Cape Verde
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Yes. CV Telecom and Unitel T+ provide 4G LTE on all 9 inhabited islands. Resort areas on Sal and Boa Vista have excellent signal; Mindelo (São Vicente) and Praia (Santiago) have 5G in central districts. Santo Antão's northern hiking trails and Fogo's volcano summit have reduced signal — download offline topo maps before tackling the ribeiras or the Pico hike.

Sal and Boa Vista have the classic powdery white-sand beaches. Santa Maria (Sal) has the liveliest beach strip with restaurants, hotels, kite rental, and watersports. Boa Vista's Praia de Chaves and Santa Mónica are wilder and less developed. For beach-plus-hiking, choose Santiago (Praia area) or Maio. For dramatic black-sand volcanic beaches, head to Fogo.

Santo Antão is Cape Verde's hiking capital — the ribeiras (river valleys) of Paúl and Cha de Igreja offer some of the Atlantic's most dramatic trekking, with trails climbing from sea level to 1,000m+ ridgelines. Fogo (Pico do Fogo volcano) is the second great hike. Both require offline GPS — coverage drops in the deep ravines and above 2,000m on Fogo.

Excellent. Sal (Ponta Preta, Santa Maria, Kite Beach) and Boa Vista (Ervatão) are among the world's top kite spots thanks to the Harmattan trade winds blowing November–June. Lessons and equipment rental are available in Santa Maria — Mitu Monteiro's Kite Beach is the most famous launch point.

Morna is a haunting, melancholic musical genre born in Cape Verde — similar in emotional resonance to Portuguese fado or Argentinian tango. Cesária Évora — "the barefoot diva" born in Mindelo — brought it global fame. UNESCO inscribed morna as Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2019. Live morna performances are common in Mindelo bars.

The Cape Verdean escudo (CVE), pegged to the Euro at roughly 110 CVE = 1 EUR. EUR is widely accepted at hotels and tourist businesses on Sal, Boa Vista, and in Mindelo and Praia. ATMs in Santa Maria, Sal Rei, Praia, and Mindelo dispense escudos with international cards.

No. One Cape Verde eSIM covers all 9 inhabited islands — Sal, Boa Vista, Santiago, São Vicente, Santo Antão, Fogo, Brava, Maio, and São Nicolau — on CV Telecom's national network. You move freely between islands by inter-island flights (TACV/Bestfly) or ferries without changing eSIMs.

An eSIM (embedded SIM) is a digital SIM built into your phone. Instead of a physical card, you scan a QR code and your plan installs instantly — no SIM tray needed.

iPhone XS (2018) and newer, most Android flagships from 2020+, and all Samsung Galaxy S21+ devices support eSIM. Check our compatibility page for the full device list.

After purchase, we email a QR code. On iPhone: Settings → Cellular → Add eSIM → Scan QR Code. On Android: Settings → Network & Internet → SIMs → Add eSIM. The whole process takes under 60 seconds.

Yes. Most phones support dual SIM (physical + eSIM). Keep your home number for calls and SMS — use Flysimio for data abroad. You control which SIM handles what in your phone Settings.

For most trips, yes. A tourist SIM card means finding a shop or airport kiosk on arrival, showing your passport, and swapping out your home SIM. An eSIM is bought online, installed at home before you fly, and connects when you land, while your home SIM stays in the phone. A local SIM can be cheaper per GB for long stays of a month or more, and it is the option to choose if you need a local phone number.

No. Flysimio travel eSIMs are data-only, so there is no local phone number for calls or SMS. WhatsApp, iMessage, FaceTime and other calling apps work over the data connection, and your home number stays active on your regular SIM for calls and texts.

You connect to the same local 4G/LTE and 5G networks listed on this page, at the speeds those networks give local customers where you are. 5G works where the network and your phone both support it. Daily plans run at full speed up to the daily allowance and are slowed for the rest of that day; fixed-data plans run at full speed until the data is used.

Yes, all Flysimio plans include mobile hotspot at no extra charge. Share your data connection with laptops, tablets, or other devices freely.

You can top up data from your account dashboard at any time. Top-ups are applied instantly — no need to buy a new eSIM or wait.

Yes. Full refund within 7 days of purchase, no questions asked, as long as the eSIM is unused or has used less than 100 MB — that allowance means you can install it and check it connects without losing the guarantee. Past 100 MB we still refund in full for verified faults, such as activation details that never arrived or a technical failure on our side. Contact contact@flysimio.com with your order number.

You have 6 months from your purchase date to activate the eSIM. Once activated, the plan validity period (e.g., 7 days, 30 days) begins counting down.

Yes — as long as you installed the eSIM before your flight, it activates automatically when your phone connects to a local network on landing. No Wi-Fi required for activation.

If the QR code won't scan, you can enter the activation code manually — we include both in the email. You can also contact our 24/7 support team and we'll resend or manually provision your eSIM.