São Tomé Island
Roca Sao Joao
A former colonial plantation administrator’s house near the village of Sao Joao dos Angolares on Sao Tome’s east coast, meticulously restored with an excellent restaurant.
The six en-suite rooms in the main building are the best ones, while there are some simpler rooms in the former hospital. A balcony wraps around the house and looks out over forest to the Bay of Santa Cruz – perfect for bird watching. The grounds are well kept and worth a stroll and there are trails further afield for birders to walk.
The restaurant is very popular with locals and serves an excellent taster menu, sometimes of 10 courses, overseen by the chef and your host, Joao Carlos Silva.
Facilities
The rooms in the main building are the best ones and all en suite while there are some simple rooms in the former hospital. Rooms have fans, mosquito nets and there is running hot water in the shower. The restaurant is very popular with locals and serves an excellent taster menu, sometimes of 10 courses, overseen by the chef and your host, Joao Carlos Silva.
Local Wildlife
You could see paradise flycatcher, dwarf olive ibis, Principe speirops, Newton’s yellow breasted sunbird, Gulf of Guinea thrush and oriole.
Optional Activities
Guided plantation walks. Visits to the beach and local town. Cookery classes . Guided trails. Birding tours. Picnics.
Alan Godwin
Area Specialist
The well-regarded restaurant uses fresh local ingredients and is the best one in the islands for vegetarian food. Their lunchtime multi-course tasting menus are legendary.
If you have any questions regarding our São Tomé & Príncipe tours, please feel free to contact me on +44 (0)1803 866965
Thank you for sending us on the most magical holiday. I can hardly believe there are two islands, of such beauty, almost untouched by modern tourism and commercialisation, left on the planet. They must be similar now, to how the Seychelles were 70 years ago.