Bijagos Islands

The archipelago is made up of eighteen major islands and a dozen more smaller ones.

• 🌍 Bubaque — the most populated island and administrative capital of the islands
• 🌍 Caravela —
• 🌍 Formosa —
• 🌍 Canhabaque — also known as Roxa
• 🌍 Uno —
• 🌍 Carache —
• 🌍 Bolama — Bolama is a town of 5000 people a short pirogue trip from the mainland
• 🌍 Orango Grande — famous for its salt-water hippos
• 🌍 João Vieira and 🌍 Poilão — best islands for turtle-spotting
• Keré — a tiny island between Caravela and Carache. No people live on the island, there is only a single hotel. Fishing trips and visits to villages in Caravela and Carache can be arranged. To go there, contact the hotel, which will be able to arrange transport from Bissau.
• 🌍 Rubane — the Bijagós ethnic group consider it a sacred island; it is accessible from Bissau on a 3-hour boat trip

The Bijagos Islands have been affected less by Western cultural influence than the mainland. Many of the smaller remote islands remain unspoilt paradises.

• 🌍 Bubaque Airport (BQE  ^IATA). serves the city of Bubaque. 

Motorised canoes or the bigger but safer boats are the best ways to move between the various islands.

• Boating is a popular activity in the Bijagos Islands.
• There are plenty of beaches on Bubaque Island, many of which are largely untouched by mass tourism.

• 🌍 Saldo Mar Restaurant, Bubaque, ☏ +245 955 496 826. (updated Nov 2018)

• Les Dauphins (Bubaque), ☏ +33 1 42 89 32 64. 
• 🌍 Africa Princess, Island of Canhabaque (Port of Bissau), ☏ +221 77 645 7529, +245 517 8356, africa.princess.bijagos@gmail.com. Check-in: synchronized with the flights arrivals, check-out: synchronized with the flights departures. This is a motorized catamaran with 4 cabins with independent WC and air conditioning that tours the two Bijagos National Parks every week in the dry season. With a set of 5 boats and good skippers, is ideal for itinerant fishing, nature and ethnic tours. (updated Sep 2015)
• 🌍 Hotel Bijagós-Kéré, Kéré Island, ☏ +245 96 679 49 65. This hotel sits on its own islet, and offers fishing and eco-tourism. African-style bungalows with quality beds, mosquito nets and toilets in the majority of the bedrooms. You can also enjoy a big terrace with a living room and sea view. Restaurants and bar. (updated Jan 2023)
• Orango Park Hotel (Orango Grande). 
• Chez Claude (João Vieira), ☏ +245-6179577, +245-6661037. 
• Decouverte (Keŕe). 
• Le Tubaron (Rubane). 
• Lodge Ponta anchaca (Rubane). 
• Hotel Acunda (Acunda). There is a fishing lodge at Acunda. Basic facilities, good fishing boats and skippers. Is an excellent base for fishing the outermost islands and marks. 

Watch out for the Nile crocodiles and saltwater hippos in the marshes.