Many
other opportunities, from half day to more long-term residence.
The journey is "à la carte" for durations
ranging up to a month in Senegal, Gambia, Bijagos Islands
and Cape Verde Islands areas.
Certain cruises,
as the Green Cape, are more maritime and more athletic and
imply long crossings: they suit more to the initiated sail
than to beginners. Others as the rivers, are a lot calmer
one: they privilege the discovery of the crossed regions in
the biggest respect of the ecosystems and local customs.
Well heard it
is possible to arrive or to set off directly of certain ones
of these countries or again to establish a mixed program (crossed,
river, 4x4, camp, surfing…)
Do
not hesitate to contact us, sufficiently in advance, to help
you design your best possible stay.
For
example, from Pedra Badego, a nice small fishing port of the
northern island of Santiago, at 30 mn from Praia international
airport on the island of Santiago‚ Chaka
offers cruises for half day or longer cruises:
At your request
embarquements for these cruises can take place at Praia or
Tarrafal de Santiago...
We can also you
propose other cruises to other islands of Cape Verde (
) ... or more long-term or even to thématic stays:
observation of turtles & whales‚ surf & kite
trip‚ road of grogo‚ 'school of cruises'‚ fiestas‚
...
3 islands at wind in 7 days: Sal - Sao Vincene - San
Antao
5 islands at wind in 12 days: Sal - Boa Vista - Sao
Nicolao - Sao Vincente - San Antao
............contact
us!
Do
not hesitate to contact us, sufficiently in advance, to help
you design your best possible stay.
Chaka
offers the go & back from Pedra Badego on the island
of Santiago to Vila on the island of Maio, so you can
easily plan to spend one or two days on the island of
Maio...
Program type
J1
9h
Welcome on board in the fishing port of Pedra
Badego to travel 20 miles until Maio is 3 to 5
hours sailing according to weather conditions...
13h
Front of the beach of Vila de Maio - anchorage
Swimming, relaxing, dining on board supplement
ability
Landing "rock ' n roll" at grand pier of trade
in vila de Maio or on the beach when the sea allows
it...
15h
Home on Board at the Vila de Maio
anchorage to travel 20 miles back to Pedra Badego
Residence
"Leeward islands: Santiago - Fogo - Brava"
180 miles - 4 passagers
max
In
7 days and 6 nights, including 2 nights of navigation
in Chaka, you will discover
the islands of Fogo and Brava...
Program type
J1
9h
Welcome on board in the fishing port of Pedra
Badego to browse 90 miles to Sao Felipe on Fogo
Island passing north of Santiago and Fogo Islands
is 18 to 24 hours of sailing. We spend a night
at sea
J2
morning
Anchorage at Sao Felipe in Fogo island.
Landing for excursions and 2 nights on land
J3
Visit of Fogo
J4
15h
Return on board to go 15 miles to
Furna is 2 to 4 h sailing
18h
Anchorage at Furna in Brava island.
Landing for excursions and 2 nights on land
J5
Visit of Brava
J6
15h
Back on board for browse 75 miles
to Praia de Santiago from South of the Islands is
15-20 hours sailing.. We spend a night at sea
J7
morning
Anchorage in Praia. Landing
The
price of this stay do not understand excursions ashore,
2 nights of accommodation and meals on Fogo and 2 nights
lodging and meals on Brava.
6
Days and 5 nights with 2 or 3 nights in navigation with
Chaka, you attending
the Festival of Santa Maria and discover the beautiful
beaches of the island of Sal...
This festival to place each year to mid September. And
be anchored in front of the stage or occur from great
artists like Alpha Blondy, Kassav, and many more for
2 days and 2 nights... is an unforgettable experience!
Program type
J1
9h
Welcome on board in
the fishing port of Pedra Badego to travel 100 miles
up to Santa Maria on the island of Sal is 20 to
30 hours of sailing. We spend a night at sea
J2
evening
Arrival on the island of Sal offers
multiple possibilities of anchorage
J3
Visit of Sal- Festival of Santa
Maria- Night and breakfast on board
J4
Visit of Sal- Festival of Santa
Maria- Night and breakfast on board
J5
10h
Departure to travel 100 miles up to
Pedra Badego either 20 to 30 hours of sailing..
We spend a night at sea
J6
morning
Anchorage at Pedra Badego. Landing
This
stay prices do not understand excursions ashore, Festival
entries and meals taken ashore.
Residence
"Festival of Mindelo on the island of Sao Vicente"
300 miles - 4 passagers
max
In
7 days and 6 nights, including 3 nights of navigation with
Chaka, you attending at the
Carnival of Mindelo and discover île deserte Santa Lucia...
This stay is both Carnival of Mindelo end February as festival
of Baia Das Gatas end August
Program type
J1
9h
Welcome on board in the fishing
port of Pedra Badego to browse 140 miles to Mindelo on
the island of Sao Vincente is 28 to 40 hours of sailing.
We spend one or two nights at sea with the possibility
of a halte relaxation/Discovery on the desertic island
of Santa Lucia
J3
Visit of Sao Vincente- Festival of Mindelo-
Night and breakfast on board
J4
Visit of Sao Vincente- Festival of Mindelo-
Night and breakfast on board
J5
Visit of Sao Vincente- Festival of Mindelo-
Night and breakfast on board
J6
10h
Departure to browse 140 miles until Pedra
Badego is 28 to 40 hours of sailing. We spend one or two
nights at sea
J7
evening
Anchorage to Pedra Badego. Landing
This
stay prices do not understand excursions ashore, Festival
entries and meals taken ashore.
In 3 days
and 3 nights Chaka will transport
you from Cape Verde to Senegal... a beautiful offshore navigation
of 350 nautical miles in the trade winds of NE and the Great
Atlantic swell.
From Dakar in
Senegal‚ Chaka offers
cruises from half day residence to longer cruises.... We present
here some examples of cruises with an overview of the many
possibilities.
For example, plan 5 days from Dakar or Banjul to discover,
70 nautical miles of Dakar and 40 of Banjul, the charms of
the delta du Saloum, its islands and its national park...
and back to Dakar.
The delta of
the Saloum mixes harmonious earths and waters of the Saloum
river and Atlantic. A national park with its classified forests,
hundreds of islands in a maze of creeks. A cruising where
one sees pélicans, cormorants, eagles fishermen, aigrettes,
hérons, pink flamants, perroquets, perruches, tisserins...
Villages of fishermen doing to dry or smoke-dry their fish.
The harvest and the tasting of the palm wine. Every island
offers his spectacle and his typical landscape: virgin beaches
of tourists, mangroves where one «gathers» oysters or shells,
a bush subsaharienne where one becomes aware of the monkeys
in the branches of a baobab or jackals fleeing in the mangrove.
Envisage
for example 7 days in Gambia for a cruising on the river of
Banjul to Georgetown, 300 km towards the interior of the country
of them 4 day of navigation at the peaceful rhythm of the
winds and tides, and return towards Banjul and the beaches
of the Atlantic coast of them 1 day of bus or taxi bush. In
more of navigation pleasure inside of West Africa to the meeting
of the mangrove, hippopotamuses, monkeys and thousands of
birds. Many possibilities of excursions: National park of
Gambia river, discovered "stones circles", safari
warthogs and gazelles, hiking in the rice paddies, sport fishing...
If you have more time the cruise on the river can take you
more far again to the interior of the earths, to Bassé at
400KM of Banjul, with excursion possibilities towards the
national park of the Niokolo Koba to the Senegal…
These cruisings
in Gambia can also be done at the beginning of Dakar and/or
return until in Dakar: it is then necessary to envisage 2
days additional for the navigation from Dakar to Banjul (90
miles nautical) and the formalities of entry in Gambia.
At least envisage
8 days starting from Dakar to discover this very beautiful
Senegalese river at 140 miles nautical and its let us bolons
until in Ziguinchor the soft one and return towards Dakar.
After very beautiful a 24 hours navigation, of Dakar to the
mouth of Casamance or you will be accomodated by the dolphins,
you will appreciate the beauty and the peace of this area
and its inhabitants. Villages of fishermen such as Djogué
and Elinkine, rice plantations and palm plantations on the
side of Nioumouneye and
Kachiouane, the tropical forest and immense orchards of Afiniam,
the heats musical nights of Ziguinchor, splendid beaches of
the Cape Skiring…
Envisage 2 weeks to be left Dakar to join and discover the
wild beauty of the archipelago of Bijagos in Guinea Bissau
with 250 miles nautical in the south Dakar. A group of around
fifty islands flat and of îlots, formed of big sand benches
and of black vulcanics rocks, trimmed inextricable mangroves,
with in background a luxurious vegetation.
Only about ten islands shelter some towns where life remained
such as she always had to be, or almost. The moistenings are
true ecological festivals. A wildlife and a flore of a wealth
astonishing.
At least envisage
the minimum of 3 days from Dakar to join Santa Maria Sal island
to the Green Cape… a beautiful offshore navigation of 350
water miles in the alizes of NE and the large atlantic hell.
Spring
(for the month of May) Chaka just
starting to Brazil via Cape Verde... is back in the fall of West
Africa (towards the month of October). .
You
can embark for the transatlantic outward or return, or a cruise
discovery in Brazil.
The transatlantic, in
particular the transatlantic one of Salvador of Bahia to the Senegal,
suit more to the initiated sailors than of the beginners.
Do
not hesitate to contact us, sufficiently in advance, to help you
design your best possible stay.
Transatlanc
from Cape Verde to Salvador de Bahia
Plan at least
3 to 4 weeks in June for a transatlantic of 2100 miles nautical
in trade winds from Cape Verde to Salvador de Bahia in Brazil
with passage of the Equator and its legendary "flat calm",
and a short stopover in magnificent archipelago Fernando de
Noronha…
Cruises
at Salvador de Bahia
In July and
August, join Chaka at Salvador
de Bahia to discover the splendid Baia dos Todos os Santos,
the island of Itaparica…
Transatlantic
from Salvador de Bahia to Dakar
At least envisage
4 weeks in September for the transatlantic crossing return
from El Salvador de Bahia to Dakar...
When
For
example, from Pedra Badego, a nice small fishing port of the
northern island of Santiago, at 30 mn from Praia international
airport on the island of Santiago‚ 
Chaka
One
day cruise with 
In
7 days and 6 nights, including 2 nights of navigation
in 
6
Days and 5 nights with 2 or 3 nights in navigation with
In
7 days and 6 nights, including 3 nights of navigation with
For example, plan 5 days from Dakar or Banjul to discover,
70 nautical miles of Dakar and 40 of Banjul, the charms of
the delta du Saloum, its islands and its national park...
and back to Dakar.
Envisage
for example 7 days in Gambia for a cruising on the river of
Banjul to Georgetown, 300 km towards the interior of the country
of them 4 day of navigation at the peaceful rhythm of the
winds and tides, and return towards Banjul and the beaches
of the Atlantic coast of them 1 day of bus or taxi bush.
In
more of navigation pleasure inside of West Africa to the meeting
of the mangrove, hippopotamuses, monkeys and thousands of
birds. Many possibilities of excursions: National park of
Gambia river, discovered "stones circles", safari
warthogs and gazelles, hiking in the rice paddies, sport fishing...
After very beautiful a 24 hours navigation, of Dakar to the
mouth of Casamance or you will be accomodated by the dolphins,
you will appreciate the beauty and the peace of this area
and its inhabitants. Villages of fishermen such as Djogué
and Elinkine, rice plantations and palm plantations on the
side of Nioumouneye and 
Kachiouane, the tropical forest and immense orchards of Afiniam,
the heats musical nights of Ziguinchor, splendid beaches of
the Cape Skiring…
Envisage 2 weeks to be left Dakar to join and discover the
wild beauty of the archipelago of Bijagos in Guinea Bissau
with 250 miles nautical in the south Dakar. A group of around
fifty islands flat and of îlots, formed of big sand benches
and of black vulcanics rocks, trimmed inextricable mangroves,
with in background a luxurious vegetation. 
Only about ten islands shelter some towns where life remained
such as she always had to be, or almost. The moistenings are
true ecological festivals. A wildlife and a flore of a wealth
astonishing.
Spring
(for the month of May)