Pico Do Arieiro to Pico Ruivo Hike: Experience a Stunning Landscape and Self-guided Adventure

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Funchal

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Embark on a self-guided adventure and experience the stunning landscape of the Pico Do Arieiro to Pico Ruivo hike. Enjoy shared budget transfers and explore at your own pace!

Duration: 7 hours, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Funchal - Pick-up of all travelers (máx. 8) in Funchal and Caniço.
Pico do Arieiro - We will arrive at Pico Do Arieiro in the beautiful brightness of the morning.
It is popular for being the path in Madeira with the most breathtaking views because of the weather diversity along the hike. You will feel that you walk “above the clouds” and on…

What's Included

All fees and taxes included

What's Not Included

Entrance fee

Additional Information

Enjoy a breathtaking hike at your own pace with our shared budget transfers! Ideal for those travelers who value independence! We offer pick-up and drop-off services in Funchal and Caniço.
Once we’ve gathered all guests (maximum of 8) from their residential locations in Funchal or Caniço (exclusively), our journey to Pico Do Arieiro begins. There you can…

Location

Parking Santa Luzia

Rua 5 de Outubro

For customers coming by car to Funchal from other parts of the island outside our pick-up areas (Funchal and Caniço) we recommend to park at Parque 2000 as it is the cheapest and most comfortable parking of Funchal center. We will pick you and drop you there.

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Rachel_n

Apr 27, 2025

Fantastic walk, amazing... - Fantastic walk, amazing views. Quick and easy transfer. One you must try if visiting Madeira. Recommend taking walking sticks for the downhill sections.

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Hannah_m

Apr 21, 2025

You get to see... - You get to see everything! Great tour. Takes his time talking about what to see and look at. Great way to spend the day and getting to see an end of the island

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Odyssey11914804958

Apr 7, 2025

Very great! - Fantastic viewpoint in nice weather. Was something unfortunate with the weather this day, cloudy and cloudy. Still became a very nice and memorable sunrise. So with better weather, it's definitely magical. Then went PR1, both this day and later. Would recommend it both a cloudy and sunny day, was incredibly great in every way. Pico Ruivo was closed due to rehabilitation after a forest fire. Received an offer to go PR3 instead, difficult to assess views and the like when the weather unfortunately also deteriorated along the way. But for us it became a little "uniform". Very nice and good driver. As well as good and quick communication with Elisabeth if things arose.

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Williamtq9216zd

Apr 6, 2025

Super friendly driver, easy transfer and amazing views. - Picked up on time, Radko was super friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. The views from Pico Do Arieiro and PR3 were amazing.

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709freddyf

Apr 6, 2025

Beautiful view - Knowledgeful and nice driver. He had suggestions and recommendations for the holiday further. The trip itself we were a little unlucky with, it was very cloudy but we got sunrise in between. Further down there was a lot of rain and the sight was poor. It blew and a lot so it's okay to be well dressed. We traveled up again a few days later when it was sunny and cloudy and it was absolutely amazing. We see ourselves as lucky to have seen Pico Arieiro both in the mysterious skyscraper and completely cloudless and sunny.

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Medflix

Mar 26, 2025

Beautiful excursion to the peaks of Madeira - Thank you for this lovely experience and the very friendly driver. We were very pleased. Madeira is beautiful

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David_b

Mar 15, 2025

Nice service - The staff was friendly and had good communication. They answered our questions, and the two pickups were on time. I recommend them

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Lucindalui

Feb 24, 2025

Our driver Mike was... - Our driver Mike was really professional and friendly. Pick up and drop off on time. As PR1 was partially closed we did 1.2km out and back on this then 7km of PR3. Actually preferred PR3 as we felt like we had the path mostly to ourselves - a really tranquil, scenic walk.

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L7396wnmarieb

Feb 17, 2025

Tolle Alternative - Great tour with lots of great views. Even if the Pico Ruivo - Pico Areeiro path is closed, you get great views through the tour and the hike downhill was also very nice. I had completed it within 2 1/2 and had enough time in the restaurant to drink.

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Desertrose4u

Apr 29, 2025

Be in shape. - The main reason for the trip to Madeira was to hike to Pico Arieiro which was only partially open. It was a cool misty day which made photos not the best but I was still happy to have the opportunity to still do this hike. The second part where we hiked to Pico Ruivo which was quite gruelling. You are required to be at the meeting point at a certain time so it’s not a trek for everyone. Due to some wet areas I did manage to slip a few times and hurt my knee. lol. I’m an avid hiker back in Canada but this one challenged me.

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From $35

up to 8 guests

1 - Adult