Walking in Madeira

TRIP CODE - TM | PORTUGAL (MADEIRA)

PRICES FROM

AU$1710 per person, trip only. (8 days)

NZ$1780

AT A GLANCE

WALKING GRADE: Moderate ACCOMMODATION: 7 nights comfortable hotel Optional single rooms available

MEALS: Breakfast: 7

166kg of CO²e

Average carbon footprint pp

MONTHS OF TRAVEL:

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A week of tracing Madeira’s unique levadas – 15th-century aqueducts –and meandering through laurel forests, cobble-stone fishing towns and along cliff tops. Be sure to try the traditional espada (fish) with banana, washed down with a glass of the island’s famous sweet wine.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

Levada paths | Variety of picturesque walks along irrigation channels

Spectacular mountain views | Walking the path between the peaks of Arieiro and Ruivo

Funchal | Absorb the delights of the laid-back capital

PRODUCT RATING:

Itinerary

DAY 1: Join trip in Santana, a beautiful village on the north coast.

DAY 2: Scenic coastal walk along the Vereda do Larano to Porto da Cruz.

DAY 3: Walk through UNESCO Laurisilva forest to Faja do Penedo. Overnight at Porto Moniz on the north coast.

DAY 4: Follow Levada do Alecrim from Rabaçal to Risco Waterfall.

DAY 5: Visit the westernmost tip of the island. Levada Nova valley walk.

DAY 6: Explore the streets of Funchal. Opportunity to go whale and dolphin spotting, wine tasting or visit Madeira Botanical Garden.

DAY 7: Walk from Pico Arieiro via part of the Balcony Walk to the summit of Pico Ruivo (1,862m).

DAY 8: Trip ends in Funchal.