Madeira Island Westside Exploration: Breathtaking Landscapes, Swimming Pools and Cabo Girão Cliff

Explore the breathtaking landscapes, natural swimming pools, and the stunning Cabo Girão cliff on the Westside of Madeira Island. Discover the wonders of this beautiful destination!

Duration: 7 hours, 45 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Cabo Girao - Cabo Girão is the second-highest sea cliff in Europe with a superb new glass platform that allows you to see all the way down. Great views overlooking Funchal City and Câmara de Lobos.
  • Ribeira Brava - Beautiful Village by the sea, full of traditional stores and a historical church to visit, located in the center.
  • Levada do Paul da Serra - This stop is located at a viewpoint overlooking the famous Levada Walks located in the valley.
  • Porto Moniz - This stop is located at the Porto Moniz village where we’ll stop for lunch. This village is famous for its Natural Swimming Pools.
  • Miradouro do Veu da Noiva - In this stop, you will be able to witness a wonderful waterfall located near the ocean.
  • Sao Vicente - São Vicente is a very beautiful village surrounded by breathtaking mountains on both sides.
  • Miradouro da Encumeada - A viewpoint located on a passage between the North and the South of the Island with fantastic views.
What's Included
  • Live commentary
  • Insurance
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Snacks
Additional Information

This excursion is crafted to showcase the highlights of western Madeira Island. The scenery is awe-inspiring, featuring Natural Swimming Pools in Porto Moniz that are uniquely delightful. A visit to Cabo Girão cliff is indispensable for its spectacular vistas. On the whole, this is an unparalleled choice to explore the marvels of the Westside of Madeira Island.

Location
Monumental Experience
Estrada Monumental
We are located at the entrance of the Shopping Center, on the right side. Our shop is easy to find, just look for a yellow smiley face, shop sign.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Mariaw3957
Aug 2, 2024
Amazing tour of the West island - In April, we did the West Side Island tour with Lewis and had a fantastic time. The mini-bus was air conditioned - we had originally wanted a jeep tour but we're so grateful that we were in a very clean and cool minibus. Lewis was friendly, helpful, kind, picked us up from our hotel, was very knowledgeable about the tour as well as being humorous. He effortlessly explained in English and switched to German for one of our tour-mates, making sure that everyone understood. The actual tour was amazing-although you don't get long in each location, it's enough time to get a taste of the area and we found Madeira to be friendly and welcoming. The views were incredible, the island is beautiful and the way Madeira farms was of particular fascination to me. Swimming over lunch in the natural pools was without a doubt the highlight of our whole holiday; it was tranquil and beautiful, a memory we talk about regularly. We had heard others were worried that the price was so low, but the price is so fantastic for the quality of the tour - so much so that we booked another tour a few days later. If anyone visits Madeira, we would recommend Happy Tours, and Lewis, wholeheartedly.
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303carolynn
Jul 23, 2024
Great trip - The Go West trip was wonderful. Our driver/guide Hugo was very knowledgeable and friendly and we saw some fabulous views
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Nocton
Jul 22, 2024
West full day tour - We went on the west tour with Hugo as our guide and driver. It was an amazing tour, we saw so much and Hugo was the icing on the cake! Very knowledgeable and friendly, just what you beed a driver to be. Definitely recommend this tour.
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Lovetravel249601
Jul 20, 2024
Beautiful walk with Happy Tours - We went through the agency Happy Tours to make 2 excursions. The first Go west with the very friendly Hugo as driver and Guide. Explains Madeira s history, vegetation and economy very well Always with little care and always attentive to his customers. And second Go East excursion with oh surprise the morning of. I excursion Hugo again as Guide. Thanks to him for showing us his island. Real happiness Eric and Myriam (Bus seat problem 😂)
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L4n1e
Jul 17, 2024
Good value for money, friendly and knowlegeable tour guides - We did 2 x trips with Happy Tours. The Sunday market and West Coast tour and had Louis (Jr) and Hugo respectively. Both were very knowledgeable but I would say that I learnt so much more from our trip with Louis. He really went into the history of Madeira and provided so many interesting facts. On the other hand, Hugo also provided some great information and took us to a small banana plantation and went through the process of how these are harvested etc. I would highly recommend this company and so glad we opted to do the trips rather than hiring a car
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Sally
Jul 8, 2024
Fabulous tour, highly recommend - A wonderful small group day tour with our guide Hugo. We learnt so much about the island, its history and its produce, who knew how fascinating banana cultivation was?! We were driven through the most spectacular landscape with lots of stops throughout the day. The weather was beautiful and so we enjoyed fabulous views into the valleys from the steep winding roads. Thank you Hugo and Happy Tours for a wonderful experience that left us wanting to return.
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E2187tjmargarett
Jun 27, 2024
West tour with Luis - Our tour guide was Luis, we were collected promptly, small hiccup with a low tire pressure, soon remedied. He was very friendly, passionate and knowledgeable about the island. Excellent value for money. As a nervous passenger, I was reassured by his safe thoughtful driving. The stops were all beautiful and interesting. We passed through some of the most incredible scenery we have ever seen. The change in temperature due to the height of the mountains was awesome. Sensible shoes and light raincoat recommend for low clouds. Can't say enough positive things, great day, great driver, great price and certainly good value foe money. Thank you.
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423robinc
Jun 20, 2024
2 tours with Hugo - Went on 2 tours ,west and north both with Hugo our driver and guide. He is a credit to the company so knowledgeable and funny. Both tours were excellent value for money at 29 euros each,much cheaper than other companies. The island is a truly beautiful place and we recommend doing at least one tour to see what a gem it is.
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Tour62958905910
Jun 9, 2024
Absolute professional attitude! - Absolute perfection and care for the customer! I entrusted Madeira Happy Tours the whole organization of our family vacation. We took West tour, East tour, Dolphins and Levada do Rei walk. Everything was on time, the drivers were very professional with great knowledge about the history and nature of the island. Madeira Happy Tours made this 50-jubilee trip special!
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Victorlf9241on
Jun 7, 2024
Great tour. - Took the West Island Tour, loved every minute of it. Island is beautiful, our driver/guide - Hugo was awesome. Smart, informative, fun and engaging. Highly recommend.
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