3 hours · Any time
The Secret Beaches
Seven beaches east and west of town in five stops — São Rafael and Castelo share a headland, and Falésia runs east off the end of Olhos de Água, so two of the stops are two beaches you walk between. Two of the seven have car parks that are a handful of spaces on a dirt track, full by mid-morning all summer, which is why most people never see them. Swim stops if you fancy it. Towels on board.
€65per person · children 3–11 €32.50private charter · minimum €78
Where we go
The practical bits
- Toilet stop
- Yes — at Olhos de Água, about two thirds of the way round.
- Getting in and out
- Two steps up into the tuk tuk, and some of the beaches have steps down to the sand. Message me with what you need and I'll be straight with you about which stops work.
- Children
- Seatbelts on every seat, and everyone wears one. I don't carry child seats, and I'm not going to guess at what the law wants for a toddler in a tuk tuk — message me before you book, tell me how old they are, and I'll tell you straight what I can and can't do.
- Youngest
- No minimum, but talk to me first about babies and toddlers.
- Time of year
- All year, though the swim stops are really April to October. The five o'clock start gets you the light on the way back in summer; in winter it finishes after dark, so ask me whether it's worth it.
- If the weather turns
- The sides come down, so light rain is fine. If it's genuinely wet I'll move you to another day or refund you in full if you're flying home.
- Group size
- Up to 4 of you in one tuk tuk. More than that and I bring a second driver, same price each.
What I promise
- I'll be there, or you don't pay
- Outside your hotel at the time we agreed. If I'm more than fifteen minutes late and haven't messaged you, the tour's free. You're booking a stranger in a foreign country — that shouldn't be the thing you're worrying about.
- Weather's rubbish? We move it
- Not a refund, a better day — as many times as you like while you're here, at no charge. The sides come down so drizzle is nothing, but I'm not driving you round in the wet and calling it a holiday. If you fly home before we manage it, you get your money back.
- Your pace, not my timetable
- If the kids want another twenty minutes in the sea, we stay. I've never once cut a tour short to get back for the next one, and I'd rather run three good ones a day than six rushed ones.