Santo Antao Information
This is the second largest of the islands of Cape Verde and offers the archipelagos most spectacular landscapes, especially after the summer rains when the hills are green.
The island is sliced in half by a mountain range that runs from northeast to southeast and ends the relatively recent volcanic peak of Tope da Coroa at 1979 meters high. This mountain range means that the climate is dry in the south, cool in the centre and humid in the northeast and quite naturally the vegetation varies dramatically between regions. The higher areas are covered with trees like eucalyptus, cypress and pine while the south is the opposite with dry arid land and herbaceous vegetation. The other wise inaccessible landscape of the island is intersected by sturdily constructed footpaths that make it a hikers paradise.
Santo Antao is very rich in agriculture with its main produce being sugar cane, sweet potatoes, yams, manioc, bananas, coconuts, mango, papaya and almonds and the island is famous for its Cape Verdean rum called “grougue” or “grog” made from sugar cane.
Improvements are being continuously made here, to accommodate the foreseen influx of tourists in the future. More roads are being built and the maritime service and air service links are also being improved.
Ribeira da Torre
This is a fascinating town, steeped in the islands rich culture. Here the old traditional sugar cane mills are still in use and the owners make a point of offering visitors a taste of their “grougue”
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