After our fill of scampering, we went to nearby Ponta da Ferraria to soak.
A bubbling hot spring beneath the lava cliffs creates a heated cove right within the ocean.
We followed the trail of sunbathers and adventure seekers past the indoor spa to the black, sometimes jagged, rocks where scores of people lay.
Warm and churning, invigorating and intimidating, the water bounced us between the rocky edges and a rope strewn across the waterway for safe-holding.
We parked and walked to the trailhead, the wind whipping against us, stirring whitecaps on the volcanic lake thousands of feet below.
Organizations:
whitecaps
Locations:
Ponta, Lagoa, Fogo, Lake, Fire