Lote Ho 1, Urb. Morrinho de Baguincho Praia de Boca Salina, Boa Vista 4110 Cape Verde
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The Hotel Riu Karamboa, which has been completely refurbished in 2022, is located on the marvellous island of Boa Vista, surrounded by a natural paradise, with stunning beaches and untouched landscapes. Located in an excellent beachfront location that enjoys a fantastic climate year-round, this Adults Only hotel offers the best 24-hour all-inclusive service so that you can enjoy an unforgettable holiday on Cape Verde. Our 950 rooms are perfectly equipped and decorated to guarantee a relaxing stay. Start your mornings by enjoying a buffet breakfast with live show-cooking. Cool off at our 5 pools and have a drink at the swim-up bar or have a swim in the sea by direct access to Praia das Dunas, Our amazing all-inclusive service offers snacks in bars and various dining options, where you can try the best international food and other specialties in the themed restaurants. You can enjoy our daytime entertainment, the Splash Water World water park and an endless number of sports, as well as live music and shows at night. Relax at the Renova Spa with the steam room, warm pool and a range of massages and treatments. Visit this paradise off the coast of West Africa and admire beautiful volcanic landscapes and white-sand beaches. Enjoy the island with RIU! #RiuParty at the Hotel Riu Karamboa Do you like going to top parties on your holidays? Then visit us and dance to the rhythm of top DJs and be carried away by the shows offered at each party.
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Stopped here many times and this time was the same excellent. Lots of changes and a complete overhaul for the better in our opinion, wll be back next year for sure. Personal touches fantastic and all the staff excellent, Thank you Karamboa
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Date of stay: November 2022
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I don’t normally do reviews, but felt like I had to address some of the reviews we read before we went and call out their BS: “There is nothing to do, no nightlife” - it’s the perfect relax holiday, no busy streets, no touristy destinations, just pure sandy beaches and the occasional hotel… perfect for us, if you don’t like that go to the canaries. The motto of the island is “no stress” and everyone (staff in particular) really vibes this. “The alcohol is really watered down” - they literally serve you half a glass of it, so if it is watered down they make it back up by filling your glass right up with it! “The pool isn’t very good” - the pool was very spacious and a separate young kids pool around the corner, which meant plenty of space. It was really clean and yes a few tiles missing but who actually cares? Plus we spent half the day at the pool bar, being served cocktails and spirits whilst half in the pool… what more do people want?! “The staff weren’t very helpful” - this is by far the best resort we have been too for staffing. They are always dancing, always smiling, wanting to know you a little more, they remember your names, drinks, accent… just really lovely people, I wish we had more of that attitude in the UK. At the pool bar they dance like 3 times a day with bottles on their head and all kinds of crazy stuff, they look like they love working with each other and for the company which really radiated off! They were also so good at like 100 different languages which is crazy to me! “The food was a little bland” - it’s an all inclusive resort… it’s not a Michelin star restaurant… but the food was really good, plenty of choice for everyone, beautifully cooked meats and everything was fresh. “It’s very windy” - who isn’t looking at the weather before they book?! It is windy which keeps a nice cool breeze on during the day and reduces the temp in the evening. Never felt like you was sweating and still plenty of sun, so many people were red as the UV is crazy high! Overall this is by far the best resort we have been too for the whole round experience, the staff make it feel relaxing and alive. If I wanted a proper recharge after a few busy months work, I would 100% return… and we’ve never returned to a resort before…! Thank you to everyone at the resort who made our stay really special, keep up that no stress attitude 😎…
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Date of stay: March 2022Trip type: Traveled as a couple
Room Tip: Bring factor 50! The UV is sooo high and the wind burn is different levels!!!!
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This hotel is nearly perfect great food, wonderful people, nothing is too much trouble 90% of the time. It has had a upgrade in most of the hotel unfortunately our room was not one of those rooms, but it was cleaned everyday. The only thing that got to me frustratingly was the very poor service to refill the room fridge and the optics these seemed to be very slow to refill even after talking to the front desk and the TUI rep
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Date of stay: December 2022Trip type: Traveled with family
Room Tip: Go to the Perola d Chaves restaurant/ beach bar in your first couple of days you can eat, drink ,...
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brilliant room cleaned every day shower great everyone chilled and friendly. food was excellent not like canaries plenty of fish and meat chicken etc.we love it and have been twice this year and probably do the same next year.not a s ight seeing place but some trips if you want them we loved the beach ,sea a bit rough but i love that
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Date of stay: November 2022
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Riu Karamboa maintains a high-quality with a very nice staff as always are helpful, not forgetting all the staff in the restaurants The newly renovated hotel is clean and tidy. The different restaurants are of a good standard with mixed specialties. The pool area with three pools is clean and fresh. Unfortunately, it blew a little too much to swim in the sea. Otherwise, there is only good to say about the hotel.
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Date of stay: November 2022
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Adult only resort. Cons Quite windy and strong waves. Red flag almost every day. So no ocean swimming….But when it is not windy it is amazing!!!!! No iron in the room. Pros 10 minutes from the airport. The resort is very well maintained with lots of pools and activities. People working in the resort are super friendly and calm. They help you no matter what and they don’t expect any tips. Fast check in and check out. Food it is repetitive (it is an all inclusive resort) but with great choices daily. From soups, appetizers, grilled fish, pork, chicken, beef, lamb, desserts and fruits. You will find something that you’ll like. All the pools are clean. The snack bars at the beach have BBQ chicken legs or wings sometimes, pork ribs, sausages, burgers, hot dogs and pork belly with fries and baked potatoes. Good quality drinks as you can get in all inclusive resorts. No Hennessy or JW. Estrella beer. The restaurants have beer, soft drinks and red/white/rose wine on the tap. The room (5122) was cleaned every day and every day a nice towel figure was waiting for us!!!! The fridge was refilled daily with soft drinks and beer. TV and safe. As I mentioned there is no iron. USB ports to charge your phone. European style plugs. AC was working perfectly. In the shower there is a shampoo/conditioner bottle. Regular soap bars in the bathroom. White sand on the beach. Long beach so you can walk or run every morning.…
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Date of stay: November 2022Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Well arrived 4 days ago. Third time at this hotel. First time was the year it opened and thought it was beautiful. Second time here was 2017 and still beautiful and noticed the palm trees had doubled in size. This time the hotel has just opened following refurb and it is a-freak in-mazing. The lobby is the first thing you see and it is so light. All the dark wood has gone to be replaced with a mixture of modern retro and art novo furniture. There is something to catch the eye in all direction. The bedrooms carry the theme with light wood on walls and bed. Gone are the bead curtains at the wardrobe to be replaced by sliding doors. Optic bar has complimentary alcoholic. Some of the rooms have plunge pools ( ground floor only...go figure) there are five pools, all rectangular and two have swim up bars and grill stations ( you have to get out of the water for them though). And let's not forget the waterworld. Not for the faint hearted. If you have been hare before the refurb it is definitely worth another visit. What's not too love.…
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Date of stay: November 2022Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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The hotel Karamboa is an adults only resort on Boa Vista island. There are few activities off the resort although there are taxis available to take guests to the town. It’s basically expected that you will stay on-site, though, which I think is ok for a week if you’re happy to sunbathe, swim, read etc. it’s a bit windy for playing cards outside! It’s all-inclusive and the food is basically what you’d expect, not extravagant but plenty of Iran’s quite a lot of variety. I’m not sure that it would suit picky eaters. The demographic seems to be younger couples , still childless, and those whose families have grown up and moved on. British, Germans, French seemed to be the main nationality groups. A few elderly, like me, which is where the problems arise: no lifts and long distances to walk between accommodation, restaurants and pools/beach. I managed to hire a mobility scooter from the company which runs the Dune buggies, but he only has two or three. It made a huge difference to my enjoyment of the holiday- I was really struggling with the distances. Accommodation, restaurants and all public areas, inside and out, are kept immaculate and staff are charming.…
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Date of stay: December 2022Trip type: Traveled with friends
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Great place to spend a quiet holiday, lost of sun, sea & cocktails, great food abfab staff, top entertainment team, all with a big smile, after renovation this is such a nice place, adults only, clean pools, clean beach
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Date of stay: November 2022
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MY friend and I stayed at Riu Karamboa for a week. We had a lot of fun and the hotel is fab overall. Overall view in short context - Majority of the travellers are 50+ however there is plenty of activities for everyone. Entertainment Was fantastic, the entertainment team do amazing job. However if you are planning on staying for longer than a week, you may find that etnertainment is repetative. However they had round africa, cape verde, rock and ABBA shows which were amazing and their white/neon party is fantastic (every friday), they bring disco to you... Also the entertainment team could not have been more encouraging, they were trying to invlove everyone in the activities and always stopped by travellers asking them have they are/how their holiday is going, and reminding them fun only no stress, which was amazing :) Pools Very clean and well maintained. Rooms Modern and kept to reasonable standards. Mini bar should be restocked everyday, however we realised on 3rd day when our mini bar got restocked (we asked for it) that we should have been getting it restocked everyday (Our main priority was water), which we did have to wait for the next day. The floor lacked some cleaning as walking around your feet were brown from floor dirt, so i do wish the floors were mopped rather than vaccum/sweeped. AI service Brilliant, cannot fault it. Between 7.30am (ish) to 10pm (ish) you have food continously as well as some bars open til 4am (sports bar), where you can continue enjoying AI drinks. Beach The current is very strong for swimming, which most of the time makes it unsafe to swim or even just stand in the water. However there is plenty of space round the pool and you can enjoy beach sand in between. Staff/Service staff and service overall was good. The only thing i would say is that we wished reception staff were more helpful on us finding out about local exurcsions rather than having to go through TUI. As we would have preferred to have supported the locals directly, plus it is more cost effective which would allow you to attend other exurcsions especially if you budget is tight. …
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Date of stay: November 2022Trip type: Traveled with friends
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$132 - $189 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
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Frequently Asked Questions about Hotel Riu Karamboa
Which popular attractions are close to Hotel Riu Karamboa?
Nearby attractions include Praia de Chaves (0.7 miles), Deserto de Viana (2.1 miles), and Museu dos Naufragos (2.8 miles).
What are some of the property amenities at Hotel Riu Karamboa?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include a swimup bar, a pool, and an on-site restaurant.
Which room amenities are available at Hotel Riu Karamboa?
Top room amenities include a bidet, a separate living room, and a sofa.
What food & drink options are available at Hotel Riu Karamboa?
Guests can enjoy a swimup bar, an on-site restaurant, and a lounge during their stay.
What are some restaurants close to Hotel Riu Karamboa?
Conveniently located restaurants include Morabeza Beach Bar & Lounge Restaurant, Bahia the Beach, and Perola d'Chaves.
Are there opportunities to exercise at Hotel Riu Karamboa?
Yes, guests have access to a pool, a fitness center, and a sauna during their stay.
Which languages are spoken by the staff at Hotel Riu Karamboa?
The staff speaks multiple languages, including English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Are there any historical sites close to Hotel Riu Karamboa?
Many travelers enjoy visiting Pavoacao Velha. (7.1 miles).
Does Hotel Riu Karamboa have any great views?
Yes, guests often enjoy the bay view available here.
Is Hotel Riu Karamboa accessible?
Yes, it offers wheelchair access and facilities for disabled guests. For specific inquiries, we recommend calling ahead to confirm.