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Ponta de São Lourenço: Hiking Tour with a Geologist

By Madeira Geo Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$72 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

  • Discover Madeira’s volcanic geology, with dikes and strata up to 5.57 Ma.
  • Explore a coastal trail with dramatic views over cliffs and the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Perfect scenery for photography, where volcanic colours meet the Atlantic.
  • Brief encounters with seabirds and reptiles, along with small endemic plants.

Activity location

    • Funchal
    • Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • ER109 9200, 9200-000 Machico, Portugal | Guests should wait at the entrance to the Ponta de São Lourenço trail, located at the roundabout at the end of a dead-end road, to meet their guide, Sandro Vicente, who will be easily identifiable by the ID badge around his neck.
    • Machico, Madeira, Portugal

Check availability

Ponta de São Lourenço with a Geologist – Tour Only
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h
  • English

This option includes only the hiking tour. Guests should meet the guide at the beginning of the Ponta de São Lourenço trail.

Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00 AM
Price details
AU$71.97 x 1 AdultAU$71.97
Total
Price is AU$71.97
Until Fri, 3 Apr
Ponta de São Lourenço with a Geologist - With Transfer
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h
  • English

This option includes the tour and the pickup and drop-off from the locations specified in the product description, for your convenience, so you can relax and focus on the experience.

Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00 AM
Price details
AU$179.10 x 2 AdultsAU$358.20
Total
Price is AU$358.20
Until Fri, 3 Apr

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Private transport
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Certified geologist
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Entrance fee
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Personal accident and third-party insurance
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Lunch
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Breakfast
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Meals

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Food and drinks in the vehicle, Pets, Sandals or flip flops, Smoking in the vehicle, Vaping
  • Not suitable for: Children under 13 years, People afraid of heights, People over 80 years, People under 4 ft 4 in (135 cm), People with low level of fitness, Pregnant women, Wheelchair users

What you can expect

Along the Ponta de São Lourenço Trail ( PR8 ), you'll encounter multiple geosites and points of geological interest, turning this hike into a true open-air classroom where you can observe, interpret, and understand the volcanic, tectonic, and erosive processes that shaped Madeira. The trail is located within the Ponta de São Lourenço Natural Monument, which offers a unique chance to explore the geological origin and evolution of Madeira, a volcanic island on the African Plate. The experience is further enhanced by the constant presence of the Atlantic Ocean and the peninsula's semi-arid environment, which hosts a distinctive landscape and ecosystem found nowhere else on the island.

Location

Activity location

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    • Funchal
    • Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • ER109 9200, 9200-000 Machico, Portugal | Guests should wait at the entrance to the Ponta de São Lourenço trail, located at the roundabout at the end of a dead-end road, to meet their guide, Sandro Vicente, who will be easily identifiable by the ID badge around his neck.
    • Machico, Madeira, Portugal