventure. The shift in scenery is honestly quite fast. One moment you’re like, admiring the colonial sobrados, and the next, you’re on a road that’s really climbing. The air apparently gets a little cooler …

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