This Island has extensive unspoiled white sanded beaches. The island gives the appearance of being one huge sand dune.

Boavista is first of all sparsely populated, with a vast empty interior, flat and dry, surrounded by white sandy beaches. The few settlements are quiet places, although there has been growing activity related to the tourist industry in recent years. The island is often thought of as a less developed, more beautiful version of Sal.

Boavista is the most eastern island of the Archipelago, and quite near to the African continent. It has a surface of 620 km2 and is pentagonal in shape with its longest distance, from North to South of 31 km, and 29 km from West to East. lt is made of sedimentary rocks and is basically flat except for the volcanic formations in Rabil and Fundo das Figueiras. Pico d'Estancia at 390 meters is the highest point of the island. Among the typical vegetation of the island is the date palm a kind of a palm tree with three or six branches coming out of the same base.
The island is covered with sand dunes which give it a lunar scenery and it has 55 km of beautiful white sand beaches and esmerald green water. All these characteristics make Boa Vista an excellent tourist attraction.