Levada Rabaçal and 25 Fountains Walking Tour: Experience UNESCO World Heritage Laurissilva Forest
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Rabacal
Embark on the Levada Rabaçal and 25 Fountains Walking Tour to explore the stunning Rabaçal Valley and the UNESCO World Heritage Laurissilva Forest in Madeira. Immerse yourself in nature and discover the beauty of this unique destination.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Rabacal - Our official guide will tell you everything about our endemic Laurisilva forest.
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

The Rabaçal Levada is a walk of moderate difficulty that commences in Paul da Serra, specifically in Rabaçal. From here, it offers a view of one of Madeira’s most stunning valleys, the Rabaçal Valley, and continues to the Rabaçal Forest House. The trail takes us through the heart of the Laurissilva Forest, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1999.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Location
Rabacal
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Noel_l
May 27, 2024
Excellent first levada experience. - Well organised and guided walk in stunning scenery. First experience of walking a levada was memorable and definitely would do it again.
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Heidi
May 27, 2024
I recommend this hali day tour. You should have goretex shoes and light with you. Those will make your walk nicer. - Beautiful nature and views. Small group is nice way to do Levada walks. Our Guide Pedro was also nice person who was not bored with guide work.
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Stefania_g
May 13, 2024
Magnificent - Great guide and wonderful hike! We walked along the canals and saw waterfalls and beautiful scenery.
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Vicki_f
May 1, 2024
Levada Rabaçal and 25 Fountains Walking Tour - Doing the Levada Rabaçal and 25 Fountains Walking Tour - was amazing the mountains are really beautiful and seeing the waterfalls are really something special. The walk is about 7 miles with short stops at various points The guide was ally friendly and knowledgeable , also made the walk fun. We stopped at cafe on the way and back for refreshments too. I would highly recommend these walks
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Ryan_e
Mar 27, 2024
Worthwhile Tour to do the 25 Fontes levada - Well organised trip, picked up on time at a location close to where we were staying in central Funchal. Stopped for small break before the walk to go the toilet and buy any snacks/drinks (no official locations on the route to go the toilet). Guide was informative, friendly and went at a moderate pace based on the group pace. The trek was about 3.5 hours total, would of maybe like 10-15 more minutes at the main waterfall personally but still had about 25 minutes there.
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Debs_s
Feb 11, 2024
Fantastic guide and experience. - Samuel our guide made our experience feel safe, informative, relaxed and a joy to take part in. It was very well organised and exciting.
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Teeeee-peeeee
Feb 5, 2024
10/10 highly recommend - The pickup was prompt and extremely well organised. The group was small with only 6 of us in total. Out guide and driver were both lovely, professional and enthusiastic! The tour itself was great fun and I felt very safe, with our very careful guide telling us well in advance where all the tricky slippery bits or head height hazards were! The levada and the waterfalls were of course beautiful and we were lucky with excellent weather in Feb! The tunnel at the end was a good experience and the company thoughtfully provided flashlights.
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Steven4501
Feb 4, 2024
Great tour, fantastic views - So glad I did this! Fabio was an amazing guide - kept a good pace and gave us nuggets of info along the way. He made an effort to talk to everyone which I liked. So across trip advisor there are some mixed reviews on this walking tour but I thoroughly enjoyed it. We were the first group there so we probably missed a lot of the Groups.
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Paul_n
Jan 19, 2024
Just a great day and experience - Weather wasn’t too good but having said that the tour guide did a great job looked after everyone all on time from pick up to drop off the driver was excellent too
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Raymonde_l
Apr 14, 2024
Not as described… - The guide and transport were very good.. Although we had a confirmation pick up time of 8.40 and the guide pitched up at 8.15… Administrative mistake… Pleasant journey up to the falls… We are a fit 60yr old couple, but this was definitely not an ‘easy ‘ walk by any standards. Lots of walking up and down for 13kms…. I had mistakenly thought we were seeing 25 waterfalls whilst in fact we saw 4… The worst part for me personally, which did spoil the day for me… Was when halfway through the tour… The guide announced that we would be walking 800m through a tunnel… I am severely claustrophobic and would never had booked the tour, had there been any mention of this anywhere! Shame because the guide did try to make the tour informative, he was very safety conscious and pleasant…
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