Tourist Attractions

Sao Tome town. The town of Sao Tome is picturesque, with colonial Portuguese architecture. Several cathedrals dot a mostly two-story-high skyline of pastel-colored colonial-era buildings with arched windows and ornate balconies. Wide boulevards wind along the waterside, past black rock outcroppings and sandy bays. more info   Principe Island and Sto António town. Príncipe Island, with an area of 139 km2, lies 146 km north of São Tomé Island. The north of the island is flatter and contains the majority of the human population. To the south and centre, the island is rugged and includes the highest mountain, Pico de Príncipe (948 m). more info   Obo National Park, a paradise for people looking for unspoiled nature. Sao Tome and Principe have recently designated natural protected reserve areas to be known as the Obo National Park. These areas include primary rainforests filled with exotic birds and lush vegetation. There are over 700 species of native plants (including 100 unique orchids) and 143 birds, many of which are only found in Sao Tome. more info   Spectacular Beachs. If you like to have a beach for your self, this is the right place for you. We are known to have the best beach of the region. There are strings of sandy beaches backed by palm trees and offshore reefs with rare corals. Some beaches are reached on foot, some by boat and others only accessible to turtles who come ashore to lay their eggs in the warm sand. more info   Roças and Plantation houses. The Sao Tome and Principe fascinating history dominated by the slave trade and plantations has left several historical landmarks. Came dicover the different plantation houses and "Roças" that was used during the colonial past. Many of them are now run as small hotels where you can spend the night and relax on the big verandas. more info   Cultural performances. Sao Tome and Principe have a  vibrant and fascinating culture. Some of the greatest testimonies of Portuguese acculturation are the “Sao Lourenço” and “Tchiloli”, both part of the cycle of stories of Charlemagne brought in the sixteenth century by the Portuguese immigrants settled in Sao Tome and Principe to work on the sugar cane plantation. more info   Birding. Sao Tome is not only a pleasant place for tourist, but also for a lot of birds. Specialists have sighted over 143 species in 40 families on the islands. Several rare endemic species can be observed: Principe white-eye, São Tomé short tail, Giant weaver, São Tomé giant sun bird, Maroon pigeon, Dwarf olive Ibis, São Tomé fiscal shrike, etc. more info   Diving. Given its privileged location directly on the Equator, Sao Tome islands offers the ideal conditions in terms of visibility and water temperature to underwater sport.  The warm and clear waters are filled with fish and other interesting creatures like muraenas, octopuses, and green sea turtles. A true paradise for scuba diving and underwater fishing.   Big Fishing Game. The waters around Sao Tome and Principe are filled with fish of different kind. Here you can get your chance to catch a 1000 pound marlin or a really aggressive sailfish.   Whale watching. Through the months of July to October Humpback whales visit the waters around Sao Tome as they move from their summer feeding grounds in low latitudes to more tropical mating and calving areas.   Jalé Beach Ecolodge and Sea Turtles. Sea turtles have been coming to the beaches of Sao Tome and Principe for milions of years and the islands have the most diverse range of sea turtles in central africa. On the south edge of the Sao Tome Island you will find Jalé beach, where giant sea turtles climb up in the morning hours to lay their eggs in the sand. It is possible to stay the night on the beach in small huts without electricity. more info   World Class Accommodation.  The quality of Sao Tome accommodation infrastructures has improved a great deal over the last 10 years. Today, Sao Tome offers a wide variety of hotels, from family run guest house to 5-star world-class resorts operated by the best European chains. more info   Friendly people. People are genuinely friendly to strangers. From a tourist perspective this is clearly one of the few places in the world where he can meet - and become a real friend - with the locals. more info.