Madeira East Island Tour with Levada Walk and Lunch
Funchal, Portugal
- 8 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Spend a day exploring the dramatic sea cliffs, islands and traditional villages of Madeira’s east coast on this full-day small-group tour, with a maximum of 8 people. Enjoy magnificent views of Ribeiro Frio, Pico do Arieiro and Laurissilva forest; discover the crafts-making heritage of Camacha village; and snap photos of the thatched triangular houses in Santana village. After a scenic walk along the levadas (canal ways) and a visit to a trout farm, tuck into a delicious 3-course lunch (included) on the island of Grutas do Faial.
- 8-hour tour of Madeira’s east coast
- Visit the traditional villages of Camacha and Santana
- Admire views of Ribeiro Frio, Pico do Arieiro and Laurissilva forest
- Enjoy a scenic walk along the levadas (canal ways)
- Indulge in a 3-course lunch and wine on Grutas do Faial Island
- Great-value tour includes hotel pick-up, lunch and round-trip transport
- Small-group tour limited to 8 people ensures a personalized experience
What's Included
- Lunch with a three-course choice menu
- Driver/guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected areas only)
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Rum Tasting - Porto Cruz
- Meals
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (from certain areas)
- Balcões walk (optional) you can book any slot hour for this walk€4.50 per person
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
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Pickup details
Departure Point: Your hotel Address: If hotel pick up is not possible then you will have to make your way to Cabel Car or H&M Store in Funchal. Guests coming by car to Funchal from Calheta, Ponta do Sol, Santana, São Vicente pick ups will be by the bus stop of Hotel Madeira Panoramico there is free on this road. Directions: For all tourists coming off a cruise ship we will collect you from the first roundabout coming out from the harbour. This is a 5 minute walk. Dates: Daily Return point: Returns to original departure point Tour starts between 8h00, 08h45 and 9:30am. Pick up from hotels is between 8 and 9am, depending on the area of the hotel. Please note pick ups for Santa Cruz area have an aditional cost of 6,00€ per person to pick up and drop off, or can meet us in Caniço area pick up in caniço is free. Please note that levada walks such as balcões have an aditional cost of 3,00€ payed driectly on the walk by cash or credit card.
Start time.9:00 am
Itinerary
1
Santana
7 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Most travelers can participate
- Children must be accompanied by an adult. We need to know the age of the child so that we can supply the correct chair. Strict laws do not allow children to travel on parents lap
- At time of booking, cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide. If there is 5 or less people that speak the same language they may be mixed with a bus that speaks another language. The guide will however be speaking in all the languages required.
- Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund.
- The tour route can be changed due to unforeseen circumstances, such as traffic restrictions and weather.
- Please bring a jacket it can get cold in the mountains
- Tickets for Levada Balcões must be purchased through the Simplifica application. Guests are required to purchase their own tickets. Please select PR11 Vereda dos Balcões with a time slot between 11:00 and 11:30, then proceed with payment and finalization. Please note that once the payment is made, this service is non-refundable.”
- Not recommended for travelers with mobility problems
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Great tour, expertly guided by Marco. Small group of just 5 which meant more flexibility and personal attention as we navigated the vagaries of the Madeira weather. Despite (or perhaps because of) the rain and mist the levada walk was beautiful, so atmospheric. The included lunch at Santana was enormous and really tasty. After descending from the higher points we made our way to Ponta de Sao Lorenço which was stunningly beautiful and happily by then in full sunshine. We had all the seasons in one day but still had a fantastic day. Thanks to Marco for all his local knowledge and excellent driving.
Had a great time . Pick up was right on time and Carlos was an excellent guide. Incredible how he swapped from 1 language to another with ease. Itinerary was full on but lots of stops made it comfortable and the day never seemed to be rushed. Levada walk was lovely and the scenery was amazing throughout the whole trip. Lunch was delicious with a lot of choice offered , unbelievable value and great restaurant.
Definitely a great day trip with a really passionate and knowledgeable guide. He gave us enough time at each stop to explore and gave us a lot of interesting information about Madeira along the way.
The food at lunch was plentiful and delicious.
My only thing I would change is that I would have appreciated the guide to put the child seat in one of the front seats of the mini bus, before other guests were picked up, rather than us having to sit near the back which is harder on kids in general, especially on the very winding roads of Madeira. Adults are typically able to deal with car sickness a lot easier than small children.
That being said, it was still a really great day and I would definitely do it again and recommend anyone else to book!
Full day of unbelievable views of the ocean, natural pools you can swim in, waterfalls. Unfortunately, the weather didn’t allow to go on Levada walk or see the Forest, so can’t comment on these. Chose lunch option and it was a 3-course feast, plus wine!
Avoid avoid avoid! Tour was a no show!
Shortly after the schedule pick up time of 9am I called the number on my booking voucher (the voucher only issued when a tour is booked and PAID for). They said they had no details of my booking! They said nothing they could do and a full refund would be given. No apology or suggestion of an alternative for that day only another day. Given we only had a long weekend and it was our last full day that was not possible. If you are refunding you have the details!!!
The biggest issue was the waste of our time. At this point all other tour operators had departed for full day tours.
The write up for this experience is incorrect and misleading. It is not a small trip of 8 - there were 22 people on our day trip. Lunch is not included. The tour guide, while very knowledgeable, drops you at each point and you’re left to get on with it. The minibus had very small seats with very little legroom. I am a UK size 8 of average height and I felt cramped, many other fellow travellers were complaining too. I spent quite some time researching trips for this holiday and have used Viator many times before - this has been our first poor experience.
Response from Host, May 2025
Dear Guest Wendy
I apologise for your experience. We had a problem with our bus 8 seater, someone crashed into this bus in the morning, although our guide was not hurt the bus could not ride, and i had to send our guests to another company because they had place in their bus to avoid cancelling bookings at the last minute. When we sent our bookings and guest lists on the list you had lunch.
I dont understand when the guide didnt talk about lunch, you didnt contact us.
Our numbers are always available to our guests when necessary.
We went out of our way to pick you up in Monte far from Funchal centre,
I dont understand why you didnt ask the guide about the lunch, call us? Send an whatssap? Instead you prefer to run us down with this review.
How are suppose to help you when you dont call us on the day.
Sorry in this case you could have proceeded differently.
A very well organised and sucessful trip, with an excellent guide "Tony". Access to Santna was not possible as there was a Fiesta and roads closed. Timing was also good, as was the mini coach, which was in very good condition.
Arranged lunch was also fine but a little rushed because of the Fiesta numbers in the restaurant.
Excellent guide Tony made our day remarkable and pleasant! Preordered lunch was very tasty . We managed to visit a lot of interesting places. Kudos to Tony!
the lunch in Santana was very good. Carlos the guide was excellent, very friendly and knowlegeable. The levada walk can be muddy, you need proper footwear. And it can be very cold at the top of Pico d'Arriero. A wonderful day out, just 7 people.
The scenery was fantastic, lunch excellent. 2 negatives however. Driver never advised us to wear seat belts and our booking said would be a small vehicle of 8 whereas one came with smaller seats for 16
Excellent Tour. Carlos our Driver and Guide was brilliant. Friendly: knowledgeable and professional. Would recommend
Our guide Mr Gama was amazing and very attentive to the whole group alot of information on the island and it's history. Would definitely recommend this tour.
The tour operator never showed up. I called them and they had no record of my reservation. I got a refund but the day was wasted as I could not book anything else. Viator should drop the tour operator.
Pickup was scheduled for 9:00 am, arrived at 8:45 and waiting until 10:00 . No one showed, wrote Viator through the contact tour operator no one responded. The concierge of hotel called Madeira Seekers with no luck got automated response . Please reimburse us for tour that did not take place
Aninformed and engaging drivee/guide with well spaced stops made foe a very pleasant day. A very minor niggle was that I found I was the only guest to have booked the included lunch.
Stunning views on this trip provided by Secret Madeira. The driver Tony was very informative and told us the history of the island as well as details of the places we visited, He also pointed out the many different plants and vegetation on the island.
Lovely meal reservation at Restaurant O Colin in Santana.
Fantastic day , Carlos the tour guide was so friendly and knowledgeable. It was a full day out lunch was lovely also . Best day of our holidays , Carlos is a credit to the company Thankyou so much x
The tour guide told us the Levada walk was 45 minutes, which was a gross underestimation to go to the Balcoes and back. Consequently we had an injury trying to rush back. In future please give correct information.
This was an amazing experience. My husband and I really enjoyed it. Gamma our guide was very knowledgeable and his passion for Madeira showed through. We saw the different areas of Madeira and it is totally different to the West side. The viewing points were well spaced out and the right amount of time.
It was a great day and Michael our guide was first class. Bit cloudy when we started but really brightened up. Stunning views, interesting facts and lunch was good. So nice being in a small group too. Festival at Santana added to the day as so many people wearing traditional dress.
Tony was super fun. Loved all the stops he was very knowledgeable flora and vegetation.
Have to get PONCHA at John’s. The trout farm is educational.
The forests are beautiful and you are above the clouds.
Lucy was an excellent guide and kept us informed of all the sights.
We were collected on time and even though we were delayed slightly nothing was left out of the tour.
We really enjoyed the trip. Michael our driver/guide gave us a real insight into the areas we travelled through.
Good lunch, plenty of breaks and the rum factory was an interesting visit.
Interesting itinerary, perfect weather and excellent guide on an historic anniversary day. Enjoyed the lunch in Santana and rum factory tour afterwards., Only sorry we had to return early to our ship.
What a wonderful trip. Lucy our guide was fantastic. Her knowledge of the island was excellent. We went to what I consider to be the most beautiful areas. The stops were paced well. Our driver was extremely safe ( necessary on some roads). Highly reccomend.
Our guide was charming, informative and took us everywhere!! Lunch was good. Great value for the money
Unbelievable experience we could’ve not asked for a better guide and driver
Gomes was Unbelievable
So detailed oriented which was not an exp expectation from past tours of other countries
Proud of his country speaks from the heart and shows the love of Madeira on his sleeve
If you are doing well he walk make sure you have the right shoes
Lunch and as ok not one I would recommend
But let me say it again Unbelievable full day from 9 am to drop off 6
Weather although no grantees was incredible for April. Would do any tour were I would know that Gomes was our driver and tour guide incredible soul ! Thank you and muito Obrigada
Great landscape to admire. Knowledgeable guide. A nice lunch with our package. A lot packed into the whole day - although we didn’t stop at the trout farm just a glance from the van.
Our only disappointment was when booking a small tour, that is the expectation.
Fantastic day driver Tony very knowledgeable and helpful. Kept us entertained between stops. Magnificent scenery. Lunch was great value included in the price would highly recommend this tour
Nice tour! Experienced and funny guide! Great lunch! Very good price/quality! We had a wonderful day!
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