Top Madeira Bus Tours

Our guide, Heinrique/Eric was amazing! He is so funny and silly. His antics made the trip. He had such great rapport with everyone in the group and especially Dad. They got along like they'd been friends since grade school. Our tour guide was full of information, he shared not just the basics but all kinds of other information. We took the roads less travelled and had the inside view of how people on Funchal lived, worked, and played. Heinrique, Eric, made our trip! I am so happy that we made a new friend. Everyone enjoyed the diversity of the island but most of all we loved Eric and his antics! If you can request him I highly recommend him. He's the best!

We did this excursion on our 1st full day on Madeira and it was a great introduction to the island and the huge variety in scenery and experiences you may encounter during your stay. The order in which the locations were visited varied slightly from as advertised but we still went everywhere listed and felt the routing worked very well, particularly with leaving Pico do Arieiro until the end, where we were also very lucky with the weather, going through thick mist on the way up, but it had cleared by the time we arrived. Every viewpoint gave you a different overview of the island, from rugged coastline to seaside towns, mountains, valleys, forests and traditional villages. Although the tour was long, we did feel that another 10 minutes in most locations would have been better, as we enjoy photography there was not always a large amount of time to take pictures, but appreciate some people are not so interested in this, so maybe this was a fair balance. We paid the optional charge, as did everyone else on the trip, to take the forest Levada walk, and this was definitely worth the extra. Although it was quite steep at the start, once up to the height of the walk it was easy and some very nice forest and valley views could be seen along the way. We would also like to compliment our driver, Ricardo, who both drove very well and also gave us great information about what we could see from the van and the history of the area. We also had Ricardo take us on the West Coast tour later in the week with the same positive experience, we were pleased when he arrived to take us!

What a day! I would not say I am the fittest person but I done this and would consider my self out of shape! 11km of steep down hill and up hill(last section). But done it nevertheless. The guide (sorry forgot his name) was on the Sunday walk was excellent and a credit to this company. I would highly recommend this walk, take some walking boots as it does get a bit wet and muddy in the tunnel sections. Best thing I done in Madeira by a long shot with added bonus of clear weather! Enjoy!!!