Sub Saharan Africa

We recommend that you take out comprehensive medical and travel insurance before travelling.  This should include cover for medical treatment and evacuation, accidents, cancelled flights, and stolen cash, cards, passports and luggage. You should check any exclusions, and that your policy covers you for all the activities you want to undertake. For more general information see Travel Insurance.

If things do go wrong when you are overseas then this is How We Can Help.

Register with our LOCATE service to tell us when and where you are travelling abroad or where you live abroad so our consular and crisis staff can provide better assistance to you in an emergency. More information about registering with LOCATE can be found here.

There is no British Embassy in Cape Verde.  The British Ambassador to Cape Verde resides at Dakar.  Mr Antonio Canuto, the British Honorary Consul in Mindelo, Sao Vicente island, can provide limited assistance in an emergency; (tel: +238 2322830), or ask for Mr Canuto's assistant, Isabel Spencer (tel: (238) 2323512/2323123; fax: +238 2321284).  

The Cape Verde Escudo is tied to the Euro at CV Esc 110.27 = 1 Euro.  Banks will exchange hard currencies.  Main hotels and restaurants will accept the major credit cards.