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About this activity

Camacha is a village famous for being the wickerwork center. Visit the factory and see artisans working and perhaps purchase articles from a wide collection available.

Next you'll visit Pico do Arieiro, which is the second highest summit on the island (1,810 meters high) and offers wonderful views. Discover a natural park and take some time to explore a trout hatchery at Ribeiro Frio.

After visiting the beautiful area of Faial, climb up to Santana, a picturesque village where you will find enchanting cottages with pointed thatched roofs which are today known world wide.

Stop for lunch before visiting Portela (670 meters), a place where you can admire the impressive rock formations of the Eagle's Cliff, and part of the north coast, Pico do Facho.

Return to Funchal visiting the historic seaside town of Machico where the discoverers first disembarked in 1420.

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Included

Lunch (if option selected)
Air-conditioned vehicle
Hotel pickup and drop off

Not included

Gratuities
Food and drinks, unless specified

Additional

Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Features

Tourism

90%

Cultural

75%

Reviews

4.0

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Christopher S

5 | 2018-03-17

Excellent tour, well organised, collected from hotel on time. Guide/courier/driver, same person was great, amusing and informative. Included prepaid lunch superb value. All in all highly recommended.

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Fred B

5 | 2017-11-24

Madeira could become our second home! Loved the island. Loved the people.

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Bernard S

4 | 2016-09-13

Again I must say that your island is beautiful, and your guides are amazing. They allow just the right amount of time to enjoy each spot, do a little shopping if you like or just sit back with a glass of wine and enjoy. Keep up the great work. We look forward to returning one day. But for now will just sit back and review our over 1400 pictures of this great island and enjoy with a glass of wine and memories. Thank you very much for making our 45 wedding anniversary one to remember.

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Davied P

4 | 2016-06-22

Really great tour guide, very informative and spoke perfect French and English. The only down side was the lunch as pretty dreadful - I'd rather had paid more for better food. All in all it was a day well spent.

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Susan V

5 | 2016-04-27

Excellent comprehensive tour of the East of Madeira. Very knowledgeable driver who took us to the important sites, told us about the areas and gave us time to explore on our own. We were picked up from our hotel and returned there. As we were only staying in Madeira for a few days this was an ideal way to get an insight into an important part of the island. Definitely would recommend this tour.

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Garda K

2 | 2014-10-20

We loved Madeira and enjoyed seeing the variety of topography of the eastern side. We were in the back of the van and could barely hear the guide (no mike) which was too bad though we drove a lot without him talking at all. I have taken several local tours like this and always object to the hour long stops to shop. That is not our purpose for tavelling and the prices are always much higher than near where we are staying.

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sabrina

5 | 2014-02-08

Great day trip... Well recommended...

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Joseph M

2 | 2013-10-21

This is very much a cultural tour rather than a sightseeing trip and if it's a cloudy day, as it was for me, the drive up to the viewing peaks may be cancelled. For the large part this trip is about seeing basket makers in action, fish farms, whisky factories, walking around town centres and viewing triangle house shaped shops. There was also a view from the far end of the island - which is spectacular, but clearly this sight seeing isn't the focus of the trip as we spent far less time at viewing points than in the factories etc. It's also very difficult to find something to do on the small hill that houses the restaurant if you don't select the lunch option. This tour is best suited to people who don't want to see the sights and who enjoy wandering around tourist factories, artisan shops and sleepy town centres.

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