Terceira Island Tour: Caves and Volcanoes Exploration
4.7
19 Ratings
Porto Judeu

Discover Terceira Island’s volcanic wonders: climb Serra do Cume, explore Algar do Carvão, walk Furnas do Enxofre, and dive into Gruta do Natal.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Algar do Carvao - visit an empty volcano
  • Furnas do Enxofre - Fumaroles field
  • Gruta do Natal - Lava tunnel
  • Serra do Cume Viewpoint - Largest crater of the Azores
  • Biscoitos - Visit to the natural pools of volcanic origin
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Port pickup and drop-off
  • Local guide
  • Gruta do Natal entry fee
  • Algar do Carvão entry fee
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

This thematic half-day tour about caves and volcanoes at Terceira island, will show all the different outcomes of the volcanic origins of the islands! Starting with the climb onto Serra do Cume top, where you’ll be surprised by the breathtaking beauty of one of the largest craters of the Azores; visit the Algar do Carvão, where you feel the experience…

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Location
Algar do Carvao
Estrada Algar Do Carvao, Center of Island
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Laurencem789
Aug 15, 2024
Friendliness and unforgettable experience. - We had a great afternoon with our Guide Leonilde. She knows the island very well, its traditions, its fauna and its flora. In addition to being pleasant and good company, she accompanied us on the various visits to give us additional and much needed information. This is an activity we will not soon forget. Thanks, Leonilde.
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David_from_lux
Aug 13, 2021
Great Experiemce - Great Excurcion, The spots we saw where just beautifull. And the guide was really friendly and always ask us what we would like to see next. You can go for it no doubts. Just great and amasing. We never saw something like this
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B1672pkalisonr
Apr 4, 2020
Caving Adventure! - We had a great tour seeing the caves and landscape of the island and Rafaella was a great tour guide! We really enjoyed it and learned a lot about Terceira too.
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Cathaloo
Nov 16, 2019
Wonderful! - Our tour was informative and fascinating. Rafaella was a great guide, very knowledgeable and friendly. We would definitely tour with this company again.
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Martinj190
Aug 13, 2019
Spectacular and educational tour - Whilst we weren't blessed with the best weather, Chris proved an excellent tour guide, driving us around the volcanology highlights of the island and giving us loads of information. She was also full of local knowledge and told us much of the recent history of this beautiful island. Whilst the lava tube (Gruta do Natal) and the sulphur springs (Furnas do Enxofre) were amazing, the highlight was the enormous Algar do Carvao. This trip was well worth doing!
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Tricia
Aug 13, 2019
Caving tour - Really enjoyed the afternoon tour with Chris, she was prompt to pick us up from hotel and then collected 2 others from their hotel before setting off. She was very informative and happy to explain all sorts of information about the island as we drove to our first stop. During the afternoon we went inside the cathedral caves, down a lava tube saw sulphur steam bubbling from the rock and ended at the cheese tasting bar! Fascinating experience, one I definitely recommend to visitors to this beautiful island.
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Ldbob
Jul 7, 2019
Terceira caving with Tanya - Amazing!! Wonderful tour and so much incredible information. Tanya was knowledgeable and fun as a guide. We were so impressed. Highly recommend this tour. Caves, volcano, and cheese factory with ice cream- who could want more!!!
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Gwendolyn
Mar 12, 2019
Cave tours - Chris was a great guide and informative. Enjoyed the duck pond a lot. The cave chimney was amazing! We found the tour company by walking towards downtown.
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Michaelbo4988nb
Jan 31, 2019
Tour with Tania - This was the best tour we did during our stay in the Azores. We had Tania as our guide and she was wonderful. She was very knowledgeable about the island even though she has only lived here 3 years. She also knows Hungarian, English, and German fluently and also speaks Italian and Portuguese. We were the only ones on the tour and both feeling a little under the weather but she kept us entertained. The tour had about 5 different stops where we’d get our a walk around. We walked through lava tunnels, into a volcano and up on top of the highest point of the island. Tania knew a lot about each stop. We finished at a cheese factory that was really cool. They had super yummy ice cream and a beautiful view with a balcony. We were glad we booked this tour.
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I9011najulies
Sep 30, 2020
Disappointing non-event - I had booked this tour well in advance and was looking forward to it. There I was, waiting to be picked up, as arranged, outside the hotel. After 20 minutes of no-show, I phoned the number and was informed that Algar de Carvão isn't open on Mondays, so the operator had cancelled the trip. This incompetence ruined my trip to Terceira. The tour operator should obviously not accept bookings for days when attractions are closed. I could easily have planned to do things differently had I been warned in time. I asked for a refund over the phone - after all, it was the operator who cancelled, not me - but so far it has not been forthcoming.
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