Porto Moniz - Enchanted Terraces: Experience a Full-Day 4x4 Tour in Madeira's North West Coast
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466 Ratings
Serra de Agua
Embark on a full-day 4x4 tour in Madeira's enchanting Porto Moniz. Explore the North West Coast, traverse forgotten roads, and discover the beauty of the native forest and UNESCO natural reserve. Take a refreshing dip in the volcanic lava pools if weather permits.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Serra de Agua - Serra de agua valley & landscapes
  • Caminho Real da Encumeada PR12 - Encumeada
  • Madeira - Ginjas
  • Levada do Paul da Serra - Paul da Serra
  • Vereda do Fanal - Fanal - Unesco forest
  • Ribeira da Janela - Ribeira da Janela
  • Miradouro Ribeira da Janela - Ribeira da Janela
  • Ilheus da Ribeira da Janela - Ribeira da Janela
  • Porto Moniz - Porto Moniz
  • Porto Moniz Natural Swimming Pools - Swim at the volcanic pools if the weather alows
  • Seixal Natural Pool - swim at the volcanic pools if the weather alows
  • Sao Vicente - São Vicente
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • small group up to 8 persons
What's Not Included
  • Lunch (optional €18.00)
  • Gratuities
  • pick up at the cruise dock extra fee - €5.00 per person
  • pick up available outside of Funchal / Caniço, extra fee
Additional Information

Take a delightful and picturesque journey along the North West Coast of Madeira, immersing yourself in the depths of the forest, on ancient and enchanted trails. Journey across narrow, abandoned cobblestone roads, veering off the beaten path and take in the surrounding beauty. Get an insight into the genuine pulse that guides us through life. Spend a quarter of an hour beside a ‘levada’, our water channels that were constructed in the 15th century and are still in use today, learn about our indigenous woods & plants and the UNESCO natural reserve.
Whenever the weather permits, you have the chance to swim in the volcanic lava pools in Porto Moniz or at Seixal.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Serra de Agua
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Jennye
May 20, 2024
Amazing!! ❤️❤️ José, our guide - This was such a great tour from start to finish! We loved how knowledgeable our guide, Jose is, and he was a lot of fun. We highly recommend this tour and ask for Jose! Madeira is gorgeous!
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P379gfoliviag
May 11, 2024
Excellent - Dino was a brilliant driver and gentleman who was very endearing in his approach. He shared lots of great insights about the Island throughout the journey and we were delighted by the whole experience. 10/10!
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Thomas
May 8, 2024
Excellent trip! - Excellent trip across Madeira! The 4 wheel drive was a unique experience with sight seeing unable any other way. Our driver was informative, fun, and a delight to narrate the journey thru the mountains and on to Porto Moniz. I would highly recommend taking this tour!
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Dante
Apr 28, 2024
Great experience, Driver Dino - Wonderful experience, Driver Dino, punctual, fantastic, friendly, professional, available. A day worth remembering. I highly recommend it. Thank you
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Janiceruckmick
Apr 22, 2024
Amazing & breathtaking day in an open air jeep! - I had the most amazing day riding in the jeep with Eiogo. He showed us so much of the island and he was so knowledgeable. 😃 He showed us so many different types of plants too. It was truly one of my favorite days I’ve spent on my 10 day Portugal vacation. I would highly recommend riding with Eiogo and Green Devil Safari Tours!
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G5474doheatherm
Apr 20, 2024
Amazing Tour of West Madeira - This was an amazing first day tour for us in Madeira! Dino was so kind and took us to all the nice spots. He drove gently on the off-roading part for the people who were nervous. Plenty of great photo opportunities and got to do a little bit of everything. Lunch was phenomenal and we even did a wine tasting. This was a full day of fun. Thanks so much!
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Roam02047994931
Apr 16, 2024
Unforgettable - Dino was a very nice and funny guide! We have had an unforgettable day! Climbing with the 4x4 is very nice and at times also exciting! In the afternoon we went swimming. Highly recommended if you like to laugh!
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Jason_j
Apr 14, 2024
Amazing - Me and my family loved the whole thing the tour guide was brilliant (Nelson) told us loads about the island, the off roading part of the journey was awesome n the views to go with it were incredible. The lava made pools were an amazing part of the tour loved every minute would highly recommend this tour.
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Melanie456756
Mar 30, 2024
A great way to see harder to reach areas of the island - I'd read the reviews and thought it sounded great, and I wasn't wrong! It is a full day trip in an open top 4x4 up to the north western side of the island. There were six of us in total in our Jeep, but a small convoy of other Jeeps with us for much of the day. Our tour guide and driver was Nelson who was a most entertaining guide! He was very knowledgeable about the island, it's culture and geography, including the plants and animals. He was also able to speak to us in English and the other four in French (despite saying his French wasn't very good!). The guides all interact with each other and have a good laugh throughout the day. As we were a full car, I stayed sat in the front passenger seat but the rest of the group were able to stand up during the open top parts of the trip as we bounded up rocky hills. The weather was incredibly changeable all day (we certainly experienced all four seasons multiple times!) but it didn't detract from the day at all and we all had a great time. A couple of the natural pools were closed due to the mad weather, but we did have a brief swim in the sea at a black sandy beach in Seixal (pack your swimming costume!). In hindsight, I'd have probably not bothered with the 18 euro lunch offer at Porto Moniz and found somewhere else to get food, but this was largely because as a vegetarian my options were limited to "vegetable pasta"! This didn't detract from the day though. It was a brilliant way to see parts of the island we'd have struggled to reach from Funchal without a car, or even with a car given some of the terrain! We enjoyed it so much, we booked onto the Madeira Peaks east tour for later on in our holiday.
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Go34921445836
Mar 28, 2024
4x4 ride, pleasure for the eyes and fun - Magnificent views. Our guide, an outstanding driver, super friendly and full of humor, showed us great places while stopping to allow us to take photos. Unforgettable experience
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