Cape Verde Car Hire
Car Hire or Rental by the day or the week
This is available on Sal and Santiago and with more difficulty on most
other islands. Most hire cars break down and all are dirty as they are not
maintained or cleaned. Do not expect any reply to emails in English. Do
not expect the desks to be manned after mid-day.
Brand name firms are no better than the locals just more expensive as they
are all franchised and none are policed by HQ. You need a 4x4 to get anywhere
interesting on any of the islands and Suzukis Vitaras or Ssangyongs cost from
£40 per day plus mileage but come with aircon which is a help.
E from Grenoble used a small company
"We hired a car and found it at the airport, but there was nobody
to explain it to us as they could only speak Portuguese. When the time came
to return it there was no paper work and we did not know where to take it.
Fortunately one of the tour reps, spoke Portuguese and was able to find
the owner and find out where to take it. We wanted to pay, but they should
not be so trusting. "
K&C from Sussex had a narrow escape from marauding police out for money
" We hired a car from Alucar - nice fleet of white jeeps, deposit was
100 euros cash, rate was 47 Euros a day if pay cash or 50 if credit card.
Best to go 09.00-10.30 to catch George the man who is in charge of it all.
The police had their version of a road block outside Murdeira checking foreigners
driving licences and fining you if you didn't have yours about your person
"
Avoid Hertz and Avis
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