Planning your trip to Sao Tome? You must be an adventurer traveling to this unknown country in Central Africa. I Love it! Buying a local prepaid sim card is the best way to stay connected and it is fairly easy in Sao Tome. This is your complete guide for buying a sim card for traveling in Sao Tome & Principe with where to buy a sim card, up to date prices, the best network coverage, my experience and recommendation and everything else you need to know.

The title sounds so harsh for this little paradise island but that is the way things worked out for me when visiting Sao Tome. An initial trip of 4 days was extended by a full week because of things out of my control. Another one of those moments were traveling felt so frustrating and asking myself the question why am I doing this...

Reaching my goal of visiting every country in the world was still very far away but when traveling to Cameroon I knew that this was also my chance to visit Sao Tome & Principe. I didn’t plan on visiting this island nation only about 4 days before my trip.