Jan 1, 2025
Absolutely wonderful day - Absolutely fantastic experience. Particular respect to our tour guide, Nelson. Outstanding person - we had a person with learning and communication difficulties and Nelson went above and beyond to include and communicate with him. He had the additional challenge of a group requiring both English and French languages, and he handled everything with aplomb. 100% recommended and we will definitely use Green Devil again.
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Jan 23, 2023
Great Tour with a diverse Programm - Lino was the Perfect Guide, fluent in Englisch, knowledgable, Kind and funny.
We were clubbed together With an Lovely couple Form canada and therefore Ended Up being only 4 Touristen with one Guide.
Our 4x4 Vehicle was spacious so that we Could Fully enjoy the Tour; With the Option of removing the Roof, which we recommend.
We Booked at Midnight Pior to the actual Tour and were Picked Up on time.
The Tour offers a Great Variatio of different
Stops. Nice Villages, Great Outlooks, Adventurares Roads, insights on island spezifications and some nice surprises. ;) We have spend a total of 9 Hours and did get a Great Impression of Madeira and there is a lot to See.
Clear recommandation from our side.
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Feb 27, 2022
A fabulous days Adventure - Our guide Nuno picked us up at 8:30 at our hotel, in a great Land Rover Defender, and said the jeep was all ours, we were the only two on the tour, fabulous. Having been on Green Devil trips on previous holidays to the island, we knew we were in for a treat.
We set of along the west coast passing Camara do Lobos and down to R Brava, where we explored this charming town.
Then we climbed into the interior of the island, with Nuno giving excellent commentary along the way. The twists and turns and sheer steepness is breath taking.
At about 1100metres we ventured off road into the eucalyptus Forrest’s. Having been raining it gave the Defender a torrid time, as the track was slippery, Nuno battled to keep us going in a straight line~ great fun.
As we revved and twisted along the dirt track , our guide would stop and pick wild herbs such as oregano and rosemary to sniff, along with wild flowers and fruits.
Due to the weather we were unable to enjoy the roof being opened, but it did not spoil our adventure. We made it to the plateau, some 1600M above sea level and stopped for a well deserved poncha, which had been warmed ( very nice).
The rain had certainly poured down on the plateau, as makeshift ponds and lakes had appeared at the side of the road.
We rolled into a small village for lunch, a wonderful bowl of food with wine ( pork and bean stew) followed by the best cheesecake we have ever eaten.
With our bellies full we continued the “ Grates of Fire “ tour. Stunning scenery and waterfalls were a plenty.
We went from the most western point, Ponta do Pargo, all along the west coast, taking in
Paul do Mar, calheta, Madalena do Mar and ponta do sol.
It was a fabulous day, made so by our guide Nuno, and of course the trusty Land Rover.
Highly recommend Green Devil for your Madeira adventures. Thank~you
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Dec 29, 2021
Fun trip - Southwest part of Madeira might be less scenaric than other parts. But we had a lot of fun as our driver was Nelson. Fellow travelers were all having sense of humor. 4x4 drive was bumpy. I recommend you wear dark coat. We got splashed from the muddy water. My white jacket turned brown. The weather was cloudy and cold in the mountains but we still enjoyed it very much. Walked through waterfall was the highlight of our journey.
Review provided by Viator
Nov 14, 2021
Well worth taking - Juan our driver was very knowledgeable about the plant life, with his stops to check his 'garden'where he came back with herbs growing wild on the island. The spectacular scenery was breath-taking. When anyone mentions massages we will be reminded of the bone shaking off road sections. It was truly a fantastic way to see the less well travelled parts of the island.
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Oct 20, 2020
Amazing. - Just had an amazing day out. Truly breathtakingly stunning scenery. Great fun off roading and getting to places you normally couldn't visit. Highly informative and recommended.
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Jun 3, 2023
Ooh jesus, jesus ;) - The car was quite 'adventurous'..but our tourguide Lino was a good driver ;) aside from that, the tour was informative and fun! We would recommend it especially for younger people!
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Sep 12, 2024
Disappointing trip - Have been on a previous trip 2 years ago with Green Devils. Wanted to see south east of island but couldn’t see many tours apart from this one, so booked it. While the scenery was ok, there weren’t many stops for photos and the driver gave us very little information about the places we visited or Madeira itself. He was friendly but we came back from the trip disappointed. Another couple on the same trip felt the same.
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Sep 27, 2022
Craters of BORE - So we did the Enchanted Terraces and enjoyed it so much we wanted to do another . We picked Craters of Fire which is really false advertising as nothing whatsoever is involved with volcanoes or craters.
The first part of the tour was ok but then we stopped for lunch at this dismal village which only had a cafe and was so depressing . We were then taken to village after village of morbid places where the saddest people live out their days with nothing to do but work or visit the one or two cafes and one shop . These were the dullest places to come and see. They were spectacular views and would be great to explore but our driver Juan(G-wan)gave us tiny tiny amounts of time to explore the places . Had we been given an hour like on the enchanted terrace tour then we could have swam and sunbathed. Then the absolute biggest insult of all was that our last stop was a beautiful beach which was probably man made with a great swimming pool and jump off into sea parts but we were only given 25 mins to stay there . No time all . We should have just stayed in the Jeep and passed the time. Very bad tour, no thrills and certainly depressing
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Dec 13, 2024
Disrespectful tour guide!!!!! - I woke up in the morning so excited to go on this tour. The office staff was very nice. Very kind as well helped me plan out a short stay. I paid over a link that they sent to me.
I went to get coffee and breakfast 30 minutes before the tour started. I also bought 10 Portugal pastries for others. Being kind and having the Christmas spirit. I was in contact with the office by WhatsApp and told them I got pastries for all and they put a heart icon on it.
As the tour driver arrived he greeted me with anger and hated that I had pastries and coffee on me. he jumped out the vehicle and started yelling at me that there is no food or drinks allowed in the car. And was shaking his head and acting aggressive. I understand if food and drinks are not allowed but it is The manner he handled the situation that matters.
You can't be aggressive and forceful. It would've been better if he would have said I apologize, but we do not allow food or drinks in the vehicle. And said it kindly. Do not yell and have a child's temper tantrum because I think we all understand if this kind of person came at somebody in a fighting method realistically you will get that reaction right back.
I noticed as the tour continued on this was a multi language tour. And he referred to the France more the the English speakers.
when you would ask Draute a question. He would say please do not ask questions because he has a lot to say. Then he would not talk for 5 to 10 minutes. Like this is turning into a toxic relationship. As we pulled in to a stop. I noticed other tour companies with much much nicer vehicles and newer such as Mountain expedition, and Trues IRIT I was able to talk to the office of the other companies and they Charged 55 instead of 58.
Which was quite amazing because this company has very old vehicles from the 1990s that has some rust and cracks, you can see how old the vehicle is. Versus the new vehicles these other companies have charging three euros less.
So then, as the day went on. These other companies didn't have space for me to jump ship with this company and join another company's tour so l stayed on the tour and the driver became slightly kinder. But very sarcastic and gave more attention to the non-English speaking Tourist. then he asked everybody. What did they want to do for lunch? Are they going to go to a restaurant or are they going to have a picnic I responded with I will take lunch at the restaurant.
And he asked what do you like meat, chicken, fish, but he never asked me which option.
As the tour went own he kept saying the tourist don't know anything. And laughed and others laughed with him even tho it is not funny. he has been a guide for 32 years!! How???? I have no clue. By the time it was lunch time he told me to go find a Place to eat.
So l went to look at 3 places. But went back the restaurant him and the France tourist went to as well. but the food took maybe 20 to 25 minutes to prepare. Then the guide said did I not order anything?
I said I did but it is taking a long time. He said yes because I never told him what food I wanted so everyone else will eat before me and I must wait.
Which I could care less. He was making trouble out of nothing. We finally started exchanging bad words. I paid for my food and stood outside intill I saw a taxi and left the tour on the other side of the island.
I deeply hope that this tour operator or tour guide is disciplined for his extremely disrespectful behavior. It’s the manner in which you treat somebody. I don’t think that they realize that you just can’t talk however you want to somebody and then assume that someone’s not gonna have a reaction For me personally if you disrespect me, I am going to disrespect you right back. I will not allow someone to try to intimidate me. Remember, it is me that is coming to your city spending my money making sure your economy is thriving. Without me and other Tourist. You would have no money do you clearly understand that?
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