We had an absolute blast on a tour with André Matos. André was enthusiastic, eager to help and really helped make this a great experience. Unlike the larger tour groups that run from the beach, André was able to take us into a couple of harder to reach locations because of the small size of the group. He helped us launch and land the kayak a few times in what might have been intimidating scenarios for people lacking experience. It was obvious that he cares as he also helped other people not part of his tour launch from the cave in waves that were a little larger than normal. At one point we were going to go through a small cave on the kayak, but André let us know that it wasn't safe to do that with the weather. It was awesome to see that he balanced fun and safety. André also called us when he arrived in the beach to help inform us where he was. It was nice that he was actively looking for people that booked with him. We were initially toying with the idea of renting our own kayaks but we are so very happy we booked with André to maximize the fun and adventure on this excursion!

The Benagil caves are spectacular and iconic appearing on almost every tourist brochure about the Algarve. But what a fuss! People hire paddle boards, boats or kayaks to see them. But far easier is simply to swim! From the left hand side of the beach it is about 100 yards to swim into the cave! Despite warnings of currents, I found it an easy swim at high tide that took about 7 minutes. If you can manage four lengths of your local pool you can manage the swim to the caves. Keep to the left so you don’t interfere with the kayaks and boats and ENJOY it! Incidentally, lots of free car parking above the beach which you access by driving down the road to the bottom of the valley and then back up a few yards. It is all clearly marked – but it does get busy!