Serra D'Água Valley - Levada Walk: A Scenic 5 Km Stroll Through Diverse Fauna and Flora

Out of a 65 Km levada, we’ve selected the most picturesque 5 Km for our hiking tour. An effortless stroll surrounded by an array of fauna and flora.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Serra de Agua - Your tour begins with hotel pickup at 9am, when you’ll travel to the start point of the levada route in an air-conditioned vehicle.

Explore Serra de ‘Agua valley, from which you can see the South Coast, Encumeada, Ribeira Brava and Campanário.

This is an easy 5-km (3-mile) walk with a wide variety of fauna and flora.

What's Included
  • 5 km guided walk
  • Expert local guide
  • Inclusive of all taxes and fees
  • Convenient hotel pickup and drop-off
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information
  • Sports shoes with a good grip or hiking boots.
  • Clients must be prepared for all situations due to changing weather conditions.
  • If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund
Location
Avenida do Mar
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Catherine_f
Aug 12, 2024
Brilliant experience - My daughter (aged 10) and I loved this walk. It was a chance to see the island in a different way and have a bit of peace from the busy hotel and city. We learnt so much from Louisa, our guide, who talked us through the plants and history of the island. The walk was just the right length for us and the cafe afterwards was lovely. The communication from the company beforehand was great. A wonderful experience and one of the highlights of our holiday, thank you.
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Tom
Feb 13, 2024
Easy Levada walk - Excellent communication from booking to drop off! Very knowledgable and pleasant guide, lovely walk with spectacular views and experiences.
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Pilgrimterrier
Nov 12, 2023
Steady walk and scenery was great. - Steady walk with some great views, 5k, no trouble at all. Make sure you keep your eyes on the path, some very steep, fantastic drops on your right as you start. Drive up there was very scenic, again, drops to the side. Guide was very nice and informative. 👍🏻👏🏻
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Pelau
Aug 25, 2023
A nice walk - It was a very nice and very easy walk. We saw nice mountains, villages and levadas. We had a very good guide.
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Aohalloranwoulfe
Jun 29, 2023
A must for Travellers of all fitness levels - I found this company really easy to deal with. They were able to steer us to an easy Levada walk to begin our experience in the Madeira mountains; and, they were able to accommodate a last minute necessary re-schedule of same. We had a lovely half day trek through amazing landscape in the company of our lovely mountain guide, Rubi, who gave us lots of info as we went along. Amazed at the ingenuity of farming in the uplands, we even met some very generous local ladies on their lunchbreak, who treated us to some of their freshly picked plums. On the way back to base we enjoyed a very pleasant stop off at a bakery/cafe for a bonus cuppa with freshly baked pastries. If I can do it, you can too. Well worth the price.
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Travelhurf
May 5, 2023
Easy, informative walk - We booked to go on the Serra D’Agua walk in December but had to cancel due to illness. The company was very accommodating and transferred our booking to April. We met at the office and driven by Marco to the start of the walk. Our guide, Benny, was excellent. Walked at a steady pace. Stopped to explain flora and fauna, stunning views of the island and an area we haven’t visited before. We stopped for coffee and pastries at the end of the walk at a beautiful bakery … and no souvenirs! Benny was chatty and friendly throughout. A really enjoyable morning.
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Isabelle297
Apr 5, 2023
A wonderful scenic walk. - A wonderful trip lead by a lovely guide, Elaina. The trip is well organised by Lido tours who send you good communication / emails. Everything went to plan and kept to the specified timings. They provide good transport and the journey is about 30 mins into the mountains ….you get to see a bit of the area in the bus there and back. The walk was beautiful, forest, open sea views and mountains and valleys. It is an easy flat walk at a relaxed pace stopping to look at the trees and plants on route, with Elaina explaining much about the Levada , plants , trees, local area and history . So it was very educational . Just loved it ! We stopped for coffee and a cake at a local bakery , delicious Maderian custard tart and also the local shop to buy Madeira cake and sweets. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip and highly recommend Lido Tours.
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Ferol_g
Jun 4, 2023
Levada walk cut short! - Loved the levada. However, the walk was cut short by a road race and the alternate route was more challenging than we expected. The guide was entertaining but not all that attentive to the clients.
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Ann
Dec 12, 2022
easy, level walk - a very easy, level walk. Nice guide who was very informative but ultimately it was a bit expensive for a quite short and not very interesting walk.
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Janislatvia
Sep 21, 2019
Do this, if you have plenty of time or start with this walk before visiting other levadas - Maybe this is really the most beautiful 5 Km of levada altogether, but definitely not in September. We did this walk after couple of other levada walks and during the first couple of Km we were totally disappointed - sparse vegetation, dried out and mostly abandoned small gardens on hillsides, abandoned houses, corpses of dead rats floating in levada... Only the second part of levada was really nice.
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